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Birth:          9 Aug 1298 Thurston, Suffolk, England
Death:          4 Nov 1369 Parham, Suffolk, England
Burial:         Campsey Priory, Suffolk, England

Notes
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Suffolk, other creations: It was not till March 1336/7 that there was another Earl of 
Suffolk [after Ralph de Gael, Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge]. This time the 
grantee was Robert de Ufford, later also a Knight of the Garter. He was one of Edward 
III's leading associates in the early phases of the Hundred Years War. His son William 
de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, was also made a KG. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2761]

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Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and Margaret, daughter of Sir Walter de 
Norwich. [Ancestral Roots]

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BARONY OF UFFORD (II)

EARLDOM OF SUFFOLK (III, 1)

ROBERT (DE UFFORD), LORD UFFORD, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir of Robert 
(DE UFFORD), 1st LORD UFFORD [1309], by Cecily, daughter and coheir of Robert 
DE VALOIGNES, was born 9 August 1298. On 19 May 1318 he was given seisin of his 
father's lands, the King having taken his homage though under age. In 1317 his 
marriage had been granted to Walter de Norwich, the Treasurer. In March 1324 he 
was going beyond seas with Edmund, Earl of Kent. On 16 August 1325 he was given 
seisin of his mother's lands, the King respiting his homage until his return from 
Gascony. In 1326 he was in commissions to survey the ports and select ships, and 
thenceforward was in many commissions until his death. On 10 May 1329 he was 
about to go overseas with the King; and on 26 May 1329 is recorded as having done 
homage and fealty. On 1 May 1330 he had a grant for life of the castle and town of 
Orford, and on 28 November was present at the delivery of the great seal by the 
chancellor to the King. In December 1336 he was appointed keeper of the forest this 
side Trent, and so remained until 13 October 1335. On 24 January 1330/1, he was 
granted specific lands in fulfilment of a grant, made with the assent of Parliament, of 
£200 in land for good service in arresting Mortimer at Nottingham. On 27 January 
1331/2 he was summoned to Parliament by writ directed Roberto de Ufford, and so 
until 29 November 1336. On 3 April 1335 he obtained a grant to himself and his heirs 
of free warren in various manors in Norfolk. On 16 March 1336/7 he was created 
EARL OF SUFFOLK, with the usual grant of £20 per annum from the farm or revenues 
of Suffolk; on 17 March the King granted him further 1000 marks in land and rents; 
and on 18 March made him yet further grants. On 4 October 1337 he was about to set 
out overseas on the King's service, and he took part in the landing and in the combat 
at Cadsand in November. He was at that time captain and admiral of the fleet 
northwards from the Thames, a post which he held for some years. In June 1338 he 
was with the King at Antwerp, and was a party to a treaty with the chief men of 
Flanders; and in the same month was appointed with others to treat with the King of 
France; and again in December 1338. On 15 November 1339 he was appointed to 
treat with Lewis, Count of Flanders. After the King's return to England, he remained 
with the Earl of Salisbury in garrison at Ypres, but they were ambushed in an attempt 
on Lille and captured, taken to Lille and thence to Paris. He was again in England on 
13 January 1340/1, and on 16 June following was going beyond seas. On 20 August 
1342 he was about to set out with 51 men-at-arms and 50 archers on horses. In 
August 1343 he was one of the envoys appointed to treat with the Pope. From 1344 to 
1347 he was constantly in France, having with him a banneret, 36 knights, 58 
esquires, and 63 archers, performing numerous duties, landing with the King as 
Marshal of the army in 1346, serving in the Prince's division at Crécy, and before 
Calais with the King in 1347. On 20 October 1346 he was granted, for good service, a 
general pardon, and a pardon for offences while he was steward of the household. 
K.G. about 1349. On 20 March 1349/50 he was one of those appointed to treat for 
peace with the French. In November 1351 he was again going beyond seas, and in 
1355 to Gascony with the Prince of Wales. In June 1356 he was at Bordeaux with the 
Prince of Wales, as joint marshal of the host with the Earl of Warwick, intending to 
cross the Loire into Normandy, and was at the battle of Poitiers on 19 September. In 
August 1359 he was going beyond seas with the King. On 8 February 1361/2 he was 
appointed with others to treat with the Count of Flanders, and on 1 February 1363 was 
present at the confirmation of the treaty between the King and Peter, King of Castile 
and Leon. In July 1369 he was with the Duke of Lancaster at Calais.

He married, on or before 21 October 1329, Margaret, widow of Thomas (DE CAILLY), 
LORD CAILLY, daughter of Walter DE NORWICH, and sister to John DE NORWICH, 
1st Lord norwich, to whose grandson John DE NORWICH, 2nd LORD NORWICH, her 
issue ultimately became heirs. She died 2 April 1368. He died 4 November 1369. Will 
dated 29 June 1368, directing burial in Campsey Priory and giving inter alia to his son 
William the sword which the King gave him with the name of Earl. [Complete Peerage 
XII/1:429-32, XIV:602, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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The following confirms that Robert, the first Earl of Suffolk in the family, was a 
grandson of Robert, son of John de Peyton, and that grandfather Robert was the first 
in the line to take the name "de Ufford". This agrees with CP.

Manor of Gravesend, Kent:

After this, it by some means came to the crown, for king Edward III. in his 4th year, 
granted it in special tail to Robert de Ufford, in consideration of his services, and that 
he might the better support himself in the king's wars in Gascoigne. He was grandson 
of Robert de Ufford, a younger son of John de Peyton, of Suffolk, assuming his 
surname from the lordship of Ufford, in that county, where he had his residence. In the 
11th year of that reign, he was in parliament solemnly advanced to the title and dignity 
of earl of Suffolk; after which he was continually employed by the king both in his 
wars, and the most important negociations.

[The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3, Edward 
Hasted, 1797, Pages 319-335]

Parents
DE UFFORD Robert (11 Jun 1277 - BEF 9 Sep 1316)
DE VALOINES Cecily (1281 - 16 Jul 1325)

Siblings
DE UFFORD Robert (9 Aug 1298 - 4 Nov 1369)
DE UFFORD Eve (ABT 1312 - AFT May 1370)

Marriage To DE NORWICH Margaret (ABT 1300 - 2 Apr 1368)
    m. 13 Nov 1324 

Notes

Parents
DE NORWICH Walter (ABT 1274 - BEF 20 Feb 1329)
DE HEDERSETE Katherine (ABT 1275 - BEF Oct 1343)

Children by DE NORWICH Margaret ABT 1300 - 2 Apr 1368
UFFORD Cecily (ABT 1327 - BEF 29 Mar 1372)

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