Robert Banastre

Events

Date of Birth: about 1218.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Ormerod (2:574) states that Robert was one year old at his father’s death.

Date of Death: in 1241 or 1242.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Ormerod (2:574) and by the Lancashire VCH (1:371).

Relationships

Father: Thurstan Banastre.

The date is given by Ormerod (2:574), by the Lancashire VCH (1:371), and by Farrer (p. 99)

Mother: Cecily.

This relationship is given by Ormerod (2:574) and by the Lancashire VCH (1:371) who state that Cecily married secondly Richard de Monhaut.

(probable) Spouse: Clemence, daughter of Philip de Orreby.

Her name is known to be Clemence/Clemency/Clementia, but her relationship to Philip de Orreby is conjectural. This relationship is given by Ormerod (2:574). Farrer (p. 99) states that in 1219 Philip de Orreby purchased the wardship and marriage of Robert son and heir of Thurstan Banastre for 500 marks. Langton (p. 21) notes that although there is no direct evidence that Philip had a daughter, he would be unlikely to have paid 500 marks unless he intended to marry a daughter of his to Robert. Langton also gives evidence from seals of arms that seems to support this relationship. The Lancashire VCH (1:571) states that Philip paid only 50 marks. A fine of 3 Henry III (no. 334) states that "Phillip of Orby, justice of Chester, has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having the custody and marriage of Robert, son and heir of Thurstan Banaster..."

Children:

John (died before the end of February, 1242).

Sir Robert Banastre (about 1241 - 1291) married Alesia, daughter of Robert de Grendon.

References

Benalt, Thomas. The Visitation of Lancashire and a Part of Cheshire (1533) Part I. (William Langton, ed.) (Chetham Society, 1876).

Farrer, William. Honors and Knights’ Fees: Volume II (Manchester University Press, 1925).

Henry III Fine Rolls Project. The National Archives and King’s College London (accessed 14 March 2015)

A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 1 (Victoria County Histories, 1906).

A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 (Victoria County Histories, 1911).

Ormerod, George; Peter Leycester; William Smith; William Webb; and Thomas Helsby. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. (London: G. Routledge, 1882).