Walter FITZROBERT, Baron of Little Dunmow

Abt 1219 - Bef 1258  (~ 39 years)

• Name	Walter FITZROBERT  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Baron of Little Dunmow
  Birth	Abt 1219	Woodham Walter, Essex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LBLZ-H6T
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBLZ-H6T
  _UID	9DC2B5A931D74927B2A799DF2BCDB206B6FA
  Burial	1258	Little Dunmow, Essex, England   [1, 2]
  Death	Bef 10 Apr 1258	Woodham Walter, Essex, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I594764894	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert FITZWALTER,   b. Abt 1180, Maldon, Essex, England d. 9 Dec 1235, Little Dunmow, Essex, England (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Rohese BAYNARD,   b. 1180, Merton Manor, Norfolk, England d. 4 Jan 1236, Dunmow Castle, Little Dunmow, Essex, England (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F536728363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ida de Somery LONGESPÉE BEAUCHAMP,   b. 20 Dec 1204, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 24 Jul 1268, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Robert FITZWALTER, 1st Lord FitzWalter,   b. 1247, Woodham Walter, Essex, England d. 18 Jan 1326, Little Dunmow, Essex, England (Age 79 years)   2. Ela "Ella" FITZWALTER,   b. 1248, Woodham, Essex, England d. Aft 7 Jan 1311, England (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F536728367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family 2
  Children	1. Lord Robert I FITZWALTER,   b. Abt 1238, Henham, Essex, England d. 18 Jan 1325 (Age ~ 87 years)
  Family ID	F536728371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Walter fitz Robert was the son of Robert fitz Walter and Rohese (?) He married Ida Longespée, daughter of William Longespée, 2nd Earl of Salisbury and Idoine de Camville. He died before 10 April 1258. He lived at Woodham Walter, Essex, England. Child of Sir Walter fitz Robert and Ida Longespée - Robert fitz Walter, 1st Lord FitzWalter b. 1247, d. 18 Jan 1325/26 http://www.thepeerage.com/p41019.htm#i410184 .................................................................................. "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013): "WALTER FITZ ROBERT, Knt., of Woodharn Walter, Burnham, Roydon, Dunmow, Henham, Tey, Ulting, and Wimbish, Essex, son and heir by his father's 2nd marriage, born about 1219 (minor in 1235 and came of age in 1240). He married IDA LONGESPEE, daughter of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury (illegitimate son of King Henry II of England), by Ela, daughter and heiress of William Fitz Patrick, Earl of Salisbury [see LONGESPEE 5 for her ancestry]. They had one son, 1. Robert, Knt. [1st Lord Fitz Walter], and three daughters, 2. Ela, 3. Katherine (nun), and 4. Lora (nun). In 1253 he was granted a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor of Burnham, Essex. About 1255 he gave 3 acres of meadow in Westniead (in Roydon), Essex to the Hospitallers. SIR WALTER FITZ ROBERT died shortly before 10 April 1258. In 1259 his widow, "Ida Lungesp[ee]," paid £40 to have the farm of the manor of Henliam, Essex. In the period, 261-3, as "Ida Longespee," widow of Walter Fitz Robert, she petitioned Walter de Merton, the king's chancellor, to bail two of her men appealed of homicide. Ida was living 11 May 1262. Children of Walter Fitz Robert, Knt., by Ida Longespee: i. ROBERT FITZ WALTER, Knt., 1st Lord Fitz Walter [see next]. ii. ELA FITZ WALTER, married (1st) WILLIAM DE ODDINGSELES, Knt, of Solihull, Warwickshire [see ODDINGSELES 8]."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Robert FitzWalter, person ID MN3Q-HQY. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Robert I FITZWALTER, person ID GJJ6-34G. (Reliability: 3).