Roger de Somery II

Roger de Somery (before 1235 – 1272) was a feudal baron in England. He inherited the feudal barony of Dudley in 1235. In 1262, Roger started the re-fortification of Dudley Castle, which had been slighted by order of King Henry II after a rebellion in 1173-1174. Roger married twice and died in 1272.

Biography Roger de Somery was the son of Ralph de Somery (d 1210) and Margaret le Gras (liv 1247), feudal baron of Dudley. He inherited the barony in 1235. His granduncle, baron Gervase Paganell, was the husband of Countess Isabel de Beaumont, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. He also attended the coronation of Richard the Lionheart in 1189.

In 1253, the king sent Roger on an expedition to Gascony to help quell a rebellion. In 1262, Roger began to re-fortify Dudley Castle, which had been slighted by order of King Henry II after the revolt of 1173–74. However, as he did not have a licence from the king to rebuild the castle, he was ordered to stop the construction work. Mabel de Somery m Walter de Sully Matilda/Maud de Somery m Henry de Erdington

By his wife Amabil, he had 2 sons: Roger de Somery Percival de Somery