Roger d'Abetot (sometimes Roger of AbitôtHollister Henry I p. 225) was a medieval English Sheriff of Worcestershire.
Roger was the son of Urse d'Abetot, his predecessor as sheriff. He also held the custody of Worcester Castle, another office he inherited from his father. He may also have been a constable in Henry I's household, as his father had been.Cronne and Johnson "Introduction" Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum p. xvi Along with the offices, Roger also inherited the feudal barony of Salwarpe in Worcestershire.Sanders English Baronies pp. 75–76 He was banished from England in around 1110 or in 1114 by King Henry I, and lost his office because of this.Keats-Rohan Domesday People p. 439 His lands were also forfeit.Green Aristocracy of Norman England pp. 282–283 According to the medieval writer William of Malmesbury, Henry exiled him because Roger ordered that a royal official be killed.
The office passed to Osbert d'Abetot, who may have been Roger's uncle, before eventually ending up with Roger's brother-in-law Walter de Beauchamp.Round "Abetot, Urse d' (c.1040–1108)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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