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Birth:          ABT 1218 Leybourne, Malling, Kent, England
Death:          AFT 15 Oct 1271 Eltham, Kent, England

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ROGER DE LEYBURN, son and heir. In September 1252 he took part in a tournament 
or Round Table at Saffron Walden. In the encounter between him and Arnulf de 
Munteny they are called milites electissimi, the latter was mortally wounded, and Roger 
fell under suspicion.(b) He was pardoned on 20 October on the ground that the 
wounding was accidental. He was in the King's favour, and in July 1253 was granted 
an allowance of 40 marks per annum for life to maintain him in the King's service. In 
this year he went with the King to Gascony. In 1256 he was engaged in the Welsh 
war, and when the force in which he was serving was ambushed and almost destroyed 
by Llewelyn, he escaped. For some years little is heard of him, but he appears to have 
been attached to the household of Prince Edward, who in December 1259 made him 
"approver" of his castle and manor at Bristol, and gave him (at Paris, 27 November 
1260) the manor of Elham in Kent. In 1260-61 he was summoned to come to the King 
with horse and arms, but soon afterwards he was on the Barons' side, like other of the 
lords of the Marches, especially Roger de Clifford, with whom he was closely 
associated. Thereby he incurred the King's displeasure, and was called to account in 
respect of the manor of Elham and his use of the moneys of Prince Edward while he 
was the Prince's bailiff. For a time he seems to have been a wanderer. With other 
Marchers, however, on 18 August 1263, at Lambeth, he became one of the Prince's 
adherents, supporting him against Montfort. He thus recovered the King's favour, 
being made his steward in August, and in December he was made Warden of the 
Cinque Ports and Chamberlain of Sandwich, as well as Sheriff of Kent. He was one of 
the King's party who agreed to refer the dispute with Montfort to the arbitration of King 
Louis IX. When hostilities broke out in 1264 he was with the King at Northampton, and 
then took a leading part in the defence of Rochester Castle, where he was wounded. 
He fought at Lewes, 14 May, where he was taken prisoner, but released on giving 
hostages. After this he took refuge in the Welsh Marches and laid waste the country. 
On 4 June 1264 he was summoned to a Council. Refusing to attend the Oxford 
Parliament, he was sentenced to exile in November. In December, however, he was 
one of those allowed to go to Kenilworth to see Prince Edward, then a prisoner there. 
In January 1264/5 he had a safe conduct for passage to Ireland. He and Roger de 
Clifford were allowed to have an interview with Prince Edward at Hereford in May 
1265, which is supposed to have led to the Prince's escape soon after. He fought at 
Evesham (4 August), where he saved the King's life, and was quickly rewarded.

He was again made Sheriff of Kent in August, a keeper of the peace in Westmorland 
and co. Kent; Keeper of the coast of Kent and of the King's works at Westminster; 
Sheriff of Cumberland and keeper of Carlisle; Keeper of the forest of Cumberland, 
warden and justiciar of the forest North of Trent, and (in October) a keeper of the city 
of London. He had other grants, including the manor of Berwick, and liberties for his 
manor of La Mote. Keeper of Rochester Castle, November 1265. In December, as the 
King's steward, he was sent to London with William Waleran to induce the citizens to 
make an accommodation with the King. The Mayor and about 40 citizens returned with 
him to Windsor, but were imprisoned by the King for a time. He was made custodian 
for life of the seven hundreds of the Weald of Kent, 12 March 1265/6. In September 
1266 the King, wishing to show him special favour, ordered all persons to receive him 
everywhere with due honour as the King's Knight, and in October remitted debts due 
by him. In December he was appointed Constable of Nottingham Castle. In 1267 he 
was again Warden of the Cinque Ports, and in 1268 acquired the Castle of Leeds, 
Kent, by exchange with the King. In Paris, on 27 August 1269, he was one of the 4 
guarantees on the part of Prince Edward to King Louis, as to their joint crusade. In 
November he was going to Gascony on the Prince's business. In May 1270 he had 
protection for four years on going to the Holy Land with the Prince. He appears to 
have gone part of the way, but returned. The Papal Nuncio was ordered to compel him 
to repay 1,000 silver marks received from the Cardinal Ottobon on his taking the Cross 
and saying he was ready to set out. On 20 January 1270/1 he was commissioned to 
hear and determine cases of trespass in the Welsh Marches, but in April a substitute 
was appointed, as he was unable to go. He founded a chantry of two priests in 
Leybourne Church.

He married, 1stly, (----), who was in Gloucester Castle in 1263 when it was captured by 
Montfort's sons. He married, 2ndly, before September 1267, Eleanor, widow, 1stly, of 
William DE VAUX and, 2ndly, of Roger (DE QUINCY), EARL OF WINCHESTER, and 
daughter of William (DE FERRERS), EARL OF DERBY, by his 1st wife, Sybil, 3rd 
daughter and coheir of William (MARSHAL), EARL OF PEMBROKE, sister of Walter, 
8th Earl of Pembroke. He died circa October 1271, being still alive in the middle of 
that month. Dower was assigned to his widow 2 November. She died before 26 
October 1274, and was buried at Leeds Priory. [Complete Peerage VII:634, XIV:433, 
(transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

[b] Annales Mon. (Rolls Ser.), Vol. i, p. 150; Mat. Paris, Chron. Maj. (Rolls Ser.), Vol. 
v, p. 318. The latter says that. it was found that Roger's lance had not been blunted 
as usual, so that the point pierced Arnulf's helmet ; and it was remembered that in a 
former encounter he had been unhorsed by Arnulf and his leg broken.

Parents
DE LEYBOURNE Roger (BEF 1193 - ABT 1251)
DE TURNHAM Eleanor (ABT 1193 - BEF 1220)

Siblings
DE LEYBOURNE Roger II (ABT 1218 - AFT 15 Oct 1271)
DE LEYBOURNE Margaret (Margery) (ABT 1220 - AFT 1303)

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DE LEYBOURNE Roger III (BEF 1244 - Feb 1284)

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