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Roger de Grey, Lord or owner recorded for Great Cornard in 1362
A de Grey landholder recorded in a 1362 Great Cornard rental. The consulted source does not provide sufficient information for a fuller biography.
View historical person →Roger de Ivry, Norman feudal landholder
Dates: died shortly after 1087
A Norman landholder who held Covington in Domesday Book in 1086 and inherited estates from his father in 1079. He was forced into exile after William II seized…
View historical person →Roger de Jarpenvill
Dates: flourished early to mid-fourteenth century
Medieval holder of Abinger Manor and patron associated with Abinger church.
View historical person →Roger de Lacy, Constable of Chester, lord of Swillington, Tenant-in-chief in England, lord of the de Lacy barony
Dates: died 1211
Roger de Lacy was a prominent baron and hereditary Constable of Chester. The supplied record identifies him as lord of Swillington and as a participant in King Richard…
View historical person →Roger de Lench
Dates: Active in the 13th and early 14th centuries
Medieval holder of the Ab Lench and Rous Lench fee, identified in Testa de Nevill and later subsidy evidence.
View historical person →Roger de Leybourne, English nobleman, Warden of the Cinque Ports, English nobleman and royal servant, Royalist baron, royal household steward
Dates: died 1271
A major landholder in Kent and heir to substantial estates, Roger de Leybourne was recorded as receiving a grant of the Lordship of Gore in 1266.
View historical person →Roger de Merlay, Baron of Merlay
Dates: died 1266
Northumberland baron who obtained livery of his lands in 1239 and died in 1266 without a male heir.
View historical person →Roger de Montbegon
Dates: fl. 1212
A medieval landholder and member of the Montbegon family, recorded as holding one moiety of Ainstable in 1212.
View historical person →Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, Norman magnate
Dates: c. 1030–1094
Norman magnate and Earl of Shrewsbury who held extensive lands in the Welsh Marches after the Norman Conquest.
View historical person →Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, Norman baron and lord of Arundel, Norman magnate
Dates: died 1094
Norman magnate and principal lord of extensive estates in Shropshire after the Conquest.
View historical person →Roger de Rames, Roger de Rheims or Roger of Rames, Norman landholder recorded in Domesday Book
Dates: flourished in the late eleventh century; recorded in 1086
Roger de Rames was a Norman landholder whose Akenham holdings were recorded in Domesday Book in 1086.
View historical person →Roger de Rheins, Norman landholder, holder of the honour of Raines or Reynes
Dates: fl. 11th century
A Norman landholder who, according to the registry description, held the Akenham manors at the time of the Domesday Survey and held the honour of Raines or Reynes…
View historical person →Roger de Schympling, Lord of Shimpling
Dates: fl. 1280–1345
Lord of Shimpling in 1280; the manor was settled on him and his wife Emma in tail. He died in 1345.
View historical person →Roger de Somerville
Dates: fl. early 13th century
A medieval landholder recorded as receiving Alrewas from King John in fee farm in 1204 and holding it about 1216.
View historical person →Roger de Somery, Baron of Dudley
Dates: died 1291
Medieval baron associated with Dudley Castle and the holding of Rowley Regis in the late thirteenth century.
View historical person →Roger de St John, Lord of Felbridge, holder of a grant of free warren
Dates: died 1265
Lord of Felbridge in 1251; obtained free warren and a licence to crenellate his house. He was killed at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
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