Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare

• Preferred Name: Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}
  
• Alternate Name: Gilbert FitzRichard
  
• Gender: M
  
• Title of Nobility: with note: Description: Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and Cardigan
  
• Birth: 21 SEP 1065 in Tunbridge Well, Kent, England at LATI: N1.1729 LONG: E0.3031 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Occupation: Marshall to the Royal Household
  
• Burial: in Tonbridge, Kent, England at LATI: N1.1694 LONG: E0.3167
  
• Death: 17 NOV 1114 in Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire, England at LATI: N1.4333 LONG: E1.85
  
• Occupation: Royal Sergeant and Marshall to Henry I
  
• Occupation: Royal Serjeant (Or Serjeant at Arms)
  
• FSID: KHGK-FT4
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066-c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107-1111.
  
  Life
  Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard.[1] He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery;[2] his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy.[3] That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner.[4] However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100.[4] He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101.[4]
  
  It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II.[5] Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.[5]
  
  In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor.[6] In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard.[7] He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.[7] Gilbert died in or before 1117.[7][8]
  
  Family
  About 1088,[9] Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Ramerupt.[8] Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:
  
  Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136.[10]
  Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[10]
  Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.[11]
  Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice.[12] She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
  Hervey de Clare, Lord of Montmorency.[13]
  Walter de Clare, d. 1149.[14]
  Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stansted Mountfitchet.[15]
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard
  
  STORY of the Clares
  Gilbert de Clare (d 1115?), baronial leader, was the son of Richard FitzGilbert, and heir to his English possessions. Though, like his father, here entered among the Clares, he was commonly known as
  
  Earl Gilbert Fitz-Richard Clare bio (Michael A. Kennedy)
  Strongbow's father, grandfather, uncles and great-uncles were men favored by both King Henry I and King Stephen on the death of Roger de Clare without legal heirs in 1130, King Henry I granted Gilbert
  
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  GILBERT FitzRichard de Clare (-1114 or 1117). Guillaume of Jumièges names “Richardum strenuissim
  
  === Gilbert de Tonebruge and de Clare, inher ===
  Gilbert de Tonebruge and de Clare, inherited all of his father's lands inEngland. In rebellion against the King, William Rufus, he fortified andlost his Castle of Tunbridge. He married in 1113 Adeliza, or Alice,daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, in Beauvais.
  
  === Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066-c. 1117), ===
  Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066-c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107-1111.
  
  Life
  Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard.[1] He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery;[2] his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy.[3] That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner.[4] However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100.[4] He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101.[4]
  
  It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II.[5] Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.[5]
  
  In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor.[6] In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard.[7] He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.[7] Gilbert died in or before 1117.[7][8]
  
  Family
  About 1088,[9] Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Ramerupt.[8] Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:
  
  Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136.[10]
  Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[10]
  Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.[11]
  Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice.[12] She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
  Hervey de Clare, Lord of Montmorency.[13]
  Walter de Clare, d. 1149.[14]
  Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stansted Mountfitchet.[15]
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.114; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.22;
  
  === !Chart #356 ROYAL ANCESTORS by Michel Ca ===
  !Chart #356 ROYAL ANCESTORS by Michel Call
  
  === SOURCES: Cokayne, Vol. 2 pg. 610; Vol. ===
  SOURCES: Cokayne, Vol. 2 pg. 610; Vol. 10 pg. 358; Appendix G. Vol. 12 pg. 110 Ancestral Roots; pg. 77 Magna Charta; pgs. 102 & 1619
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “GILBERT, King's Marshal. He married ___. They had two sons, John and William Giffard. Sometime before 1130 he and his son, John, appeared in the king's court where they successfully maintained their office of master of the king's marshalsea against William de Hastings and Robert de Venoiz. He died in or shortly before 1130.
  Hardy Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi Asservati 1(1) (1837): 46-47. East Anglian 3 (1869): 30-32. Round Commune of London (1899): 305-306. Painter William Marshal Knight-Errant, Baron & Regent of England (1933). C.P. 10 (1945): Appendix G, 91-99 (sub Rise of the Marshal). Keats-Rohan Domesday People (1999): 391 (author suggests Gilbert Marshal is possibly the son of Robert Marescal Norman, who occurs as a marshal in Domesday Wiltshire).
  Children of Gilbert the Marshal, by
  i. JOHN FITZ GILBERT (or JOHN THE MARSHAL) [see next].
  ii. WILLIAM GIFFARD. He was presented to the church of Cheddar, Somerset sometime in the period, 1123-35. He was Chancellor to the Empress Maud c.1141-47. He is believed to be the William the Chancellor who witnessed three charters of King David I in Scotland. He appears to have witnessed charters between 1141 and 1153 as "Brother William Giffard." Rpt. on the MSS of the Wells Cathedral (Hist. MSS Comm. 12A) (1885): 68. Round Geoffrey de Mandeville (1892): 88-95, 123, 171, 180-183 (William the Chancellor styled "brother" [fratre] of John Fitz Gilbert), 195. Cal. MSS. Dean & Chapter of Wells 1 (Hist. MSS. Comm., vol. 12B(1) (1907): 144. C.P. 10 (1945): 526 footnote c (sub Pipard), Appendix G, 92, footnote h (sub Rise of the Marshal). Chibnall Anglo-Norman Studies 14 (1992): 31-32. Garnett & Hudson Land & Government in Medieval England & Normandy (1994): 291-292.”
  
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  == DISPUTED PARENTAGE ==Since his various parentages are all disputed, they have been removed.See the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy's [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#_Toc321390454 Medieval Lands Index] for more information. Also see discussion below.
  Removed these profiles as parents: [[Cheddar-15|Rollo Cheddar]], [[Le Mareschal-6|Geoffrey Le Mareschal]], and [[di Conversano-1|Sibyl diConversano]] . ''' Please don't attach any parents without first discussing via post on G2G. ([[Athey-67|Darlene Athey Hill]] - 26 Sep 2015)'''
  
  == Biography ==Gilbert Giffard was a tenant of Glastonbury manor in Winterbourne Monkton in Wiltshire, and held a position as a marshal to the King. That Gilbert was the name of the grandfather of William the Marshall was known because William's father was often referred to as John fitz (son of) Gilbert. That Gilbert, John's father, was already involved in the family's tradition of claiming a royal marshalcy was also indicated froma record in the time of King John, although the nature of that marshalcy in his generation is not well understood.Round, J. H. (1911),The King's Serjeants & Officers of State with their Coronation Services. [https://archive.org/stream/kingsserjeantsof00rounuoft#page/88/mode/2up p.88] However the identification of Gilbert with records for a man normally called Gilbert Giffard (or Gibard) has become widespread since a publication of N. E. Stacy in 1999 concerning Gilbert's landlord.''English Historical Review'', Feb. 1999: Henry of Blois and the Lordship of Glastonbury (N. E. Stacy). This article is now cited by newer editions of David Crouch's "William Marshall" and has beendiscussed online by medieval genealogists such as John Ravilious, Chris Phillips and Douglas Richardson. For example: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2003-01/1042089376. He notonly showed that Giffard had a tax exemption, such as his descendantsdid for their marshalcy, and that his lands were inherited by the Marshals, but also that Gilbert Giffard's son William Giffard or William fitz Gilbert, was presented to the church of Cheddar as "William Giffard, son of Gilbert the king's
  marshal".
  Concerning his parentage, various theories exist but none are proven. Each tends to start with one known thing, and build from there:
  *Starting from the newest known information, the surname Giffard, Crouch for example notes that it was a common descriptive second name meaning "chubby cheeks" and says "It is highly unlikely that Gilbert Giffard was related to the Conqueror's leading follower, Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham; it is conceivable on the grounds of proximity, however, that he might have had a connection with the unrelated West Country barons, the Giffards of Brimpsfield." (Traditionally the Giffards ofBrimpsfield and Bucks are often linked.For example in old editions of Burkes. https://books.google.be/books?id=uo9AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA207 Some still suspect there is a link.http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2003-01/1042326346
  *Keats-Rohan has an entry for him in "Domesday People" (p.214) under "Gislebert Gibart", apparently an entry written without reference to Stacey. She adds that "The fee of Robert Gibart is mentioned in Hist. S.Petri Glocs. ii, 230."See online [https://archive.org/stream/historiaetcartul02glou#page/230/mode/2up here]. But the editors believe this is a 12th century document. In her later "Domesday Descendants" she cites Stacey and has him under "Marescal, Gilbert" (p.1029). She suggests he might be the son of "Robert marshal, who occurs in Domesday Wiltshire" (Domesday People p.391). However In footnote g, Appendix G, Complete Peerage says "Gilbert may have been son or grandson ofan otherwise unknown Robert, who in 1086 held Cheddar, Somerset, under Roger de Courseulles (Domesday Book, vol i, fol 94; cf note 'h' infra). Robert the Marshal, who in 1086 held Lavington, Wilts, in chief (Idem, vol i, f. 73) has been suggested as the possible progenitor of the family (Davis, op. cit., pp xxvi - xxvii); but this is unlikely as in 1166 Lavington was held by Piers de la Mare (Red Book, p 248)." It therefore appears that Keats-Rohan was following up the lead of CP, seeking for evidence that Robert in Lavington having other land holdings that might correspond to those known for the later Marshall family, specifically in Cheddar. The Robert in Cheddar has an entry in Domesday People called "Robert Herecom" (p.389So Keats-Rohan equated this Robert with the one in [http://opendomesday.org/name/447100/robert-herecom/ Shearston], with the same overlord as the Robert in Cheddar.). According to a summary of this line of thought by Chris Phillips,Keats-Rohan's various entries give "a slightly complicated picture, but maybe worth investigating further".
  *Older works speculated based on the longer-known above-mentioned claim to a "chief marshalship" which King John said happened during the time of King Henry I. Gilbert and his son John faced counter claims fromtwo other men, Robert de Venoiz, and William Hastings. And on this basis many authors have speculated that the three families shared a common ancestry. Robert de Venoiz in particular was apparently son and heir to a Norman named Geoffrey who was sometimes referred to as "Marshall" (although in his time this would not normally have been considered a name, just a description). This family's particular tradition of Marshalcy apparently went back to a marshalcy in Venoix in Normandy.Round, J. H. (1911), The King's Serjeants & Officers of State with their Coronation Services. [https://archive.org/stream/kingsserjeantsof00rounuoft#page/90/mode/2up p.90] Various scenarios have been presented as fact, such as Gilbert being a son of Robert, or of Geoffrey, or that Gilbert married a lady of their family. (And similarly, the Hastings family have sometimes been linked in speculative pedigrees.) But in fact the record of King John does not strongly imply that before the time of Henry I there was one single "chief" marshal. It could well have been a decision made at that time. There were many hereditary "marshalls" in England and Normandy, as discussed by Round in his book on the subject. (The use of a the job as a surname also probably did not start until King Stephen's time.Richard Brooks, The Knight who saved England.)
  *A very simple proposal found in the Complete Peerage is that Gilbert's father was also possibly named Gilbert. The reasoning being that theGilbert of the Domesday book made around 1086 was many decades beforethe reign of Henry I, when Gilbert the father of John was still alive.See the post of Chris Phillips: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2003-01/1042105703 Other authorities seem to accept it is the same person though the generations are long.Ravilious on the generation length: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2003-01/1042297945
  
  Gilbert had two sons:# John Fitz-Gilbert, who was accepted as being "chief" Marshal of England while his father still lived, in the time of King Henry I. Probably the first of his family to use the job title as a surname. Born about 1105.# William Giffard or Fitz-Gilbert, born about 1107. He became chancellor to Queen Mathilda.See the post of John Ravilious: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2003-01/1042089376
  As an hereditary marshal of the King, Gilbert was a French speaking Norman (although some Normans married locally and could speak some English) and the old French title ''Le Mareschal'' (Latin ''Marescallus'' or ''Marescalcus'') which has evolved into modern English "Marshal" wasa term going back to Frankish times, originally referring to a function of "horse servant", which is what the word meant in the old language of the Franks. But by his lifetime, this job, like many other household positions, had evolved. According to a treatise of 1136 made for King Stephen, the Master Marshall ("John", Gilbert's son) had duties which "involved the keeping of certain royal records" and the managementof "four other lesser marshals, both clerks and knights, assistants called sergeants, the knight ushers and common ushers of the royal hall, the usher of the king's chamber, the watchmen of court, the tent-keeper and the keeper of the king's hearth".David Crouch, "William Marshall" 2nd ed. 2002, Appendix 2.
  In Gilbert's family, the evidence is relatively clear that the function became a surname, not in Gilbert's lifetime probably, but during thelifetime of his son John. Crouch (p.226) mentions that while surnamesfrom hereditary offices were not an uncommon innovation in the 12th century, this family is a "rather early" example of a case where not only the heir of the Marshall, but several of John's sons, all used the office as a second name. Richard Brooks suggests that John was the first to use the word as a name, because he is specifically referred to as someone "named" the Marshall, and this was during a period when he had split with King Stephen and could not have been functioning as the King's Marshall.
  Gilbert's grandson, [[Marshal-4|Sir William Marshal]], knighted and named 1st Earl of Pembroke, made the office very important during the last decades of the 12th Century and first decades of the 13th. He served under four kings: Henry II, Richard "Lionheart," John "Lackland" and Henry III. As the regent for Henry III, Sir William Marshal became a powerful European statesman, raising his office still further beyondits humble origins. In William's time the Chief Marshal became "Earl Marshal". It is still the seventh of the eight "great officers of state" of the British monarchy, just below the Lord High Co
  
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  === Marlborough Castle Facts ===
  http://castlefacts.info/castledetails/castleDetails3.aspx?uin=13643
  Large mound, possibly a motte and bailey within the grounds of Marlborough College. The first documentary evidence for the existence of a castle is during the reign of King Stephen, who held it in 1139 from the Empress Matilda. It is possible that it existed earlier. Repairs and construction of a ring wall around the motte are recorded for 1209-11. Further building occurred during the reign of Henry II, including a Great Tower. The castle was in ruins by 1403. Parts of the keep and curtain wall have been identified by excavation and a Roman coin recovered. A chapel was allegedly situated within the bailey. The mound was incorporated into a garden layout during the late C17/early C18, with the construction of a summerhouse on the top and a grotto at the base. There has been considerable speculation that the mound has origins in the later Neolithic, by analogy with Silbury Hill particularly since the discovery in 1912 of several red deer antler fragments within the mound, and the collection of some struck flints from the ground surface to the south and south west in the early 1920s. At present, the extant evidence is rather limited however a late Neolithic origin for the mound cannot be completely ruled out, and the Marlborough place-name (barrow of Maerla) does suggest the mound may be based on a barrow or, at least, a pre-saxon earthwork mound. From 1273-1369 it was in possession of the queen as a dower house. (PastScape)
  The wooden castle was built by William the conqueror as his invasion force came to the West Country in 1086. It later became to be strengthened by Roger, bishop of Salisbury in 1100 and was later rebuilt in stone
  The history of the structure of the castle is interesting and the details of its strengthening and rebuilding throughout the centuries show us that the castle was highly valued by both monarchs and their officials and powerful locals.
  
  Important individuals feature in the castles history the first being Agelric who was the bishop of the South Saxons. He was held hostage in the castle in 1070 after William came to successfully conquer the West Country in 1068. The royal history of the castle does not finish here as the castle became a royal residence and the royal court often visited. Savernake forest and the neighbouring wood of Aldbourne chase were favourite royal hunting grounds. Notable figures linked to the castle are as follows. John of Gaunt, son of Edward III had a hunting lodge in the middle of the chase. Henry I spent Easter there in 1110. Henry III was married there and in 1245 his mother died there. On his death the castle became part of the dowry of his widow, Queen Eleanor and on her death was conferred by Edward I on his own Queen. Edward II bestowed it on his favourite Hugh Le Despencer in 1308; on his fall his wife Queen Isabel obtained it. In the reign of Edward III the castle was held by various wardens for the King’s sister. Richard II granted it to Sir William Scrope - on his execution in 1399 it reverted back to the crown.
  The The castle was allowed to fall into ruin after the Wars of the Roses. The wise policy of Henry VII strengthened the crown so great castles were no longer needed to keep the peace. Old feudal fortresses became valueless, as explosives were now in use and castles were defenceless against gunpowder. Edward VI, last royal owner of the castle, passed it on to the Seymour family as this was his mother’s line. Today the site of the castle belongs to Marlborough College.
  1256. To Stephen Fromund, constable of the castle of Merleberge. Contrabreve to repair where absolutely necessary the wall of the castle of Merleberge, which has fallen down in three places. (Cal. Lib. Rolls)
  
  Radiocarbon dates of charcoal from cores taken from the mound in 2010 have dated the mound as prehistoric (2800-2000 BCE) and a contemporary of Silbury Hill. This does not exclude later use of the mound as a motte for Marlborough Castle. However, the motte was merely a part of the castle and most of the medieval castle is probably lost beneath the school buildings.
  
  === Wikipedia Biography ===
  Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066-c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107-1111.
  
  Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery; his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner. However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100. He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101.
  
  It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II. Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.
  
  In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor. In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard. He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk. Gilbert died in or before 1117.
  
  Family
  About 1088, Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Roucy. Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:
  1. Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136.
  2. Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
  3. Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.
  4. Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice. She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
  5. Hervey de Clare, Lord of Montmorency.
  6. Walter de Clare, d. 1149.
  7. Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stansted Mountfitchet.
  8. Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard
  
  === Reference 1 ===
  Gilbert, feudal Lord of Clare, Suffolk and Cardigan, whose father Richard was son of the Count of Brionne, of an illegitimate line of the Dukes of Normandy).
  
  Gilbert de Tonebruge, who resided at Tonebruge and inherited all his father's lands in England, joined in the rebellion of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, but observing the king (William Rufus) upon the point of falling into an ambuscade, he relented, sought pardon, and saved his royal master. We find him subsequently, however, again in rebellion in the same reign and fortifying and losing his castle at Tunbridge. He m. in 1113, Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Cleremont, and had issue, Richard, his successor, Gilbert, Walter, Hervey, and Baldwin. Gilbert de Tonebruge, who was a munificent benefactor to the church, was s. by his eldest son, Richard de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
  
  Gilbert m. Adeliza, dau, of the Earl of Claremont, and was father of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Gilbert de Clare, created Earl of Pembroke. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard, Earls of Buckingham]
  
  Genealogy chart of P. Glenn Smith, "Mayflower Quarterly," May 1992. Gilbert FitzRichard was Lord of Clare and Tonbridge.
  
  === Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, b ===
  Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Micheal Call, Cha rt 356 - # 6
  === Life Sketch ===
  Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066–c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111.
  
  Life
  Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard.[1] He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery;[2] his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy.[3] That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner.[4] However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100.[4] He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101.[4]
  
  It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II.[5] Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.[5]
  
  In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor.[6] In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard.[7] He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.[7] Gilbert died in or before 1117.[7][8]
  
  Family
  About 1088,[9] Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Ramerupt.[8] Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:
  
  Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136.[10]
  Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[10]
  Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.[11]
  Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice.[12] She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
  Hervey de Clare, Lord of Montmorency.[13]
  Walter de Clare, d. 1149.[14]
  Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stansted Mountfitchet.[15]
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard
  
  STORY of the Clares
  Gilbert de Clare (d 1115?), baronial leader, was the son of Richard FitzGilbert, and heir to his English possessions. Though, like his father, here entered among the Clares, he was commonly known as
  
  Earl Gilbert Fitz-Richard Clare bio (Michael A. Kennedy)
  Strongbow's father, grandfather, uncles and great-uncles were men favored by both King Henry I and King Stephen on the death of Roger de Clare without legal heirs in 1130, King Henry I granted Gilbert
  
  BIO
  BIO: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#EmmaClareMHughWake as of 1/17/2016
  
  GILBERT FitzRichard de Clare (-1114 or 1117). Guillaume of Jumièges names “Richardum strenuissim
  
  === {{British Isles 742-1499}} ===
  {{British Isles 742-1499}}
  == DISPUTED PARENTAGE ==Since his various parentages are all disputed, they have been removed.See the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy's [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#_Toc321390454 Medieval Lands Index] for more information. Also see discussion below.
  Removed these profiles as parents: [[Cheddar-15|Rollo Cheddar]], [[Le Mareschal-6|Geoffrey Le Mareschal]], and [[di Conversano-1|Sibyl diConversano]] . ''' Please don't attach any parents without first discussing via post on G2G. ([[Athey-67|Darlene Athey Hill]] - 26 Sep 2015)'''
  
  == Biography ==Gilbert Giffard was a tenant of Glastonbury manor in Winterbourne Monkton in Wiltshire, and held a position as a marshal to the King. That Gilbert was the name of the grandfather of William the Marshall was known because William's father was often referred to as John fitz (son of) Gilbert. That Gilbert, John's father, was already involved in the family's tradition of claiming a royal marshalcy was also indicated froma record in the time of King John, although the nature of that marshalcy in his generation is not well understood.Round, J. H. (1911),The King's Serjeants & Officers of State with their Coronation Services. [https://archive.org/stream/kingsserjeantsof00rounuoft#page/88/mode/2up p.88] However the identification of Gilbert with records for a man normally called Gilbert Giffard (or Gibard) has become widespread since a publication of N. E. Stacy in 1999 concerning Gilbert's landlord.''English Historical Review'', Feb. 1999: Henry of Blois and the Lordship of Glastonbury (N. E. Stacy). This article is now cited by newer editions of David Crouch's "William Marshall" and has beendiscussed online by medieval genealogists such as John Ravilious, Chris Phillips and Douglas Richardson. For example: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2003-01/1042089376. He notonly showed that Giffard had a tax exemption, such as his descendantsdid for their marshalcy, and that his lands were inherited by the Marshals, but also that Gilbert Giffard's son William Giffard or William fitz Gilbert, was presented to the church of Cheddar as "William Giffard, son of Gilbert the king's
  marshal".
  Concerning his parentage, various theories exist but none are proven. Each tends to start with one known thing, and build from there:
  *Starting from the newest known information, the surname Giffard, Crouch for example notes that it was a common descriptive second name meaning "chubby cheeks" and says "It is highly unlikely that Gilbert Giffard was related to the Conqueror's leading follower, Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham; it is conceivable on the grounds of proximity, however, that he might have had a connection with the unrelated West Country barons, the Giffards of Brimpsfield." (Traditionally the Giffards ofBrimpsfield and Bucks are often linked.For example in old editions of Burkes. https://books.google.be/books?id=uo9AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA207 Some still suspect there is a link.http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2003-01/1042326346
  *Keats-Rohan has an entry for him in "Domesday People" (p.214) under "Gislebert Gibart", apparently an entry written without reference to Stacey. She adds that "The fee of Robert Gibart is mentioned in Hist. S.Petri Glocs. ii, 230."See online [https://archive.org/stream/historiaetcartul02glou#page/230/mode/2up here]. But the editors believe this is a 12th century document. In her later "Domesday Descendants" she cites Stacey and has him under "Marescal, Gilbert" (p.1029). She suggests he might be the son of "Robert marshal, who occurs in Domesday Wiltshire" (Domesday People p.391). However In footnote g, Appendix G, Complete Peerage says "Gilbert may have been son or grandson ofan otherwise unknown Robert, who in 1086 held Cheddar, Somerset, under Roger de Courseulles (Domesday Book, vol i, fol 94; cf note 'h' infra). Robert the Marshal, who in 1086 held Lavington, Wilts, in chief (Idem, vol i, f. 73) has been suggested as the possible progenitor of the family (Davis, op. cit., pp xxvi - xxvii); but this is unlikely as in 1166 Lavington was held by Piers de la Mare (Red Book, p 248)." It therefore appears that Keats-Rohan was following up the lead of CP, seeking for evidence that Robert in Lavington having other land holdings that might correspond to those known for the later Marshall family, specifically in Cheddar. The Robert in Cheddar has an entry in Domesday People called "Robert Herecom" (p.389So Keats-Rohan equated this Robert with the one in [http://opendomesday.org/name/447100/robert-herecom/ Shearston], with the same overlord as the Robert in Cheddar.). According to a summary of this line of thought by Chris Phillips,Keats-Rohan's various entries give "a slightly complicated picture, but maybe worth investigating further".
  *Older works speculated based on the longer-known above-mentioned claim to a "chief marshalship" which King John said happened during the time of King Henry I. Gilbert and his son John faced counter claims fromtwo other men, Robert de Venoiz, and William Hastings. And on this basis many authors have speculated that the three families shared a common ancestry. Robert de Venoiz in particular was apparently son and heir to a Norman named Geoffrey who was sometimes referred to as "Marshall" (although in his time this would not normally have been considered a name, just a description). This family's particular tradition of Marshalcy apparently went back to a marshalcy in Venoix in Normandy.Round, J. H. (1911), The King's Serjeants & Officers of State with their Coronation Services. [https://archive.org/stream/kingsserjeantsof00rounuoft#page/90/mode/2up p.90] Various scenarios have been presented as fact, such as Gilbert being a son of Robert, or of Geoffrey, or that Gilbert married a lady of their family. (And similarly, the Hastings family have sometimes been linked in speculative pedigrees.) But in fact the record of King John does not strongly imply that before the time of Henry I there was one single "chief" marshal. It could well have been a decision made at that time. There were many hereditary "marshalls" in England and Normandy, as discussed by Round in his book on the subject. (The use of a the job as a surname also probably did not start until King Stephen's time.Richard Brooks, The Knight who saved England.)
  *A very simple proposal found in the Complete Peerage is that Gilbert's father was also possibly named Gilbert. The reasoning being that theGilbert of the Domesday book made around 1086 was many decades beforethe reign of Henry I, when Gilbert the father of John was still alive.See the post of Chris Phillips: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2003-01/1042105703 Other authorities seem to accept it is the same person though the generations are long.Ravilious on the generation length: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2003-01/1042297945
  
  Gilbert had two sons:# John Fitz-Gilbert, who was accepted as being "chief" Marshal of England while his father still lived, in the time of King Henry I. Probably the first of his family to use the job title as a surname. Born about 1105.# William Giffard or Fitz-Gilbert, born about 1107. He became chancellor to Queen Mathilda.See the post of John Ravilious: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2003-01/1042089376
  As an hereditary marshal of the King, Gilbert was a French speaking Norman (although some Normans married locally and could speak some English) and the old French title ''Le Mareschal'' (Latin ''Marescallus'' or ''Marescalcus'') which has evolved into modern English "Marshal" wasa term going back to Frankish times, originally referring to a function of "horse servant", which is what the word meant in the old language of the Franks. But by his lifetime, this job, like many other household positions, had evolved. According to a treatise of 1136 made for King Stephen, the Master Marshall ("John", Gilbert's son) had duties which "involved the keeping of certain royal records" and the managementof "four other lesser marshals, both clerks and knights, assistants called sergeants, the knight ushers and common ushers of the royal hall, the usher of the king's chamber, the watchmen of court, the tent-keeper and the keeper of the king's hearth".David Crouch, "William Marshall" 2nd ed. 2002, Appendix 2.
  In Gilbert's family, the evidence is relatively clear that the function became a surname, not in Gilbert's lifetime probably, but during thelifetime of his son John. Crouch (p.226) mentions that while surnamesfrom hereditary offices were not an uncommon innovation in the 12th century, this family is a "rather early" example of a case where not only the heir of the Marshall, but several of John's sons, all used the office as a second name. Richard Brooks suggests that John was the first to use the word as a name, because he is specifically referred to as someone "named" the Marshall, and this was during a period when he had split with King Stephen and could not have been functioning as the King's Marshall.
  Gilbert's grandson, [[Marshal-4|Sir William Marshal]], knighted and named 1st Earl of Pembroke, made the office very important during the last decades of the 12th Century and first decades of the 13th. He served under four kings: Henry II, Richard "Lionheart," John "Lackland" and Henry III. As the regent for Henry III, Sir William Marshal became a powerful European statesman, raising his office still further beyondits humble origins. In William's time the Chief Marshal became "Earl Marshal". It is still the seventh of the eight "great officers of state" of the British monarchy, just below the Lord High Co
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “GILBERT, King's Marshal. He married ___. They had two sons, John and William Giffard. Sometime before 1130 he and his son, John, appeared in the king's court where they successfully maintained their office of master of the king's marshalsea against William de Hastings and Robert de Venoiz. He died in or shortly before 1130.
  Hardy Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi Asservati 1(1) (1837): 46-47. East Anglian 3 (1869): 30-32. Round Commune of London (1899): 305-306. Painter William Marshal Knight-Errant, Baron & Regent of England (1933). C.P. 10 (1945): Appendix G, 91-99 (sub Rise of the Marshal). Keats-Rohan Domesday People (1999): 391 (author suggests Gilbert Marshal is possibly the son of Robert Marescal Norman, who occurs as a marshal in Domesday Wiltshire).
  Children of Gilbert the Marshal, by
  i. JOHN FITZ GILBERT (or JOHN THE MARSHAL) [see next].
  ii. WILLIAM GIFFARD. He was presented to the church of Cheddar, Somerset sometime in the period, 1123-35. He was Chancellor to the Empress Maud c.1141-47. He is believed to be the William the Chancellor who witnessed three charters of King David I in Scotland. He appears to have witnessed charters between 1141 and 1153 as "Brother William Giffard." Rpt. on the MSS of the Wells Cathedral (Hist. MSS Comm. 12A) (1885): 68. Round Geoffrey de Mandeville (1892): 88-95, 123, 171, 180-183 (William the Chancellor styled "brother" [fratre] of John Fitz Gilbert), 195. Cal. MSS. Dean & Chapter of Wells 1 (Hist. MSS. Comm., vol. 12B(1) (1907): 144. C.P. 10 (1945): 526 footnote c (sub Pipard), Appendix G, 92, footnote h (sub Rise of the Marshal). Chibnall Anglo-Norman Studies 14 (1992): 31-32. Garnett & Hudson Land & Government in Medieval England & Normandy (1994): 291-292.”
  
  === Reference 1 ===
  Gilbert, feudal Lord of Clare, Suffolk and Cardigan, whose father Richard was son of the Count of Brionne, of an illegitimate line of the Dukes of Normandy).
  
  Gilbert de Tonebruge, who resided at Tonebruge and inherited all his father's lands in England, joined in the rebellion of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, but observing the king (William Rufus) upon the point of falling into an ambuscade, he relented, sought pardon, and saved his royal master. We find him subsequently, however, again in rebellion in the same reign and fortifying and losing his castle at Tunbridge. He m. in 1113, Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Cleremont, and had issue, Richard, his successor, Gilbert, Walter, Hervey, and Baldwin. Gilbert de Tonebruge, who was a munificent benefactor to the church, was s. by his eldest son, Richard de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
  
  Gilbert m. Adeliza, dau, of the Earl of Claremont, and was father of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Gilbert de Clare, created Earl of Pembroke. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard, Earls of Buckingham]
  
  Genealogy chart of P. Glenn Smith, "Mayflower Quarterly," May 1992. Gilbert FitzRichard was Lord of Clare and Tonbridge.
  
  === Gilbert de Tonebruge and de Clare, inher ===
  Gilbert de Tonebruge and de Clare, inherited all of his father's lands inEngland. In rebellion against the King, William Rufus, he fortified andlost his Castle of Tunbridge. He married in 1113 Adeliza, or Alice,daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, in Beauvais.
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v3-p242/3*,-v5-p1 ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v3-p242/3*,-v5-p116,-v6-p499fn(b), -v10-p198,348,441fn(j); !AF: BAPT-END-SP> AFN:8WKMFQ; !TITLE> & Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, & Cardigan; PROP> founder of Priory at Clare; BIRTH> bef 1066; DEATH> 1114 or 1117; =SURNAME: SUR-G1-G2-G3> Gilbert "de Tonbridge" "de Clare" FITZRICHARD;
  
  === !Complete Peerage ===
  !Complete Peerage
  
  === Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066–c. 1117), ===
  Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066–c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111.
  
  Life
  Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard.[1] He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery;[2] his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy.[3] That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner.[4] However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100.[4] He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101.[4]
  
  It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II.[5] Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.[5]
  
  In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor.[6] In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard.[7] He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.[7] Gilbert died in or before 1117.[7][8]
  
  Family
  About 1088,[9] Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Ramerupt.[8] Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:
  
  Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136.[10]
  Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[10]
  Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.[11]
  Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice.[12] She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
  Hervey de Clare, Lord of Montmorency.[13]
  Walter de Clare, d. 1149.[14]
  Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stansted Mountfitchet.[15]
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard
  
  === Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, b ===
  Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Micheal Call, Cha rt 356 - # 6
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.114; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.22;
  
  === SOURCES: Cokayne, Vol. 2 pg. 610; Vol. ===
  SOURCES: Cokayne, Vol. 2 pg. 610; Vol. 10 pg. 358; Appendix G. Vol. 12 pg. 110 Ancestral Roots; pg. 77 Magna Charta; pgs. 102 & 1619
  
  === !#21> Complete Peerage-v10apndx(G)-p92*, ===
  !#21> Complete Peerage-v10apndx(G)-p92*, (FHL 942 D22cok); !KIN> possible son or g son - have entered as son for recording purposes; TITLE> 1st known holder of the office of Master Marshal of the Royal Household; DEATH> in or bef 1130;
  
  === Wikipedia Biography ===
  Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066–c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111.
  
  Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery; his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy. That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner. However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100. He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101.
  
  It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II. Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.
  
  In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor. In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard. He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk. Gilbert died in or before 1117.
  
  Family
  About 1088, Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Roucy. Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:
  1. Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136.
  2. Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
  3. Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.
  4. Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice. She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
  5. Hervey de Clare, Lord of Montmorency.
  6. Walter de Clare, d. 1149.
  7. Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stansted Mountfitchet.
  8. Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard
  
  === Marlborough Castle Facts ===
  http://castlefacts.info/castledetails/castleDetails3.aspx?uin=13643
  Large mound, possibly a motte and bailey within the grounds of Marlborough College. The first documentary evidence for the existence of a castle is during the reign of King Stephen, who held it in 1139 from the Empress Matilda. It is possible that it existed earlier. Repairs and construction of a ring wall around the motte are recorded for 1209-11. Further building occurred during the reign of Henry II, including a Great Tower. The castle was in ruins by 1403. Parts of the keep and curtain wall have been identified by excavation and a Roman coin recovered. A chapel was allegedly situated within the bailey. The mound was incorporated into a garden layout during the late C17/early C18, with the construction of a summerhouse on the top and a grotto at the base. There has been considerable speculation that the mound has origins in the later Neolithic, by analogy with Silbury Hill particularly since the discovery in 1912 of several red deer antler fragments within the mound, and the collection of some struck flints from the ground surface to the south and south west in the early 1920s. At present, the extant evidence is rather limited however a late Neolithic origin for the mound cannot be completely ruled out, and the Marlborough place-name (barrow of Maerla) does suggest the mound may be based on a barrow or, at least, a pre-saxon earthwork mound. From 1273-1369 it was in possession of the queen as a dower house. (PastScape)
  The wooden castle was built by William the conqueror as his invasion force came to the West Country in 1086. It later became to be strengthened by Roger, bishop of Salisbury in 1100 and was later rebuilt in stone
  The history of the structure of the castle is interesting and the details of its strengthening and rebuilding throughout the centuries show us that the castle was highly valued by both monarchs and their officials and powerful locals.
  
  Important individuals feature in the castles history the first being Agelric who was the bishop of the South Saxons. He was held hostage in the castle in 1070 after William came to successfully conquer the West Country in 1068. The royal history of the castle does not finish here as the castle became a royal residence and the royal court often visited. Savernake forest and the neighbouring wood of Aldbourne chase were favourite royal hunting grounds. Notable figures linked to the castle are as follows. John of Gaunt, son of Edward III had a hunting lodge in the middle of the chase. Henry I spent Easter there in 1110. Henry III was married there and in 1245 his mother died there. On his death the castle became part of the dowry of his widow, Queen Eleanor and on her death was conferred by Edward I on his own Queen. Edward II bestowed it on his favourite Hugh Le Despencer in 1308; on his fall his wife Queen Isabel obtained it. In the reign of Edward III the castle was held by various wardens for the King’s sister. Richard II granted it to Sir William Scrope – on his execution in 1399 it reverted back to the crown.
  The The castle was allowed to fall into ruin after the Wars of the Roses. The wise policy of Henry VII strengthened the crown so great castles were no longer needed to keep the peace. Old feudal fortresses became valueless, as explosives were now in use and castles were defenceless against gunpowder. Edward VI, last royal owner of the castle, passed it on to the Seymour family as this was his mother’s line. Today the site of the castle belongs to Marlborough College.
  1256. To Stephen Fromund, constable of the castle of Merleberge. Contrabreve to repair where absolutely necessary the wall of the castle of Merleberge, which has fallen down in three places. (Cal. Lib. Rolls)
  
  Radiocarbon dates of charcoal from cores taken from the mound in 2010 have dated the mound as prehistoric (2800-2000 BCE) and a contemporary of Silbury Hill. This does not exclude later use of the mound as a motte for Marlborough Castle. However, the motte was merely a part of the castle and most of the medieval castle is probably lost beneath the school buildings.
  
  === !Chart #356 ROYAL ANCESTORS by Michel Ca ===
  !Chart #356 ROYAL ANCESTORS by Michel Call

• m. 1085 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England

1. Adeliza de Clare, b. ABT 1093 in Risbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom     d. 1 NOV 1163 in St Osyth Priory, Essex, England, United Kingdom
2. Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, b. ABT 1090 in Herefordshire, England     d. APR 1136 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
3. Hawise FitzGilbert de Clare, b. 1089 in Clare, Essex, England     d. 1112 in Rickling, Essex, England
4. Baldwin fitz Gilbert de Clare Lord of Bourne, b. 1106 in Lincolnshire, England     d. 1154 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
5. Hervey de Clare I, b. 1100 in Clare, Suffolk, England     d. in Somme, Picardie, France
6. Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare, b. 21 SEP 1100 in Tonbridge, Kent, England     d. 6 JAN 1148 in Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
7. Rohese de Clare, b. ABT 1090     d. 1149
8. Agnes Clare, b. ABT 1091 in Clare, Suffolk, England     d. 1115 in England
9. Margaret Clare, b. ABT 1115 in Clare, Suffolk, England     d. ABT 1189

1. Title: Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare as found in British History Online [See document in the memories section]
   Author: 'Alien houses: Priory of Stoke by Clare', in A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1975), pp. 154-155. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/suff/vol2/pp154-155 [accessed 19 November 2021]. 1. Dugdale, Mon. (1st ed.), i, 1005-9; Tanner, Not. Mon. Suff. xiv. 2. Cott. MS. App. xxi. There is an abstract of its contents in the Davy MSS. (Add. MS. 19103, fols. 136-205). 3. Chartul. 21-5, 29, 33, 36.
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/suff/vol2/pp154-155;
   Note: 74. THE PRIORY OF STOKE BY CLARE Earl Alfric, son of Withgar, who lived in the reigns of Canute, Hardecanute, and Edward the Confessor, founded the church or chapel of St. John Baptist in the castle of Clare, and therein placed seven secular canons. This church, with all its endowments, was given by Gilbert de Clare, in 1090, to the Benedictine monastery of Bec in Normandy, of which it became a cell, and thus remained until the year 1124, when Gilbert's son Richard removed the foundation to Stoke, where it eventually reverted to a collegiate establishment. (fn. 1) The fourteenth-century chartulary (fn. 2) opens with confirmation charters of Henry II, Richard I, John, and Henry III, including a grant of a Thursday market at Stoke, and a yearly fair of three days at the feast of St. John Baptist. The various charters of Gilbert, earl of Clare, the founder, and of his son and grandson, are set forth, whereby the monks, in addition to lands, mills, fishing, and pasturing rights, held the advowsons of the churches of St. John and St. Paul, Clare, and the churches of Cavenham, Foxhall, Hunston and Bures, Crimplesham, Gazeley, Winham, Birfield, Ash, and Woching. (fn. 3) The ordination of the vicarage of Gazeley, at the time when the church was appropriated to the priory, is duly set forth under date of 12 July, 1286. (fn. 4) An undated letter of Roger, earl of Clare, solemnly presents to the house certain relics (not specified) which he entrusts to the monks, both cleric and lay, to be by them carefully preserved with the greatest reverence. (fn. 5) The confirmation charters of the Bishops of Norwich and London and the Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1090 to the end of the reign of Henry III, cover several folios. (fn. 6) These are followed by several papal confirmations, and by an indulgence from Pope Innocent exempting them from any provision of benefices. (fn. 7) Amid a very large number of grants of land, rents, &c., mostly of small value, occur the gifts of the church of Bradley by Richard the son of Simon, of the church of Little Bradley by Albrinus son of Ercald, of the church of Little Bunstead by William de Helium, of the church of Bunstead by Robert de Helium, and of the church of Stamborne by Robert de Grenville, with various confirmations. (fn. 8) The taxation roll of 1291 shows that the priory at that time held, in addition to churches, temporalities in seventeen Suffolk parishes of the annual value of £30 14s. 7½d.; it had also considerable lands and rents in Essex, and a small amount in Norfolk, yielding a total income of £53 13s. 3d. In 1305 a quit-claim was executed in favour of this priory of the advowson of the church of Little Barton by Mildenhall. (fn. 9) Prior John Huditot died in 1391; whereupon Robert bishop of London and William prior of Okeburne, authorized by Pope Boniface IX to act for the abbot of Bec in the case of dependent English houses, presented Richard de Cotesford, an English monk of that house, to the Bishop of Norwich, to be prior, with the assent of the king as patron, by reason of the minority of the son and heir of the Earl of March. (fn. 10) Richard II, in 1379, made a grant during pleasure, to his uncle, Thomas de Woodstock, earl of Buckingham, of £60 a year from the farm of this alien priory during the wars, to help to maintain his rank as an earl, (fn. 11) and among grants made from the alien priories' estates to the crown in June, 1395, towards the king's expenses in the war with France, was the year's issues and profits of the priory of Stoke by Clare of the value of £60. (fn. 12) In the following month, however, the friends of this priory managed to secure from the crown a charter of denization, but only on condition of the very heavy fine of 1,000 marks being paid to the abbot of Westminster, to be expended solely on the new works of St. Peter's Church. This sum was to be paid at the rate of 200 marks a year until discharged. The grant of denization stated that Richard de Cotesford, the then prior, was of English birth, and provided that the convent of monks was henceforth to be exclusively drawn from those of English birth, and that no tribute of any kind whatever was to be paid to any foreign abbey. (fn. 13) ¶The independent position secured for this priory had but a brief existence; twenty years later the priory was dissolved in favour of a college. (fn. 14)
   Page: Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare as found in British History Online [See document in the memories section]
   
2. Title: Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntac.htm#GilbertFitzRichardClaredied1117;
   Note: GILBERT FitzRichard de Clare (-1114 or 1117). Guillaume of Jumièges names “Richardum strenuissimum militem” as the son of “comes Gislebertus filius Godefridus comitis”, adding that he donated property to Bec with “filii eius Gislebertus, Rogerius, Walterius, Rodbertus”[1527]. Orderic Vitalis names “Rogerium et Gislebertum, Gualterium et Rodbertum atque Ricardum” as the children of “Gisleberti comitis [filium] Ricardum” and his wife “Roaldem Gualterii Gifardi filiam”[1528]. He succeeded his father in [1090] as Lord of Clare and Tonbridge. During the rebellion of 1089 against King William II, he was besieged in Tonbridge by the king, but wounded and forced to surrender[1529]. Lord of Cardigan 1110. “Gilebertus Ricardi filius et Adeliza uxor sua” granted part of tolls from “Tonebrugie” and “decimam de Escaldeford” to Lewes St. Pancras by charter dated to [1105/17], witnessed by “Waltero fratre eiusdem Gilberti...Guncell[in]o Gosmari filio, Humfri[d]o fratre eius, Picoto et Willelmo fratre eius, Engelranno de Abernun, Willelmo de Watevill”[1530]. Salzman dated this charter to [1110], but garbled the witness list (“Walter brother of the same Gilbert...Gunsell[in], Gosmar son of Humfrey his brother, Picot and William his brother, Engelran de Abert’, William de Wateuill”)[1531]. Stephen King of England confirmed donations to Lewes St. Pancras, including “in Suthreia...decimam de Scaldefort” donated by “Gillebertus filius Ricardi”, by undated charter[1532]. "Comes Ricardus filius comitis Gisleberti" confirmed donations of property to Saint-Victor-en-Caux by "Radulfus de Vuaterivilla et Ansuuidus apud Bosunvillam", with the consent of "Rogerii filii Ricardi et comitis Gisleberti patris mei", by undated charter (a copy of which is attached to a late-12th century transcription of a charter under which Hugh de Mortimer confirmed donations to the monastery), witnessed by "Herveio de Monte Morenci…"[1533]. The Annales Cambriæ record the death in 1117 of "Gilebertus filius Ricardi"[1534]. [m firstly ---. No direct evidence has been found concerning this possible first marriage. However, the Liber Vitæ of Thorney abbey lists "…Gilebt fili[us] Ricardi, Ricard fili[us] eius…Aaliz uxor Gilbti filii Ricardi, Comes Gilbt, Galteri…filii sui…"[1535]. The differentiation between "eius" and "sui" in the two parts of this text suggests that Richard, oldest son of Gilbert, may have been born from an earlier marriage of his father, otherwise unrecorded, although it is true that the passage as a whole appears to be designed as a list of Adelisa’s relatives and household.] m [secondly] as her first husband, ADELISA de Clermont, daughter of HUGUES Comte de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis & his wife Marguerite de Ramerupt. Guillaume of Jumièges records that “Giselbertus” married “filia comitis de Claromonte”[1536]. The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis refers to a sister of "comes Rainaldus" as husband of "Gillebertus, filius Richardi Anglici"[1537]. “Adeliz, uxor Gilberti filii Ricardi, et Gillebertus et Walterus et Baldewinus et Rohaisia pueri Gilberti” donated property “quod Tovi dedit…et in Randa…quas Turgisius tenebat” to Thorney Monastery, by undated charter witnessed by “Gilberto filio Gilberti, Galterio, Hervæo, Baldwino fratribus eius et Rohaisia sorore eorum”[1538]. "Hadalaidis filia Hugonis de Claromonte…uxor Gisleberti de Anglia" founded an anniversary at Saint-Leu d’Esserent, like the anniversaries of "patris sui Hugonis et matris sue Margarite", by undated charter[1539]. “Gilebertus Ricardi filius et Adeliza uxor sua” granted part of tolls from “Tonebrugie” and “decimam de Escaldeford” to Lewes St. Pancras by charter dated to [1105/17][1540]. She married secondly (after [1114/17]) [as his third wife, Bouchard [III] Seigneur] de Montmorency. Her second marriage into the Montmorency family is confirmed by the charter dated under which Robert Bishop of Lincoln confirms previous donations to Thorney, including one by “Adelidæ de Montemoraci” of “…terræ in Randa quas Turgisius tenuit et Toui prius dederat”[1541], which clearly refers back to the earlier charter quoted above. The precise identity of Adelisa’s second husband has not yet been confirmed. According to Duchesne, Adelisa’s second husband was Hervé, son of Bouchard [III] Seigneur de Montmorency and his second wife, but he cites no primary source on which this statement is based[1542]. As noted in the document PARIS REGION NOBILITY, the first marriage of Mathieu [I] de Montmorency, who would have been Hervé’s older half-brother born from their father’s first marriage, is dated to [1126]. This suggests the birth of Mathieu [I] in [1095/1105]. If that estimated date range is correct, any half-brothers born from his father’s second marriage would probably have been too young to have married Adelisa. In addition, given Adelisa’s prominent family background and first marriage, it is unlikely that her second husband would have been the younger son of the seigneur de Montmorency. As Adelisa had several children by her first husband, she would have been considerably older than her second husband if he had been a younger son of Bouchard [III]. A more likely case is that Adelisa’s second husband was Bouchard [III] himself, whose age and position would have been more appropriate for the marriage. This is supported by the Liber Vitæ of Thorney abbey which lists "…Gilebt fili[us] Ricardi…Burchardus de Muntmorenci…Aaliz uxor Gilbti filii Ricardi…", suggested by Keats-Rohan as Adelisa and her two husbands[1543]. A charter in the Stoke-by-Clare Priory Cartulary includes the reference "Rogerus coms Clar’ Aelicie de Clermunt ave sue..."[1544]. Gilbert & his [first/second] wife had one child: a) RICHARD FitzGilbert de Clare (-killed in battle near Abergavenny 15 Apr 1136, bur Gloucester). Guillaume de Jumièges names "Richardum qui ei successit et Gislebertum et Walterium et unam filiam...Rohais” as the children of “Gislebertus ex filia comitis de Claromonte”[1545]. The Liber Vitæ of Thorney abbey lists "…Gilebt fili[us] Ricardi, Ricard fili[us] eius…Aaliz uxor Gilbti filii Ricardi, Comes Gilbt, Galteri…filii sui…"[1546]. The differentiation between "eius" and "sui" in the two parts of this text suggests that Richard may have been born from an earlier marriage of his father, otherwise unrecorded, although it is true that the passage as a whole appears to be designed as a list of Adelisa’s relatives and household. He succeeded his father as Lord of Clare. Gilbert & his [second] wife had seven children: b) GILBERT "Strongbow" de Clare ([1100][1547]-[1148/49], bur Tintern Abbey). c) WALTER de Clare . d) BALDWIN FitzGilbert de Clare (-[1154]). e) ROHESE de Clare (-before 1166). f) MARGARET de Clare (-1189). g) AVICE de Clare . h) ADELISA de Clare ([1090/95]-1163).
   
3. Title: De Clare Earls of Hertford in the Foundation of Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm# [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#;
   Note: De Clare Earls of Hertford in the Foundation of Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm# [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: De Clare Earls of Hertford in the Foundation of Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm# [See document in the Memories section]
   
4. Title: The Clare Family in Cokayn's Complete Peerage, Vol. 2, pg. 267 [See document in the memories section]
   Author: Cokany's Complete Peerage, Vol. 2, pg. 267
   Note: The Clare Family in Cokany's Complete Peerage, Vol. 2, pg. 267 [See document in the memories section]
   Page: The Clare Family in Cokany's Complete Peerage, Vol. 2, pg. 267 [See document in the memories section]
   
5. Title: Gilbert de Clare & Clermont in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QT-PRH?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-FQZ%3A352086301%2C352529301
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QT-PRH?cc=2060211&wc=WWF8-FQZ%3A352086301%2C352529301 : 20 May 2014), D > Decker, Frank C. (1883) - Decson, John (1563) > image 397 of 1183; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QT-PRH;
   Note: Gilbert de Clare (1054-1117) married Adeliza de Clermont and had children according to research before 1943
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources
   
6. Title: Gilbert De Clare (1055-1117), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WB-7K1G : 13 September 2020), Gilbert De Clare, ; Burial, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England, Tonbridge Priory (Defunct); citing record ID 159792533, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WB-7K1G;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159792533/gilbert-de_clare Gilbert “the Marshall” De Clare BIRTH 1055 Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England DEATH 1117 (aged 61–62) Wales BURIAL Tonbridge Priory (Defunct) Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England MEMORIAL ID 159792533 Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Lord of Clare, 2nd Lord of Tonbridge, and 1st Lord of Cardigan was the son of Richard fitz Gilbert, 1st Lord of Clare, 1st Lord of Tonbridge (1035–1090) and Rohese de Giffard. He married Adeliza de Breteuil and had eight children by that marriage. He was one of the first to use the "de Clare" designation instead of "Fitz" after the Honor of Clare (his English Barony). He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery. Husband of- Adeliza de Claremont en Beauvaisais 1065/1117
   
7. Title: Gilbert de Clare in Archeologia Cambrensis, Third Series, January 1856, Vol. V, pg. 9-10 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Archeologia Cambrensis, Third Series, January 1856, Vol. V, pg. 9-10
   Note: Gilbert de Clare in Archeologia Cambrensis, Third Series, January 1856, Vol. V, pg. 9-10 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Gilbert de Clare in Archeologia Cambrensis, Third Series, January 1856, Vol. V, pg. 9-10 [See document in the Memories section]
   
8. Title: Baderon of Monmouth in the Annuals of Chepstow Castle, pgs. 33 and 44 [See document in the memories section]
   Author: Annuals of Chepstow Castle, pgs. 33 and 44
   Note: Baderon of Monmouth in the Annuals of Chepstow Castle, pgs. 33 and 44 [See document in the memories section]
   Page: Baderon of Monmouth in the Annuals of Chepstow Castle, pgs. 33 and 44 [See document in the memories section]
   
9. Title: Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Clare (1066-1117), Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
   Author: Citations [S910] Unknown author, Europaische Stammtafeln by Isenburg, charts 653, 156, Vol. 3. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 172. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 234. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 343. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 171. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 335. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 283. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 381.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p168.htm#i5050;
   Note: Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Clare, Lord of Cardigan & Tonbridge1,2,3,4 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #5050, b. before 1066, d. 1117 Father Richard de Clare, Lord of Clare5 b. bt 1030 - 1035, d. c 1090 Mother Rohese Giffard5 d. a 1113 Charts Some Descendants of Charlemagne (#1) Some Descendants of Charlemagne (#2) Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Clare, Lord of Cardigan & Tonbridge was born before 1066 at of Clare, Suffolk, England. He married Adeliza de Clermont, daughter of Hugh de Clermont, Comte de Clermont, Mouchy-St. Elou, Gournay, Luzarches, Breuil-le-Vert, & Creil and Marguerite de Montdidier, circa 1089; They had 4 sons (Richard; Gilbert; Walter; & Baldwin) & 4 daughters (Rohese, wife of Baderon de Monmouth; Avice; Margaret, wife of William de Montfichet; & Alice, wife of William de Percy).2,3,4 Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earl of Clare, Lord of Cardigan & Tonbridge died in 1117.2 Family: Adeliza de Clermont b. c 1074, d. a 1138 Children: Rohese de Clare+2 d. b 1166 Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare+2 b. c 1090, d. 15 Apr 1136 Adeliza (Alice) de Clare+ b. c 1092, d. c 1163 Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare, 2nd Lord Clare, Earl of Pembroke+2,6 b. 1100, d. 6 Jan 1148 Baldwin FitzGilbert de Clare+2,7 b. c 1104, d. a 1154 Adeliza (Alice) de Tunbridge+2,4 b. c 1108, d. a 1148 Margaret de Clare+2,8 b. c 1115, d. c 1189
   
10. Title: Gilbert fitz Richard (1066-1114), The Peerage
    Author: https://www.thepeerage.com/p15842.htm#i158420
    Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p15842.htm#i158420;
    Note: Gilbert fitz Richard was born before 1066 at Clare, Suffolk, EnglandG.2,1 He was the son of Richard fitz Gilbert and Rohese Giffard.3 He married Adeliza de Clermont, daughter of Hugues, Comte de Clermont and Marguerite de Roucy, circa 1083.2,4 He died in 1114.4 He was also known as Gilbert de Tonbridge.1 He was also known as Gilbert de Clare.1 He succeeded as the 2nd Lord of Clare [feudal baron] circa 1090.4 In 1090 he founded the Priory at Clare.4 Children of Gilbert fitz Richard and Adeliza de Clermont Alice fitz Gilbert+5 d. 1163 Baldwin fitz Gilbert+6 Richard fitz Gilbert+2 b. c 1084, d. 15 Apr 1136 Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke+4 b. c 1100, d. 1148
    
11. Title: Hughes I, Renaud II, and Hughes II de Creil (Hugues de Clermont [en-Beauvaisis]) in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/parclerdam.htm#HuguesClermontMMargueriteMontdidier [See document in the Memories section]
    Publication: Name: http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/parclerdam.htm#HuguesClermontMMargueriteMontdidier;
    Note: Hughes I, Renaud II, and Hughes II de Creil (Hugues de Clermont [en-Beauvaisis]) in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/parclerdam.htm#HuguesClermontMMargueriteMontdidier [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Hughes I, Renaud II, and Hughes II de Creil (Hugues de Clermont [en-Beauvaisis]) in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/parclerdam.htm#HuguesClermontMMargueriteMontdidier [See document in the Memories section]
    
12. Title: Gilbert Fitz Richard (1066-1117), Wikipedia
    Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard;
    Note: Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066–c. 1117), 2nd feudal baron of Clare in Suffolk, and styled "de Tonbridge", was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron. Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard. He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery. About 1088, Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Ramerupt. Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children. Gilbert died in or before 1117 and was buried Tonbridge Priory.
    
13. Title: The Clare Family in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 118-120 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 118-120
    Note: The Clare Family in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 118-120 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: The Clare Family in Burke's Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, pg. 118-120 [See document in the Memories section]
    
14. Title: Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare and Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and family in Archeologia Cambrensis, Tintern Abbey, Pg. 350 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: Archeologia Cambrensis, Tintern Abbey, Pg. 350
    Note: Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare and Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and family in Archeologia Cambrensis, Tintern Abbey, Pg. 350 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare and Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and family in Archeologia Cambrensis, Tintern Abbey, Pg. 350 [See document in the Memories section]