Person:John Forster (4)

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John Forster
b.1180 Etherstone Bamburg Castle,Northumberland, England
d.1220 Etherstone Bamburg Castle,Northumberland, England
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  1. John Forster1180 - 1220
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  • H.  John Forster1180 - 1220
  1. Randolph Forster1220 - 1256
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Name John Forster
Gender Male
Birth? 1180 Etherstone Bamburg Castle,Northumberland, EnglandSources have John's father death as 1176. Leaving info here until I find correct data.
Military? Aft 1180 accompanied King Richard I to the Holy Land in the Crusades and was the hero of the Battle of Acre. For his bravery he was knighted by Richard the Lion Hearted in the Holy Land and was made Governor of Bamborough.
Marriage to Unknown
Military? 1215 Known to Be One of the Nobles Who Compelled King John to Sign the Magna Carta
Death? 1220 Etherstone Bamburg Castle,Northumberland, England

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fosterfamily/foster2.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tesdls/hunterdl/d77.htm#P198

References
  1.   Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Foster Genealogy: Being a Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster, an Early Inhabitant of Ipswich in New England, Whose Genealogy is Traced Back to Anacher, Great Forrester of Flanders, Who Died in 837 A.D., with Wills, Inventories, Biographical Sketches, Etc.; Also the Record of all Other American Fosters. (Chicago: The Author, 1899).
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