Spouse(s) Amicia/Avice Fitz-Hugh Died bef.Oct 1242 | Name Robert 1st | |
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Father Robert Marmion, 3rd Baron Marmion of Tamworth Mother Phillipa (surname unknown) | ||
Robert Marmion, Baron Marmion of Winteringham was an Anglo-Norman baron and rebel involved in the First Barons' War. He was referred to as Robert Marmion the Younger as his elder half-brother was also called Robert and known as Robert Marmion the Elder.
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Ancestry
He was the son of Robert Marmion, 3rd Baron Marmion of Tamworth and his second wife Philippa (surname unknown).
Career and life
In 1215 Robert paid King John 350l and five palfreys to marry Amicia/Avice the daughter of Jernigan Fitz-Hugh of West Tanfield from whom he gained lands in Yorkshire.
Robert joined in the rebellion against the cruel King John who confiscated his lands. When John died his son Henry tried to restore calm and in 1217 the Sheriff of Sussex was ordered to give Robert back his estates. On 15 May 1218 Robert paid the king 500l for custody of Tamworth and the rest of his elder brother Robert's lands as long as he continued to rebel. Robert the Elder finally made peace with the king in 1220 whereupon his lands, including Tamworth, were restored to him. Robert the Younger retained the lands at Winteringham, Coningsby, Quinton and Berwick which had been given to him by charter by his father.
In 1239 the Abbot of Mont Saint-Michel claimed the right to Wath which Robert held by his wife and the case was heard by the king. Robert offered to prove it was his by duel and the abbot stupidly accepted. The combatants fought in a place chosen by the king, with Robert bringing a large band of armed men with him. His champion was brought to the ground more than once but each time was rescued by his party. They eventually threatened to kill the abbot and his champion who, in fear of their lives, relinquished their claim to Wath.
Robert died before 23 October 1242 leaving an underage heir in the ward of William de Cantilupe. His widow claimed dower from lands at Wullingham from Ridel Papillon and by the time of her death in 1282 was holding West Tanfield, Nosterfield and Richmond ward in Yorkshire.
Family and descendants
He married Amicia/Avice Fitz-Hugh and was succeeded by his son and heir:
Robert may have had other junior children including: