Robert FitzRichard
d. 1136
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Robert FitzRichard was a younger son of the house of Clare, King's Steward to Henry the First, and it was he who was granted Baynard's Castle in London after its previous holder forfeited it. That grant is the foundation of the FitzWalter barony.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (web-confirmed 25 Jul 2026): ROBERT FITZRICHARD (d.1136), King's Steward, feudal Baron of LITTLE DUNMOW - granted Baynard's Castle and the Dunmow honour by Henry I on the forfeiture of William Baynard. *** THE CLARE LOOP CLOSES HERE: he was a YOUNGER SON of RICHARD FITZGILBERT DE CLARE (I99559), the Domesday magnate already in this tree - so the whole FitzWalter/surety line rejoins the existing house of CLARE, and Alice FitzWalter's descent and the de Vere/Clare descents converge on one Domesday patriarch. Father of Walter FitzRobert (our line). Direct ancestor. Added 25 Jul 2026.