Robert FitzWalter, of Windsor, Sheriff Of Norfolk - Source Needed for WIfe

The Robert FitzWalter married to Sybil de Chesney and Aveline de Hesdin was apparently the son of Walter de Caen (Walter fitz Alberic de Cadomo) based on a Wikipedia article that cites Keats-Rohan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_fitz_Walter_of_Horsham). That man is found in Medlands: Chesney of Horsford (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#MargeryChesneyM2Rober...) which lists his wife as Sybylla de Chesney. They had sons William de Chesney (which appears to be a different William than what we have in this profile), along with Roger and John de Chesney, who do seem to match the ones we have here.

Private User have you come across these lines before?

No…but it’s highly problematic that we have Robert born and dying in Norfolk, and his father born and dying in Wales.

Conflation rears its ugly head!

Aveline de Hesdin Is described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_fitz_Flaad

Alan fitz Flaad married Avelina, daughter of Ernulf de Hesdin, a tenant-in-chief in ten counties at the time of Domesday,[48] who was killed on crusade at Antioch.[49][50] ….

After Alan's death, Avelina married Robert fitz Walter, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, as shown in a grant, dated no earlier than 1126, of their church at Chipping Norton to Gloucester Abbey.[59]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_fitz_Walter_of_Horsham

Robert's father, Walter de Caen (aka Walter de Cadomo, Walter fitz Alberic or Walter de Huntingfield), had been a Domesday Book tenant of Robert Malet, and had, in addition to Robert, two other sons, Ralph and Roger, ancestor of the Huntingfields.[1]

Robert fitz Walter served as Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk between 1115 and 1129 and again in 1135.[citation needed] He and his wife Sybil founded the Benedictine Horsham St. Faith Priory in 1105.[2]

Marriage and issue

Robert married firstly Sybil, the daughter of Ralph de Chesney,[3] they had the following children:[2]

Margaret, married Hamo de St. Clair.
Simon
Roger
John, Sheriff of Suffolk and also probably Norfolk, successor to his father. He and his brother William supported the Angevins against King Stephen.[4] John had died without issue before 1149, when his younger brother William confirmed John's foundation of Sibton Abbey.[5]
William de Chesney, married Gilla, had issue.[4]

Robert married secondly Aveline, daughter of Ernulf de Hesdin and widow of Alan fitz Flaad of Dol. They had two further children:[2]

Elias
Peter

Citations[edit]
^ Keats-Rohan 1999a, p. 499.
^ Jump up to: a b c Keats-Rohan 1999b, pp. 363–364.
^ Keats-Rohan 1999b, p. 369.
^ Jump up to: a b Keats-Rohan 1999b, p. 370.
^ Keats-Rohan 1999b, p. 363.