Roger de Pitres, Sheriff of Gloucester

Not a known father of Robert of Gloucester de Pitres

Biography

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Roger de Pitres (also called Roger de Pistri) (d. bef. 1083), a Norman, was the Sheriff of Gloucester under William the Conqueror and constable of Gloucester Castle.

Life

Roger's origins are confirmed in his territorial appellation, de Pitres; he was a Norman from Pîtres, Eure, canton of Pont-de-l'Arche.[1] He followed William the Conqueror to England in 1066.[2] Roger was an adherent of William FitzOsbern and owed much of his landed wealth to this association.[3] After the death of Earl William in 1071, Roger was more closely associated with the crown.[3] He was sheriff of Gloucester from 1071[4] and constable of Gloucester castle, which he constructed.[5] Members of his family succeeded him in these hereditary offices.[a] His brother Durand of Gloucester (d. 1096) succeeded him as sheriff by 1083.[4] Both Roger de Pitres and his brother Durand were buried at St. Peter's Abbey in Gloucester.[5]

Family

Roger's wife was named Adeliza and together they had:

1. Walter of Gloucester, subsequently Sheriff of Gloucester[1][6]
2. Herbert, of whom little is known other than he predeceased his brother Walter.[1]

Comments: Medlands also shows a daughter:

c) [--- . Her parentage and marriage are established by the charter dated to [1123] which records that "Walt de Gloec" gave Little Hereford in fee to "Willo de Mara nepoti suo"[343], although it is always possible that "nepos" should be interpreted in this document as indicating a more remote relationship than nephew of Walter of Gloucester. m --- de la Mare, son of ---.]

Notes

a. Roger's successors as Sheriffs of Gloucester and constable were his brother Durand of Gloucester (d. 1096), who in turn was succeeded by Roger's son Walter of Gloucester, and his grandson, Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford who succeeded his father Walter before 1126. See: David Walker, 'Miles of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford', Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 77 (1958), pp. 67-68.

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From https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/genealogy/PITRES.htm

1. ROGER de PITRES m. ADELIZA d. before 1096 Roger was a Norman probably from Pitres, Eure which is a few miles above Rouen on the Seine.

The Chronicle of Abingdon records a precept by King William the Conqueror to Archbishop Lanfranc, Robert de Oilleio and Roger de Pitres to the monastery of Abingdon.(1)

The Chronicle of Gloucester St. Peter, dated 1125, states that Adeliza, mother of Walter de Gloucester, donated all the lands and rents in Gloucester to the monastery.(3) She also donated all tenure (burgage) she had in Gloucester to Gloucester St. Peter with the consent of her son Walter.(4) King Henry II confirmed these donations to Gloucester St. Peter by Adelise.(5)
Issue-

• • 2I. WALTER- m. BERTA, d. 1129
• • II. Herbert- d. before 1101
• • III. ______- m. de la Mare

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The Chronicle of Abingdon records a precept by King William the Conqueror to Archbishop Lanfranc, Robert de Oilleio and Roger de Pitres to the monastery of Abingdon.(1) link to digital image

Source: Chartulary of Abingdon Abbey- 12th century- British Library

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References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Pitres cites
   1. K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166, Vol. I (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1999), p. 451
   2. M. Charpillon, Dictionnaire historique de toutes les communes du departement de l'Eure, Vol. II (Delcroix, Libraire-Editeur, 1879), p. 636
   3. : a b David Walker, 'the Honours of the Earls of Hereford in the Twelfth Century', Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 79 (1960), p. 178
   4. : a b W.A. Morris, 'The Office of Sheriff in the Early Norman Period', The English Historical Review, Vol. 33, No. 130 (Apr., 1918), p. 154 note 2
   5. a b David Walker, 'Gloucester and Gloucestershire in Domesday Book', Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 94 (1976), p. 112
   6. The Medieval English Sheriff to 1300, by William Alfred Morris; page 50.
2. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/genealogy/PITRES.htm cites
   1. (1) Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon- J. Stevenson, Ed., London, 1858- Vol. II, p. 1
   2. (2) Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucestriae- W. H. Hart, London, 1863- Vol. I, p. lxxvi
   3. (3) Ibid- Vol. I, p. 81
   4. (4) Ibid- Vol. I, LXXV, p. 188
   5. (5) Ibid- Vol. I, CCCXLVII, p. 349
   6. Domesday People- K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 1999- p. 451 ##Domesday Descendants- K.S.B. Keats- Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002- p. 480
   7. Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net
3. WikiTree contributors, "Roger (Pîtres) de Gloucester (abt.1040-abt.1085)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pîtres-9 : accessed 01 April 2024). Cites
   1. Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. II. Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. Entry for "de Gloecestria, Roger". pp. 480-481 .'
   2. Source is apparently the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, however, this needs to be clarified and an exact citation needs to be created.
   3. David X. Carpenter. Walter and Miles of Gloucester University of Oxford, 2013. Accessed 1 April 2024. < [https://actswilliam2henry1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04...] >… Roger de Pîtres (‘Pistri’), who had been first custodian of Gloucester castle after the Conquest, and all his household, and his brother Durand de Pîtres, who also had custody of the castle, had been buried in Gloucester abbey (Gilbert Foliot, Ep. 372).2
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_of_Gloucester
5. Dae Powell, "Ancestral Glimpses", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ancestral-glimpses/I27707.php : accessed April 1, 2024), "Roger FitzOsborne de Pitres, Sheriff of Gloucester (1035-1083)". [the name FitzOsborne is unexplained and presumed an error]
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114878919/roger_de-pitres
7. http://www.hdhdata.org/roots/d3820.html#f00010
8. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#...
9. Reed, Paul C. "The Seymour Family of Hatch, Somerset, and de la Mare Family of Little Hereford" (2010) p. 229. < PDF >