Roger de Port explained
Roger de Port was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Baron of Kington.
Roger was the son of Adam de Port, who died around 1133.[1] Through his possession of the manor of Kington in Herefordshire, he was considered by I. J. Sanders to have been the baron of Kington.[2]
Roger gave to the abbeys of Tiron and Saint-Vigor-de-Cerisy in Normandy,[1] and to Andwell Priory in England.[3]
Roger was married to Sybil d'Aubigny,[4] by whom he had three sons – Adam, Henry, and Hugh. Roger died before 1161.[1] Roger was buried at Tiron.[5]
References
- Cownie, Emma . Port, Adam de . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/53947.
- Book: Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. . Katharine Keats-Rohan . Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum . Boydell Press . Ipswich, UK . 1999 . 0-85115-863-3 .
- Book: Loyd, Lewis Christopher . The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families . Genealogical Publishing Company . Baltimore, MD . 1975 . 0-8063-0649-1 . Reprint . 1951.
- Round, J. H. . J. Horace Round . Genealogist . xvi . 1–13 . The Families of St John and of Port . 1900.
- Book: Sanders, I. J. . English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086–1327 . Clarendon Press. Oxford, UK . 1960 . 931660.
Further reading
- Book: Cokayne, George E. . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant . A. Sutton . Gloucester, UK . 1982 . XI . St John of Basing . 0-904387-82-8 . Microprint. George Cokayne.
Notes and References
- Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants p. 646
- Sanders English Baronies p. 57
- Loyd Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families pp. 79–80
- Cownie "Port, Adam de (fl. 1161–1174)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Round "Families of St John and of Port" Genealogist p. 10
