Roger was the son of Peter de Valognes. Peter was a tenant-in-chief in Domesday Book with lands in East Anglia. Roger married Agnes, a sister of Pain fitzJohn and daughter of John fitzRichard. Agnes and Roger had five sons – Peter, Robert, Geoffrey, Roger and Philip. Besides his children, Roger had a brother William, and two sisters.
Roger succeeded to his father's estates near Bennington after 1109, the lands which is generally considered to be a barony. He appears on documents connected with Stephen's first Easter court held in 1136, where Roger is listed along with the other barons supporting Stephen's succession to the throne.
Roger issued a confirmation charter to Binham Priory, founded by his father, that is slightly unusual in that it mentions a "decree that where there is no son the daughters divide their father's land by the spindles, nor can the elder take from the younger half of the inheritance by violence or injury".
Roger died around 1141 or 1142. His heir to his lands was first his eldest son Robert, who died without children in 1158. The lands then passed to Roger's second son Robert. The third son, Philip, became the first hereditary chamberlain of Scotland, an office that remained in his family
Roger succeeded to his father's estates near Bennington after 1109, the lands which is generally considered to be a barony. He appears on documents connected with Stephen's first Easter court held in 1136, where Roger is listed along with the other barons supporting Stephen's succession to the throne.
Roger issued a confirmation charter to Binham Priory, founded by his father, that is slightly unusual in that it mentions a "decree that where there is no son the daughters divide their father's land by the spindles, nor can the elder take from the younger half of the inheritance by violence or injury".
Roger died around 1141 or 1142. His heir to his lands was first his eldest son Robert, who died without children in 1158. The lands then passed to Roger's second son Robert. The third son, Philip, became the first hereditary chamberlain of Scotland, an office that remained in his family
Roger was the son of Peter de Valognes. Peter was a tenant-in-chief in Domesday Book with lands in East Anglia. Roger married Agnes, a sister of Pain fitzJohn and daughter of John fitzRichard. Agnes and Roger had five sons – Peter, Robert, Geoffrey, Roger and Philip. Besides his children, Roger had a brother William, and two sisters.
Roger succeeded to his father's estates near Bennington after 1109, the lands which is generally considered to be a barony. He appears on documents connected with Stephen's first Easter court held in 1136, where Roger is listed along with the other barons supporting Stephen's succession to the throne.
Roger issued a confirmation charter to Binham Priory, founded by his father, that is slightly unusual in that it mentions a "decree that where there is no son the daughters divide their father's land by the spindles, nor can the elder take from the younger half of the inheritance by violence or injury".
Roger died around 1141 or 1142. His heir to his lands was first his eldest son Robert, who died without children in 1158. The lands then passed to Roger's second son Robert. The third son, Philip, became the first hereditary chamberlain of Scotland, an office that remained in his family
Roger succeeded to his father's estates near Bennington after 1109, the lands which is generally considered to be a barony. He appears on documents connected with Stephen's first Easter court held in 1136, where Roger is listed along with the other barons supporting Stephen's succession to the throne.
Roger issued a confirmation charter to Binham Priory, founded by his father, that is slightly unusual in that it mentions a "decree that where there is no son the daughters divide their father's land by the spindles, nor can the elder take from the younger half of the inheritance by violence or injury".
Roger died around 1141 or 1142. His heir to his lands was first his eldest son Robert, who died without children in 1158. The lands then passed to Roger's second son Robert. The third son, Philip, became the first hereditary chamberlain of Scotland, an office that remained in his family
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