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Not this particular Robert d'Arbitot - but possibly related.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Despenser]

Robert Despenser (sometimes Robert Despensator,[1] Robert Dispenser,[2] or Robert fitzThurstin;[3] died after 1098) was a Norman officeholder and landholder in post-Conquest medieval England.
Despenser was the brother of Urse d'Abetot, who was sheriff of Worcestershire shortly after the Conquest.[1] Despenser and his brother were originally from Normandy, and were tenants of the lords of Tancarville there.[3] Despenser held the office of royal steward, or dispenser, under King William II.[1] Despenser's surname derived from his office.[4][note 1] Although Despenser was married, the name of his wife is not known for sure. He may be the Robert de Abitot referred to in a confirmation charter of King Stephen of England's, but this identification is not certain.[1]

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A man of considerable wealth.
A friend of William Penn
A Preacher of influence among Quakers.
Barbara Aubrey, daughter of Elizabeth Thomas and William Aubrey, ws born in 1637, and died November 16, 1710. She was a member of the Church of England but subsequently followed her husband into the Society of Friends. She married John Bevan, who lived upon his estate in Glamoranshire. He was a man of considerable wealth, a friend of William Penn, and a preacher of influence among the Quakers. He came to Pennsylvania in 1683, and was a judge of the county court of Philadelphia, a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly and a man of affairs. He returned to Wales in 1774 and died at Treverlig.

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The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield (d'Eglesfield) in honour of Queen Philippa of Hainaut (wife of King Edward III of England). The college is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, which includes buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor.

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After her husband died in 1337, Joan took the veil and entered into Fontenelle Abbey.

Possibly, Abbey of Saint Wandrille:
Fontenelle Abbey or the Abbey of St Wandrille is a Benedictine monastery in the commune of Saint-Wandrille-Rançon near Caudebec-en-Caux in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. [Wikipedia]

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Countess of Hainaut and Holland (as Margaret I)

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On 15 August 1369, Philippa died of an illness similar to dropsy in Windsor Castle at the age of fifty-five.

She was given a state funeral six months later on 29 January 1370 and interred at Westminster Abbey.

Her tomb was placed on the northeast side of the Chapel of Edward the Confessor and on the opposite side of her husband's grandparents Edward I and Eleanor of Castile and great grandfather Henry III.

Her alabaster effigy was beautifully executed by sculptor Jean de Liège.

Eight years later Edward III died and was buried next to Philippa. By all accounts, her forty-year marriage to Edward had been happy.

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Mechtild =
Mathilda (sometimes spelled Matilda) is a female name, of Gothic derivation, derived from words corresponding to Old High German "mahta" (meaning "might, strength") and "hildr" (meaning "battle").

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Knighted by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa

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Made a voyage to the Holy Land in 1139.

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This entry from Davis book (Bucks County) is incorrect, date-wise, compared to information in Wikipedia.

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In 1189 Floris accompanied Frederick Barbarossa upon the third Crusade, of which he was a distinguished leader. He died in 1190 at Antioch of pestilence and was buried there.