Robert de Vernon

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ¹²⁶⁹
Richard de Vernon and his wife Avice Avenel had two sons, William de Vernon who married Margaret de Stockport and Robert. William and Margaret had two sons, Richard and Robert who were banished. Robert had a daughter named Avice who married Gilbert le Francis. Their son too his mother's name de Vernon and was Richard de Vernon.

~Haddon, the Manor, the Hall, Its Lords and Tradition, p. 9

• Background Information. ¹²⁶⁹
The Vernon family directly sprang from the Earls of Devon and the Lords of the Isle of Wight, de Insula. The family name of the Earls of Devon was Redvers, and this family was closely connected by feudal and marriage ties with the Avenels.

~Haddon, the Manor, the Hall, Its Lords and Tradition, p. 6