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Birth:          ABT 1160 Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England
Death:          AFT Jan 1209 

Notes
name also De Toeni
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I03135
Roger, called de Toeni or de Conches; accompanied Richard I on 3rd Crusade; his 
remaining Norman fiefs captured from him by the King of France by 1204; married 
Constance, daughter of Richard de Beaumont, Vicomte of Beaumont, and died c Jan 
1208/9. [Burke's Peerage]

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ROGER DE TOENI IV, styled also DE CONCHES, son and heir, was only a little boy at 
his father's death, and took no part in affairs until after the accession of Richard I. On 
25 November 1189 he was with the King at Westminster; on 6 December at Dover; 
and doubtless he crossed to Calais with Richard on 12 December. On 2 January 
1189/90 at Verneuil Roger de Toeny and Gilbert Crespin of Tillières in the King's 
presence made gifts to St. Evroul; and as they were about to leave for Jerusalem and 
had not their seals with them, the King at their request confirmed the agreement with 
his own seal. Roger with his brothers and kinsfolk called "de Cornebu" [sic, recte 
Tornebu] reached Acre about 8 June 1191. On 7 September 1191 he distinguished 
himself in Richard's victory at Arsuf. He was with the King at Jaffa (Joppa) on 10 
January 1191/2; and in June he fought in the battle when Richard captured the 
Saracen convoy at El-Khuweilfe. His subsequent movements are obscure, but on 6 
January 1193/4 he was with the King at Speyer. At Michaelmas 1196 he owed 40 s. 
for his scutage for the King's ransom, 40 s. for the 2nd scutage for the army of 
Normandy and 40 s. for the 3rd scutage for the army of Normandy after the King's 
return from Germany. In June or July 1197 he was one of those who swore at Les 
Andelys on behalf of Richard to observe the treaty with the Count of Flanders. At 
Michaelmas 1198 he owed £272 in Normandy for the balance of the tallage on his land 
there for the King's ransom, as well as other sums. On 7 April 1199 (the day after 
Richard's death) he was at Le Vaudreuil with the Archbishop of Canterbury and other 
magnates. In the new reign he continued to enjoy royal favour and was faithful to 
John. On 15 and 18 August 1199 at Les Andelys he was one of John's sureties who 
swore to observe his treaties with the Count of Boulogne and the Count of Flanders. 
On 22 September 1199 the King granted him at Le Mans the manor of Saham (Norf.), 
for 140 librates of land which he owed him for his homage when he (John) was Count 
of Mortain. In May 1200 he was one of the sureties who were named in the treaty with 
France and gave bonds to Philip. He then recovered his castle of Conches, which had 
been taken by the King of France in September 1199. On 5 February 1202/3 at Rouen 
John remitted £200 which Roger owed for the balance of tallage on his land for King 
Richard's ransom and £100 which Richard had lent him for fortifying his house at 
Tosni. In 1203 the King of France recaptured his castle of Tosni; and in 1204 Roger 
finally lost all his Norman lands, being one of those excluded by Philip from the terms 
of the pacification. In England he continued to attest royal charters until his death and 
to enjoy royal favour. On 27 March 1204 the King at Windsor granted him land to the 
value of £76 and 15 pence at St. Botulf and a fair; on 9 November 30 librates of land 
in Norfolk; and on 30 November 30 librates in Devon. On 7 December 1205 Walter de 
Clifford was ordered to restore the castle of Boskeret to Roger. At Michaelmas 1208 
he rendered account for 10 marks for the diversion of a road which passed through 
the middle of the court of the canons of Westacre. Together with William, Earl of 
Salisbury, he became a surety for John de Mohun, later than Michaelmas 1208. He 
founded the little nunnery of St. Giles in the Wood, near Flamstead.

He married Constance, daughter of Richard DE BEAUMONT, SEIGNEUR OF 
BEAUMONT-LE-VICOMTE, FRESNAY AND STE-SUZANNE, hereditary vicomte of 
Maine (usually styled VICOMTE DE BEAUMONT). Constance, whose sister Ermengard 
married William the Lion, King of Scotland, brought her husband in free marriage the 
manor of Ailrichescot (South Tawton) in Devon, which Henry I had given in free 
marriage with her grandmother, his illegitimate daughter Constance, to Roscelin de 
Beaumont, styled Vicomte de Beaumont. She seems to have possessed considerable 
influence and to have enjoyed favour with John; but the King of France confiscated 
her Norman lands. Roger was living, 29 December 1208, but died shortly afterwards, 
probably in January 1208/9. His widow had Stratfield restored to her after his death. 
She was living in 1226 across the seas. [Complete Peerage XII/1:765-9, (transcribed 
by Dave Utzinger)]

Parents
DE TOSNY Ralph V (ABT 1130 - 1162)
DE BEAUMONT Margaret (ABT 1125 - )

Siblings
DE TOSNY Roger (ABT 1160 - AFT Jan 1209)
DE TOSNY Ida (ABT 1160 - )

Marriage To DE BEAUMONT Constance (ABT 1170 - AFT 1226)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE BEAUMONT Richard (ABT 1135 - AFT 1194)
L'AIGLE Lucie (ABT 1135 - AFT 1217)

Children by DE BEAUMONT Constance ABT 1170 - AFT 1226
DE TOSNY Ralph (ABT 1189 - ABT 29 Sep 1239)

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