Robert FitzRichard , Lord of Dunmow 
Robert was born about 1075 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. Robert's father was Richard FitzGilbert 1st Earl de Clare and his mother was Rohese Giffard. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Richard FitzRichard de, Gilbert Fitz Richard de, Rohese FitzRichard de, Avice de, Ronais FitzGilbert de and Avoise de. He was the youngest of the seven children. He died in 1134 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England. He was buried in Priory of St Neot, Cambridgeshire, England.General Notes
Robert, 5th son of Richard FitzGilbert, Earl of Clare (ancestor of the Earls of Hertford), being steward to King Henry I, obtained from that monarch the Barony of Dunmow in Essex, as also the honour of Baynard Castle, in the city of London, both of which came into the possession of the crown by the forfeiture of William Baynard. This Robert m. in 1112, Maud de St. Liz, Lady of Bradham, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and by her, (who d. in 1140, m. 2ndly, Saer de Quincy) had two sons, Walter, his successor, and Simon, to whom he gave Daventre, in Northamptonshire. He d. in 1134, and was s. by his elder son, Walter FitzRobert. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 212, FitzWalter, Barons FitzWalter]
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Robert, steward to King Henry I, m. Maud, dau. of Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Huntingdon, and had Walter Fitz-Robert, whose son, Robert Fitz-Walter, was one of the most distinguished of the barons who rebelled against John, and was stuled, Marshal of the Army of God and Holy church. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 118, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
‌Robert and Maud de were married in a religious ceremony in 1119. They had a son and a daughter, named Walter and Maud.
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Walter FitzRobert , Lord of Dunmow Castle
Walter was born about 1120 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England. He died in 1198 in Woodham Walter, Malden, Essex, England. He was buried in Dunmow Priory, Essex, England.
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