Sir Robert de Tregoz
Robert “was closely associated with Henry III, and for many years, 1226-41, received £ 20 p.a. ‘to keep him in the royal service’”. (CP 12:2:18-9).
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: shortly before 24 September 1264.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by the Complete Peerage (12:2:20).
Relationships
Father: Sir Robert de Tregoz.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (12:2:18).
Mother: Sibyl, daughter of Robert de Ewyas, lord of Ewyas Harold in Hereford.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (12:2:18).
Spouse: Juliana, daughter of William de Cauntelo.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (12:2:19).
Children:
Sir John Tregoz (died shortly before 6 September, 1300), baron Tregoz, married (1) Mabel, daughter of Sir Fulk FitzWarin; married (2) Joan, daughter of Adam de Cokefeld.
Lucia Tregoz married John le Strange (III).
Evidence
from the Fine Rolls:
Herefordshire. For Robert de Tresgoz. He has his letters directed to the sheriff of Somerset for having seisin when he establishes by the aforesaid sheriff of Herefordshire that he has received security etc., as aforesaid.
1 July. Berkeley. Herefordshire. For Robert de Tresgoz. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Tresgoz, son and heir of Sibyl of Ewyas , for all lands that Sibyl held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire that, having accepted security from Robert for rendering £100 to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the same Sibyl in his bailiwick on the day she died which fall to him by hereditary right. Once he has received the aforesaid security, he is to signify this to the sheriff of Somerset , to whom the king has commanded that when he receives the letters of the sheriff of Herefordshire concerning the aforesaid security, he is to cause Robert to have full seisin of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Sibyl in his bailiwick,
Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for £100 which Robert de Tresgoz owes the king for his relief of the lands formerly of Sibyl of Ewyas, his mother, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the twentieth year.
Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to permit him to have peace from the aforesaid demand until the aforesaid term.
References
W.D.B. “Pedigree of the Tregoze Family” in The Topographer and Genealogist Volume 2 (London:1853).
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).
Henry III Fine Rolls Project. The National Archives and King’s College London (accessed 18 February 2023).
Le Strange, Hamon. Le Strange Records: A Chronicle of the Early Le Stranges (London:1916).