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- Robert de Brus was a wealthy baron in Yorkshire, England, in the reign
of William The Conquerer, with whom he had come from Normandy. He had
the castle and manor of Skelton, in Yorkshire, and Hert and Hertness,
in the Bishoprick of Durham. Before the end of the reign of the
Conqueror, Robert De Brus possessed ninety-four lordships in
Yorkshire. Robert became one of the great magnates of northern
England, Lord of Cleveland and a Royal Justice for King Henry I.
(Source: "My Ancestors Came With The Conquerer," by Anthony J. Camp,
1994, Genealogical Publishing Co.)
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