Walter Fitz Robert

Abt 1219 - Abt 1258  (39 years)

• Name	Walter Fitz Robert
  Birth	Abt 1219	of Little Dunmow, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 10 Apr 1258	of Woodham Walter, Essex, England
  Person ID	I7059	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Ida Longespée,   b. of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. Aft 10 Apr 1262
  Marriage	Bef 1247
  Family ID	F3203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “ELA OF SALISBURY, suo jure Countess of Salisbury, daughter and heiress, born in or about 1191. She married before Sept. 1197 WILLIAM LONGESPÉE, Knt., Earl of Salisbury, Lieutenant of Gascony, 1202, Seneschal of Avranches, 1203, Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1204-6, Sheriff of Wiltshire, 1204-7, 1213-26, Lord of the Honour and Castle of Eye, 1205, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, 1212-16, Sheriff of Devon, 1217-18, Sheriff of Somersetshire, 1217, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1217-21, Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire, 1223-4, Constable of Portchester, Southampton, and Winchester Castles, 1224, Keeper of the March of Wales, illegitimate son of Henry II, King of England, by his mistress, Ida, daughter of Ralph de Tony, of Flamstead, Hertfordshire [see ENGLAND 4 for his ancestry]. He was born say 1175-80. They had four sons, William, Knt. [Earl of Salisbury], Stephen, Knt., Richard [Canon of Salisbury], and Nicholas [Bishop of Salisbury], and six daughters, Ida, Mary, Isabel, Ela, Ida (2nd of name), and Pernel... Children of William Longespée, Knt., by Ela of Salisbury... ix. IDA LONGESPÉE, married WALTER FITZ ROBERT, Knt., of Woodham Walter, Essex [see FITZ WALTER 7].” 2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): "WALTER FITZ ROBERT, Knt., of Woodharn Walter, Burnham, Roydon, Dunmow, Henham, Tey, Ulting, and Wimbish, Essex, son and heir by his father's 2nd marriage, born about 1219 (minor in 1235 and came of age in 1240). He married IDA LONGESPEE, daughter of William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury (illegitimate son of King Henry II of England), by Ela, daughter and heiress of William Fitz Patrick, Earl of Salisbury [see LONGESPEE 5 for her ancestry]. They had one son, Robert, Knt. [1st Lord Fitz Walter], and three daughters, Ela, Katherine (nun), and Lora (nun). In 1253 he was granted a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor of Burnham, Essex. About 1255 he gave 3 acres of meadow in Westniead (in Roydon), Essex to the Hospitallers. SIR WALTER FITZ ROBERT died shortly before 10 April 1258. In 1259 his widow, "Ida Lungesp[ee]," paid £40 to have the farm of the manor of Henliam, Essex. In the period, 261-3, as "Ida Longespee," widow of Walter Fitz Robert, she petitioned Walter de Merton, the king's chancellor, to bail two of her men appealed of homicide. Ida was living 11 May 1262. Sandford Gen. Hist. of the Kings of England (1677): 117 (identifies wife Ida as daughter of William Longespee [I], Earl of Salisbury). Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 1 (1739): 2-8. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6 (1) (1830): 148, 501 (Longespee ped. in Lacock Priory records: "Idam de Camyle, quam dmdt in uxorem Walterus fil. Roberti, de qua genuit Catherinam et Loricam, qux velatu erant apud Lacok; Elam, quam duxit primo Guillelmus de Dodingeseles, de qua genuit Robertum"). Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abbey (1835): 162-164 (biog. of Ida Longespee), App. I, i-v (Book of Lacock). Roberts Excerpta e rotulis finium in Turni Londinensi asservatis, Henrico Tertio rege, AD 1216-12722 (1836): 359. Banks Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England 4 (1837): 311-312. Hutchins Hist. & Antiqs. of Dorset 3 (1868): 287 (Salisbury-Longespee ped.). Notes & Queries 6th Ser. 12 (1885): 478. Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 290 (seal of Walter Fitz Robert dated 1250? — To the right. In armour: hauberk of mail, sword, shield. Horse caparisoned; the caparisons are charged with chevrons, or chevronelly in allusion to the arms of FITZ WALTER, two chevrons. Legend wanting). Feet of Fines for Essex 1 (1899): 153, 184, 214, 221-222, 227. List of Ancient Corr. of the Chancey & Exchequer (PRO Lists and Indexes 15) (1902): 107-108. C.Ch.R. 1 (1903): 474. VCH Lancaster 1 (1906): 312. Copinger Manors of Steak 2 (1908): 45-53. C.P.R. 1247-1258 (1908): 246. C.P.R. 1258-1266 (1910): 209. VCH Hertford 3 (1912): 199-209, 244-247. C.P. 5 (1926): 472 (sub FitzWalter) [identifies wife Ida as "da. of William (Longespee), Earl of Salisbury)"]; 11(1949): 381-382 footnote k (sub Salisbury) (confuses wife Ida with her sister of the same name who married William de Beauchamp; also misidentifies Walter Fitz Robert's parentage). Paget Baronage of England (1957) 230: 3 (sub Fitz Walter) (identifies wife Ida as daughter of William Longespee the younger). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 129-130. Cal. Liberate Rolls 5 (1961): 93 (Date: 11 May 1162 — "Liberate to Geoffrey de Lezinan, the king's brother, 40/. in recompense of a like sum received there of the issues of the manor of Henharn [Essex] by the hands of Ida Lungespee"). Curia Regis Rolls 15 (1972): 369-370. London Cartulary of Bradenstoke Priory (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 35) (1979): 8-9. Schwennicke Europaische Stammtafeln 3(2) (1983): 356a (sub Longespee). Gervers Cartulary of the Knights of St. John of. Jerusalem in England 2 (Recs. of Soc. & Econ. Hist. n.s. 23) (1996): 30-31,54-55. Leese Blood Royal (1996): 54-56. Online resource: http.//www.briantimms.net/rolls_of_arms/rolls/gloversB2.htm (Glover's Roll dated c.1252 — arms of Walter Fitz Robert: Or a fess between two chevrons gules). Cassidy 1259 Pipe Roa 273 (available at http:/ / www.cmjk.com/1259/1259_pipe_roll.html). Children of Walter Fitz Robert, Knt., by Ida Longespee: i. ROBERT FITZ WALTER, Knt., 1st Lord Fitz Walter [see next]. ii. ELA FITZ WALTER, married (1st) WILLIAM DE ODDINGSELES, Knt, of Solihull, Warwickshire [see ODDINGSELES 8]."