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Roger d'Amorie

( - 1322)

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Roger d'Amorie, 1st Lord d'Amorie1,2
M, #106933, d. 1322
Last Edited=13 Nov 2014
Roger d'Amorie, 1st Lord d'Amorie was the son of Gilbert d'Amorie.3 He married Elizabeth de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre, in 1317.4 He died in 1322.1 He was buried at Ware Priory, Hertfordshire, England.5
In 1310 he obtained from the crown (and confirmed by Parliament) the manors of Sandall, Yorkshire, Haighton, Oxfordshire, and Faulkeshall, Surrey and 100 marks per annum to be paid out of the exchequer.3 He fought in the Scottish Wars.3 He held the office of Governor of Glocuester Castle.3 He held the office of Governor of Knaresborough Castle.3 He held the office of Governor of St. Briavel's Castle.3 He held the office of Warden of the Forest of Dene.3 He was created 1st Lord d'Amorie [England by writ] in 1317.2 In 1321/22 he was attainted.5
Children of Roger d'Amorie, 1st Lord d'Amorie and Elizabeth de Clare

Eleanor d'Amorie4
Elizabeth d'Amorie, Lady d'Amorie+6 b. b 23 May 1318, d. 5 Feb 1360/61

Citations

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 83. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 419. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 5. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
[S22] Burke, Burkes Extinct Peerage, page 6.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 245.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 418.

Events

Marriage1317Elizabeth de Clare
Death1322

Families

SpouseElizabeth de Clare (1295 - 1360)
ChildEleanor d'Amorie ( - )
ChildElizabeth d'Amorie (1318 - 1360)