Key Facts

Snapshot:	lived in 13th-century England
Parents:	unknown
Earliest known record:	circa 4 February 1251/2 pertaining to property in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Last known record:	3 October 1284
Buried:	unknown

The earliest mention I've found of 16812996Roger de Shurland comes from a deed involving property in Rotherham, which 16812996Roger signed as a witness. The record itself isn't dated, but a nearby record is dated 4 February 1251/2.1

On 16 March 1265 King Henry III sent a summons for 16812996Roger de Shurland (among others) to come meet him on the upcoming Palm Sunday (29 April 1265).2 I don't know why he was summoned, but it's a peculiar request, especially since at the time the King had no real power, having been reduced to a mere figurehead after losing the Battle of Lewes the preceding May.

A record dated 5 May 1275 shows that 16812996Roger exchanged properties with someone named Thomas de Shurland: 16812996Roger gave Thomas a manor in Braceby, and Thomas gave 16812996Roger manors at Ufton and Shurland.3 It seems very likely that 16812996Roger was related to Thomas, but I don't know in what way. The Shurland and Ufton manors were later passed down to several generations of 16812996Roger's descendants, starting with his son 8406498Robert.4,5 His Shurland manor was probably at the same place where Shurland House now stands: coordinates N51.40753 E0.86513.

The court's copy of the record by which 16812996Roger and Thomas de Shurland exchanged property3

Sometime in the 1270's the maker of the Dering roll included 16812996Roger's arms. Below is the relevant excerpt from the original roll,6 alongside an idealized image of the same.

A record dated 5 June 1280 notes that 16812996Roger (and a few other men) had been pardoned for taking two bucks from Sherwood Forest.8

Sherwood Forest9

16812996Roger witnessed a deed on 9 February 1283,10 and he's mentioned as a creditor (for a debt) on 3 October 1284.11 These are the last two records I've found of him. Nigel Saul states (with no particular evidence) that 16812996Roger had died by 1290;12 this assertion seems plausible.

16812996Roger is also described in: C. Moor, ed., Knights of Edward I, Volume IV (Publications of the Harleian Society, volume 83) (London, 1931), pages 249-250.

Sources Cited:

1: Rogerum Dodsworth and Gulielmum Dugdale, eds., Monasticon Anglicanum [...] (Richardi Hodgkinſonne, London, 1655), page 849.

2: Fabian Philipps, Investigatio jurium antiquorum et rationalium Regni, sive, Monarchiae Angliae in magnis suis conciliis seu Parliamentis [...] (London, 1686), page 86. I didn't use the original book, but rather this digitized transcription.

3: UK National Archives reference CP 25/1/284/20, number 26 [or 27?]. I obtained an image of this record from: Anglo-American Legal Tradition, O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston; <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/CP25(1)/CP25_1_284_20-22/CP25_1_284_20/IMG_0032.htm>, accessed 1 July 2022. You can read an abstract of this record here (It may help to search for the word Schyrlaund.); as you can see, this index states that the record is #26, although the image is clearly labeled #27.

4: Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume III: Edward I, Edward II, A.D. 1300-1326 (1908), page 21.

5: Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume VII, Edward III (London, 1909), page 416.

6: British Library Additional Roll 77720, folio 1r.

7: Wikimedia user Rs-nourse, "The Dering Roll of Arms - Panel 1 - 1 to 54.png" (online image), Wikimedia, <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Dering_Roll_of_Arms_-_Panel_1_-_1_to_54.png#file>. The author has shared this image under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 unported license.

8: Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward I, 1279-1288, page 19.

9: Wikimedia user Nilfanion, "Sherwood Forest (9527).jpg" (photo taken 16 June 2014), Wikimedia, <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherwood_Forest_(9527).jpg>. Nilfanion has shared this image under a Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International license.

10: Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume II: Henry III - Edward I, A.D. 1257-1300 (London, 1906), pages 264-265.

11: Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward I: A.D. 1279-1288 (London, 1902) page 305

12: Nigel Saul, "An Early Private Indenture of Retainer: The Agreement Between Hugh Despenser the Younger and Sir Robert De Shirland," English Historical Review, volume 128, number 532, page 531.