Robert fitz William de Cardinham

Robert fitzWilliam de Cardinham

• Birth: circa 1115 Cotleigh, Devon, England
• Death: circa 1177 (54-70) Cardinham, Cornwall, England

Immediate Family:

• Son of William FitzRichard and Anor FitzRichard
• Husband of Annora Cardinan
• Father of Robert de Cardinham & Blyngton

Filliis Robert Fitzwilliam was in 1165, the date of the LUer Niger Scaccarii (the Black Book of the Exchequer), one of the greatest landowners in the county, for he held 51 knights' fees, as against 59 held by Reginald de Valletort. These would seem to have passed by marriage to Robert de Cardinham, who figures in the scutage rolls of 1200 as by far the greatest landowner in Cornwall. He held 71 knights' fees (including those held by Robert Fitzwilliam), as against 51 (or 59) held by Reginald de Valletort.

Robert FitzWilliam (died c. 1169–77), recorded in 1166 Cartae Baronum to be holder of lands formerly held by Richard FitzTurold. In 1169 he and his son Robert made a gift to Tywardreath Priory in Cornwall.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudal_barony_of_Cardinham
• Sanders, p.110, note 4

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Notes

http://www.oldcornwall.net/download/i/mark_dl/u/4011819032/46369917...

William fitz Richard died at or before 1149 and was succeeded by his son Robert fitz William. Between 1149-1175 Robert fitz William witnessed a charter in which Jordan of Otham granted the priory property ‘in return for burial there with his ancestors.’ Suggests existence of priory well before mid-12th century.

1169 - Baldwin was made prior (Polsue, see 1171) ‘when Robert Fitz-William, Agnes his wife, and Robert their son, granted the glebe of S. Austell to the priory.’

c.1200 Robert de Cardinan, ‘son of Robert Fitz-William…confirmed (circa 1200) to the monks ‘’the Chapel of Bodwithgy with its lands and tithes and the half acre which Robert Fraunceys held, together with the said Robert (who was a villein bound to the soil) and his whole progeny (sequela) and a ferling of land which Archibald held, free of all but Royal service’’ ‘.

https://www.aaprideaux.com/ancestry/tywardreath-priory/

It is stated in the Monasticon Anglicanum the following; ‘Tywardreit a cell to Angiers in France. Robert de Cardinham gave divers Lands and Revenue in Cornwall to the church of St Sergius of Angiers and to the Church of St Andrew in Tywardrait and to the monks there all which was confirm’d by King Henry III.’
This entry gives the impression that Robert de Cardinham built the Priory at Tywardreath, however deeper investigation shows that the priory was already built and in use by the ‘black monks’ of France and that Cardinham made substantial financial contribution to the priory’s upkeep and extension. Prior to 1066 the lands of Tywardreath were in the control of the Saxon Lord Cola before the Conqueror and then fell to Richard FitzTorold, the steward of Count Robert, the King’s brother.
Robert FitzWilliam who died sometime between 1169 and 1177, is recorded in 1166 Cartae Baronum as the holder of the lands which had been formerly been held by Richard FitzTurold. In 1169, he and his son Robert made a gift to Tywardreath Priory.

Following his death, his son Robert de Cardinham was forced to pay a large feudal relief in Devon in order to gain his inheritance. He owned at least 71 Knight’s fees in Cornwall, from the successor of the Count of Mortain. One of his holdings was a mill at Cardinham which serviced the Tywardreath Priory. It was his son, Robert de Cardinham (died 1230) – heir of Robert FitzWilliam (de Cardinham) – who made gifts to the already established priory at Tywardreath, written of in the Monasticon Anglicanum.

Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons, 'General history: Principal landholders', in Magna Britannia: Volume 3, Cornwall (London, 1814), pp. lxiv-lxxii. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol3/lxiv-lxxii [accessed 6 May 2021].

Principal Landholders at various Periods.
It was some time after the Domesday survey, that the Prior and convent of Launceston, and the Prior and convent of Tywardreth, became possessed of considerable landed property, which, after the dissolution of religious houses, was annexed to the duchy of Cornwall. The earliest record, after the Domesday survey, which furnishes us with any account of the principal landholders of this county, is the Liber Niger Scaccarii, a record in the Exchequer, drawn up in 1165. At this time, Ralph de Valletort, grandson, it is probable, of Reginald, held fifty-nine knights-fees in Devonshire and Cornwall; Robert Fitzwilliam (the descendant of the Fitzrichards, and of Ricardus, whose name appears in the Domesday survey,) held fifty-one knights-fees, besides twenty others of the fee of Walter Hay.

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“ 12th Century Cornwall: Penhallam Manor and the Origins of the Cardinham Family“ 24/6/2015

Richard Fitz Turold son William received from his father the manor of Penhallam along with twenty seven other manors that made up the great Honour of Cardinham. Richard’s greatest achievement was the amassing of power and lands and William’s was getting his family through the doors into the royal court, albeit by the back door. William married his daughter to Reginald, Earl of Cornwall who was son of Henry I and his mistress Sibyl Corbett. By 1166 the manor had passed to Robert fitz William who held a vast amount of land in his own right, the manor of Bodardle and parts of the manor of Restomal all of which were the lands of the above named Tursin whose family had become extinct on the death of Walter Hay, who was Roberts brother in law. On his death Robert held these lands through that of his wife. It is more than likely that Robert built the stone keep at Restormal Castle.

Descent

http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/ps34/ps34_289.html

Notes for Robert Fitz William Lord of Cardingham

He is highly probably the ancestor of Andrew de Cardingham whose dau and heir Isolda m. Oliver de Dinham. See Sanders' Baronies.

The line may have been:

• Robert fitz William (this Robert), d. bef 1177
  • N. N. filius Robert, d. c. 1194
    • Robert heir to Robert filii William who may have also been Robert de Cardinham d. c. 1230
      • Andrew de Cardinham, d. 1252-4
        • Isolda de Cardinham m. (1) Thomas de Tracy, (2) William de Ferrers.

Family

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntdk.htm#BeatriceFitzWilliamMRe...

A. DESCENDANTS of RICHARD FITZTUROLD

• 1. RICHARD FitzTurold (-after 1103). "…Richard fitz Turolf…" witnessed the charter dated to [1103/04] under which King Henry I confirmed property to Saint-Martin de Marmoutier, Tours[785]. m ---. Richard & his wife had one child:
  • a) WILLIAM FitzRichard (-after 1136). Lord of Cardinham, Cornwall. "…William fitz Richard…" witnessed the charter dated to [15 Apr 1123] under which King Henry I restored churches in Cornwall and Devon to Exeter Cathedral[786]. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Wills fil Ric" returning in Devonshire for "uxore Fulbti de Doura cum dote et maritagio suo"[787]. The relationship between William FitzRichard and the family of Fulbert of Dover has not been traced. "…[W]illelmus filius Ri[cardi]" witnessed the charter dated [Apr/21 Nov] 1136 under which King Stephen confirmed churches to Exeter Cathedral[788]. m ---. William & his wife had [three] children:
    • i) [ROBERT FitzWilliam (-after 1169). A charter of King Henry III, dated 6 May 1235, records donations to Tywardreth Priory, Cornwall by “Robertus filius Willielmi et Agnes uxor…et Robertus meus filius” dated 1169 which names Robert as "fratre Baldewyno existente priore apud Tiwardrait"[789].] m AGNES, daughter of --- (-after 1169). A charter of King Henry III, dated 6 May 1235, records donations to Tywardreth Priory, Cornwall by “Robertus filius Willielmi et Agnes uxor…et Robertus meus filius” dated 1169 which names Robert as "fratre Baldewyno existente priore apud Tiwardrait"[790]. Robert & his wife had one child:
      • (a) ROBERT . A charter of King Henry III, dated 6 May 1235, records donations to Tywardreth Priory, Cornwall by “Robertus filius Willielmi et Agnes uxor…et Robertus meus filius” dated 1169 which names Robert as "fratre Baldewyno existente priore apud Tiwardrait"[791].
    • ii) [BALDWIN (-after 1169). Prior of Tywardreth. A charter of King Henry III, dated 6 May 1235, records donations to Tywardreth Priory, Cornwall by “Robertus filius Willielmi et Agnes uxor…et Robertus meus filius” dated 1169 which names Robert as "fratre Baldewyno existente priore apud Tiwardrait"[792].]
    • iii) BEATRICE FitzWilliam . The Gesta Stephani Regis records that "Willelmus filius Ricardi…[in] comitatus Cornubiensis" rebelled against King Stephen and married "filiam suam" to "Reinaldo filio regis Henrici", dated to [1140/42][793]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. She is called Mabilia in Domesday Descendants[794]. m ([1141]%29 RENAUD [de Dunstanville], illegitimate son of HENRY I King of England & his mistress Sibyl Corbet ([1110/15]-Chertsey, Surrey 1 Jul 1175, bur Reading Abbey). He was created Earl of Cornwall in [Apr 1141] by his half-sister Empress Matilda.
• 2. GILBERT FitzTurold . King Henry I refers to land "in Compton Greenfield which Gilbert fitz Turold held" in a charter dated to [1111 before 2 Apr][795].

References

• http://www.tim.ukpub.net/pl_tree/wc17/wc17_173.html cites
  • 62. TCP, “Complete Peerage,” G E C et al, St Catharine press, London, 1910 on. Cornwall article, Vol III, p. 429
  • 118. “II: Domesday Descendants,” K S B Keats-Rohan, Boydell Press, 2002.
• https://www.mathematical.com/fitzrichardwilliam1084.html
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/FITZRICH.htm
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91309957/william-fitz_richard