Fitzreinfrid, Roger

  General Notes:

Roger FitzReinfrid was born circa 1114.2 He married first Rohese de Clare, daughter of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and Adeliz le Meschin.1 Roger FitzReinfrid married second Alice de Breton, daughter of Lewis Brito.2 Roger died after 1198.2

Roger was Henry II's dapifer (steward), justicar and Sheriff for Sussex and Berkshire. He was a member of the Curia regis at Westminster. His first wife may have been Rohaise (Rohese) de Gant, the widowed Countess of Lincoln. She was the daughter of Richard de Clare and Alice, the daughter of Ranulph le Meschine, Earl of Chester. Circa 1170-1180 Roger conveyed one-twelth a knight's fee to the nuns of Clerkenwil on the condition that they receive his wife, Alice, and her mother, Margaret, as nuns in their chapter whenever it pleased them to enter.1

Some identify Roger's wife as Rohese de Romare, daughter of William de Romare, Earl of Lincoln, but this is believed to be incorrect.

Some sources indicate that Roger is the son of Gilbert de Lancaster who was the son of Gilbert de Lancaster son of Ketel son of Eltred of Kendal but this is believed to be incorrect.

Another source (stirnet.com) claims that Roger's father wes Ralph de Bruere, whose father was Reinfrid de Bruere.1

Roger was also known as Roger FitzReinfride de Bruere.

Roger married Rohese Do Romare, daughter of William Do Romare and Unknown.