Family History Notebook

John FITZ ROBERT Lord of Warkworth
also known as John "de Wer" or "de Eure"

Son of Robert Fitz Roger (1168-1214), Baron of Warkworth and Margaret de Chesney,  born 1193 in Warkworth, Northumberland

Married Joan in 1220 in Warkworth, Northumberland

Joan 1 was born 1200 in Warkworth, Northumberlandd. She died 1225 in Warkworth.

Married Ada de BALIOL in 1226 in Warkworth ( born 1210 in Gainford, Durham, England. She died 29 Jul 1251 in Stokesley, North Riding, Yorkshire, England.

Children

Roger FITZ JOHN was born 1227 and died May 1249 - ancestor of the Claverings.
Cecily FITZ JOHN was born 1228. - married Earl Patrick III of Dunbar4
Robert de EURE was born 1230 and died 1271.
Alice FITZ JOHN 1, 2 was born 1231 in Warkworth
Sir Hugh de EURE Knight was born 1233 and died 1296.
Annora FITZ JOHN 1, 2 was born 1234 in Warkworth
Stephen de BALIOL Rector of Mitford 1 was born 1236 in Warkworth
Ingram FITZ JOHN
1 was born 1240 in Warkworth

Died Feb 1241 in Warkworth

Notes

1    Source:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg636.htm#15883 though this source appears to have confused Warkworth, Northamptonshire with Warkworth, Northumberland

2    IVER: Evreham (xi cent.); Eure, Evere (xii–xvi cent.).
The manor then passed into the hands of the Claverings, being granted in 1199–1200 to Robert son of Roger, the first of this family to hold it. (fn. 26) On his death c. 1216 it descended to his son John, (fn. 27) who in 1230 leased the manor for five years. (fn. 28) It was held by his widow Ada in 1241. (fn. 29) Their son Roger died in 1249, leaving a son Robert, (fn. 30) who held the manor (fn. 31) until his death in 1310, when he was succeeded by his son John, (fn. 32) who took the surname of Clavering after the family's chief seat in Essex. (fn. 33) John Clavering had no direct male heir, and so in 1311 settled Iver on himself and his wife Hawise for life with reversion to the king. (fn. 34) John Clavering lived until about 1332, (fn. 35) and his wife Hawise survived him. (fn. 36)
Victoria County History 'Parishes: Iver', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 286-294. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42561

Roger fitz Richard died, apparently not long after his father the constable of Chester, in 1178. His heir, Robert fitz Roger, did not come of age till 1191, and during the reign of Coeur-de-Lion (from whom he received a grant of the manor of Eure in Buckinghamshire) resided chiefly in Norfolk, where he possessed large estates through marrying the heiress of William de Chesney, lord of Horsford. In Norfolk he founded in 1198 the abbey of St. Mary of Langley, which he filled with Præmonstratensian canons from Alnwick. N In July, 1199, King John confirmed to him the castle and manor of Warkworth for the consideration of 300 marks, N and he seems about this time to have transferred his activity to Northumberland, of which he became sheriff in 1203, a very lucrative post under an administration like that of John. A favourite of the king, he received grants of the manor of Corbridge in 1204 and of the manors of Newburn and Rothbury in 1205.
History of Warkworth Castle

3    There seems to be confusion between Warkworth, Northamptonshire and Warkworth, Northumberland.

4    "Cecilia, wife of Earl Patrick III of Dunbar (d. 1289) was the daughter of John de Wer - that is de Uer or Eure".  David Symson (1712) quoted by Andrew B MacEwen in "Foundations Vol 3 No 5 2011 p398

References

a    Inq PM 35 HenIII