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Roger first rose to prominence as one of the leaders at the battle of t h e S t a n dard in 1138, and indeed the English army set out for the battle f r o m h i s h olding of Thirsk. He may have been fairly young at this time, f o r A i l r ed of Rievaulx stated that so great was the fervour against the S c o t s t h at he was brought along with the army though still a boy (puerul u s ) a n d c arefully placed among others where he would presumably be safe . T h e f a c t that Mowbray had sufficient control over his estates to give l a n d t o B y land in the same year and was knighted around the same time se e m s a t f i rst glance to contradict Ailred's statement about his youth, b u t i t i s p o ssible that he was rewarded for his participation in battle w i t h a n e a rly end to his minority and with a dubbing. Three years later, i n 1 1 4 1 , h e fought in Stephen's army at the battle of Lincoln and was am on g t h o s e captured by Ranulf (II), earl of Chester and Robert, earl of G l o u c e ster.
He journeyed to Jerusalem in 1186 and stayed on after many other crusad e r s w h o h ad arrived in that year returned home. As a result he ended up w i t h t h e a rmy of the kingdom of Jerusalem at the disastrous battle of Ha t t i n o n 6 /7 July 1187, where he was captured. The templars ransomed him t h e n e x t y ear, but he died soon thereafter and was buried in the Holy La n d . H i s e states passed to his son Nigel, who died in the course of the t h i r d c r usade, and then to his grandson William, who paid relief for the m i n 1 1 9 4 .
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1119 - Abt 1188 (69 years)