Seipp Family Genealogy:Information about Robert de Harcourt, Sir
Robert de Harcourt, Sir (b. Abt. 1150, d. 1202)
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Robert de Harcourt, Sir (son of Ivo de Harcourt)2319, 2320, 2321 was born Abt. 1150 in Bosworth, Leicestershire, England2321, and died 1202 in Stanton-Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England2322, 2322, 2323.He married Isabel de Camville on Abt. 11742323, daughter of Richard de Camville and Milicent de Stanton de Rethel.
Notes for Robert de Harcourt, Sir:[Harc..ged]
Sir Robert de Harcourt, Knt., sheriff of the cos. of Warwick and Leicester in 1199-1201 and 1202, in which last year he died. He m. Isabel, only child and heir of Richard de Camville, by Milicent his wife, cousin to Adeliza, King Henry I's 2nd consort. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 261, Harcourt, Barons Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, co. Oxford]
NOTE: On p. 100 of the same book referenced above, Burke states that Isabella de Camville was the daughter of Richard [II], the son of Richard [I] who had four sons and a daughter, Gerald, Walter, Richard, William, and Matilda.
Robert de Harcourt, who was sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, in the years 1199, 1201, and 1202, in which latter year he departed this life. This Robert m. Isabel, only child and heir of Richard de Camville, of Stanton, in Oxfordshire, and acquired thereby that lordship, which subsequently bore the name of Stanton-Harcourt. He was s. by his eldest son, William de Harcourt, Lord of Stanton-Harcourt.
* Third son of Richard de Camville, who founded Combe Abbey, in Warwickshire, and was son and heir of Gerard de Camville, Lord or Lilbourne, near Creek, in Northamptonshire. Isabel's mother was Milicent, cousin to King Henry I's second consort, Adeliza, daughter to Godfrey I, Duke of Brabant, who gave to the said Millicent, on her marriage with the said Richard Camville, the lordship of Stanton, in the county of Oxford, which was confirmed to her and her heirs by Kings Stephen and Henry II. [John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II, R. Bentley, London, 1834-1838, p. 221, Harcourt, of Ankerwycke]
Stanton Harcourt Manor (see image) is a splendid example of a early medieval unfortified manor house.
The property came to the Harcourt family in the middle of the 12th century when Robert de Harcourt married Isabel de Cambille.Isabel's mother was the cousin of Queen Adeliza, the second wife of Henry I.The Queen gave the couple the Lordship of Standon as a wedding present. The manor house was built between 1380 and 1470 to house the Harcourt family and their retainers.
The house was built around three sides of a square.The western side contained the Great Kitchen and the servants' quarters.The Great Kitchen had an unusual conical roof designed to let out the smoke caused by the cooking fires.This wing has survived but the eastern wing has completely disappeared.Of the northern wing only one corner, forming Pope's Tower, remains.The Tower was lent to Alexander Pope between 1717 and 1718 and it was here that he worked on his translation of The Iliad.The ground floor of Pope's Tower contains the Domestic Chapel with a wooden nave ceilng and a fan-vaulted chancel roof.The chapel is still used by the family and parishioners.
The building has seen changing fortunes over its history and at one time was completely abandoned.Today the Harcourt family once again occupy the house and it is maintained as a comfortable family home.
Standon Harcourt Manor is surrounded by twelve acres of garden.The Great Fish Pond and Stew ponds provide a tranquil setting for the unusual medieval buildings.
More About Robert de Harcourt, Sir and Isabel de Camville:
Marriage: Abt. 11742323
Children of Robert de Harcourt, Sir and Isabel de Camville are:
- +William de Harcourt, Sir Knight, b. Abt. 1170, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England2323, d. April 06, 12232323.