Robert fitz Walter of Horsham

Robert fitz Walter, Lord of Horsham was an English nobleman who served as the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.

Robert fitz Walter
FatherWalter de Caen

Biography

Robert was the son of Walter de Caen. He served as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk between 1115 to 1129 and again in 1135. He and his wife Sybil founded the Bendictine Horsham St. Faith Priory in 1105.

Marriage and issue

Robert married firstly Sybil, the daughter of Ralph de Chesney,[1] they are known to have had the following known issue.

He married secondly Aveline, the widow of Alan FitzFlaald of Dol, she was the daughter of Ernulf de Hesdin.

He is known to have fathered the following, but it is unclear as to which marriage they came from.

  • Margaret, married Hamo de St. Clair.
  • Simon
  • Elias
  • Peter

Citations

  1. Keats-Rohan 1999, p. 369.

References

  • Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1999). Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Ipswich, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-863-3.
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