Roger FitzRichard

Roger FitzRichard († 1178 ) was an English nobleman.

Roger FitzRichard was a younger son of Richard FitzEustace, Constable of Chester, and his wife Aubrey de Lisours. His older brother John inherited her father's estates in 1163. Roger received probably already after the battle at Coleshill 1157, in which he had participated and in which his grandfather Eustace FitzJohn had fallen, but no later than the following year, from King Henry II. Warkworth Castle in Northumberland . In the battle on Coleshill, the royal standard bearer Henry d'Essex had thrown away the royal standard in a panic, for which he had to fight a duel as a judgment of God in 1163 on charges of cowardice. He lost the fight and entered a monastery, whereupon the king gave his possession of Clavering Castle in Essex to Roger FitzRichard.

Roger married Alice, a daughter of Aubrey de Vere . His son Robert FitzRoger became his heir .

Individual evidence

^ The History of Warkworth Castle. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
↑ Nigel Saul: John Fitz Robert (Magna Carta 800th). Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
↑ RaGena C. DeAragon: Vere, Aubrey (II) de (d 1141st). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

personal data
SURNAME	Roger FitzRichard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1178

[1] The History of Warkworth Castle. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .

[2] Nigel Saul: John Fitz Robert (Magna Carta 800th). Retrieved December 21, 2015 .

[3] RaGena C. DeAragon: Vere, Aubrey (II) de (d 1141st). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004