Roger de Pitres

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Roger de Pitres († 1086 ) was a Norman knight and founder of the Pitres family .

It came from an estate from Pîtres in Normandy , which William FitzOsbern had acquired through his marriage to Adeliza, a daughter of Roger I. de Tosny . Together with his brother Durand he came to England with FitzOsbern during the Norman conquest and was decisively involved in the conquest of the western Midlands around 1070 . After the conquest, FitzOsbern enfeoffed him with extensive estates, including Great Barrington and South Cerney in Gloucestershire . Presumably FitzOsbern enfeoffed him with goods in Wiltshire and Hampshire, to this end he made him Sheriff of Gloucestershire. Roger probably also built Gloucester Castle , of which he became the first constable .

He was married to Adeliza. After his death, his brother Durand inherited his estates and offices, until his son Walter de Gloucester succeeded him after Durand's death around 1097 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Walker: Medieval Wales . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990. ISBN 978-0-521-31153-3 , p. 21
  2. ^ David Walker: The Honors of the Earls of Hereford in the Twelfth Century . In: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 79 (1960), p. 176
  3. ^ David Walker: Gloucester and Gloucestershire in Domesday Book . In: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 94 (1976), p. 112
personal data
SURNAME Roger de Pitres
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norman knight and founder of the House of Pitres
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH 1086