Roger of Leybourne († before 1251)
Sir Roger of Leybourne (* between 1182 and 1190; † before 1251) was an English knight who belonged to the rebels against King John Ohneland during the First War of the Barons .
Roger of Leybourne came from a knightly family from Leybourne in Kent . He was still a minor when his father died and his guardianship was acquired in 1199 for 300 marks by Stephen of Thornham († 1213/14) from Kent. Thornham married him to his daughter and co-heiress Eleanor. Roger supported the aristocratic opposition against King John Ohneland in 1215 and was one of the knights who unsuccessfully defended Rochester Castle against the king in the autumn of 1215 . When the castle was conquered at the end of November 1215, he was taken prisoner and was only released in August 1216 on payment of a ransom of 250 marks. After his wife Isabell died in 1219 or 1220, he married Agnes, the widow of Henry de Miners , around 1229 , who survived him. His son Roger from his first marriage became his heir .
Web links
- Kathryn Faulkner: Leybourne, Sir Roger of (c.1215-1271). 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
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| SURNAME | Roger of Leybourne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Leyburn, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English knight and rebel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1182 and 1190 |
| DATE OF DEATH | before 1251 |