Robert le Vavasour

✓ Robert le Vavasour of Hazlewood, Yorkshire, son and heir of William le Vavasour ('his affiliation is proved by charter-evidence'); witnessed a charter as early as 1175; deputy for Theobald Walter as Sheriff of Lancashire 1197; free warren in Wharfedale 1204; granted York Minster a right of way to carry stone from the Thevesdale quarry c.1225 - the stone of the Minster. m. (1) a wife whose name and parentage are unknown, by whom a daughter MAUD, who m. (1) Theobald Walter, ancestor of the Butlers, Earls of Ormond, and (2) 1207 Fulk FitzWarin (Sallay Chartulary; Pipe Roll 9 John); m. (2) 1208 Juliane de Multon, widow of Thomas de Rie, mother of his heir John. Dead by 1227. His equestrian seal is reproduced in the Genealogist N.S. xi. Source: Complete Peerage vol. XII pt. 2, pp. 230-232, article VAVASOUR (pages supplied by Aynsley, 15 Oct 2026; early part based on C. T. Clay, 'The Vavasour Fee', Early Yorkshire Charters vol. vii). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 15 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]