Robert Baynard
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Robert Baynard was an English politician and judge.
Baynard was the son of Fulk Baynard
. He was elected knight of the shire for Norfolk
several times between 1289 and 1327, and had the custody of the county in 1311–12. In January and July 1313 he was summoned to parliament, and at the accession of Edward III
was made a justice of the king's bench
9 March 1327.
Baynard was the son of Fulk Baynard
Fulk Baynard
Fulk Baynard was an English landowner, official under Henry III, and itinerant justice.Along with other holding, he was a vassal of Robert Fitzwalter. After Fitzwalter's attempt to kill John of England in 1212, Baynard was required to give his son to the king as hostage in 1213...
. He was elected knight of the shire for Norfolk
Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
Norfolk was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...
several times between 1289 and 1327, and had the custody of the county in 1311–12. In January and July 1313 he was summoned to parliament, and at the accession of Edward III
Edward II of England
Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...
was made a justice of the king's bench
Justice of the King's Bench
Justice of the King's Bench, or Justice of the Queen's Bench during the reign of a female monarch, was a puisne judicial position within the Court of King's Bench, under the Chief Justice. The King's Bench was a court of common law which modern academics argue was founded independently in 1234,...
9 March 1327.