Sir Henry Fitz Roger, Kt.

Primary Sources

Inquisitions Post Mortem for Henry Fitz Roger, Writ, 1 February, 26 Edward III [1352].
mention: Elizabeth his wife, who survives
He died on Sunday before the Purification last [29 January 1352]. Alan his son, aged 9 1/4 years, is his heir.

Other Sources

• 'Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• http://books.google.com/books?id=wHZcIRMhSEMC&pg=PA442&lpg=PA442&dq...
• Pg. 108
• 5. PETER FITZ REYNOLDS, Knt., of Chewton, Somerset, Broadmayne, Dorset, West Kington, Wiltshire, etc., younger son by his father's 2nd marriage, born about 1274 (aged 40 in 1314). He married (1st) ELA MARTEL, elder daughter and co-heiress of Roger Martel, Knt., of Hinton Martell and Broadmayne, Dorset, Glen Magna, Leicestershire, and Merston, Sussex, by his wife, Joan. She was born about 1273 (aged 7 in 1280). They had one son, Roger Martel. His wife, Ela, was living in 1304, but dead before 1322. He married (2nd) MAUD ___. SIR PETER FITZ REYNOLD died 18 Nov. 1322. His widow, Maud, married (2nd) Nicholas de Odecombe, Knight of the Shire for Somersetshire. She died 1 August 1349.
  • 6. ROGER MARTEL, of Chewton, Somerset, son and heir apparent, born say 1295. He adopted his mother's surname. He married before 30 Nov. 1318 JOAN ___. probable daughter of henry de Lorty, Knt., Lord Lorty, of Curry Rivell, Somerset, by his wife, Sibyl. They had 'one son, Henry, Knt. ROGER FITZ PETER died before 6 Dec. 1322'.
    • ' 7. HENRY FITZ ROGER, Knt., of Chewton, Somerset, Hinton Martel, and Broadmayne (Mayne Martell), Dorset, Glen Magna, Leicestershire, Merston, Sussex, West Kingston, Wiltshire, son and heir, born at Currey Rivell, Somerset 20 Nov 1318. He married before 23 May 1340 ELIZABETH DE HOLAND, daughter of Robert de Holand, Knt., 1st Lord Holand, by Maud, daughter and co-heiress of Alan la Zouche, Knt., Lord Zouche [see HOLAND 6 for her ancestry]. They had three sons, Alan, Thomas, and John. SIR HENRY FITZ ROGER died 29 Jan. (or 18 Feb.) 1352. His widow, Elizabeth, died 13 July 1387. They were buried at Chewton Mendip, Somerset.
      • 8. JOHN FITZ ROGER, of Chewton, Somerset, West Kington, Wilts, and Mapperton, Dorset, 3rd son, born 1345-52. He married before 26 April 1369 ALICE ___. They had one daughter, Elizabeth. JOHN FITZ ROGER died 1370-72. His widow, Alice, married (2nd (as his 2nd wife) Edmund de Clyvedon, Knt. (died 16 Jan. 1375/6, of Clyvedon, Somerset, (3rd) (as his 2nd wife) before 18 Nov. 1383 Ralph Carminow, Knt. (died 9 Oct. 1386 or after Jan. 1387); (4th) (as his 2nd wife) before 27 Jan. 1389 John Rodney (or Rodeney), Knt. (died 19 Dec. 1400), of Backwell and Rodney Stoke, Somerset, Knight of the Shire for Somerset, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset; and (5th) as his 2nd wife) before 6 June 1402 William Bonville (or Bonevyle), Knt., of Shute and Northleigh, Devon (died 11 Feb. 1408). Alice died 27 March 1426, and was buried in the nave of the church of Newnham Monastery beside her 5th husband.'