319832086. Prince Robert Fitz Hamon & 319832087. Princess Sybil de Montgomery
~1045,
Robert born in Normandy, France, s/o §§Baron Hamon Dentatus & Lady Hadwise d’Avoye.
1047,
Robert’s father Hamon slain at the Battle of Val es Dunes.
1064,
Robert, Sieur de Creully [Corbeil] in the Calvados of Normandy, named in a
Bayeux charter.
~1065, Sybil
born in France, d/o 639664140. Roger de Montgomery & 639664141. Mabel Tavas de Alencon.
By 1066,
Robert fitz Hamon founded the priory of St. Gabriel.
1074, ‘Ego
Robert frater huhus Haimonis’ and ‘Ego Haimo Regis dapifer’ witnessed a charter
of William the Conqueror.
1081, King
William made a pilgrimage to St. David’s in South Wales.
1084, Robert
named in a Bayeux charter.
1086, Robert
held no lands in England in the Domesday survey, but both of his brothers
[Richard de Granville, and Hamon the Steward] held lands.
9/26/1087, William Rufus crowned King of England;
succeeding William the Conqueror. His elder brother Robert became Duke
of Normandy.
1087-1100,
Robert fitz attested more charters [more than 11] of King William II than any
laypersons except the two stewards: Eudo, and Roger Bigod. (S) Anselm of Bec,
Vaughn, 1987, P164.
1088, Robert
a supporter of King William Rufus in the rebellion of Odo of Bayeux, earl of
Kent. For his service, Robert fitz Hamon, steward of the King [and the king’s
cousin], assigned the lands in England [worth £260-£320] of Queen Matilda, wife
of the Conqueror [died 1083.]
[––Robert
& Sybil––]
~1088,
Robert married Sybil.
8/11/1089, There was a great earthquake throught England.
1089, Robert
conquering Glamorgan, southern Wales. Robert, with his brother Richard de
Glanville and 11 other knights, led an army trained in the conquest.
1089-90,
Robert created lord of Gloucester by King William, where he was also granted
the mint where he issued 2 or 3 types of coins. (S) History of Bristol, Corry,
1816, P109.
1090, Duke
Robert of Normandy protested King Williams grant of their mother’s lands to
Robert fitz Hamon – Orderic. (S) Numismatic Chronicle, 1901, P123.
1090, Robert
erected a motte in the northwest corner of an older Roman fort. [Later –
Caerfilly castle.] (S) Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, V5, 1830, P188.
1091, Robert defeated the forces of Rhys ap Tewdwr (639664170) at the
battle of Brecheiniog in South Wales. Jestin, son of Gwrgan, prince of Gwent
and Morganwg, was driver out and his lands [Glamorgan] which were partitioned
among the knights, all doing homage to Robert as their overlord.
1091-97,
Robert fitzHamon lord of Britow [Bristol]. (S) Bristollia, Hooke, 1743, P56.
1092, Robert
re-founded Tewkesbury abbey on river Severn. (S) Ecclesiastical History of
England and Normandy, V2, 1854, P250. [Originally founde as early as 715.]
1093, Robert
completed the conquest of Glamorgan and built the castle at Cardiff. (S) The
Early Castles, 1991, P10. [Robert is styled in his own charters
‘Sir Robert Fitz-Hamon, by the grace of God, Prince of Glamorgan, Earl of
Corboile’.]
1093, Sir
John Basset the vicecomes in Glamorganshire to Sir Robert FitzHamon. (S) Burke,
V4, 1838, P733.
1094, Robert
FitzHamon with the earls of Arundel and Gloucester fought against the men of
Gwent. (S) Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1851, P67.
1095, King
William II conducted an expedition into North Wales.
Summer/1097,
King William entered North Wales with a great army.
8/2/1100,
King William II died on a hunting trip in New Forest. Henry rode to London to
sieze the English crown while his older brother Robert was returning from
crusade to Normandy. Robert fitz Hamon was a member of the hunting party that
accompanied William’s body back to Winchester.
8/5/1100, At his coronation King Henry I announced the
“Charter of Liberties”. Those present included brothers Robert and Henry
Beaumont; Simon, earl of Northampton; Walter Giffard, Robert de Montfort,
Robert Malet, Eudo dapifer, Roger Bigot, and Robert fitz Hamon. (S) Conqueror’s
Son, Lack, 2007, P139.
9/14/1100 at
Westminster, The King grant to St. Peter’s, Bath, and Bishop John 5 hides of
land in Weston. … signatories … William count of Mortain, Walter Giffard, Earl
Hugh, Earl Simon, Robert fitz Hamon, Earl Henry, Roger de Bigot, …
3/6/1101,
Robert fitz Hamon represented the king at Dover where an agreement was made with
Robert, earl of Flanders, which bound the Earl to the support of King Henry.
7/20/1101,
Back from crusading, King Henry’s elder brother Duke Robert Curthose invaded
England, landing at Portsmouth, claiming his right to the throne. Richard de
Reviers is noted by William of Malmsbury as one of the few nobles who supported
King Henry. [Others included Robert fitz Hamon, Roger Bigod, and Robert de
Beaumont and his brother Henry de Newburgh.]
8/1101,
Robert 1 of 3 barons that negotiated a truce between King Henry I and Robert
Curthose.
12/1101,
Robert attended King Henry’s Christmas court in London.
1102, Robert
and Sibil made significant grants to the abbey of Tewkesbury, which included
transferring the monks of Cranbourne to the abbey.
1103, Robert
and his brother Hamo witnesses to a deed between the Abbot of Fecamp and Philip
de Briouse.
8/4/1104,
Ralph de Conches; Robert, count of Meulan; Richard, earl of Chester; Henry of
Eu, Robert fitz Hamon, Robert de Montfort, and Ralph de Mortimer were part of a
large force with King Heny as he crossed the channel and proceeded to Domfort.
They captured Evreux from King Henry’s brother Robert.
By 1105,
Robert returned to Normandy where he held the lordship of Torigni and Creully
in the Vexin.
1105, Robert
captured in a battle in Normandy near Bayeux by Reginald de Warren, a supporter
of Duke Robert Curthose. Robert had taken refuge in a church tower, which was
set on fire. Robert was imprisoned at Bayeux.
1105, King
Henry invaded Normandy, landing at Barfleur, in response to his brother
Robert’s claim on England, and the capture of Robert fitz Hamon, one of his
closest advisors [and father of his son Robert of Caen’s wife].
1105, King
Henry torched Bayeux in freeing Robert fitz Hamon. Robert bought the freedom of
other prisoners who had served with him.
1105, Robert
with King Henry captured Caen, which surrendered. [Some of the prisoners whom
Robert had ransomed were from Caen.]
5/1105,
Robert with the King at the siege of Falaise, where Robert was injured in the
head and never fully recovered.
1106, Robert
was returned to England to his Gloucestershire estates.
11/30/1106,
Notification to … Herbert bishop of Norwich, Roger Bigot, … and the barons of
Suffolk of the confirmation to the Benedictine nunnery of Malling of the gift
of the manor of Cornard made by Robert fitz Hamon.
3/1107,
Robert died; buried at Tewkesbury abbey.
(S) Conqueror’s
Son, Lack, 2007. (S) History of The Granville Family, Granville, 1895, P17. (S)
DNB, V19, Stephen, P159.
Family notes:
Daughters Avice and Cicely became nuns at Wilton and
Shaftesbury respectively. The youngest daughter married the Earl of Brittany.
Child
of Robert and Sybil:
i. Mabel Fitz
Robert (159916043), born ~1090 in England.
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