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Birth:          BEF 1235 Peyton Hall, Boxford, Suffolk, England
Death:          BEF 9 Sep 1298 Ufford, Suffolk, England

Notes
familysearch.org
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I07462
ROBERT DE UFFORD (b) had interests in Ufford, Suffolk, by 1255/6, when he levied 
a fine of the advowson there to Gilbert Pecche. He was in Wales with Edward, the 
King's son, October 1257 was going with him beyond seas, July 1261, and was with 
him at Boulogne-sur-Mer, January 1263/4. Having gone to Ireland on the Prince's 
affairs, September 1268, he was made Justiciary there, 1268-69, and again 17 June 
1276-November 1281, when he was replaced, being "so affected by infirmity that he 
cannot attend to the office." He was granted the custody of the town and castle of 
Orford, Suffolk, 15 May 1275-May 1276, and again for life, 28 December 1280; was 
Justice of Chester, before October 1276; had a protection for 3 years, staying in 
England, 7 December 1282; and he and his heirs received a grant of a weekly market 
and yearly fair at Bawdsey, Suffolk, 28 August 1283. On 7 May 1290 he was allowed 
to appoint attorneys, being too old to ride, and again on 30 December 1296, by reason 
of his debility; but he was a Commissioner to keep the sea-coast near Dunwich, 30 
August 1295.

He married, 1stly, before 12 May 1273, Mary, widow of William DE SAY (died shortly 
before 12 February 1271/2. She was living, 10 August 1280. He married, 2ndly, before 
1286-87, Joan. He died shortly before 9 September 1298. His widow was living, 18 
November 1307. [Complete Peerage XII/2:148-9, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(b) In his collections for Suffolk genealogies, Sir Simonds d'Ewes says that Robert de 
Ufford was, "uti colligo", 2nd son of John de Peyton, son of Nigel, who lived in the 
reign of Henry I; but there is no evidence among the charters which he there 
transcribes from the documents then (Dec 1631) penes Sir Edward Peyton, Knight and 
Barinet, at Isleham, Cambs, and no evidence has been traced elsewhere; nor is the 
chronology easily reconcilable with the known facts. Robert de Ufford is known to 
have had a brother John, who was b. in July 1276. A John de Ufford had letters of 
protection for 3 years, 7 Nov 1280, proceeding by the King's license, to Ireland, and 
letters of safe conduct, 14 Mar 1282/3 and 30 Aug 1284, to go to the Court of Rome. 
Royal assent was given to his election as Bishop of Enachdune, a disputed Irish see, 
16 Mar 1282/3, but he d. "prosecuting his right" thereto before 1300. Another man (? 
other men) of this name (fl. 1302-25) is described with John, brother of Robert, in 
'Knights of Edward I'.

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of this family, says Sir William Dugdale, which afterwards arrived to great honour, I 
have not seen anything memorable until the 53rd Henry III [1269], when Robert, a 
younger son of John de Peyton, of Peyton, co. Suffolk, assuming his surname from the 
lordship of Ufford in that shire, became Robert de Ufford. This Robert was Justice of 
Ireland in the reign of Henry III and again in the reign of Edward I. He m. Mary, widow 
of William de Say, and, dying in the 26th of the latter king, was s. by his son, Sir 
Robert de Ufford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct 
Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 543, Ufford, Barons 
Ufford, Earls of Suffolk]

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Curt Hofemann, curt_hofemann AT yahoo.com, in a post-em wrote:

FWIW, the flwg is from:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jglanville/roanhg4.htm

& says his wife was Sara de VESEY dau & h of Wm. de VESEY, Earl of Suffolk (in right 
of his wife) Maud de GLANVILLE dau of Ralph De Glanville s of Gilbert de 
GLANVILLE, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (who was stripped of his estates & title by Henry III).

Ralph de Glanville, the eldest son (of Gilbert de Glanville, 3rd Earl of Suffolk), was a 
benefactor to Leiston Abbey, founded by his great-grandfather, the Lord Chief Justice. 
"Ufortunately I have not come across anything further connected with him but that he 
left an only daughter, Maud de Glanville, his sole heiress, who married Sir William de 
Vesey, of Ireland, who, as most people do say, was created Earl of Suffolk, in right of 
his wife, in 1326. Sir William de Vesey had issue by her, Sara de Vesey, sole heiress, 
who married Robert de Ufford, and whose issue were now made Earls of Suffolk. The 
original name of Ufford was Peyton of Peyton, in Suffolk. The above-named Robert de 
Ufford, or more properly Peyton, was a younger son of John de Peyton, and he 
assumed his surname from his lordship of Ufford.

Robert de Ufford, who married Sara de Vesey, inherited through her considerable 
estates which had formerly belonged to the Glanvilles. Their son, Robert de Ufford, 
was summoned to Parliament as a Baron 13 Jan. 1308, and continued to sit as such 
until the year 1311. He considerably augmented his estates by his marriage with 
Cicely, daughter and coheir of Robert, Lord Valoins, and also heiress of another 
branch of the Glanville family.

An account of the descent of the Glanville inheritance to the Uffords is given under 
the Lordships of Bawdsey, Glosthorpe, Orford, Aldringham, and Combs.

This Robert de Ufford was succeeded by his son, Robert de Ufford, Knight of the 
Garter, who served in the wars of Saxony in the reign of Edward II., and in the 
beginning of Edward III. he obtained a grant for life of the town and castle of Oreford, 
formerly the Glanville property, the castle having been built by Glanville, Earl of 
Suffolk, and of which Bartholomew de Glanville was governor in the days of the 
second Henry.

Regards,
Curt

NOTE: I am not sure how much I trust a source who names Vesey & Glanville "Earl of 
Suffolk". They were NOT. According to CP (the eminent source on the subject) two 
early Earls of Suffolk were Ralph "the Staller" and his son Ralph de Gael, who was 
banished by Henry I. Then there were the Bigods, who were Earls of Norfolk, 
sometimes styled "Earls of East Anglia" which included Norfolk and Suffolk. Robert d' 
Ufford was the next Earl of Suffolk after Ralph de Gael.

Parents
DE PEYTON John (ABT 1203 - )
----- Clemence (ABT 1214 - )

Siblings
DE UFFORD Robert (BEF 1235 - BEF 9 Sep 1298)

Marriage To ____ Mary (ABT 1240 - )
    m. ABT 1272 

Notes


Children by ____ Mary ABT 1240 - 
DE UFFORD Robert (11 Jun 1277 - BEF 9 Sep 1316)

Marriage To ____ Joan (ABT 1250 - AFT 18 Nov 1307)
    m. ABT 1284 

Notes


Children by ____ Joan ABT 1250 - AFT 18 Nov 1307
DE UFFORD Thomas (BEF 1286 - 24 Jun 1314)

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