General Notes

Paget gives further details of the "elder" Robert's career
, from 1203 to 1227, and says he married Agatha, dau and co
heir of Fulk Beaufoy [citing Blomefield's History of Norfol
k], and says he had 4 daughters by her (repeating some of t
he errors about the daughters…). He adds that Robert marrie
d secondly Alice, widow of John de Wahull (d.1217) [citin
g Bracton's Notebook, no 1182] and daughter of William de M
unchensi, and that Robert was still living 1232.
Having said that, we know that the mother of the "elder" Ro
bert's 4 daughters was not in fact Agatha de Beaufo, but Ma
rgery, daughter of William de Fresney. Also that at least t
wo of these daughters gave birth to their heirs around 1240
. And that C.J. Phillips in his History of the Sackville Fa
mily makes Agatha de Beaufo the mother of Robert, not his w
ife.
Note: Note:
So could it be that there are two Roberts here - the firs
t who was active by 1203 and married Agatha de Beaufo, an
d the second who married Margery de Fresney and died aroun
d 1249 leaving 4 daughters and a widow Alice "de Merley/Mar
ley"?Perhaps this Alice is the same one mentioned above, i
n any case. [Ref: Chris Phillips, message to soc.genealogy.
medieval, 24 Sep 2001]