Archivo: RobertConsul TewkesburyAbbey FoundersBook

Description: Robert Fitzroy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (before 1100-1147) (alias Robert Rufus, Robert de Caen, Robert Consul), an illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, with his wife Mabel FitzHamon. Latin text top: Robartus Consull et Mabilia uxor eius ("Robert Consul and Mabel his wife"). They are shown holding churches or abbeys which they founded or were benefactors of, including Tewkesbury Abbey. The attributed arms shown below are: Left: Gules, three clarions or (de Clare, Earl of Gloucester); Centre: Gules, three clarions or (de Clare, Earl of Gloucester) impaling Azure, a lion rampant guardant (FitzHamon); Right: Azure, a lion rampant or
Title: RobertConsul TewkesburyAbbey FoundersBook
Credit: Bodleian Library Manuscript, Oxford: "Founders' and benefectors' book of Tewkesbury Abbey", (Top. Gloucester, d. 2) folio 15 recto, [1] made in Tewkesbury c.1500-1525
Author: Monks of Tewkesbury Abbey, c. 1500-1525
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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