Sir Robert Byron 
Robert was born in 1220 in Clayton, South Manchester, Lancashire, England.1 Robert's father was Sir Robert de Byron and his mother was Cecelia de Clayton. His paternal grandparents were Sir Roger de Byron and Nichola de Verdun; his maternal grandparents were Richard de Clayton and <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died before 1274.2 General Notes
Robert de Byron, the eldest son, was lord of the manor of Clayton, Robert de Heston releasing to him and his heirs all his right in the said manor, and in all his lands within these bounds; viz. from Hardene, ascending by the --------- the little brook next Drulsden, as far as the ditches, and from them to the little rill next to the land of Sinderland, so descending by the said rivulet as far as the demesne lands of Hardene; in consideration whereof, the said Robert gave him three marks and a half of silver: and, by another deed, he remises to Sir Richard, his brother (aforesaid) and to his heirs, all his right and title in Clayton, Failesworth, and Drylesden, in the country of Lancaster; also by another deed, all his right in the whole town of Drylesden.
King Richard I. in the first year of his reign, confirmed to the prior and monks of Royston, in Cambridgeshire (inter alia), the grant of this Robert de Byron to that convent, of two acres and a half of land in Burley.
This Robert was also a witness to a grant, made by Theobald Walter, of Pyling-Hay, in Lancashire, to the monks of Cockersand, for the souls of King Henry II. and Richard I.
Maud his wife, was living in the 2d year of the reign of Edward I. and had issue by him two sons, William and John. [Collins Peerage VII:92]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1061 in Horsley, Derbyshire, England d.< 1140
- b.~ 1099 in Horstan Castle, Horsley, Derbyshire, England d.< 1155
<Unknown>
- b.~ 1124 in Horstan Castle, Horsley, Derbyshire, England d.1194 in Horestan Castle, Byron, Derbyshire, England
<Unknown>
- b.1182 in Horestan Castle, Byron, Derbyshire, England d.< 1212 in Clayton, South Manchester, Lancashire, England
- b.1074 in Verdun, Lorraine, France
- b.1115 in Rodlowe, Shropshire, England d.1153
- b.1092 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1136 in Alton Castle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
- b.1095 in Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England d.1130
- b.1118 in Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England d.1193
- b.1108
- b.~ 1159 in Staffordshire, England
<Unknown>
- b.1220 in Clayton, South Manchester, Lancashire, England d.< 1274
- b.~ 1151 in Clayton, South Manchester, Lancashire, England
- b.1195 in Clayton, South Manchester, Lancashire, England
<Unknown>
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Details of Robert's family with <Unknown>
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michaelrneuman&id=I039498&style=TABLE
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Further source/citation:
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2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dadslegacy&id=I7274
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