Roger d'Abetot

Roger d'Abetot (sometimes Roger of Abitôt^[1]) was a medieval English Sheriff of Worcestershire.

Roger d'Abetot
Sheriff of Worcestershire
In office 1108 – c. 1114
Preceded by	Urse d'Abetot
Succeeded by	Osbert d'Abetot

Roger was the son of Urse d'Abetot, his predecessor as sheriff.^[2] He also held the custody of Worcester Castle, another office he inherited from his father.^[1] He may also have been a constable in Henry I's household, as his father had been.^[3] Along with the offices, Roger also inherited the feudal barony of Salwarpe in Worcestershire.^[4] He was banished from England in around 1110^[1] or in 1114 by King Henry I, and lost his office because of this.^[2] His lands were also forfeit.^[5] According to the medieval writer William of Malmesbury, Henry exiled him because Roger ordered that a royal official be killed.^[1]

The office passed to Osbert d'Abetot, who may have been Roger's uncle, before eventually ending up with Roger's brother-in-law Walter de Beauchamp.^[6]