ROBERT DE BEAUMONT (I104-1168), justiciar of England, re ceived his father's English fiefs in '1' 8, and became earl of Lei cester. He and his brother, Waleran, were the chief advisers of Stephen, and helped this king to seize the bishops of Salisbury and Lincoln in 1139; later, however, Robert made his peace with Henry II., and became chief justiciar of England. First among the lay nobles he signed the Constitutions of Clarendon, he sought to reconcile Henry and Archbishop Becket, and was twice in charge of the kingdom during the king's absences in France. The earl founded the abbey of St. Mary de Pre at Leicester and other religious houses, and by a charter confirmed the burgesses of Leicester in the possession of their merchant-gild and customs. His son, Robert, succeeded to the earldom of Leicester, and with other English barons assisted prince Henry in his revolt against his father, the king, in 1173. For this participation, and also on a later occasion, he was imprisoned ; but he enjoyed the favour of Richard I., and died in Greece when returning from a pilgrimage in 1190.