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Robert Somerville 1240 – 1297 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1240

Birth Location: Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1297

Death Location: Whichnor, Staffordshire, England

Father: John DeSomerville

Mother: Elizabeth Oliphant

Spouse(s): Isabel Merlay

Children(s): Edmund Somerville, Joan Somerville, James Somerville, Philip Somerville, Robert Somervaille, .Roger Somerville, Adam Somerville, John Somerville, Isabel Somerville, Roger Somerville

The story of Robert Somerville began in 1240 in Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Robert Somerville married Isabel De Merlay, and had children including Edmund de Somerville, Joan de Somerville, James de Somerville, Philip Somerville, Robert Somervaille, .Roger Somerville, Adam de Somerville, John de Somerville, Isabel Somerville, Roger de Somerville. Robert Somerville passed away in 1297 in Whichnor, Staffordshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Somerville began in 1240 in Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
  • Robert Somerville married Isabel De Merlay, and had children including Edmund de Somerville, Joan de Somerville, James de Somerville, Philip Somerville, Robert Somervaille, .Roger Somerville, Adam de Somerville, John de Somerville, Isabel Somerville, Roger de Somerville.
  • Robert Somerville passed away in 1297 in Whichnor, Staffordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John DeSomerville
1228 – 1280
Birth Location: Wichnor, Staffordshire, , England
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Elizabeth Oliphant
1232 – 1312
Birth Location: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Isabel Merlay
1242 – 1316
Birth Location: Morpeth, Northumberland, England
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Children(s)

Edmund Somerville
1272 – 1322
Birth Location: –
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Joan Somerville
1273 – 1348
Birth Location: of Wychnor, Staffordshire, England
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James Somerville
1275 – 1306
Birth Location: Cossington, Leicestershire, England
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Philip Somerville
1278 – 1356
Birth Location: Wichnor, Staffordshire, England
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Robert Somervaille
1279 – 1304
Birth Location: Wichnor, Staffordshire, England
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.Roger Somerville
1281 – 1336
Birth Location: Whichnor, Staffordshire, England
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Adam Somerville
1283 –
Birth Location: Wichnor, Staffordshire, England
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John Somerville
1285 – 1293
Birth Location: Wichnor, Staffordshire, England
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Isabel Somerville
– 1304
Birth Location: Wichnor, Staffordshire, England
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Roger Somerville
Birth Location: Of Cossington & Hamelton, Leicestershire
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Robert Somerville's Ancestors

Self
Robert Somerville
1240 – 1297
Birth Place: Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Parents
John Baron DeSomerville
1228 – 1280
Wichnor, Staffordshire, , England
Elizabeth Oliphant
1232 – 1312
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Oliphant
1200 – 1240
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Somerville's Descendants

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Robert Somerville (Abt 1240 – 1297) m. Isabel (De) Merlay (1242 – 1316)
  1. 1. Edmund (de) Somerville (1272 – 1322)
  2. 2. Joan (de) Somerville (Abt 1273 – 9 Aug 1348) m. Ralph (de) Cromwell (26 Jan 1270 – 2 Mar 1297) m. Henry (de) Grey (1256 – 1 Sep 1308) m. Ralph (de) Cromwell (1267 – 1294) m. Ralph (de) Cromwell (Abt 1245 – )
    1. 1. Ralph (de) Cromwell (Abt 1290 – Bef 28 Oct 1364) m. Anice Camberwell (1317 – 6 May 1356) m. Maud (De) Bernake (7 Mar 1337 – 10 Apr 1419) m. Joan (de la) Mare (Abt 1275 – 9 Aug 1348) m. Anice (De) Bellers (1290 – Abt 1356)
      1. 1. Richard (De) Cromwell (1338 – 28 Oct 1368) m. m. Maud (De) Bernake (7 Mar 1337 – 10 Apr 1419) m. Maud (de) Bernake (7 Mar 1337 – 10 Apr 1419) m. Ivetta (le) Scrope (Abt 1327 – 31 Jul 1391) m. MRS (RICHARD OF HUCKNALL) CROMWELL
        1. 1. Mary Cromwell (1352 – )
        2. 2. Mary Cromwell (Abt 1352 – 1395) m. Robert Whitney (1348 – 12 Jun 1402)
        3. 3. Maud Cromwell (20 Jun 1355 – 1418) m. William (Fitz) William (1352 – 8 Apr 1398) m. UNKNOWN FITZWILLIAM m. Edmund Fitzwilliam (Feb 1356 – 5 Feb 1430)
        4. 4. Elizabeth (De) Cromwell (1357 – Jan 1394) m. John (de) Clifton (1353 – 10 Aug 1388)
        5. 5. Juliana Cromwell (1392 – 1450) m. John Culpeper (1381 – 1430)
      2. 2. Ulker (de) Cromwell (1318 – 1351) m. Anice Camberwell (1317 – 6 May 1356)
        1. 1. Richard Cromwell (1338 – 28 Oct 1368) m. Maud (de) Bernake (7 Mar 1337 – 10 Apr 1419)
        2. 2. Ulker (de) Cromwell (1355 – Abt 1351)
      3. 3. Richard (de) Cromwell (1318 – 29 Oct 1364) m. Anice (De) Bellers (1290 – Abt 1356)
  3. 3. James (de) Somerville (1275 – 1306)
  4. 4. Philip Somerville (1278 – 23 Jan 1356) m. Margaret Pype (1275 – Aug 1349)
    1. 1. Joan (de) Somerville (Abt 1310 – 8 Oct 1376) m. Rhys (ap) Griffith (1289 – 10 May 1356) m. Rhys (Ap) Gruffydd ( – 1356) m. Jevan Griffith (25 Dec 1325 – 27 May 1380) m. Sir (Rhys ap) Griffith (1300 – 10 May 1356)
      1. 1. Rhys Griffith (1325 – 26 May 1380) m. Isabel (de) Stackpole (1345 – 1371) m. Margaret (la) Zouche (Abt 1336 – )
        1. 1. Thomas Griffith (19 May 1377 – 28 Feb 1433) m. Ann Blount (1386 – 1415)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Somerville ( – Aft 1341) m. John (De) Stafford (1302 – 31 Aug 1373)
  5. 5. Robert Somervaille (1279 – 1304)
  6. 6. .Roger Somerville (1281 – 1336) m. Matilda (Grendale) (Grindall) ( – Aft 1317)
  7. 7. Adam (de) Somerville (1283 – no male issue)
  8. 8. John (de) Somerville (1285 – 11 Sep 1293)
  9. 9. Isabel Somerville ( – 1304)
  10. 10. Roger (de) Somerville

Robert Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1240
Abt 1240
Birth of Robert Somerville in Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
1297
1297
Age 57
Death of Robert Somerville in Whichnor, Staffordshire, England
Whichnor, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1240
    Event Place: Wychnor, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1297
    Event Place: Whichnor, Staffordshire, England
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