Robert II de Vaux of Pentney also known as Robert de Vallibus, Lord of Pentney, was a prominent 12th-century noble. He succeeded to the lands in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex in England, held by his father Robert which had been received from Roger Bigod after the Norman conquest of England.[a] Robert was the founder of the Augustinian Pentney Priory, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, St Mary and St Magdalene, which he established c.1130, for the souls of Agnes his wife and their children.[2] He was succeeded by his eldest son William.
Robert II de Vaux | |
|---|---|
| Died | c.1150 |
| Noble family | de Vaux |
Marriage and issue
editHe married Agnes, daughter of Ranulf Fitz Walter and Matilda de Lanquetot,[3] they are known to have had the following issue:[4]
- William de Vaux
- Oliver de Vaux
- Henry de Vaux
Notes
edit- ^ Lands held by his father, as shown in the 1086 Domesday survey: Belchamp [Otten, St Paul and Walter] and [Great and Little] Henny in Essex, Beechamwell, Heckingham, Fritton, [Morning] Thorpe, Stratton [St Mary and St Michael], Tharston, Shimpling, [East] Walton, East Winch, Flitcham, [Gayton] Thorpe, Grimston, Pentney, Alpington, Colney, Ashby [St Mary], Carleton [St Peter], Claxton, Mundham and Thurton in Norfolk and Bulcamp, Chediston, Cookley, Darsham, Dunwich, Halesworth, Thorpe, Blundeston, Barsham, Ellough, Weston and Worlingham in Suffolk.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ Opendomesday.org - Robert de Vaux
- ^ Messent 1934, p. 67.
- ^ Monasticon anglicanum 1846, p. 142.
- ^ Parkin 1808, p. 38.
References
edit- Parkin, Charles (1808). An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Containing a Description of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, with the Foundations of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Chantries, and Other Religious Buildings. Vol. 9. London: William Miller. OCLC 923542324.
- Monasticon anglicanum; a history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, frieries, and cathedral and collegiate churches, with their dependencies, in England and Wales; also of all such Scotch, Irish and French monasteries, as were in any manner connected with religious houses in England. Together with a particular account of their respective foundations, grants, and donations, and a full statement of their possessions, as well temporal as spiritual. Originally published in Latin by Sir William Dugdale. Vol. 5. London: James Bohn. 1846. OCLC 1873032.
- Messent, Claude John Wilson (1934). The monastic remains of Norfolk & Suffolk. H.W. Hunt. OCLC 610113631.