General Notes

REFN: 4935AN
Note: ROBERT DE INSULA (d), son and heir of Robert DE INSULA (e), byBeatri
ce DE CORMEILLES, daughter and coheiress of Ralph, theSewer to the Ea
rl of Richmond (living 1166 (f)), held Rampton,Cottenham, Westwick and Ned
ging of the Bishop of Ely in 1212. Hemarried, 1stly, Sarah, daughter of Eb
orard DE AUNUS or DANYS(b), and, 2ndly, circa 1213, Roese, widow of Robe
rt DETATESHALL, and sister and heir of John DE WAHULL, by whom he hadno is
sue. [Complete Peerage VIII:69-70, (transcribed by DaveUtzinger)]
(d) This family appears to have taken its name from the Isle ofEly. The
ir arms, a fesse between two chevrons, differed intinctures only from tho
se of Pecche, who also held immediatelyof the Bishop. Rougemont is in Hare
wood, Yorks. The castle andmanor came to the first Lord Lisle as part of h
is share of theinheritance of Isabel, Countess of Aumale, who had held ash
eiress of FitzGerold, de Curcy and Romelli.
(e) This Robert was probably son of Robert de Insula by Galiena,daught
er of William Blund. Geoffrey Ridell, Archdeacon ofCanterbury, gave the sa
id Galiena on her marriage to Robert, theland that was Mainer the Porter
's at Exning. Confirmed by HenryII.
(f) In 9 John [c 1208] Robert claimed the advowson of Wimpole,co. Cambridg
e, under charter of Conan, lord of the Honour ofRichmond, to his grandfath
er Ralph, sewer of the said Conan.
(b) Chanc. Miscellanea, 9/22; De Banco Roll, Mich. 15 Edw. II,rot:352. He
re Robert de Lisle claims the manor of Combes,Suffolk, as next of kin of S
arah, wife of Roger son of PiersFitzOsbern--viz. son and heir of Warin, s
on and heir of Robert,son and heir of Robert, son and heir of Sarah, sist
er ofGeoffrey, father of Margery, mother of Sarah FitzOsbern.
Note: Rampton, Cottenham & Westwick are all in the censusregistration dist
rict of Chesterton in Cambridgeshire, beingvery close together.