Roger de Beaumont, Norman magnate, associated in Domesday sources with the Beaumont estates
Dates: died 1094
Biography
Roger de Beaumont was a Norman landholder who held numerous estates in Dorset after the Conquest, including a portion of Afflington recorded in Domesday Book.
Notes / Sources
The cited Afflington evidence establishes the manor link; it does not establish the complete later descent of this portion.
Research sources:
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, Domesday entry for Afflington, Dorset; Roger de Beaumont is identified as the 1086 tenant-in-chief. — https://pase.ac.uk/domesday/name/2652/
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