Robert Fitz Roger Lord of Warkworth
- Born: After 1169, Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England 160,1418
- Marriage: Margaret de Chesney 1418
- Died: 1214, Essex, England 160
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 160
Robert Fitz Roger, 2nd Lord of Warkworth, lord of Clavering, Essex, Sheriff of Northumberland, married as her 2nd husband, Margaret de Chesney, widow of Hugh de Cressi, daughter and heir of William de Chesney de Norwich of Horsford, Norfolk, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. Robert and Margaret were the parents of Alice fitz Robert, de Warkworth, wife of Piers Fitz Herbert.
~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 246D:26-28
• Castle.
Warkworth Castle
• Background Information. 1418
Robert fitz Roger, heir of Roger fitz Richard, "did not come of age until 1191, during the reign of Cćur-de-Lion (from whom he received a grant of the manor of Eure in Buckinghamshire) resided chiefly in Norfolk, where he possessed large estates through marrying the heiress of William de Chesney, lord of Horsford. In July, 1199, King John confirmed to him the castle and manor of Warkworth for the consideration of 300 marks, and he seems abot this time to have transferred his activity to Northumberland, of which he became sheriff in 1203, a very lucrative post under an administration like that of John. A favourite ot the king, he received grants of the manor of Corbridge in 1204 and te manors of Newburn and Rothbury in 1205. In all probability is was this Robert fitz Roger who rebuilt the castle of Warkworth on the general lines seen at present (1889)."
~A History of Northumberland, pp. 23-24
Robert married Margaret de Chesney, daughter of William de Norwich Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk and Aubreye de Poynings.1418 (Margaret de Chesney died after 22 Nov 1214.)
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