Robert d’Oilly Constable of Oxford
- Born: Abt 1070, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England
- Marriage: Edith de Greystoke
- Died: 1157, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England about age 87 854
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 535
Robert d'Oily, succeeded his father, Nigel, as the king's constable and in the barony of Hocknorton. he married Editha, daughter of Foru, Lord of Greystock and had two sons and a daughter. Henry was his successor; Gilbert, who became the ancestor of the d'Oilys of Chiselhampton; and Editha, who married Gilbert Basset of Bicester in Oxfordshire.
~A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies . . ., p. 165
• Background Information. 854
Robert d'Oyley, founder of Oseny Abbey, died Jun 1157. He lerft Henry, his son and heir, who was sheriff of the counties of Oxford and Berks.
~The History of Wallingford, p. 280
Robert married Edith de Greystoke, daughter of Forn Sigulfson Lord of Greystoke and Unknown. (Edith de Greystoke was born about 1074 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England and died in 1152.)
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