Robert de Vaux, Sheriff of Cumberland

Robert de Vaux, also known as Robert de Vallibus, (died c.1195), Baron of Gilsland, was a prominent 12th-century English noble, who served as Sheriff of Cumberland in 1175 and 1176.

Robert de Vaux
Baron of Gilsland
Died	c.1195
Noble family	de Vaux

Biography

Vaux was the eldest son of Hubert I de Vaux, Lord of Gilsland and his wife Grace. Robert succeeded his father in 1165, as a confirmation of Gilsland was given to him by King Henry II of England.^[1] He founded the Augustinian Lanercost Priory in c.1169. Robert was required to pay forty shillings for scutage, for not participating in the Norman invasion of Ireland by Henry II. Robert was appointed in Michelmas 1174 as the Sheriff of Cumberland and also served his last term from Michelmas 1183.^[2][3] In 1186 he was fined a hundred marks for a variety of offences including allowing prisoners to escape.^[4] He held Carlisle against the Scottish invasion of Cumberland in 1173 and 1174 by King William I of Scotland, surrendering the castle after a second siege in 1174.^[5] Robert was heir to his uncle Randolph, who died without issue.

Robert, married Ada, widow of Simon de Morville, the daughter and heiress of William de Engaine,^[6] died without surviving issue.^[7] Robert's son William died during his father's lifetime. Robert died circa 1195 and was succeeded by his brother Ranulf.

Citations

1. The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries, Volume 17. T. and A. Constable, 1903. p.110.
2. Lewis 2006, p. 65.
3. Hughes 1898, p. 26.
4. Carlin, Martha; Crouch, David (22 March 2013). Lost Letters of Medieval Life: English Society, 1200-1250. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8122-4459-5.
5. Lewis 2006, p. 67.
6. Burke 1831, p. 532.
7. The Pipe-rolls, Or, Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Revenues of the Crown. Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1847. p.lx.

References

• Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. H. Colburn & R. Bentley.
• Hughes, A. (1898). List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1831. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
• Lewis, C. P. (2006). Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2005. Volume 28 of Anglo-Norman studies. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84615-207-8. OCLC 319363518.