Robert de Ewyas, Lord of Ewyas Harold, founder and patron of Dore Abbey
Dates: Died 1147
Biography
Robert de Ewyas founded Dore Abbey, a Cistercian monastery in Herefordshire, in 1147. The foundation became the principal institutional holder of the Dore estate and accumulated lands in Abbey Dore and the surrounding area.
Notes / Sources
Named in the registry as founder and an initial benefactor of Dore Abbey. This profile does not treat him as a proven individual lord of the later manor independently of the abbey foundation.
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