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For the nephew of this Robert D'Oyly, see the article "Robert D'Oyly (Osney)". See also Robert D'Oyly (Oxford, an 11th century nobleman Robert D'Oyly was a 12th century English nobleman son of Nigel

Robert D'Oyly (also spelt Robert D'Oyley de Liseaux, Robert Doyley, Robert de Oiley, Robert d'Oilly, Robert D'Oyley and Roberti De Oilgi) was a Norman nobleman who accompanied William the Conqueror on the Norman Conquest, his invasion of England. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages He died in 1091.

Robert was the son of Walter D'Oyly and elder brother to Nigel D'Oyly. Nigel D'Oyly was an 11th-12th century nobleman of England and in 1120 the Lord of Oxford Castle, and briefly the Lord of Wallingford Castle. He married Ealdgyth, the daughter of Wigod, the Saxon lord of Wallingford. Ealdgyth was the daughter of Wigod of Wallingford. She married Robert D'Oyly, a Norman nobleman who became lord of Wallingford upon Wigod (also spelt Wigot) was the 11th century Saxon Thegn or lord of the English town of Wallingford, and a kinsman of Edward For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south Wallingford is a small Market town and Civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in Oxfordshire, England. After Wigod's death, William appointed Robert the lord of Wallingford, and ordered him to fortify Wallingford Castle between 1067 and 1071. The remains of Wallingford Castle, once an important royal castle and defensive stronghold are situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire It is believed he may have become the third High Sheriff of Berkshire around this time. The High Sheriff of Berkshire, in common with other counties was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times

He was the uncle of his namesake, Robert Doyley, son of his brother Nigel D'Oyly, who was founder of Osney Priory, Oxford. See also Robert D'Oyly (Oxford, an 11th century nobleman Robert D'Oyly was a 12th century English nobleman son of Nigel Osney, Osney Island, or Osney Town ( IPA: /ˈəʊznɪ/ an earlier spelling of the name is Oseney) is a riverside community in the west of the Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, He was also an ancestor of Henry D'Oyly, one of the major feudal barons of the Magna Carta. Magna Carta ( Latin for Great Charter, literally " Great Paper " also called Magna Carta Libertatum ( Great Charter of Freedoms

"He was so powerful a man in his time, that no one durst oppose him", says one account. At Abingdon he was remembered as "a despoiler of churches and the poor until his miraculous conversion [to Christianity]". Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings The latter was during the economic decline that Oxford experienced between 1066 and 1086 however it is noted that Robert's own properties suffered as much waste in this time period.

Legacy

Robert ordered the construction of many parts of Oxford, some of which are still around today. Oxford Castle was built under Robert's orders in 1071, and the collegiate church of St George's within the castle was founded by Robert in 1074. Oxford Castle, located in Oxford city centre was built by a Norman Baron, Robert D'Oyly, in 1071 (shortly after the Norman Conquest The church of St Peter in the East was first mentioned in 1086 as a possession of Robert's although it is possible that he merely acquired it, along with St Mary Magdalen's Church, also in the east of the city. St Mary Magdalen is a Church of England church in Magdalen Street, Oxford, England.

He is also attributed by the monks of Abingdon with the construction of a series of stone bridges at Grandpont, which form a causeway over the River Thames. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. This now forms the major route between the city centre and the south, and the crossing point is near St Aldate's. St Aldate's is a street in central Oxford, England. It runs south from the generally acknowledged centre of Oxford at Carfax. It is possible however that he merely fortified an older crossing point. Eights Reach, which now forms part of Shire Lake Stream in Christ Church Meadow is also attributed to Robert. Christ Church Meadow is a famous Flood-meadow, and popular walking and picnic spot in Oxford, England.

Possessions

Robert owned land in Oakley, Buckinghamshire. Oakley is a Village and also a Civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England of about 400 households The village was valued at £6, and its land consisted of 5¾ hides; with Oakley’s clay soil the total cultivated land would have been around 550 acres (2 km²). The hide was a unit used in assessing land for liability to " Geld " or land tax in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th centuries Robert, also, held a tenure (or burgage) in Buckingham held by a man of Azor, the son of Tote, who paid sixteen pence annually and to the King, five pence. Burgage is a medieval land term used in England and Scotland, well established by the 13th century Buckingham is a Town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, approximately from the border with Northamptonshire. Azor (אָזוֹר is a small town ( local council) in the Tel Aviv District of Israel.

The Manor of Iver became part of the possessions of Robert D'Oyley, who held Eureham (as Iver was called in the Domesday Book), for seventeen hides. Iver is in the south-east corner of the English county of Buckinghamshire and it forms one of the largest Civil parishes in the South Bucks district The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey The land was sufficient for thirty ploughs. It was estimated at £22, it had been exchanged for Padbury, with Robert Clarenbold of the Marsh. For the suburb of Perth, Western Australia see Padbury Western Australia. The daughter of Robert D'Oyley married Miles Crispin, to whom the Manor of Iver descended. Miles Crispin (died 1107 (also known as Miles or Milo of Wallingford) was a wealthy Norman landowner particularly associated with Wallingford Castle

D'Oyly also owned a considerable amount of land in Oxfordshire and in Oxford itself according to the Domesday Book in 1086:

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