Robert de Morley

- 1360

• Name	Robert de Morley
  Birth	of Morley, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Mar 1360	Burgundy, France   [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 d. 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 d. 30 Apr 1379, Hallingbury, Essex, England (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

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S4342] Norfolk Families by Walter Rye. Two volumes, 1911-13., year only.