- Richard FitzRoy
Richard FitzRoy (c. 1190 - June 1246), was feudal Baron of
Chilham ,Kent , and the illegitimate son of KingJohn of England . His mother, John's cousin, was Adela, a daughter ofHamelin de Warenne andIsabel de Warenne, 4th Countess of Surrey .He served in his father's army as a captain during the baronial revolt. In 1216 he was made constable of
Wallingford Castle . The following year he took a prominent part in a naval battle off the Kent coast.He had
scutage forPoitou in 1214. By right of his wife he became Lord ofChingford , Little Wyham and Great Wenden, all inEssex , and Lesnes,Kent , andLutton ,Northamptonshire . However in 1229 their manor of Chingford Earls was temporarily in the hands of a creditor, Robert de Winchester. In 1242 they leased theadvowson of Chingford to William of York, Provost ofBeverley .Before
May 11 ,1214 , he marriedRohese de Dover , daughter and heiress ofFulbert de Dover by his spouse Isabel, daughter of William Briwere. Their children were:# Richard de Dover, feudal baron of Chilham, married
Matilda, 6th Countess of Angus
# Isabella, married 1247 SirMaurice de Berkeley of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
# Lorette, married 1248 SirWilliam Marmion , Knt., of Tanfield, Yorkshire.Richard FitzRoy's widow remarried, between 1250 and 1253, William de Wilton (killed at the
Battle of Lewes ), a prominent Justice. She died shortly beforeFebruary 11 ,1261 , when there was a grant of her lands and heirs to Queen Eleanor ofProvence .References
* Given-Wilson & Curteis. "The Royal Bastards of Medieval England", 1995
* Richardson, Douglas, "Plantagenet Ancestry",Baltimore , 2004, p.48, ISBN 0-8063-1750-7
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