Lord Roger de Merley of Morpeth 
Roger was born in Morpeth Castle, Morpeth, Northumberland, England. Roger's father was Baron and Earl Ralph de Merley of Morpeth and his mother is Juliana de Dunbar. His paternal grandparents are Baron William de Merley of Morpeth and Menialda de Mowbray of Northumberland; his maternal grandparents were Earl Gospatric II of Dunbar and Sybil Morel. He was an only child. He died in 1188 in Northumberland, England.General Notes
Name Suffix: Lord Of Morpeth
BIOGRAPHY: Roger de Merlay, called Roger the 1st, confirmed to the monks of St. Cuthbert the tilled and untilled lands of Morwick for the health and souls of himself, his wife and his heirs, and for his brother William and all his forefathers. (The seal on this grant is illustrated.)
BIOGRAPHY: In 1164 the sheriff of the county accounted for him into the exchequer for 75s, 10d. And in the next year he himself certified that he held in capite of the King four knights' fees in Northumberland. In the 16th year of same reign he accounted for 20 marks, imposed upon him as a fine for his horses being taken in the King's forest. In 1172 he paid 4 pounds for scutage. He died 1188 and was buried near his father in Newminster. He married Alice de Stutteville, daughter of Roger de Stutteville of Burton Agnes, County York, great grandson of Robert de Stuttevile, who came into England with William the Conqueror. Her son Roger gave to the canons of Brinkburne certain commons of pasture for the good of her soul.
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- b.~ 1010 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1035 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1015 in Montreiul, Pas De Calais, France
- b.1060 in Normandy, France d.1095 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England
- b.1085/1090 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England
- b.ABT 1115/1122 in Morwick, Durham, England d.1160 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1010 in St Martin D'aubigny, Manche, Normandie, France d.~ 1066
- b.~ 1036 in St Sauver, Manche, Normandy, France d.> 1084 in Aubigny, Calvados, France, France
- b.~ 1014 in Plessis, Normandy, France
- b.1070 in York, England
- b.~ 1020 in Montbrai near St Lo, Manche, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1040 in Montbrai, Manche, Normandie, France
- b.ABT 1087/1102 in Morwick, Durham, England
- b.~ 1010 d.1066
- b.~ 1050 in L'Aigle, France d.1085
- b.~ 1010 in Blois, France
- b.~ 1078 in L'Aigle, France
- b.ABT 1025/1040 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.1066/1082
- b.~ 1054 in Avranches, Normandy, France
- b.ABT 1031/1043 in Conteville, France
- b.1140/1149 in Morpeth Castle, Morpeth, Northumberland, England d.1188 in Northumberland, England
- b.~ 0975 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.1045 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1015 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.1045
- b.~ 0984 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1040 in Northumberland, England d.15 Dec 1072 in Ubbanford, Scotland
- b.ABT 0951/0971 in Northumberland, England d.1016
- b.~ 1020 in Northumberland, England
- b.ABT 0989/0997 in Wessex, England
- b.ABT 1073/1090 in Dunbar, East-Lothian, Scotland d.22 Aug 1138
- b.~ 0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.ABT 0963/0968 in Wessex, England d.Feb 1002 in Winchester, England
- b.~ 1042 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.ABT 1113/1115 in Dunbar, Burgh, Scotland
- b.1054 in Bearley, Dunbar, Burgh, Scotland d.1095 in Argyll of the Clan Fife of Scotland
- b.~ 1074 in Bearley, Dunbar, Burgh, Scotland d.~ 1095
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Children
Baron Roger de Merlay
Roger was born in 1173 in Morpeth Castle, Morpeth, Northumberland, England. He died at the age of 66 in 1239.
Roger de Merley II of Morpeth
Roger was born about 1198 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. He died after 1239.
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