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Robert de Ufford

Male 1298 - 1369  (71 years)


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  • Name Robert de Ufford  [1, 2, 3
    Born 9 Aug 1298  Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1316 
    2nd Lord Ufford 
    Occupation 27 Jan 1332 
    Summoned to Parliament (to 14 January 1337) 
    Occupation 16 Mar 1337 
    3rd Earl of Suffolk 
    Occupation 4 Oct 1337 
    He was about to set out overseas on the King's service (took part in the landing and combat at Cadsand) 
    Occupation 1338 
    He was with the King at Antwerp (appointed to treat with the King of France) 
    Occupation 15 Nov 1339 
    Appointed to treat with Louis, Count of Flanders 
    Occupation 1343 
    One of the envoys appointed to treat with the Pope 
    Military 1346 
    Landed in France with the King as Marshal of the army 
    Military 26 Aug 1346 
    Fought at the Battle of Crécy in Normandy (serving in the Prince's division) 
    Occupation 1344-1347 
    Constantly in France (having with him a banneret, 36 knights, 58 esquires and 63 archers) 
    Military 19 Sep 1356 
    Fought at the Battle of Poitiers 
    Occupation 1 Feb 1363 
    Present at the confirmation of the treaty between King Edward III and Pedro I King of Castilla & León 
    Will 29 Jun 1368 
    Died 4 Nov 1369  Campsey Priory, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9052  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Sir Robert de Ufford,   b. 11 Jun 1279,   d. 9 Sep 1316  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Cecily de Valoines,   b. 1281,   d. 16 Jul 1325  (Age 44 years) 
    Married Bef 1298 
    Family ID F11706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret de Norwich,   b. 1286, Mettingham, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1368, Campsey Priory, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1329  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Cecily de Ufford,   b. Abt 1331, Thurston, Stow, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 29 Mar 1372  (Age ~ 41 years)
     2. Margaret de Ufford,   b. Abt 1333, Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1368, Groby Old Hall, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F4631  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume XII/1, pp. 429-432 & Vol. XII/2, pp. 151, 377-378, 660.

    2. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 195 & 526.

    3. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 15:11-32.