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Robert I de Stafford

Male - Abt 1088


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  • Name Robert I de Stafford  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1088  Evesham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Burial Evesham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Siblings 2 siblings 
    Person ID I261  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2018 

    Father Roger I de Tosny,   b. Between 985 and 995   d. Between 1038 and 1043 (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Mother Godehildis 
    Marriage Bef Aug 1027  [2
    Family ID F336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family (Unknown Person Not Actually Named Avice de Clare) 
    Children 
    +1. Nicholas I de Stafford   d. Bef Aug 1138
    Family ID F2861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2016 

  • Notes 
    • Also called Robert de Tosny, de Toeni. Changed his name on command of William the Conqueror, when William gave him Stafford Castle. Sheriff of Staffordshire 1072-85. Died as a monk.

  • Sources 
    1. [S39] A History of the Parish of Tatenhill in the County of Stafford by Sir Reginald Hardy. London: Harrison and Sons, 1907.

    2. [S80] Peter Stewart, "Origin and Early Generations of the Tosny Family," July 2009, rev. March 2012.

    3. [S128] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant ed. Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Howard de Walden, Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. 2nd edition. 14 volumes (1-13, but volume 12 spanned two books), London, The St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959. Volume 14, "Addenda & Corrigenda," ed. Peter W. Hammond, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 1998.

    4. [S1016] Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2001.