Roger de Merlay III

• Preferred Name: Roger de Merlay III^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: ABT 1210 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England
  
• Burial: 1266 in Newminster Abbey, Morpeth, Northumberland, England at LATI: N5.1672 LONG: E1.701 with note: Near the grave of his father.
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://www.geni.com/people/Roger-de-Merlay-Baron-of-Morpeth/6000000020693261906 copied from merg
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baron of Morpeth
  
• Death: ABT 21 JAN 1266 in Yorkshire, England with note: His IPM says he died the Tues before the Conversion of St. Paul (25 January)
  
• Residence: obtained livery of his lands1239 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England
  
• FSID: G7SH-WPT
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir Roger III Merley, 4th Baron of Morpeth
  son of Roger II Merlay, Baron of Morpeth & Ada Macduff
  b- abt 1210 - Morpeth, Northumberland, England
  m- 1st husband - Isabel
  d- bef 4 December 1265 - Morpeth, Northumbrland, England
  bur - Newminster Abbey, Northumberland, England
  
  1239 - ROGER III Merlay - did homage & obtained livery of his father's lands
  1242 - He paid 50 m fine, to be excused from obeying the summons to go with the King to Gascony
  1242 - ROGER Merlay, he confirmed to Canons of Brinkburn, all grants of his father & his ancestors had given them - witnessed by his kinsman, Gilbert Umfreville (who d-1244)
  1248- ROGER Merlay -granted to - William s/o Alan Stake - 1 1/2 carucates of land in Farrington, Hampshire
  1250 - ROGER Merlay -vs- Roger Bertram, Baron of Mitford - about a market at Morpeth
  1250 - ROGER Merlay gave to his daughter ALICE (Agnes) in marriage with Nicholas s/o Thomas Grimises - land in Farlington
  1257 - ROGER Merlay - obtained charter for a market & fair at Nether Witton
  1258 - ROGER Merlay -was summoned to go with horse & arms to rescue ALEXANDER, King of Scotland, from his rebellious barons in the great rebellion against the King - he was with the King
  
  no date - Charter - ROGER III Merlay - for the health of his soul & the souls of his ancestors & successors, who had died in the faith of Christ, gave in free alms , for the maintenance of 1 chaplain, for doing devine service , for all the departed out of this life; 1 toft & 1 croft on west side of the church of Stannington, with common pasture & other easements belonging with the ville of Stannington, for 4 cows & 30 ewes & their lambs, till they were 1year old...
  
  1266 - IPM - ROGER Merlay
  his 3 daughters are his next heirs - the eldest , age 21 -m- William Grey - the 2nd , age 10 , not married- 3rd , age 8 -m-before death of her father - son & heir of Marmaduke Thweng
  held - Burton manor & Thynton, Yorkshire
  
  4 Mar 1271 - IPM - ROGER Merlay -
  on 6 Nov 1271 - on complaint by William Greystoke (Graystock) & Mary his wife, eldest d/o ROGER MERLAY & 1 of the heirs, who was in the king's wardship, partition of the woods & parks being omitted by the escheator - & Robert EURE & Isabel Merlay, heiress would not permit the said MARY & WILLIAM to have their portion -

1. Isabel de Merlay, b. ABT 1255 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England     d. 3 JUL 1303 in Stanton, Northumberland, England

1. Title: Close Rolls
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/closerollsofreig01grea/page/58/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Merlay;
   
2. Title: IPM of Roger de Merley alias de Merlay (Extracted)
   Author: Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 1, 20-57 Henry III: 1235-1272. (London, 1904).
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/cu31924011387796/page/200/mode/2up?q=Merlay;
   
3. Title: Roger de Merlay III Pays Homage to Henry III
   Author: Fine Rolls of Henry III, year 23, (28 October 1238–27 October 1239)
   Publication: Name: https://finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_036.html;
   Note: 138. 10 April [1239]. Westminster. For Roger de Merlay [III]. The king has taken the homage of Roger de Merlay, son and heir of Roger de Merlay [II], for the lands which the aforesaid Roger held of the king in chief. Order to Roger of Essex to take security from the same Roger for rendering £100 to the king for his relief, namely £25 at Trinity in the twenty-third year, £25 at Michaelmas in the same year, £25 at Hilary in the twenty-fourth year, and £25 at the Close of Easter in the same year, and to cause him to have seisin of the lands of which the same Roger was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died. [in the Roll]
   
4. Title: Robert de Ros the Subject of A Complaint to the King
   Author: Northumberland pleas from the Curia regis and assize rolls, 1198-1272 by Great Britain. Curia Regis; Thompson, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton), 1873-1952; Hodgson, John Crawford, Publication date 1922, vol. 2
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/northumberlandpl02grea/page/122/mode/2up?q=Ros+;
   Note: Confirms that he had two daughters: one married to Roger de Merley and the other to Roger Bertram: "Roger de Merlay made fine secretly, as is said, for himself and for his men afore- said ; and this by favour of marriage between the said Roger and the daughter [Isabel] of Robert de Ros already mentioned" and "and this because the marriages were prearranged, and have now been made, between the son and heir of sir Roger [Bertram] and a daughter [Ida] of sir Robert on the one part, and on the other between the son [Robert] and heir of sir Robert and a daughter [Christian] of sir Roger [Bertram]."
   Page: Mentions his marriage to Isabel
   
5. Title: Pedigree of Merlay, Greystock, Dacre and Howard
   Author: A history of Northumberland by Hodgson, John, 1779-1845; Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Publication date [1858], Publisher Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Printed by T. & J. Pigg
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/historyofnortpt202hodguoft/page/372/mode/2up?q=Merlay;
   Page: Shows him as the son of Roger and his first wife Ada.
   
6. Title: Roger de Merlay, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SR3N : 25 May 2022), Roger de Merlay, ; Burial, Morpeth, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England, Newminster Abbey; citing record ID 144418617, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1J-SR3N;
   
7. Title: IPM of Roger de Merlay with Extent of Property
   Author: Yorkshire inquisitions of the reigns of Henry III. and Edward I by Great Britain. Court of Chancery; Brown, William, 1854-1924, Publication date 1892
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/cu31924084250582/page/n125/mode/2up;
   Note: pp 99-102 with list of tenants and footnotes regarding the family Merlay
   
8. Title: Ranulph de Merlay, Tenant in Chief in Northumberland
   Publication: Name: https://actswilliam2henry1.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/h1-ranulf-de-merlay-2016-1.pdf;
   Note: Merlay family information.
   Page: He is mentioned and the marriages of his daughters to Greystoke and Somerville