Heraldry

Title: High Sheriff of lancaster

Name: Gilbert Fitzreinfrid, Baron of Kendal

Herald date: 1205-1215

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Baron of Kendal, Warton and Nether Wyresdale: Sheriff of Yorksire 1209-1212.

Gilbert was the son of Roger Fitzreinfrid and Rohasie, a neice of the Earl of Chester. He married the heriess of William of Lancaster II and was father to William of Lancaster III.

He served several monachs in turn, and was Steward to both Henry II and Richard I. He opposed King John over Magna Carta, as a result of which he lost his lands. He died in 1220.

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