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John "Lord of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland" Clavering

(Bef 1191 - Bef 20 Feb 1241)

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John FitzRobert of Clavering, Magna Carta Surety, Lord of Warkworth Castle, is the father of [[Clavering-12|Roger FitzJohn of Clavering]] aka Roger de Baliol.''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', Vol I, page 497


== Biography ==

Titles of John FitzRobert:

: Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1213-15
: Sheriff of Northumberland 1224-8
:: John FitzRobert (c. 1190-1240) held estates distributed across two regions of England, the far north along the Scottish border, and East Anglia and Essex. He accordingly had ties with the two main, but largely separate, groups of barons who rose in opposition to King John in 1216.
:: John’s ancestors had a long tradition of service to the Angevin monarchy. His grandfather Roger FitzRichard through his military prowess had earned the favour of Henry II, who in 1158 granted him the castle of Warkworth in Northumberland and a few years later the castle and feudal honor of Clavering in Essex. John’s father, Robert, who came of age in 1191, served as sheriff of Northumberland in 1203 and received various grants of manors from John in 1204 and 1205. Robert was a man of wealth and made numerous additions to the great castle at Warkworth which are still visible in the castle’s fabric today, notably the Carrickfergus tower and the western part of the south wall.
:: John, who succeeded his father in 1212, took over from the latter his established position in northern society, numbering among his associates Eustace de Vesci, William de Mowbray and Peter de Brus. However, he also spent time in East Anglia, where his great-grandfather had acquired estates through his marriage to a daughter of Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk, and his father had strengthened the family’s position further by an almost equally valuable marriage to the daughter of the Norfolk landowner, William de Chesney. In 1213 and 1215 John served as sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.
:: Understandably, in the light of his and his family’s long tradition of royal service, John was a relative latecomer to the baronial cause. It was nonetheless a tribute both to his high standing and the strength of his ties in northern society that he was chosen one of the Twenty Five. After the renewal of hostilities in the autumn of 1215 he joined his associates in waging war against King John, but after the baronial defeat at Lincoln in May the following year he was among the earliest to offer submission to Henry III’s Minority government. He served as sheriff of Northumberland from 1224 to 1227.
:: John married about 1218, Ada de Balliol, through whom he acquired the lordship of Barnard Castle in County Durham. Ada is the daughter of Hugh de Baliol of Bernard Castle by Cecily de Fontaines. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', vol I, page 219 When he died in 1240, Matthew Paris, the chronicler of St Albans Abbey, wrote: ‘In this year died John FitzRobert, a man of noble birth and one of the chief barons of the northern provinces of England’." ''Professor Nigel Saul and the [http://magnacarta800th.com/ Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee]

----Of Warkworth, Corbridge, Newburn, and Whalton, Northumberland, Aynho, Northamptonshire, Clavering, Essex, Iver, Buckinghamshire, etc., Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1213-1215, Sheriff of Northumberland, 1224-1228. He joined the rebellious Barons against King John and was made a Magna Carta Surety in 1215. He fought at Bitham in 1221. In 1225-1226 he was appointed an itinerant justice in Yorkshire. In 1232 he was sued in the king's court by Simon de Divelston for a fishery in the Tyne and estovers in the wood and turbary of Corbridge, Northumberland.
John differed in politics from his father. He was one of the twenty-five to whom the execution of the provisions of Magna Carta was entrusted; and as a natural consequence his lands were seized for the king. On the seal of the charter by which he conveyed his meadow of Braineslawe to the monks of Durham, we see him careering in a cylindrical helm, which viewed in profile presents a concave line behind, the front part rounded below and pierced with holes to enable him to breathe, his surcoat considerably shorter than his father's, but the other equipments similar, and the sword equally ponderous. His widow Ada, daughter of Hugh de Baliol, appears to have been a woman of much character. She could not, however, even for 1,000 marks, obtain the guardianship of her son Roger fitz John, which Henry III bestowed on his own half-brother, William de Valence. The want of a surname seems to have now made itself felt in the family, and the young lord of Warkworth called himself Roger fitz John de Baliol after his mother's family, while two of his younger brothers took the name of Eure after their father's manor in Buckinghamshire.

== Marriages and Children ==: John married Ada de Balliol, whose maritagium included the barony of Stokesley, Yorkshire. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', vol I, page 219
: He and Ada had five sons, Roger, Robert, Knight, [de Eure], Hugh, Knight. [de Eure], Stephen [de Balliol] (clerk) [Rector of Mitford], and Ingram, and four daughters, Cecily (wife of Patrick of Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar), Alice, Annor, and Margery.''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', Vol I, page 497

=== Notes ===: Note: John Fitz Robert, Magna Charta Surety 1215, lord of Warkworth, county Northampton, died 1240; married Ada de Baliol, died Stokesley 29 July 1251, daughter of Hugh de Baliol of Barnard Castle and Cicely de Fontaines. Ada was sister of John de Baliol who married Devorgilla of Galloway. [Magna Charta Sureties]
: Note: John Fitz-Robert, to whom King John in the 14th year of his reign [1213], ratified the grant of the castle and manor of Warkworth, made by King Henry II to his grandfather, Roger Fitz-Richard, as also of the manor of Clavering. In three years afterwards, he was appointed joint governor with John Marshall of the castles of Norwich and Oxford; but joining in the insurrection of the barons, and being chosen one of the twenty-five appointed to exercise the regal authority, his lands were seized by the king and a part confiscated. Returning, however, to his allegiance in the next reign, his castles and estates were restored to him. In the 9th of Henry III [1225], he was constituted sheriff of Northumberland and governor of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and in the 13th of the same monarch [1329], he was one of the great northern barons appointed by special command of the king to wait upon Alexander, King of Scotland, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, and to conduct that prince to York, there to meet the king of England, "to treat upon certain affairs of great importance." His lordship married Ada, daughter and heir of Hugh de Baliol, and grand-aunt of Baliol, King of Scotland, and had issue, Roger, his successor; Hugh, surnamed "de Eure," from whom the Lords Eure descended; and Robert, ancestor of the Eures of Axholm, in Lincolnshire. He died in 1240, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Roger Fitz-John. ''Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages'', Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering
----:: Also called John fitz Robert de Warkworth. Arms: Or, two chevrons gules.:: John fitz Robert the Surety, 3rd Lord of Warkworth Castle was born circa 1181 at Warkworth, Northumberland, England.:: He was the son of Robert fitz Roger, 2nd Baron of Warkworth and Margaret de Cheney.:: John fitz Robert the Surety, 3rd Lord of Warkworth Castle obtained a confirmation, upon the accession of King John, of the castle and manor of Warkworth, in Northumberland, of the barony of Clavering, in Essex, and of the manor of Eure, in Buckinghamshire.:: He married Ada de Baliol, daughter of Hugh de Baliol, Baron of Biwell and Cecily de Fontaine, circa 1200 at Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England.:: Baron of Horsford at Norfolk between 1214 and 1240.3 3rd Lord of Warkworth Castle at Northumberland, England, circa 1215. :: The Signing of the Magna Carta on 15 June 1215 at Runnymede, between Windsor and Staines, Surrey, England. John fitz Robert the Surety, 3rd Lord of Warkworth Castle was a Surety Baron for the Magna Carta, at Runnymede on 15 June 1215.
:: He died in 1240 at Warkworth, Northumberland, England.
:: Family Ada de Baliol b. circa 1182, d. 29 July 1251:: Child Roger fitz John, 4th Lord Warkworth+ born after 1219, died shortly before 22 June 1249 ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', vol I, page 221:: John de Stokes was commonly known as John Fitz Robert and appears as such, being one of the twenty-five sureties of the Magna Charta in 1215. He was lord of Clavering and Warkworth, Northumberland, and Sheriff of Northumberland, Norfolk and Suffolk from 1215-1227. He was also Baron of Walton. ''The Magna Charta Sureties 1215'', page 41

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John Fitz-Robert, to whom King John in the 14th year of his reign (1213), ratified the grant of the castle and manor of Warkworth, made by King Henry II to his grandfather, Roger Fitz-Richard, as also of the manor of Clavering. In three years afterwards, he was appointed joint governor with John Marshall of the castles of Norwich and Oxford; but joining in the insurrection of the barons, and being chosen one of the twenty-five appointed to exercise the regal authority, his lands were seized by the king and a part confiscated. Returning, however, to his allegiance in the next reign, his castles and estates were restored to him. In the 9th of Henry III (1225), he was constituted sheriff of Northumberland and governor of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and in the 13th of the same monarch (1229), he was one of the great northern barons appointed by special command of the king to wait upon Alexander, King of Scotland, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, and to conduct that prince to York, there to meet the king of England, "to treat upon certain affairs of great importance." His lordship m. Ada, dau. and heir of Hugh de Baliol, and grand-aunt of Baliol, King of Scotland, and had issue, Roger, his successor; Hugh, surnamed "de Eure," from whom the Lords Eure descended; and Robert, ancestor of the Eures of Axholm, in Lincolnshire. He d. in 1240, and was s. by his eldest son, Roger Fitz-John. (Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering). ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects'', John FitzRobert, 3rd Lord of Warkworth and 1st Lord of Clavering, in Essex (Burke & Burke, 1868)

== Gateway Ancestors ==:Descendants of [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Surety_Barons Magna Carta surety barons] who immigrated to the Americas are referred to as Gateway Ancestors. Douglas Richardson documents the ancestry of many who immigrated before 1700 in his ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]]). WikiTree's [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Magna_Carta Magna Carta project] exists "to categorize and improve profiles of the twenty-five medieval barons who were surety for Magna Carta; about two hundred proven American colonial Gateway Ancestors who were their descendants; and the documented lineages that connect them." Using Richardson as its primary source, the project has identified most Magna Carta Gateway Ancestors with profiles in WikiTree (collected in the category [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Gateway_Ancestors Gateway Ancestors]).
:For profiles of descendants and Gateway Ancestors of } } } that have been improved and categorized by the Magna Carta project, see [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Clavering-13_Descendants Clavering-13 Descendants] (see this [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Index_of_Surety_Barons_to_Gateway_Ancestors index] for links to other surety barons and category pages for their descendants).

== Sources ==
*Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. II p. 219-221
*Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. I p. 487-488


: See also:* Richardson, Douglas. ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume I, page 487 #1, page 488.
* Richardson, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561687/sr=8-1/qid=1397864689/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1397864689&seller=&sr=8-1 Royal Ancestry]'' (2013) Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561687/sr=8-1/qid=1397864689/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1397864689&seller=&sr=8-1 Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), volume II, page 219 #4.
* [http://www.fusilier.co.uk/warkworth_castle/northumberland_1.htm The History of Warkworth Castle]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_FitzRobert ''John FitzRobert''], database online, (accessed 30 March 2015), Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License]
* Professor Nigel Saul and the [http://magnacarta800th.com/ Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee]
* ''Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages'', Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 121, Clavering, Barons Clavering
* ''The Magna Charta Sureties 1215'', Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999. Page: 44-1
* Burke, J. & Burke, J.B. (1848). ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects'' , (pp.lxxxi). Churchton. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wb0_AAAAcAAJ&lpg=PR82-IA1&ots=UcsEP5vkrh&dq=William%20Clavering%20VII%20Baron&pg=PR82-IA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books].

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    Events

    BirthBef 1191England
    Marriage1218Warkworth, Northumberland, England - Ada Balliol
    DeathBef 20 Feb 1241England
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    Families

    SpouseAda Balliol (1204 - 1251)
    ChildCecilia Clavering (1222 - )
    ChildRoger "4th Baron of Warkworth, 2nd Baron of Clavering" Clavering (1219 - 1249)
    ChildMargaret Clavering (1220 - )
    ChildSir Robert Clavering (1230 - 1271)
    ChildSir Hugh Eure (1240 - 1295)
    FatherRobert Warkworth (1168 - 1214)
    MotherMargeret Chesney (1165 - 1230)
    SiblingAlice Warkworth (1185 - 1225)