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Robert de Morley

Male - 1360


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  • Name Robert de Morley 
    Birth of Morley, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Mar 1360  Burgundy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I19054  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of LD
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2020 

    Father William de Morley,   b. of Morley, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 29 Sep 1300 
    Mother Cecily de Mohaut   d. Aft 1315 
    Marriage Bef 1 Oct 1295  [1
    Family ID F11530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hawise Marshal,   b. Abt 1301   d. Bef Sep 1334 (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Marriage Bef 20 Oct 1316  [1
    Children 
    +1. William de Morley,   b. 24 Jun 1319, of Great Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1379, Hallingbury, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F11526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Admiral of the Fleet North of the Thames. Constable of the Tower of London. Marshal of Ireland. Summoned to Parliament 20 Nov 1317 to 15 Dec 1357.

      On 24 Jun 1340 he won the first great English naval victory by destroying the French fleet at Sluys. Fought at Crécy as one of the bannerets in the king's division. In 1347, he supported the siege of Calais by blockading the port; in the same year, he killed deer belonging to Thomas Bateman, Bishop of Norwich, who consequently excommunicated him and made him do penance by walking barefoot through the streets of Norwich carrying a wax taper weighing six pounds.

      According to Walter Rye (citation details below) he also fought at Boroughbridge in 1322.

  • Sources 
    1. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.

    2. [S4342] Norfolk Families by Walter Rye. Two volumes, 1911-13., year only.