Richard FitzGilbert de Clare

• Preferred Name: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: M9L6-6YN
  
• Burial: 1090 in St. Neots Priory, St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England at LATI: N2.2277 LONG: E0.2341 with note: As per attached "Find A Grave Index"
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: House of de Clare
  
• MilitaryService: Norman conquest of England1066 with note: update
  
• Fitz+as+in+FitzGilbert: with note: "Fitz" was a variant spelling of the Norman filz, and French fils, signifying "son of"
  
• Birth: 10 OCT 1030 in Bienfait, Somme, Picardie, France at LATI: N9.9167 LONG: E0.5 with note: Date of Birth as per birth details in attached "Find A Grave Index" Birthplace as listed by DallugeLindaSue1 (2022)
  
• Death: 15 MAR 1091 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England at LATI: N2.2277 LONG: E0.2341 with note: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clare-15
  
• Occupation: Joint Chief Justiciar of England with note: update
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035–c. 1090) was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was styled "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and of "Tonbridge"[n 1][1] from his holdings.[2][3]
  
  Biography
  He was the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne in Normandy[2] (fitz was a variant spelling of filz > French fils, that means "son"). Gilbert was a guardian of the young duke William and when Gilbert was killed by Ralph de Wacy in 1040, his two older sons Richard and Gilbert fled to Flanders.[4] On his later return to Normandy Richard was rewarded with the lordship of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy.[4] In 1066, Richard came into England with his kinsman William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.[2]
  
  The Dictionary of National Biography and other sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but what we do know is that Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge), the earliest identifiable progenitor of the family, is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Book.[5]
  
  Rewards
  He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand.[6] He was thus Lord of Clare. Some contemporaneous and later sources called him Earl of Clare, though many modern sources view the title as a "styled title".
  
  He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.
  
  Rebel baron
  On the Conqueror's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain, and Geoffrey of Coutances, led a rebellion against the rule of William Rufus in order to place Robert Curthose on the throne. However, most Normans in England remained loyal. William Rufus and his army successfully attacked the rebel strongholds at Tonbridge, Pevensey and Rochester.[7]
  
  Death and succession
  He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard.
  
  Marriage
  Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel,[3] and they had at least the following children:
  
  Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131.[3] Wife unknown, daughter Joanna married Gilbert de Neville.[8]
  Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare.[3]
  Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138.[3]
  Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely.[3]
  Robert fitz Richard,[3] Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136.[9]
  Godfrey
  Alice (or Adeliza) de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel.[3][10]
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo Dapifer.[3]
  Isabel de Clare, d. 1088, m. Humphrey d'Isle.[3]
  Avice de Clare, m. Robert de Stafford / Tosny.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_fitz_Gilbert
  
  === Rohese de Clare ===
  Rohese de Clare
  1055–1121 • LY27-P3Z ​​
  Richard Fitz Richard de Clare
  1062–1107 • G8R1-HXP ​​
  Lord Robert Fitz Richard
  1064–1136 • GD4Z-LRX ​​
  Walter FitzRichard de Clare
  1065–1138 • G7CT-ST6 ​​
  Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare
  1065–1114 • KHGK-FT4 ​​
  Adeliza de Clare
  1069–1138 • GS1R-4XB ​​
  Elizabeth de Clare
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  Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035–c. 1090) was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was styled "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and of "Tonbridge"[n 1][1] from his holdings.[2][3]
  
  Biography
  He was the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne in Normandy[2] (fitz was a variant spelling of filz > French fils, that means "son"). Gilbert was a guardian of the young duke William and when Gilbert was killed by Ralph de Wacy in 1040, his two older sons Richard and Gilbert fled to Flanders.[4] On his later return to Normandy Richard was rewarded with the lordship of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy.[4] In 1066, Richard came into England with his kinsman William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.[2]
  
  The Dictionary of National Biography and other sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but what we do know is that Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge), the earliest identifiable progenitor of the family, is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Book.[5]
  
  Rewards
  He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand.[6] He was thus Lord of Clare. Some contemporaneous and later sources called him Earl of Clare, though many modern sources view the title as a "styled title".
  
  He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.
  
  Rebel baron
  On the Conqueror's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain, and Geoffrey of Coutances, led a rebellion against the rule of William Rufus in order to place Robert Curthose on the throne. However, most Normans in England remained loyal. William Rufus and his army successfully attacked the rebel strongholds at Tonbridge, Pevensey and Rochester.[7]
  
  Death and succession
  He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard.
  
  Marriage
  Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel,[3] and they had at least the following children:
  
  Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131.[3] Wife unknown, daughter Joanna married Gilbert de Neville.[8]
  Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare.[3]
  Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138.[3]
  Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely.[3]
  Robert fitz Richard,[3] Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136.[9]
  Godfrey
  Alice (or Adeliza) de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel.[3][10]
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo Dapifer.[3]
  Isabel de Clare, d. 1088, m. Humphrey d'Isle.[3]
  Avice de Clare, m. Robert de Stafford / Tosny.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_fitz_Gilbert
  
  === Source: Please cite original sources. ===
  Source: Please cite original sources.
  Compiled by: J. K. Loren
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  
  === Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035–c. 109 ===
  Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035–c. 1090) was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was styled "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and of "Tonbridge"[n 1][1] from his holdings.[2][3]
  
  Biography
  He was the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne in Normandy[2] (fitz was a variant spelling of filz > French fils, that means "son"). Gilbert was a guardian of the young duke William and when Gilbert was killed by Ralph de Wacy in 1040, his two older sons Richard and Gilbert fled to Flanders.[4] On his later return to Normandy Richard was rewarded with the lordship of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy.[4] In 1066, Richard came into England with his kinsman William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.[2]
  
  The Dictionary of National Biography and other sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but what we do know is that Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge), the earliest identifiable progenitor of the family, is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Book.[5]
  
  Rewards
  He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand.[6] He was thus Lord of Clare. Some contemporaneous and later sources called him Earl of Clare, though many modern sources view the title as a "styled title".
  
  He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.
  
  Rebel baron
  On the Conqueror's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain, and Geoffrey of Coutances, led a rebellion against the rule of William Rufus in order to place Robert Curthose on the throne. However, most Normans in England remained loyal. William Rufus and his army successfully attacked the rebel strongholds at Tonbridge, Pevensey and Rochester.[7]
  
  Death and succession
  He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard.
  
  Marriage
  Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel,[3] and they had at least the following children:
  
  Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131.[3] Wife unknown, daughter Joanna married Gilbert de Neville.[8]
  Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare.[3]
  Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138.[3]
  Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely.[3]
  Robert fitz Richard,[3] Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136.[9]
  Godfrey
  Alice (or Adeliza) de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel.[3][10]
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo Dapifer.[3]
  Isabel de Clare, d. 1088, m. Humphrey d'Isle.[3]
  Avice de Clare, m. Robert de Stafford / Tosny.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_fitz_Gilbert
  
  Accompanied William in 1066. Took leading part in suppression of the revolt of 1075. Was recorded in the Doomsday book with 170 lordships, of which 95 were in Suffolk attached to his castle of Clare which he built and of which still exist.
  
  He gained the title of Lord of Bienfaite[Normandy]. He gained the title of Lord of Orbec[Normandy]. circa 1066 he accompanied William the Conqueror to England. He recieved 176 Lordships, 95 in Suffolk. He was created 1st Lord of Clare[feudal baron]. In 1075 he helped to suppress the revolt. He held the office of Joint Chief Justiciar. Hehas an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.
  
  Richard Fitz-Gilbert of Tonbridge and Clare Fought at Battle of Hastings, 1066. Landowner in England 1086
  
  Source:
  Find a grave memorial ID 89091104
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89091104/richard-fitzgilbert
  
  Richard fitz Gilbert, was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066. He was also known as "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and "de Tonbridge".
  Richard de Clare, was the eldest son of Gilbert, surnamed Crispin, Count of Brionne, in Normandy. This Richard fitz-Gilbert came into England with William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.
  He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand. He was thus Lord of Clare.
  He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in King William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.
  He was the son of Gilbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne, grandson of Richard I of Normandy.
  
  Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Sir Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel, and had the following children:
  Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138
  Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely, d. 1107
  Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131, apparently without issue
  Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare
  Robert fitz Richard, Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo de Rie.
  Adelize de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel
  Richard's Surrey lands had a value of £241: 30% of the value of his English lands. Within Surrey, Richard fitz Gilbert owned manors in the following places: Albury, Beddington, Bletchingley, Buckland, Chelsham, Chessington, Chipstead, Chivington, Effingham, Apps in Elmbridge, Farleigh, Immerworth (Kingston upon Thames), Long Ditton, Mickleham, Molesey, Ockley, Old Malden, Shalford, Streatham, Tandridge, Tolworth, Tooting, Walton-on-Thames, Warlingham, Tillingdon, and Woldingham.
  
  He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard.
  
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.14, 20;
  
  !MARRIAGE-DEATH: History of Robert FitzWalter, A Surety for the Magna Charta; pg 100-103
  
  RICHARD FITZGILBERT IN BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE
  “…Jeffry Bainard, her son and heir, who was a great benefactor to St. Mary's abbey at York; he was succeeded by Will. Bainard, who taking part with Elias Earl of Main, Phillip de Braose, William Malet, and other conspirators, against King Henry I. lost his barony, the chief seat of which was called Bainard's castle, situate below St. Paul's, near the Thames: upon this forfeiture it was given by the King to Robert, a younger son to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, progenitor to the ancient Earls of Clare, as this Robert was to the noble family of the Fitz-Walters…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 1 (London, 1805), pp. 360-368. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol1/pp360-368
  “…Walter Giffard was the son of Osborn de Bolebec and Aveline his wife, he was made Earl of Bucks on the Conquest, and had many lordships given him; after the death of this Earl and his son, this lordship descended to Rich. Fitz-Gilbert Earl of Brion, &c. in Normandy, who married Rohesia, daughter of this Walter Giffard, and had by her Gilbert Fitz-Richard, the first Earl of Clare, lord of this town…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (London, 1805), pp. 232-242. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol2/pp232-242
  “…Robert, a younger son of Richard Fitz-Gilbert, progenitor to the ancient Earls of Clare, from which Robert, the noble family of the Fitz-Walters descended, of which family the manors of Merton, and Hadeston or Bunwell were always held, as of Baynard's castle…”
  ~A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (London, 1805), pp. 298-312. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol2/pp298-312
  “…King William, on the conquest, gave to William de Scohies the lordship held here by Turchill, before this grant, consisting of one carucate of land; and Turstin held it under Scohies, with one villain, 12 bordarers, one servus, two carucates in demean, and one, of the tenants, 3 acres of meadow, a mill, 60 sheep, &c. and 2 socmen had 2 acres, valued at 40s. after at 30s. (fn. 7) In the reign of Henry I. Scohies conveyed it to Walter Giffard Earl of Buckingham, and Rohaisa daughter and coheir, brought it by marriage, to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, ancestor of the Earls, of Clare…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 7 (London, 1807), pp. 66-78. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp66-78
  “…Who this Rainald Fitz-Ivo was, does not appear; he was, no doubt, a Norman, and had many lordships granted to him by the Conqueror, all which came into the family of the Earls of Clare, probably on the marriage of Rohais to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, one of the daughters of Walter Giffard, sister and coheir to Walter her brother, Earl of Buckingham; Walter the son dying possessed of it in the reign of Henry II.”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 7 (London, 1807), pp. 119-121. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp119-121
  “…William Lord Baynard, rebelling against King Henry I. forfeited it, and that King gave it to Robert, a younger son of Richard FitzGilbert, ancestor to the Earls of Clare. From this Robert, the noble family of Fitz-Walter, Barons of the realm, descended…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 7 (London, 1807), pp. 299-303. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp299-303
  “…Richard Fitz-Gilbert, surnamed Crispin, a kinsman to the Conqueror, ancestor of the nob
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, of Bienfaite and Orbec, Normandy, lord of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, Standon, Hertfordshire, Blechingley, Surrey, etc., son of Gilbert Fitz Godfrey, Count of Brionne, born about 1030-35. He married ROHESE (or ROHAIS, ROHAID, ROAXIDIS) GIFFARD, daughter of Walter Giffard, of Longueville-sur-Scie (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, etc., by Agnes, daughter of Gerard Flaitel (or Fleitel). They had six sons, Roger, Gilbert, Walter, Richard [Abbot of Ely], Robert, and Godfrey, and four daughters, Rohese, Alice (wife of Walter Tirel), and Avice. He was among those consulted about the proposed invasion of England in the assembly at Bonneville-sur-Touques in 1066, but there is no direct evidence of his personal participation at Hastings or in the campaign. Nevertheless, he was a significant figure soon afterwards and occurs as a witness of royal charters throughout the reign of King William the Conqueror. He was rewarded with no fewer than 176 lordships, which consisted of two concentrations of lands, one in Kent and Surrey, and the other in Suffolk and Essex. His holdings at Tonbridge, Kent and Clare, Suffolk were both given motte and bailey castles. During the king's absence, he served as Joint Chief Justiciar. He played a leading role in suppressing the rebellion of Roger de Breteuil, Earl of Hereford and Ralph de Gael in 1075 or 1076. In 1078 or 1079 he and his wife, Rohese, sent to Bec Abbey for a colony of monks to replenish the vacant convent at Neotsbury, Huntingdonshire. Sometime before 1086 he granted the monks of Bec his manors of Tooting and Streatham, and land in Horsham (in Walton-on-Thames), all in Surrey. Sometime before 1090 he confirmed to the monks of Bec two thirds of his demesne tithes and one villain in Standon, Hertfordshire; and two thirds of his demesne tithes in Blechingley, Chivington, Woodmansteme, Tolworth, Chipstead, Betchworth, and Walton Leigh, Surrey and houses in Southwark, Surrey and Tonbridge, Kent. RICHARD FITZ GILBERT died about 1090, and was buried at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. His widow, Rohese, was still living in 1113, when she granted the whole of her manor of Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire to St. Neot's Priory, Huntingdonshire.
  Gorham Hist. & Antiqs. of Eynesbury & St. Neot's (1820): 61-63, 68-69, 184. Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 225-226 (Clare ped.). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 3 (1846): 462-463; 5 (1846): 269 (sub Tintern Abbey - Genealogia Fundatoris: "Walterum de Giffard primogenitum, qui alium Walterum procreavit, et dictus fait Walterius Giffard secundus. Rohesia una sororum Walteri (duas plures enim habuit) conjuncta in matrimonio Ricardo filio comitis Gisleberti, qui in re militari, tempore Conquestoris omnes sin temporis magnates præcessit. Prædicta Rohesia supervixit et renupta Eudoni, dapifer Regis Normanniæ, qui construxit castrum Colecestriæ, cum coenobio, in honore sancti Johannis, ubi sepultus fuit, cum conjuge sua, tempore Henrici primi. Margareta film eorum nupta fuit Willielmo de Mandevill, et fuit mater Gaufridi filii comitis Essexiæ et jure matris, Normanniæ dapifer. Prædictus Ricardus apud sanctum Neotum jacet sepultus. Huic rex Willielmus concessit baroniam de Clare, villam verò cum castello de Tunbridge, de archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, pro aliis terris in Normannia, perquisivit in escambium."). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules 8 (1871): 269 (Ex Historia Willelmi Gemetic [William de Jumièges]: "His Gislebertus genuit Richardum strenuissimum militem; qui tam ipse, quàm filii ejus, Gislebertus, Rogerius, Walterius, Rodbertus."). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 11 (1876): 58 (Ex Willelmi Calculi, Gemeticensis Monachi, Historia Normannorum [William de Jumièges]: "Genuit autem idem Galterius secundum Galterium Giffardum et plures filias, quarum una nomine Rohais nupsit Richardo fino Comitis Gisleberti."). Round Feudal England (1895): 468-479. Arch. Jour. 2nd Ser. 6 (1899): 221-231. Porée Hist. de L’Abbaye de Bec 1 (1901): 454. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1 (1905): 45-46. Marx ed. Gesta Normannorum Ducum (1914): 325-326 (Guillaume de Jumièges: "Ricardus autem frater Balduini, genuit ex Rohais quatuor filios, Gislebertum, Rogerium, Walterium, Robertum, et duas filias; altera quarum matrimonio copulata est Rodulfo de Felgeriis, natique sunt ex ea Fransvalo, Henricus, Robertus Giffardus. Gislebertus autem, qui illam terram, quam pater comm habuerat in Anglia, post ipsum adeptus est; Rogerius enim, frater ejus, terram de Normannia optinuit."). C.P. 3 (1915): 242 (sub Clare). Douglas Feudal Docs. from Bury St. Edmunds (1932): 152-153. Douglas Domesday Monachorum of Christ Church, Canterbury (1944). Chibnall Select Docs. of the English Lands of the Abbey of Dec (Camden 3rd Ser. 73) (1951): 21-22 (charters of Richard Fitz Gilbert lord of Clare dated ante 1090 and ante 1086). Paget (1957) 130:2. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 34-35. Fauroux Recueil des Actes des Ducs de Normandie de 911 à 1066 (1961). Blake Liber Eliensis (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 92) (1962). Anglo-Norman Studies 3 (1980): 119-141. Arch. Cantiana 96 (1980): 119-131. Jour Ecclesiastical Hist. 32 (1981): 427-437. Barlow William Rufus (1983). Hollister Monarchs, Magnates, & Institutions in the Anglo-Norman World (1986). Brown Anglo-Norman Studies 11 (1989): 261-278. Blair Early Medieval Surrey (1991). Duby Rural Economy & Country Life in the Medieval West (1998): 429-430. Van Houts Memory & Gender in Medieval Europe: 900-1200 (1999): 156-157. Keats-Rohan Domesday People 1 (1999): 413, 456-457. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004) 316 (Clare ped.).
  Children of Richard Fitz Gilbert, by Rohese Giffard:
  i. GILBERT FITZ RICHARD [see next].
  ii. ROBERT FITZ RICHARD, of Little Dunmow, Essex, married MAUD DE SENLIS [see FITZ WALTER 4]
  iii. ROHESE (or ROSE) FITZ RICHARD, married EUDES THE STEWARD (or EUDES FITZ HUB) of Colchester, Essex [see SAY 2].
  iv. AVICE FITZ RICHARD, married RAOUL [I] DE FOUGÈRES, seigneur of Fougères [see FOUGÈRES 2].”
  
  === How is his son also his father? ===
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  === Notes on Richard FitzGilbert ===
  Source:
  Find a grave memorial ID 89091104
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89091104/richard-fitzgilbert
  
  Richard fitz Gilbert, was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066. He was also known as "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and "de Tonbridge".
  Richard de Clare, was the eldest son of Gilbert, surnamed Crispin, Count of Brionne, in Normandy. This Richard fitz-Gilbert came into England with William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.
  He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand. He was thus Lord of Clare.
  He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in King William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.
  He was the son of Gilbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne, grandson of Richard I of Normandy.
  
  Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Sir Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel, and had the following children:
  Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138
  Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely, d. 1107
  Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131, apparently without issue
  Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare
  Robert fitz Richard, Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136
  Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo de Rie.
  Adelize de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel
  Richard's Surrey lands had a value of £241: 30% of the value of his English lands. Within Surrey, Richard fitz Gilbert owned manors in the following places: Albury, Beddington, Bletchingley, Buckland, Chelsham, Chessington, Chipstead, Chivington, Effingham, Apps in Elmbridge, Farleigh, Immerworth (Kingston upon Thames), Long Ditton, Mickleham, Molesey, Ockley, Old Malden, Shalford, Streatham, Tandridge, Tolworth, Tooting, Walton-on-Thames, Warlingham, Tillingdon, and Woldingham.
  
  He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard.
  
  === Richard FitzGilbert de Clare in British History Online ===
  RICHARD FITZGILBERT IN BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE
  “…Jeffry Bainard, her son and heir, who was a great benefactor to St. Mary's abbey at York; he was succeeded by Will. Bainard, who taking part with Elias Earl of Main, Phillip de Braose, William Malet, and other conspirators, against King Henry I. lost his barony, the chief seat of which was called Bainard's castle, situate below St. Paul's, near the Thames: upon this forfeiture it was given by the King to Robert, a younger son to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, progenitor to the ancient Earls of Clare, as this Robert was to the noble family of the Fitz-Walters…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 1 (London, 1805), pp. 360-368. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol1/pp360-368
  “…Walter Giffard was the son of Osborn de Bolebec and Aveline his wife, he was made Earl of Bucks on the Conquest, and had many lordships given him; after the death of this Earl and his son, this lordship descended to Rich. Fitz-Gilbert Earl of Brion, &c. in Normandy, who married Rohesia, daughter of this Walter Giffard, and had by her Gilbert Fitz-Richard, the first Earl of Clare, lord of this town…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (London, 1805), pp. 232-242. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol2/pp232-242
  “…Robert, a younger son of Richard Fitz-Gilbert, progenitor to the ancient Earls of Clare, from which Robert, the noble family of the Fitz-Walters descended, of which family the manors of Merton, and Hadeston or Bunwell were always held, as of Baynard's castle…”
  ~A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (London, 1805), pp. 298-312. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol2/pp298-312
  “…King William, on the conquest, gave to William de Scohies the lordship held here by Turchill, before this grant, consisting of one carucate of land; and Turstin held it under Scohies, with one villain, 12 bordarers, one servus, two carucates in demean, and one, of the tenants, 3 acres of meadow, a mill, 60 sheep, &c. and 2 socmen had 2 acres, valued at 40s. after at 30s. (fn. 7) In the reign of Henry I. Scohies conveyed it to Walter Giffard Earl of Buckingham, and Rohaisa daughter and coheir, brought it by marriage, to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, ancestor of the Earls, of Clare…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 7 (London, 1807), pp. 66-78. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp66-78
  “…Who this Rainald Fitz-Ivo was, does not appear; he was, no doubt, a Norman, and had many lordships granted to him by the Conqueror, all which came into the family of the Earls of Clare, probably on the marriage of Rohais to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, one of the daughters of Walter Giffard, sister and coheir to Walter her brother, Earl of Buckingham; Walter the son dying possessed of it in the reign of Henry II.”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 7 (London, 1807), pp. 119-121. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp119-121
  “…William Lord Baynard, rebelling against King Henry I. forfeited it, and that King gave it to Robert, a younger son of Richard FitzGilbert, ancestor to the Earls of Clare. From this Robert, the noble family of Fitz-Walter, Barons of the realm, descended…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 7 (London, 1807), pp. 299-303. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp299-303
  “…Richard Fitz-Gilbert, surnamed Crispin, a kinsman to the Conqueror, ancestor of the noble family of the Earls of Clare, having a grant of this lordship on the death of Rainald, son of Ivo, left it to Gilbert his son, who with Adeleidis his wife, grant by deed, sans date, for the redemption of their souls, and of their ancestors, to the priory of Castleacre, this church, the land of Edric the priest, the tithe of the mill of Welle, &c. this was probably some portion of tithe.”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 7 (London, 1807), pp. 431-433. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp431-433
  “…William Lord Bainard forfeited his lordship by his rebellion in the reign of King Henry I. after this it was in the Earls of Clare, probably by the grant of that King, to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, ancestor of that family.”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 7 (London, 1807), pp. 437-439. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp437-439
  “…Jeffrey, who held it under the Lord Baynard, was a near relation of the Lord Bainard, who held it in capite. Juga, widow of that lord possessed it, and was succeeded by her son Jeffrey. William, his son, taking part with Elias Earl of Maine, in France, and other conspirators against King Henry I. was deprived of his barony of Bainard castle in London, which was granted to Robert, a younger son of Richard Fitz-Gilbert, whose son Walter Fitz-Robert succeeded, and the descendants of Jeffrey abovementioned held it of him…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 8 (London, 1808), pp. 64-67. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8/pp64-67
  “…Walter, his son and heir, Earl of Bucks, in the 12th of Henry II. on an aid for the marriage of that King's daughter, certified that he held 94 knights fees and an half, de veteri feoffamento, and one and an half de novo: with Ermetrade his wife, he founded the abbey of Nutley in Bucks, and dying s. p. came to his heirs. In Richard the First's time, Richard de Clere Earl of Hertford, descended from Rohais, (sister of this Walter,) wife of Richard Fitz-Gilbert, ancestor to the Earls of Clare, was lord.”
  ~A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 8 (London, 1808), pp. 262-266. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8/pp262-266
  “…On the death of Earl Walter this lordship came to Rohesia, his daughter or sister, who being married to Richard Fitz-Gilbert Earl of Brion, &c. in Normandy, ancestor to the Earls of Clare, they became lords of this fee…”
  ~A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 9 (London, 1808), pp. 186-195. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol9/pp186-195
  “…Rainald was a Norman nobleman, and attended Duke William on his invasion; how long he possessed it does not appear; Walter Giffard Earl of Bucks, or his son, seems to have been the next lord, whose sister and coheir, Rohais, married Richard Fitz-Gilbert, alias de Clare, ancestor of the Earls of Hertford and Clare; whose descendants, the Earls of Clare, inherited it…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 9 (London, 1808), pp. 267-282. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol9/pp267-282
  “…it is to our purpose to observe here, that William Lord Baynard, grandson to the aforesaid Ralph, taking part with Helias Earl of Mayne, Philip de Braose, William Malet, and other conspirators against King Henry I. forfeited his barony of Baynard, the head whereof was Baynard's castle, by the Thames side, to the south of St. Paul's cathedral, and which gives name to one of the wards of that city, which, on this forfeiture, was granted by that King, to Robert, a younger son of Richard Fitz-Gilbert, progenitor to the ancient Earls of Clare, from which Robert, the noble family of Fitz-Walter, barons of the realm, did descend…”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10 (London, 1809), pp. 71-75. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol10/pp71-75
  “…Walter Giffard was Earl of Buckingham, and succeeded by a son of his own name, who dying without issue, in the reign of Henry II. his great inheritance was divided amongst his sisters and coheirs, one of whom, Rohais, brought this lordship to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, ancestor to the noble family of the Earls of Clare.”
  ~ A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10 (London, 1809), pp. 291-294. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol10/pp291-294
  “Before the Norman Conquest the manor of HAREFIELD was held by Countess Goda. By 1086 it had passed to Richard Fitzgilbert, lord of the honor of Clare. The association of the manor with the Clare family seems to continue until the later 12th century…”
  ~'Harefield: Manors', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington, ed. Susan Reynolds (London, 1962), pp. 240-246. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol3/pp240-246
  “…Four years after which, the bishop was disgraced, and all his estates consiscated. After which the seignory or see paramount of this manor was granted to Rich. Fitz-Gilbert, whose descendants took the name of Clare, and became earls of Gloucester and Hertford…”
  ~ The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 9 (Canterbury, 1800), pp. 304-309. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol9/pp304-309
  
  === Earl of Striguil. Earl of Clare and Her ===
  Earl of Striguil. Earl of Clare and Hertford.
  
  "He was created Earl of Hereford or Hertford about 1136 for hismilitary
  services, and being one of those, who by power of the sword, entgered
  Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories, but
  finally was slain in a skirmish with a few Welsh noblemen April15.1136"
  From "Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith"
  !Royal Ancestors, Michel Call
  
  Richard de Clare first bore the title of Earl of Hertford and, beingoneof those who, by powe r of the sword, entered Wales, there plantedhimselfand became lord of vast territories as al so of divers castlesin thoseparts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, inw hich hewas unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt and soonafter fell inan engagemen t with the Welsh. His lordship in 1124removed the monks outof his castle at Clare into the c hurch of St.Augustine at Stoke, andbestowed upon them a little wood, calledStoke-Ho, wit h a doe every yearout of his part at Hunedene. He m.Alice, sister of Ranulph, 2nd Earl ofChe ster, and had issue, Gilbert,his successor, with two other sons, anda dau. Alice who m. Cadwalader-ap-Griffith, Prince of North Wales. Hislordship d. 1139 and wass. by his eldest son , Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earlof Hertford. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Bu rke'sPeerage, London,1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford,Earls ofGlouces ter]
  
  Earls of Hertford,Earls of Gloucester]Richard de Clare first bore thetitle of Earl of Hertfo rd and, being oneof those who, by power of thesword, entered Wales, there planted himselfan d became lord of vastterritories as also of divers castles in thoseparts, but requiringothe r matters of moment from the king, in which hewas unsuccessful,he reared the standard of rev olt and soon after fell inan engagementwith the Welsh. His lordship in 1124 removed the monk s outof hiscastle at Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, andbestowedupon the m a little wood, called Stoke-Ho, with a doe every yearout ofhis part at Hunedene. He m. Ali ce, sister of Ranulph, 2nd EarlofChester, and had issue, Gilbert, his successor, with two ot hersons, anda dau. Alice who m. Cadwalader-ap-Griffith, Prince of NorthWales. Hislordship d . 1139 and was s. by his eldest son, Gilbert deClare, 2nd Earlof Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burk e, Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke'sPeerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare,
  
  Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Clare), son & heir, Lord of Clare,Suffolk,slain by Welsh near Aberg avenny 15 Apr 1136, buriedGloucester; m. Adeliz(or Alice), daughter of Ranulph le Meschin, E arlof Chester, by Lucy,widow (1) of Ivo Taillebois and (2) Roger FitzGerold. She m. (2) Ro bertde Condet (or Cundy), d. c 1141, lord ofThorngate Castle, Lincoln, etc.,son of Osbert d e Condet. [AncestralRoots, Line 246b-25]
  
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  Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Clare), son & heir, Lord of Clare,Suffolk,slain by Welsh near Abergavenny 15 Apr 1136, buriedGloucester; m. Adeliz(or Alice), daughter of Ranulph le Meschin, E arlof Chester, by Lucy,widow (1) of Ivo Taillebois and (2) Roger FitzGerold. She m. (2) Ro bertde Condet (or Cundy), d. c 1141, lord ofThorngate Castle, Lincoln, etc.,son of Osbert d e Condet. [AncestralRoots, Line 246b-25]
  
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  Richard de Clare first bore the title of Earl of Hertford and, beingoneof those who, by powe r of the sword, entered Wales, there plantedhimselfand became lord of vast territories as al so of divers castlesin thoseparts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, inw hich hewas unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt and soonafter fell inan engagemen t with the Welsh. His lordship in 1124removed the monks outof his castle at Clare into the c hurch of St.Augustine at Stoke, andbestowed upon them a little wood, calledStoke-Ho, wit h a doe every yearout of his part at Hunedene. He m.Alice, sister of Ranulph, 2nd Earl ofChe ster, and had issue, Gilbert,his successor, with two other sons, anda dau. Alice who m. Cadwalader-ap-Griffith, Prince of North Wales. Hislordship d. 1139 and wass. by his eldest son , Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earlof Hertford. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Bu rke'sPeerage, London,1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford,Earls ofGlouces ter]
  
  Richard Fitz Gilbert (de Clare), son & heir, Lord of Clare,Suffolk,slain by Welsh near Aberg avenny 15 Apr 1136, buriedGloucester; m. Adeliz(or Alice), daughter of Ranulph le Meschin, E arlof Chester, by Lucy,widow (1) of Ivo Taillebois and (2) Roger FitzGerold. She m. (2) Ro bertde Condet (or Cundy), d. c 1141, lord ofThorngate Castle, Lincoln, etc.,son of Osbert d e Condet. [AncestralRoots, Line 246b-25]
  
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  Richard de Clare first bore the title of Earl of Hertford and, beingoneof those who, by powe r of the sword, entered Wales, there plantedhimselfand became lord of vast territories as al so of divers castlesin thoseparts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, inw hich hewas unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt and soonafter fell inan engagemen t with the Welsh. His lordship in 1124removed the monks outof his castle at Clare into the c hurch of St.Augustine at Stoke, andbestowed upon them a little wood, calledStoke-Ho, wit h a doe every yearout of his part at Hunedene. He m.Alice, sister of Ranulph, 2nd Earl ofChe ster, and had issue, Gilbert,his successor, with two other sons, anda dau. Alice who m. Cadwalader-ap-Griffith, Prince of North Wales. Hislordship d. 1139 and wass. by his eldest son , Gilbert de Clare, 2nd Earlof Hertford. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Bu rke'sPeerage, London,1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford,Earls ofGlouces ter][patrick.ged]
  
  When his father was assassinated in 1040, Richard and his brotherBaldw in were forced to flee Normandy finding safety at the court ofBaldwin V , Count of Flanders. When their cousin William theConqueror married C ount Baldwin's daughter, he restored Gilbert'ssons to Normandy althoug h he did not invest them with either Brionneor Eu or a comital title. W illiam granted the lordships of Bienfaiteand Orbed to Richard and Le S am and Meules to Baldwin. Richard andBaldwin took part in the Norman C onquest of England and both assumedimportant positions in the conquero r's reign. Richard was regent ofEngland jointly with William de Waren ne during the Conqueror'sabsence in 1075, and he served in various oth er important capacitiesfor the King. King William rewarded his cousin w ell, granting himone of the largest fiefs in the territoral settlement . The lordshipcentered on Clare (obviously the source of the Clare fa mily name),Suffolk, which had been an important stronghold in Anglo-Sa xon times.The bulk of richard fitz Gilbert's estates lay in Suffolk, E ssex,Surrey and Kent, but comprised holdings in various other counties i nthe southern and eastern parts of the Kingdom as well. In addition King William arranged for Richard's marriage to Rohese, sister ofWalter G iffard, later Earl of buckingham and her dowery consisting oflands in H untingdon and Hertford, became absorbed in the familyinheritance. Afte r Richard's death his extensive properties inNormandy and England were d ivided between his tow eldest sons
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  Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Clare, was born before 1105. He wascreated Earl of Hertford about 1136 for his miltary services, andbeing one of those who lived by the power of his sword, entered Wales,there plan ted himself and became lord of vast territories, but wasfinally sla in in a skirmish with a few Welsh noblemen on April 15,1136. He married A lice, daughter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, whodied in 1128, and marri ed Lucia, daughter of Algar, Earl of Mercia,son of Leofric and "Lady Godi va." His lordship died 1139 and wassucceeded by his eldest son, Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, who diedin 1151, and having no issue was succeed ed by his brother, Roger deClare, 3rd Earl of Hertford.
  
  Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Richard FitzGilbert de Clare. 1st Earl of Hertford (1094-15 April1136) w as the son of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Alice(Adeliza) de Claremo nt. He founded the priory of Tonbridge.
  
  Richard held the lordship of Ceredigion in Wales. A Welsh revoltagainst N orman rule had begun in south Wales, where on 1 January 1136the Welsh w on a victory over the local Norman forces between Loughorand Swansea. Ric hard had been away from his lordship in the earlypart of the year. Return ing to the borders of Wales in April, heignored warnings of the danger a nd pressed on towards Ceredigion witha small force. He had not gone far w hen he was ambushed and killed bythe men of Gwent under Iorwerth ab Owa in and his brother Morgan,grandsons of Caradog ap Gruffydd, in a woody tr act called "theill-way of Coed Grano", near the Abbey of Lanthony, Aberga venny.
  
  The news of Richard's death induced Owain Gwynedd, son of Gruffydd apCynan, king of Gwynedd to invade his lordship. In alliance withGruffydd ap Rhys of Deheubarth he won a crushing victory over theNormans at the Battle of Crug Mawr, just outside Cardigan. The town ofCardigan was taken and burnt, and Richard's widow, Adelize, tookrefuge in Cardigan Castle. She was rescued by Miles of Gloucester wholed an expedition to bring her to safety in England.
  
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  Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Clare, was born before 1105. He wascreat ed Earl of Hertford about 1136 for his miltary services, andbeing o ne of those who lived by the power of his sword, enteredWales, there plan ted himself and became lord of vast territories, butwas finally sla in in a skirmish with a few Welsh noblemen on April15, 1136. He married A lice, daughter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, whodied in 1128, and marri ed
  
  === Richard was Justicer of England. He is f ===
  Richard was Justicer of England. He is found as Richard De Clare; Richard FitzGilbert; Richard de Benefacta. He had 38 lordships in Surrey, 35 in Essex, 3 inCambridge, 95 in Suffolk, and others in Wilts and Devon. He died while fighting in a battle with the Welsh.
  
  !Richard Fitz Gilbert de Tonbruge, a companion of William the Conqueror (3rd cousin). b.Richard Fitz Gilbert was the founder of the House of Clare in England. He accompanied William the Conqueror into England, and participated in the spoils of conquest, and obtained extensive possessions in the new and old dominions of his royal leader and kinsman. He was the eldest son of Giselbert, surnamed Crispin, Count of Eu, or Ewe, Earl of Brion, in Normandy, in right of his wife, sister and heiress of Earl of Brion, and by inheritance from his father, Geoffrey (or Godfrey), Earl or Count of eu and Brion or Bryomy, a natural son of Richard I, Sanspeur, third Duke of Normandy, d. 986, ancestor of William the conqueror. b.Richard was joined, under the designation of Ricardus de Benefacta, with William de Warren, Early of Surrey, in the great office of Justiciary of England, with whom in three years afterwards he was in arms against the rebellious Barons, the Earl of Hereford, ana the Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk. At the time of the General Survey of England he was designaated as Ricardus de Tonebruge, from hes seat at Tonebruge (now Tunbridge), in Kent, which town and castle he had obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury, in lieu of the castle of Brion, at which time he is recorded as possessed of thirty-eight lordships in Surrey, thirty-five in Essex, three in Cambridgeshire, ninety-five in Suffolk, and some in Wilts and Devon. One of these lordships was that of Clare, on the borders of and in Suffolk, which subsequently becoming his chief seat, he came to be styled Richard de Clare, and his descendants known as Earls of Clare, although never so created. He fell in a skirmish with the Welsh, having issue by his wife Rohese, or Rohais, daughter of Walter Giffard, first Earl of Buckingham, son of Osborne de Bolebec and his wife Aveline, sister of Gunnora, wife of Richard I, third Duke of Normandy, great-grandmother of William the Conqueror. [Browning "Magna Charta Barons, " page 85.]
  
  After Godfrey's death, Eu was given to William, another of Duke Richard I's bastard sons, and Gilbert, Godfrey's son, was sumed the title of count of Brionne while not relinquishing his claim to Eu. When Count William of Eu died shortly before 1040, Gilbert assumed the land and title, but he was assassinated in 1040 a Richard was also Seigneur de Orbec et Bienfaite, Normandy; Lord of Clare & Tonbridge j.u. When his father was assassinatn t of Flanders. When cousin William the Conqueror married Count Baldwin's daughter, he restored Gilbert's sons to Norman d Orbec to Richard fitz Gilbert, and Le Sap and Meules to Baldwin. Richard and Baldwin fitz Gilbert took part in the N Richard was regent of England jointly with William de Warenne during the Conqueror's absence in 1075, and he served in vs i n the territorial settlement. The lordship centered on Clare (obviously the origin of the Clare family name), Suffol The bulk of Richard fitz Gilbert's estates lay in Suffolk, Essex, Surrey, and Kent, but comprised holdings in various otg e to Rohese, sister of Walter Giffard, later earl of Buckingham, and her dowry, consisting of lands in Huntingdon andr e divided between his two eldest sons. Source: Al Myers
  
  Lord of Tunbridge, Lord of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy 1053, Called Richard de Bienfaite, Councillor in Normandy, Commander in the Norman Army, 1066; 176 Lordships in England, Joint chief justicar of England;founder of Tunbridge Priory.
  
  Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare. I think he is possibly the one already entered who is called Richard Fitz Gilbert and Weis states he is also calle de Clare. 148-25. Weis. Is he the same as RIN 808?
  
  Richard Fitz-gilbert, a lawyer, was the founder of the House of Claire inEngland. He accompanied William the Conqueror into England andparticipated in the spoils of conquest, obtaining extensive possessionsin the old and new dominion of his royal leader and kinsman. William theConqueror, being the grandson of Richard, 4th Duke of Normandy, brotherof Godfrey. At the time of Domesday survey he was called Richard deTonebruge, now Tunbridge, in Kent, which town he had obtained from theArchbishop of Canterbury in lieu of the Castle of Brione. At this time hehad nearly 200 lordships in various counties. One of these lordships wasthat of Clare, in County Suffolk, which subsequently becoming his chiefseat, he became styled Richard de Clare. He married Rohese, or Rohais,daughter of Walter Giffard de Bolbec, who assisted in making the "GeneralSurvey." He is said to have fallen in a skirmish with the Welsh and wassucceeded by his eldest son, Gilbert.
  
  !AKA: Richard Fitz Gilbert, Seigneur of Bienfaite & Orbed, Normandy & of Clare, Suffolk - Doc. Line 148-25 Richard Fitz Gelbert de Clare - Doc. Line 184-2 Richard Ritz Gilbert, Lord of Clare and Tonbridge - Doc. Line 246A-24, 246D-24 !CHILDREN: Of Richard Fitz Gilbert and Roese Gifford Robert Fitz Richard - Doc. Line 148-25 - Of Richard Fitz Gilbert and Rhoese (or Rose) Giffard Gilbert Fitz Giffard - Doc. Line 246B-24, 246D-24 !DEATH: Date: About 1090 - Doc. line 148-25 Before 1090 - Doc. Line 184-2 !MARRIAGE: (1) Richard Fitz Gilbert, Seigneur and Roese Gifford Doc. line 148-25 Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Rhoese Giffard - Doc. Line 184-2 Richard Fitz Gelbert de Clare and Rhose (or Rose) Giffard Doc. Line 246B-24, 246D-24
  
  Magna Charta 1-2 p 184 Chapter 31 29 p 182; Ashley and Badger Br A141; B8 A48 p 57;
  
  Earl of CLARE, Lord De BIENFAITE. "De Tonbridge
  === Wikipedia Biography ===
  Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare (died 15 April 1136) 3rd Lord of Clare, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman. A marcher lord in Wales, he was also the founder of Tonbridge Priory in Kent.
  
  Life
  Richard was the eldest son of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Adeliza de Claremont.[1] Upon his father's death, he inherited his lands in England and Wales.
  
  He is commonly said to have been created Earl of Hertford by either Henry I or Stephen, but no contemporary reference to him, including the record of his death, calls him by any title, while a cartulary states that a tenant had held "de Gilleberto, filio Richardi, et de Ricardo, filio ejus, et postea, de Comite Gilleberto, filio Richardi" ("of Gilbert Fitz Richard, and his son Richard, and then of Earl Gilbert Fitz Richard"), again failing to call Richard 'Earl' while giving that title to his son. Thus his supposed creation as earl is without merit, although his status and wealth made him a great magnate in England.[1] There is an old photo document on the Wikipedia page for Tonbridge priory which states that the priory was founded by Richard de Clare EARL of (B.. illegible) and Hertfordshire.
  
  Directly following the death of Henry I, hostilities increased significantly in Wales and a rebellion broke out.[2] Robert was a strong supporter of King Stephen and in the first two years of his reign Robert attested a total of twenty-nine of that king's charters.[3] He was with King Stephen when he formalized a treaty with King David I of Scotland and was a royal steward at Stephen's great Easter court in 1136.[3] He was also with Stephen at the siege of Exeter that summer and was in attendance on the king on his return from Normandy. At this point, Richard apparently demanded more land in Wales, which Stephen was not willing to give him.[3]
  
  In 1136, Richard had been away from his lordship in the early part of the year. He returned to the borders of Wales via Hereford in the company of Brian Fitz Count, but on their separating, Richard ignored warnings of the danger and pressed on toward Ceredigion with only a small force.[4] He had not gone far when, on 15 April, he was ambushed and killed by the men of Gwent under Iorwerth ab Owain and his brother Morgan, grandsons of Caradog ap Gruffydd, in a woody tract called "the ill-way of Coed Grano", near Llanthony Abbey, north of Abergavenny.[5] Today the spot is marked by the 'garreg dial' (the stone of revenge).[6] He was buried in Tonbridge Priory,[7] which he founded.[1]
  
  Aftermath
  The news of Richard's death induced Owain Gwynedd, son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd to invade his lordship. In alliance with Gruffydd ap Rhys of Deheubarth, he won a crushing victory over the Normans at the Battle of Crug Mawr, just outside Cardigan. The town of Cardigan was taken and burnt, and Richard's widow, Alice, took refuge in Cardigan Castle, which was successfully defended by Robert fitz Martin. She was rescued by Miles of Gloucester, who led an expedition to bring her to safety in England.[1]
  
  Family
  Richard married Alice, sister of Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester,[1] by her having:
  
  Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, d. 1153 (without issue), 1st Earl of Hertford.[8]
  Roger de Clare, d. 1173, 2nd Earl of Hertford.[8]
  Alice de Clare (Adelize de Tonbridge), m. (1) about 1133, Sir William de Percy, Lord of Topcliffe, son of Alan de Percy and Emma de Gant; (2) Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd,[9] brother of Owain Gwynedd
  Robert Fitz Richard de Clare, perhaps died in childhood
  Rohese de Clare, m. Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Clare
  
  === !Richard Fitz Gilbert de Tonbruge, a com ===
  !Richard Fitz Gilbert de Tonbruge, a companion of William the Conqueror (3rd cousin). b.Richard Fitz Gilbert was the founder of the House of Clare in England. He accompanied William the Conqueror into England, and participated in the spoils of conquest, and obtained extensive possessions in the new and old dominions of his royal leader and kinsman. He was the eldest son of Giselbert, surnamed Crispin, Count of Eu, or Ewe, Earl of Brion, in Normandy, in right of his wife, sister and heiress of Earl of Brion, and by inheritance from his father, Geoffrey (or Godfrey), Earl or Count of eu and Brion or Bryomy, a natural son of Richard I, Sanspeur, third Duke of Normandy, d. 986, ancestor of William the conqueror. b.Richard was joined, under the designation of Ricardus de Benefacta, with William de Warren, Early of Surrey, in the great office of Justiciary of England, with whom in three years afterwards he was in arms against the rebellious Barons, the Earl of Hereford, ana the Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk. At the time of the General Survey of England he was designaated as Ricardus de Tonebruge, from hes seat at Tonebruge (now Tunbridge), in Kent, which town and castle he had obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury, in lieu of the castle of Brion, at which time he is recorded as possessed of thirty-eight lordships in Surrey, thirty-five in Essex, three in Cambridgeshire, ninety-five in Suffolk, and some in Wilts and Devon. One of these lordships was that of Clare, on the borders of and in Suffolk, which subsequently becoming his chief seat, he came to be styled Richard de Clare, and his descendants known as Earls of Clare, although never so created. He fell in a skirmish with the Welsh, having issue by his wife Rohese, or Rohais, daughter of Walter Giffard, first Earl of Buckingham, son of Osborne de Bolebec and his wife Aveline, sister of Gunnora, wife of Richard I, third Duke of Normandy, great-grandmother of William the Conqueror. [Browning "Magna Charta Barons, " page 85.]
  
  === He gained the title of Lord of Bienfaite ===
  He gained the title of Lord of Bienfaite[Normandy]. He gained the title of Lord of Orbec[Normandy]. circa 1066 he accompanied William the Conqueror to England. He recieved 176 Lordships, 95 in Suffolk. He was created 1st Lord of Clare[feudal baron]. In 1075 he helped to suppress the revolt. He held the office of Joint Chief Justiciar. Hehas an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.
  
  === Lord of La Sap and Meules ===
  Lord of La Sap and Meules
  
  === Baldwin de Brionis, who, for the distin ===
  Baldwin de Brionis, who, for the distinguished part he ha d in the Conquest, obtained from King William the Barony o f Okehampton, the custody of the co. of Devon, and the gove rnment of the castle of Exeter in fee. He m. Albreda, dau . of Richard, surnamed Gos, Count of Avranche, and had, wit h other issue, I. Richard, surnamed de Redvers.II. Robert , governor of Brione.I. Emma, m. 1st to William Avenal, an d 2ndly, to William de Abrincis.[Sir Bernard Burke, Dorman t and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 1 40, Courtenay, Barons Courtenay, Earls of Devon] Name Suffi x: [Seigneur of Meu Ancestral File Number: V9TB- Q8
  
  === !MARRIAGE-DEATH: History of Robert FitzW ===
  !MARRIAGE-DEATH: History of Robert FitzWalter, A Surety for the Magna Charta; pg 100-103
  
  === SOURCE ===
  SOURCE
  1 > The Johns Hopkins Press, 1965:
  He accompanied WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR on the invasion of England in 1066 and received great estates, including Clare in Suffolk, from whence the family took its name. "A Baronial Family in Medeival England: The Clares, 1217-1314; Michael Altschul; The Johns Hopkins Press, 1965:
  2 > www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
  Richard FitzGilbert, styled (from his possessions) "de Bienfaite", "De Clare", and "de Tonbridge". Lord of Bienfaite, Orbec in Normandy; Clare & Tonbridge in England. Regent of England jointly with William de Warenne during the Conqueror's absence in 1075. King William granted him one of the largest fiefs in the territorial settlement. The lordship centered on Clare, Suffolk, which had been an important stronghold in Anglo-Saxon times. The bulk of Richard's estates lay in Suffolk, Essex, Surrey, and Kent, but comprised holdings in other counties in the southern and eastern parts of the kingdom as well. In addition, William (King) arranged for his marriage with Rohese, sister of Walter Giffard, later earl of Buckingham, and her dowry, consisting of lands in Huntingdon and Hertford, became absorbed in the family inheritance. "De Tonbridge", Lord Bienfaite.
  3 > ancestry.com: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18710297/person/28032988213/mediax/3?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum
  The de Clare family of Norman lords were associated with the Welsh Marches, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent (especially Tonbridge) and Ireland. They were descended from Richard fitz Gilbert, who accompanied William the Conqueror into England during the Norman conquest of England..
  The Clare family descends from Gilbert Crispin, Count of Brionne and Eu, whose father Godfrey was the eldest of the illegitimate sons of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Gilbert was one of the guardians of William II, who became Duke of Normandy as a child in 1035. When Gilbert was assassinated in 1039 or 1040, his young sons Baldwin de Meules et du Sap and Richard de Bienfaite et d'Orbec fled with their guardians to Baldwin of Flanders; they returned to Normandy when William married Baldwin's daughter in 1053, and William took them into high favour..
  After the conquest of England Richard received huge estates including Clare and Tonbridge, the estate whose name was normally coupled with his. According to Richard Mortimer, writing in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, he was "the founder of the English, Welsh, and Irish baronial family which historians usually call ‘of Clare’." Historical sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge) is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey.[2] Baldwin de Meules was left in charge of Exeter on its submission (1068) and made sheriff of Devonshire. Large estates in Devonshire and Somersetshire are entered to him in Domesday as "Baldwin of Exeter" or "Baldwin the Sheriff"..
  On his death, Richard's English estates passed to his son Gilbert Fitz Richard ( -1114/7). Gilbert's eldest son Richard ( -1136) was the ancestor of the earls of Hertford and Gloucester. Gilbert's younger son Gilbert, establishing himself in Wales, acquired the earldom of Pembroke or of Striguil. The elder line obtained (probably from King Stephen) the earldom of Hertford, and were thenceforth known as earls of Hertford or of Clare. John Horace Round in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition suggested that it was probably because "[Gilbert] and the Clares had no interests in Hertfordshire that they were loosely and usually styled the earls of (de) Clare."
  In the Dictionary of National Biography he stated that investigation showed that the claim that they were "styled earls of Clare" before they were earls of Hertford was not true; they were alternately called Hertford or of Clare. On the other hand, Frank Barlow places Gilbert de Clare as Earl of Hertford in the group of barons given earldoms between 1138-42, and states that they all had "substantial local interests". Ralph Henry Carless Davis states that Gilbert was a witness as Earl of Hertford at Christmas 1141, and it is generally believed that he had been Earl since 1138; but that there is no prospect of clarifying the matter because of the others of the same name.
  He notes also that "In a military capacity earls figure largely in the capacity of defenders of their counties in the chronicles of Stephen's reign." He therefore argues against the title as a personal dignity at that period. The general scholarly view is now that the title earl of Clare was self-assumed..
  In 1217–20 Gilbert de Clare, earl of Hertford or Clare ( -1230), inherited the estates of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester ( -1183), including the earldom and honour of Gloucester and the lordship of Glamorgan. Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ( -1176), known as Strongbow, had no sons and with his death this line came to an end, his many Irish and Welsh possessions passing to his daughter Isabel, who married William Marshal (1146–14 May 1219) who then became known as William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke..
  The coat and shield with the three chevrons was probably first used at the end of the 12th century. The stained glass window above is not earlier than Gilbert I ( -1230), the first de Clare lord to be buried in the chancel of Tewkesbury Abbey.
  Richard I, Duke of Normandy ( -996).
  Geoffrey, Count of Eu ( -1015).
  Gilbert, Count of Brionne and Eu ( -1040).
  Baldwin fitz Gilbert ( -1090),Lord of Sap, Meules,& Okehampton, Sheriff of Devon.
  
  de Clare Family.
  Richard fitz Gilbert ( -1090), Lord of Bienfaite, Orbec, Clare, and Tonbridge, Joint Chief Justiciar of England.
  Roger ( -1131), Lord of Bienfaite and Orbec.
  Robert ( -1134), Lord of Little Dunmow, Essex.
  Richard, Abbot of Ely.
  Walter ( -1138), Lord of Netherwent.
  Gilbert ( -1117), Lord of Clare, Tonbridge and Cardigan.
  Richard ( -1136) sometimes designated as Earl of Hertford.
  Gilbert ( -1152), 1st Earl of Hertford.
  Roger ( -1173) sometimes called "the good" Earl of Hertford, 2nd Earl of Hertford.
  Richard ( -1217), 3rd Earl of Hertford and 1st Earl of Gloucester marries Amicie de Glocester, countess de jure of Gloucester.
  Gilbert ( -1230), 4th Hertford and 5th Earl of Gloucester marries Isabelle, daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, heir of the younger branch of Clare.
  Richard ( -1262), 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester.
  Gilbert also known as the "Red Earl" ( -1295), 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, co-guardian of England in the death of King Henry III of England.
  Gilbert ( -1314), 7th Hertford and 8th Earl of Gloucester.
  Bogo (1248-94) member of the clergy.
  Thomas ( -1287), Lord of Thomond, Chancellor of Ireland.
  Isabelle ( -1264) marries Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale.
  The Ascendents Kings of Scotland of the House of Bruce.
  Mathilde marries Rhys ap Rhys ( -1234) prince of Deheubarth.
  Aveline ( -1164) marries Geoffrey fitz Piers, 1st Earl of Essex.
  Rohaise marries Gilber de Gant, Earl of Lincoln.
  Alice marries Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd.
  Lucy married Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon.
  Gilbert ( -1148/49), 1st Earl of Pembroke (1138), successor to his uncles Roger and Walter, marries Isabelle de Beaumont, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester.
  Richard also called Strongbow ( -1176), 2nd Earl of Pembroke; attempted to take control of Ireland.
  Gilbert of Striguil (1173-85), 3rd Earl of Pembroke.
  Isabelle ( -1220) marries William Marshal who became the first Earl of Pembroke (This branch of the family being extinguished).
  Baldwin ( -1154/66), Lord of Bourne.
  
  === Richard Fitz-Gilbert of Tonbridge and Cl ===
  Richard Fitz-Gilbert of Tonbridge and Clare Fought at Battle of Hastings, 1066. Landowner in England 1086
  
  === Earl of CLARE, Lord De BIENFAITE. "De T ===
  Earl of CLARE, Lord De BIENFAITE. "De Tonbridge
  === Magna Charta 1-2 p 184 Chapter 31 29 p ===
  Magna Charta 1-2 p 184 Chapter 31 29 p 182; Ashley and Badger Br A141; B8 A48 p 57;
  
  === Notes and sources for Robert... ===
  • Background Information. 160
  Robert de Condet (or Cudy), died about 1141, lord of Thorngate Castle in the city of Lincoln and and Wickhambreaux, Kent, Grimstone, co. Nottingham, and South Carlton, Thurlby, Eagle and Skellingthorpe, co. Lincoln, son of Osbert de Condet (or Cundy), d. by 1130, lord of Wickhambreux, Kent, Grimston, co. Nottingham and South Carlton, Eagle and Skellingsthorpe, co. Lincoln, by Adelaide de Chesney, daughter and heir oe William de Chesney, lord of Caenby and Glentham, co. Lincoln.
  
  ~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 132D:27
  
  Robert married Adeliza de Meschines, daughter of Ranulph III "le Meschines" Earl of Chester and Lucy of Mercia "the Countess."
  
  === Accompanied William in 1066. Took leadi ===
  Accompanied William in 1066. Took leading part in suppression of the revolt of 1075. Was recorded in the Doomsday book with 170 lordships, of which 95 were in Suffolk attached to his castle of Clare which he built and of which still exist.
  
  === Lord of Tunbridge, Lord of Bienfaite and ===
  Lord of Tunbridge, Lord of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy 1053, Called Richard de Bienfaite, Councillor in Normandy, Commander in the Norman Army, 1066; 176 Lordships in England, Joint chief justicar of England;founder of Tunbridge Priory.
  
  === Richard Fitz-gilbert, a lawyer, was the ===
  Richard Fitz-gilbert, a lawyer, was the founder of the House of Claire inEngland. He accompanied William the Conqueror into England andparticipated in the spoils of conquest, obtaining extensive possessionsin the old and new dominion of his royal leader and kinsman. William theConqueror, being the grandson of Richard, 4th Duke of Normandy, brotherof Godfrey. At the time of Domesday survey he was called Richard deTonebruge, now Tunbridge, in Kent, which town he had obtained from theArchbishop of Canterbury in lieu of the Castle of Brione. At this time hehad nearly 200 lordships in various counties. One of these lordships wasthat of Clare, in County Suffolk, which subsequently becoming his chiefseat, he became styled Richard de Clare. He married Rohese, or Rohais,daughter of Walter Giffard de Bolbec, who assisted in making the "GeneralSurvey." He is said to have fallen in a skirmish with the Welsh and wassucceeded by his eldest son, Gilbert.
  
  === After Godfrey's death, Eu was given to ===
  After Godfrey's death, Eu was given to William, another of Duke Richard I's bastard sons, and Gilbert, Godfrey's son, was sumed the title of count of Brionne while not relinquishing his claim to Eu. When Count William of Eu died shortly before 1040, Gilbert assumed the land and title, but he was assassinated in 1040 a Richard was also Seigneur de Orbec et Bienfaite, Normandy; Lord of Clare & Tonbridge j.u. When his father was assassinatn t of Flanders. When cousin William the Conqueror married Count Baldwin's daughter, he restored Gilbert's sons to Norman d Orbec to Richard fitz Gilbert, and Le Sap and Meules to Baldwin. Richard and Baldwin fitz Gilbert took part in the N Richard was regent of England jointly with William de Warenne during the Conqueror's absence in 1075, and he served in vs i n the territorial settlement. The lordship centered on Clare (obviously the origin of the Clare family name), Suffol The bulk of Richard fitz Gilbert's estates lay in Suffolk, Essex, Surrey, and Kent, but comprised holdings in various otg e to Rohese, sister of Walter Giffard, later earl of Buckingham, and her dowry, consisting of lands in Huntingdon andr e divided between his two eldest sons. Source: Al Myers
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.14, 20;
  
  === Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare. I think ===
  Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare. I think he is possibly the one already entered who is called Richard Fitz Gilbert and Weis states he is also calle de Clare. 148-25. Weis. Is he the same as RIN 808?

• m. 1055 in Brionne, Normandy, France

1. Richard Fitz Richard de Clare, b. 1062 in Tonbridge, Kent, England     d. 1107 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
2. Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, b. 21 SEP 1065 in Tunbridge Well, Kent, England     d. 17 NOV 1114 in Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire, England
3. Basilie de Saint-Clair, b. ABT 1085 in , , France    
4. Rohese FitzRichard de Clare, b. ABT 1055 in Calvados, Haute-Normandie, France     d. 1121 in Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, England
5. Robert FitzRichard Constable of Baynard Castle, b. ABT 1064 in Dunmow, Essex, England     d. 1136 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England

1. Title: Gilbert Crispin Abbot of Wesetminster
   Author: See page 127 as it shows both this person and his son. See also www.archive.org/details/gilbertcrispinab00robiuoft
   Publication: Name: https://ia800909.us.archive.org/31/items/gilbertcrispinab00robiuoft/gilbertcrispinab00robiuoft.pdf;
   Note: "Richard fitz Gilbert (Richard e Bienfaite) was the son of Gilbert count of Brionne, the lord of Herluin who founded the abbey of Bec."
   Page: Name and father are mentioned in this record.
   
2. Title: Geoffrey de Brionne in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normacre.htm#_Toc492794601
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normacre.htm#GeoffreyBrionnedied1015B;
   Note: Richard had five illegitimate children by unknown mistresses: 9. GEOFFREY [Godfroy] de Brionne ([953]-[1015]). Guillaume of Jumièges names “unus Godefridus, alter...Willelmus” as the two sons of Richard “ex concubinis”, adding that Geoffroy was “comes...Aucensis”[139]. Robert of Torigny names "unus Godefridus alter…Willermus" as sons of "Ricardi primi ducis Normanniæ" by concubines[140]. He is named son of duke "Richard the elder" by Orderic Vitalis, who specifies that his father gave Brionne "with the whole county" to him[141]. Comte d'Eu after 996. - COMTES d'EU.
   Page: Geoffrey de Brionne in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normacre.htm#_Toc492794601 [See document in the Memories section]
   
3. Title: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and his wife Rohais Giffard in British History Online ~https://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/ [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: https://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/
   Publication: Name: https://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/;
   Note: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and his wife Rohais Giffard in British History Online ~https://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/ [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare and his wife Rohais Giffard in British History Online ~https://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/ [See document in the Memories section]
   
4. Title: 5th June 1863, Pedigrees - Awbrey of Abercynvrig and Llantrithyd
   Author: 5th June 1863 The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette Page 7
   Publication: Name: https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3093596/3093603/49/awbrey;
   Note: A running four week article on the Awbrey family predigree 5th June 1863 12th June 1863 19th June 1863 26th June 1863
   
5. Title: Richard de Clare
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RichardBrionneClaredied1090A;
   Note: RICHARD de Brionne, son of GILBERT de Brionne "Crespin" Comte d'Eu & his wife --- (before 1035-[Apr] [1090], bur St Neots, Huntingdonshire). 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”[2488]. He and his brother are named sons of Gilbert de Brionne by Orderic Vitalis, recording that they took refuge in Flanders after their father was murdered[2489]. Seigneur de Bienfaite et d'Orbec, after Guillaume II Duke of Normandy restored these properties to him after being requested to do so by his father-in-law Baudouin V Count of Flanders[2490]. He accompanied William I King of England into England and was rewarded with 176 lordships, mainly in Suffolk (many attached to the honour of Clare) and Kent[2491]. Lord of Clare and Tonbridge. Regent of England 1075. Orderic Vitalis records the rebellion of Robert, son of King William I, and his departure from Normandy accompanied by “Rodbertus de Bellismo et Guillelmus de Britolio, Rogerius Ricardi de Benefacta filius, Rodbertus de Molbraio et Guillelmus de Molinis, Guillelmus de Ruperia”, dated to [1077/78], and their journeys during five years of exile[2492]. Domesday Book records that “Richard [fitzGilbert] of Tonbridge” held Yalding in Twyford Hundred, East Barming in Maidstone Hundred, in Kent, land in Tandridge, Brixton, Reigate and other Hundreds in Surrey, and that "Richard son of Count Gilbert" held Lympstone in Devonshire, Harefield in Elthorne Hundred in Middlesex; numerous properties in Essex; and in Suffolk[2493]. The necrology of Saint-Nicaise de Meulan records the death of "Richardus filius comitis Gilberti monachus nostre congregationis", undated but listed among deaths recorded in late April[2494]. The Genealogia Fundatoris of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire records that “Ricardo filio comitis Gisleberti” was buried “apud sanctum Neotum”[2495]. m ROHESE Giffard, daughter of GAUTHIER Giffard & his wife Ermengarde --- (-after 1113, bur [Colchester]). Guillaume de Jumièges names "Galterium Giffardum primum” as father of “secundum Galterium Giffardum et filias plures” of whom “una...Rohais” married “Richardo filio comitis Gisleberti”[2496]. Orderic Vitalis records that “Gisleberti comitis [filium] Ricardum” married “Roaldem Gualterii Gifardi filiam”[2497]. Domesday Book records “Rohais wife of Richard son of Gilbert” holding Standon in Braughing Hundred in Hertfordshire; and Eynesbury in Huntingdonshire[2498]. The sources which confirm that Rohese did not marry, as her second husband, Eudes de Rie are discussed in ENGLISH UNTITLED NOBILITY – RIE.
   
6. Title: Richard FitzGilbert, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-182J : 20 October 2022), Richard FitzGilbert, ; Burial, St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, St. Neots Priory; citing record ID 89091104, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-182J;
   
7. Title: Banks Dormant Peerage
   Author: Banks Dormant Peerage .
   
8. Title: Richard FitzGilbert and Rohais Giffard in the Domesday Book [See document in the memories section]
   Author: Domesday Book ~https://opendomesday.org/
   Publication: Name: https://opendomesday.org/;
   Note: Richard FitzGilbert and Rohais Giffard in the Domesday Book [See document in the memories section]
   Page: Richard FitzGilbert and Rohais Giffard in the Domesday Book [See document in the memories section]
   
9. Title: Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford, in Archeologia Cambrensis, 89, Strongbow's Grant of Raglan to Walter Bluet, pg. 8 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Archeologia Cambrensis, 89, Strongbow's Grant of Raglan to Walter Bluet, pg. 8
   Note: Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford, in Archeologia Cambrensis, 89, Strongbow's Grant of Raglan to Walter Bluet, pg. 8 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford, in Archeologia Cambrensis, 89, Strongbow's Grant of Raglan to Walter Bluet, pg. 8 [See document in the Memories section]
   
10. Title: Gilbert, Count of Brionne and Eu, in The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pg. 307-308 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pg. 307-308
    Note: Gilbert, Count of Brionne and Eu, in The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pg. 307-308 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Gilbert, Count of Brionne and Eu, in The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pg. 307-308 [See document in the Memories section]
    
11. Title: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare in The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pg. 395; Vol. 3, pgs. 74, 182, 199 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pg. 395; Vol. 3, pgs. 74, 182, 199
    Note: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare in The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pg. 395; Vol. 3, pgs. 74, 182, 199 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare in The Battle Abbey Roll, Vol. 2, pg. 395; Vol. 3, pgs. 74, 182, 199 [See document in the Memories section]
    
12. 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]
    
13. Title: Book - Magna Charta Barons
    
14. Title: "The Visitations of the County of Devon," Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick)
    Author: The visitations of the county of Devon : Comprising the herald's Visitation of 1620 - Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick), 1830-1896. Courtenay pedigree p, 243-244
    Publication: Name: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917&view=1up&seq=257;
    
15. 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]
    
16. Title: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare as found in several entries British History Online [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: British History Online ~www.british-history.ac.uk
    Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk;
    Note: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare as found in several entries British History Online [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Richard FitzGilbert de Clare as found in several entries British History Online [See document in the Memories section]
    
17. Title: Richard FitzGilbert, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-182J : 20 October 2022), Richard FitzGilbert, ; Burial, St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, St. Neots Priory; citing record ID 89091104, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-182J;
    
18. 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]
    
19. Title: Richard FitzGilbert, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-182J : 20 October 2022), Richard FitzGilbert, ; Burial, St Neots, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, St. Neots Priory; citing record ID 89091104, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-182J;
    Page: Same name, birthdate, and death date of self.
    
20. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9289&h=6756218&indiv=try;
    
21. Title: Walter Giffard in The Conqueror and his Companions, Vol. 1, pg 166 [See document in the Memories section]
    Author: The Conqueror and his Companions, Vol. 1, pg 166
    Note: Walter Giffard in The Conqueror and his Companions, Vol. 1, pg 166 [See document in the Memories section]
    Page: Walter Giffard in The Conqueror and his Companions, Vol. 1, pg 166 [See document in the Memories section]
    
22. Title: Wikipedia, Richard FitzGilbert
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23. Title: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com
    Author: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Kay Allen, 2 Sep 1998.
    Note: Source Media Type: Electronic. "from G. Andrews Moriarty, New England Historic Genealogical Register 102:292-300, esp. cht. 296f, "The Parentage of Ranulf de Glanville."." [PFT:AQ] [S:Titl] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com [S:Note] Source Media Type: Electronic [Page] Kay Allen, 2 Sep 1998 [Text] from G. Andrews Moriarty, New England Historic Genealogical Register 102:292-300, esp. cht. 296f, "The Parentage of Ranulf de Glanville." [/PFT]