General Notes

Robert de Stouteville, an adherent of Robert Courtheuse and had
command of his troops in the Pays de Caux. Taken prisoner at the Battle of
Tinchebrai (1107), he was sent to England and died in captivity. He and his
father have been frequently confused.
K-1398: Robert d'Estuteville "Fronteboeuf," Baron of Cottingham.
K-1405: Robert de Stuteville "Fronteboeuf," etc. Died after 1107.
Roll: Robert d'Estouteville II participated in the battle of Tinchebrai in
1106, fought between King Henry I and his brother Duke Robert. In this
engagement, Robert II was one of the commanders of Duke Robert's army, along
with William, Earl of Mortain; Robert de Belesme, William Crispin and William
de Ferrers. King Henry's forces prevailed and these noblemen, except Robert de
Belesme, were captured. Belesme was in the rear of the army and fled when he
saw the outcome of the battle was in doubt, "treacherously abondoning his
partisans to their fate." Sent to England, thrown into dungeons and condemned
to perpetual punishment were Henry's brother Robert; his nephew, William, earl
of Mortain; Robert d'Estouteville and several others, according to Orderic
Vital. Henry " was inflexible in his resolution to treat them all with
severity and consequently withstood all the influence of entreaties, promises,
and gifts from many quarters employed to mollify his resentment." Some of them,
including his nephew, Earl William de Mortain, are reported to have had their
"eyes torn out" and to have been "exposed to horrible and long-continued
cruelties."
RC: Robert de Stouteville, succeededd to his father's estates, was an
adherent of Robert Curthose and commanded his troops in the Pays de Caux; taken
prisoner at the Battle of Tinchebrai, 1107. He was sent to England and died in
captivity.
Ayers: Robert de Stuteville, called Grundeboed, or Fronteboef; temp.
William I; taken prisoner by Henry I at Tenchebrai 28 Sept. 1106 when his lands
were forfeited.