Roger of Poitou, Count of La Marche, Lord of Clitheroe, major post-Conquest feudal landholder, Norman magnate, Domesday landholder, Norman nobleman, lord of extensive English lands after the Norman Conquest, lord of the Honour of Lancaster and extensive lands in Lancashire
Dates: died 1102
Biography
Roger of Poitou was a prominent Norman landholder who held extensive estates in northern England after the Conquest, including the fief in which Airton was recorded.
Notes / Sources
The date and nature of his interest are derived from Domesday and general historical identification; the source does not establish direct demesne management at Airton.
Research sources:
- William Page and J. Horace Round, Victoria County History-style account reproduced in History of Craven, Parish of Kirkby Malhamdale; corroborated by Yorkshire Dales Community Archives, Airton entry. — https://www.skiptoncastle.co.uk/craven-history/21_Parish-of-Kirkby-Malghdale.pdf
The manor connection is based on the Aldcliffe foundation-charter account, not on a general pedigree.
Research sources:
- R. Bellis, Aldcliffe historical transcript, section on the early medieval period, pp. 10-11, stating that Aldcliffe passed to Roger of Poitou after 1066 and that he granted it in the 1094 foundation charter. — https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/rhc/Aldcliffetranscript.pdf
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