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Roger LinkRoger the Poitevin Roger the Poitevin 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman Roger the Poitevin or Roger de Poitou (mid-1060s – before 1140)[1] was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat possessing large holdings both in England and through his marriage in France during the early 12th century. Roger the Poitevin depicted in stained glass in Lancaster Priory He was the third son of Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel de Bellême. The appellation "the Poitevin" was for his marriage to an heiress from Poitou.[2] Roger acquired a great lordship in England, with lands in Salfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Hampshire, and North Yorkshire.[3] The principal part of the lordship was in what was then called inter Mersam et Ripam, that is, "between… (Source: Wikipedia)
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