Of Warkworth, Northumberland, Horsford, Norfolk, and Clavering, Essex. A manuscript genealogy of the founders of Horsham priory, Norfolk names “Rogerum” as the son of “Johannem filium Roberti”, son of “Roberto filio Rogeri”.
Matthew Paris records the death in a 1249 tournament of "quidam de nobilioribus baronibus Borealibus Rogerus filius Johannis" and names his mother "Ada de Bailliol". 1
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Called Robert in the Inq. p.m. taken on his mother's death
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9 Aug 1249
Pro Isabella que fuit uxor Rogeri filii Johannis. — Manerium de
Eynho cum pertinenciis assignatum est Isabelle que fuit uxor Rogeri
filii Johannis in partem dotis sue de terris que fuerunt predicti Rogeri,
quondam viri sui ; et mandatum est H. de Wengh' et coescaetori
suo in comitatu Norht' quod de predicto manerio cum pertinenciis
predicte Isabelle plenam seisinam habere faciant, sicut predictum est,
una cum fenis presentis anni de manerio predicto. Teste ut supra.
Manerium de Acclinton' cum pertinenciis, quod fuit ejusdem
Rogeri, et tercia pars foreste de Robur' assignata simt predicte
Isabelle in partem dotis sue ; et mandatum est Thome de Stanford
quod de predicto manerio et tercia parte predicte foreste cum'
pertinenciis plenam, eidem Isabelle seisinam habere faciat ; et quia
adhuc restant predicte Sibille de dote sua ad perficiendum ei
dotem suam vj. librate iiij. solidate et vij. denariate et unius (sic)
obolata terre, mandatum est eidem Thome quod una cum Roberto
de Crepping' in festo Nativitatis Beate Marie in loco competenti de
terris que sunt predicti Rogeri, ad valenciam vj. hbrarum iiij.
solidorum et vij. denariorum et j. oboli terre predicte Isabelle faciat assignari ; et si idem Robertus presens non fuerit ad terminum ilium,
predictus Thomas, non expectata presencia ipsius Roberti, terram
illam ei assignet....
Pro Willelmo de Valencia. — Rex concessit Willelmo de Valencia
custodiani terre que fuit predicti Rogeri usque ad legitimam etatem
ipsius Rogeri (sic) ; et mandatum est Thome de Stanford et coescaetori
suo in coraitatu Norhumb' quod de omnibus terris et tenementis que
fuerunt predicti Rogeri in comitatu predicto plenam ei seisinam habere
faciat, salvis Isabelle que fuit uxor predicti Rogeri manerium (sic)
de Acclinton', preter parcum, cum pertinenciis et sex libratis quatuor
solidatis et vij. denariatis et unius (sic) obolata terre, que rex assignari
fecit in dotem, et que assideri faciant una cum Roberto de Crepping',
cum ad ipsos venerit, in loco competenti, et salva tercia parte de
Robur' que assignata est eidem Isabelle in partem dotis sue.
Calendar of the Close Rolls, 33 Hen. III., pp. 190-1
14 Aug 1249, Burgh
Grant to William de Valence the king's brother, of the wardship
and marriage of the heirs of Roger son of John for 300 marks, so that he may marry them to whomsoever he will, but without disparagement.
21 Aug 1249, Huntingdon
Grant to him of £40 due to the king in the name of the farm of the manor of Corebrug, late of Roger son of John, during the minority of the heirs of the said Roger, and during this period only it shall be deducted from the yearly fee which William receives at the Exchequer, of 500 marks. And if before their coming of age the mother of the said Roger should die, or either of the two heiresses, the said William shall have the lands assigned to them in dower, and that amount shall be deducted from his said fee of 500 marks. And if the said £40 are to be blanched the said William shall cause them to be blanched at the Exchequer.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 4, p. 46
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6 Jan 1252, York
Grant to William de Valencia, the king's brother, of the wardship of all the lands late of Roger son of John, extended at £120 19s. 8½d.; and of all the lands which Ada de Bayllol, mother of the said Roger, held in dower of the fee of the said lands, extended at £111 6d.; on condition that these sums be deducted from his fee of 500 marks a year at the Exchequer ; and grant that he may assign this wardship to whomsoever he will if he should die before the full age of the said heirs.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 4, pp. 124-125
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