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Robert LE VAVASOR, Sheriff Of Nottingham, Kt.

Robert LE VAVASOR, Sheriff Of Nottingham, Kt.

Male Abt 1140 - 1254  (~ 114 years)

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  • Name Robert LE VAVASOR  [1
    Suffix Sheriff Of Nottingham, Kt. 
    Born Abt 1140  Of Hazelwood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Alt. Death Bef 1227  [2
    Alt. Death 
    Ancestor
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    _UID CBE9CF38569B458AA59627D15221F84962E3 
    Died 1254  [1
    Person ID I10449  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father William LE VAVASOR, Lord Of Haselwood, Kt.,   b. Abt 1115, Of Hazelwood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1189 and 1191  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Family ID F5565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Juliana DE ROS,   b. Abt 1144, Of Sutton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Maud LE VAVASOR,   b. Abt 1167, Of Hazelwood, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1250  (Age ~ 82 years)
     2. John LE VAVASOR, Lord Of Haselwood, Kt.,   b. Abt 1170,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F5200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sir Robert le Vavasour, in the 9th King John [1208], paid a fine of 1,200 marks and two palfreys, that Maud, his dau., widow of Theobald Walter [sic], might be married to Fulke Fitz-Warine, an eminent baron in those days. In the 31st Henry III [1247], he was sheriff of the cos. Nottingham and Derby, and so continued until the 39th of the same reign, having in the interim had custody of the honour of Peverell committed to his charge. He m. Juliana, dau. of Gilbert de Ros, of Steeton, in Yorkshire, and was. s. by his son, Sir John le Vavasour, who m. Alice, dau. of Sir Robert Cockfield. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 547, Vavasour, Baron Vavasour]

      Sir Robert le Vavasour, who, in 21st Henry III [1237], was high sheriff of Nottingham and Derby; and from the 31st of the same reign having served for eight years successively. He had likewise the custody of the honor of Peverell. He m. Julian, daughter of Gilbert de Ross, of Steeton, by whom he had issue, Sir John, his successor, and Maud. Sir Robert d. 38th Henry III [1254], and was s. by his son, Sir John le Vavasour, Lord of Haselwood. [John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I, R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, p. 51, Vavasour, of Weston]


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  • Sources 
    1. [S840] History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. I, John Burke, (R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838), ISBN 0-8063-0742-0., p. 51, Vavasour, of Weston (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S72] Automated Family Pedigrees - #1, United Ancestries, Automated Archives, Inc., (CD-100, Banner Blue Software, 1994), ISBN 1-56787-100-3.