Sir Robert de Thwenge 
Robert was born in 1197 in Thweng, Durham, England.1 Robert's father was Sir Marmaduke de Thwenge and his mother was Emma Darell. His paternal grandparents were Sir Robert de Thwenge and Emma de Lund; his maternal grandparents were Lord Duncan Darell and <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died at the age of 50 in 1247 in Kilton Castle, Brotton, Yorkshire, England.1 General Notes
Sir Robert de Thwenge, knt., b 1202 : active the name of Will Wither in harrying the Roman clergy who were farming the benefices granted to them by the Pope, his hostility being aroused by the intrusion of a papal nominee into his advowson of I of the ch of Kirkleatham In 1239, he was deputed by the barons to go to Rome on this matter, and succeeded in his mission as to the rights of lay patrons over their benefices In Oct 1240, he accompanied Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall, second son of King John, on a Crusade to the Holy Land : was back in England in May 1242 Through his wife he acquired the castle and manor of Kilton, and in 1242 gave the manors of Kilton and Kirkleatham to his Marmaduke to dower his bride Lucia de Brus; died at Thwing 1247, aged 45 years
Married to Matilda, dau of Roger de Kilton, niece & heir of William de Kilton, Rogers brother; wid of Sir Richard de Autrey (Alta Ripa); mar 1224 In Jan 1229 was granted by her uncle William the presentation to the ch of Kirkleatham, to which she presented a clerk in 1268; d. June 1279
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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.1050 in Normandy, France
- b.1080 in Legsby, Lincolnshire, England
<Unknown>
- b.1109 in Legsby, Lincolnshire, England
<Unknown>
- b.1135 in Thweng, Durham, England d.1190
<Unknown>
- b.1164 in Thweng, Durham, England d.23 Nov 1234 in Thweng, Durham, England
- b.1110 in Lund, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
- b.1140 in Lund, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
<Unknown>
- b.1197 in Thweng, Durham, England d.1247 in Kilton Castle, Brotton, Yorkshire, England
- b.1060 in Ayrel, Normandy, France
- b.1090 in Sesay, Yorkshire, England
<Unknown>
- b.1120 in Sesay, Yorkshire, England
<Unknown>
- b.1148 in Sesay, Yorkshire, England
- b.1088
- b.1112 in Topcliffe, Yorkshire, England d.1174 in Sally, Craven, Yorkshire, England
- b.1090 d.1112
- b.1132 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.1085 in Hertford, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenney, Monmouth, Wales
- b.1115 in Tunbridge, England d.1148 in England
- b.1098 in Hertford, England d.1142
- b.1174 in Sesay, Yorkshire, England
<Unknown>
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Details of Robert's family with Matilda de Kilton
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clcaldwell&id=I039955&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
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Further source/citation:
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