Robert Fitzwalter
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Robert Fitzwalter was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition against King John, and one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta.
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![Robert FitzWalter's original seal-die, with modern wax impression, in the British Museum.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Britishmuseumrobertfitzwalterseal.jpg/1280px-Britishmuseumrobertfitzwalterseal.jpg)
Robert FitzWalter's original seal-die, with modern wax impression, in the British Museum.[1]
Stylised depiction of John signing of Magna Carta, from Cassell's History of England (1902)
Rochester Castle, where Fitzwalter was besieged by royalists
An illustration by Matthew Paris of the Second Battle of Lincoln
A 1628 painting by Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen depicting the 1218 siege of Damietta, in which Fitzwalter took part as a crusader
Little Dunmow Priory, where Fitzwalter is buriedIn their orbit 5
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About this person
Robert Fitzwalter was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition against King John, and one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta. He was feudal baron of Little Dunmow, Essex and constable of Baynard's Castle, in London, to which was annexed the hereditary office of castellan and chief knight banneret of the City of London. Part of the official aristocracy created by Henry I and Henry II, he served John in the wars in Normandy, in which he was taken prisoner by King Philip II of France and forced to pay a heavy ransom.
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