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Robert de Stafford Lord of Belvoir
- Born: Abt 1020, Tosni, Louviers, Eure, Normandy
- Marriage: Unknown 141
- Died: 4 Aug 1088, Staffordshire, England about age 68 141
 Another name for Robert was Robert de Tonsy.
Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 141
Roger le Bigod married, a his second wife, Alice, sister and coheir of William de Toeni, Lord of Belvoir, and daughter of Robert de Toeni, also Lord of Belvoir.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Norfolk), Vol. IX, p. 575
• Background Information. 732
Robert de Stafford, also known as Robert de Teoni, cousin of William the conqueror, and one of his most powerful followers, held eighty or more Lordships and Manors in Staffordshire.
~The Peshale Family, 870-1913, p. 49
• Background Information. 141
Robert de Stafford, younger son of Roger de Toeni, was one of the greater tenants-in-chief in 1086. He held nearly 70 manors in Staffs, over 25 in Warwicks, over 20 in Lincs, 10 in Oxon, 1 in Worcs. and 1 in Northants, besides claims in Lincs and Suff. In 1072, he made a grant to Evesham Abbey of Wrottesley and Loynton, Staffordshire. In 1088 he renewed the grant when he had become a monk and was lying sick in Evesham Abbey. He is said to have married Avice de Clare but no such person can be traced. He died probably in 1088 and was probably buried at Evesham Abbey.
~ Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. XIIA, (Stafford), pp. 168
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