Robert Fitzrichard De Clare

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Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 15 April 1136. was a Norman nobleman, the son of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Adeliza de Claremont. He founded the priory of Tonbridge.

Richard held the Lordship of Ceredigion in Wales. A Welsh revolt against Norman rule had begun in south Wales where, on 1 January 1136 the Welsh won a victory over the local Norman forces between Loughor and Swansea.

Richard had been away from his lordship in the early part of the year. Returning to the borders of Wales in April, he ignored warnings of the danger and pressed on toward Ceredigion with only a small force. 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.

The news of Richard's death induced Owain Gwynedd, son of Gruffydd 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, Adelize, 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.

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 likely apocryphal.

Richard married 1116, Alice de Gernon, (c. 1102-1128), daughter of Ranulph le Meschin, 1st Earl of Chester and the heiress Lucy of Bolingbroke, by her having:
Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, d. 1153, 2nd Earl of Hertford
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, brother of Owain Gwynedd
Robert Fitz Richard de Clare, perhaps died in childhood
Rohese de Clare, m. Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln
Roger de Clare, d. 1173, 2nd Earl of Hertford.

Richard married Alice De Gernon 1116. Alice (daughter of Ranulf Le Meschin and Lucy of Bolingbroke) was born Abt 1100; died 1128. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Adeliza de Meschines
• Reference Number: 16057

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Gilbert — Alice De Claremont. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ranulf de Briquessart
• Reference Number: 9915

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Ranulph "le Meschin", 4th Earl of Chester also called "de Briquessart" from the commune of Livry where the earthworks of his castle are still visible, also called Ranulph "the Young" from the Latin "Mischinus" and also called Randal was born circa 1068. He was the son of Ranulph II, vicomte de Bayeaux and Margaret d' Avranches.

Ranulph first married Maud de Vere, daughter of Aubrey de Vere I and Beatrice de Ghisnes, circa 1089. He then married Lucy "the Countess" of Lincoln, daughter of Turold of Bucknell, Sheriff of Lincoln and N. N. Malet, circa 1098. Ranulph was her 3rd husband.

Ranulphwas the successor of Richard, 3rd Earl of Chester; Viscount of Avranches. He was granted the title Earl of Chester following the death, without issue, of his cousin Richard, the son of his uncle, Hugh d'Avranches, on 26 November 1119. He was 4th Earl of Chester at England between 1121 and 1129 and Viscount of Avranches at Normandy, France, between 1121 and 1129.

He was commander of the Royal Forces in 1124 at Normandy, France. Viscount of Bayeaux at Normandy, France, in 1129. He was the predecessor of Ranulph de Gernon, 5th Earl of Chester, Viscount of Avranches.

Ranulphwas buried in Abbey of St. Werburg's, Chester, England. He died circa 1129.


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Ranulf — Lucy of Bolingbroke. Lucy (daughter of Thorold of Lincoln) was born Abt 1066; died Abt 1138. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: de Bienfaite
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Richard fitz Gilbert (c. 1030 - 1091), 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".[

Biography

According to the medieval chronicler Gerald of Wales, the first of this great family, 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.[1]
Richard fitz Gilbert, is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey..[2]
[edit]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.[3] 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". See: Style (manner of address)
He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075.
[edit]Rebel Baron

On William's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain , William fitz Osbern 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.[4]
[edit]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.
[edit]Family

He was the son of Gilbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne, grandson of Richard I of Normandy. In spite of this, sources as far back as the Annals of the Four Masters claim that Richard's great-grandson, Richard "Strongbow", was the direct descendant of Robert "the Devil", father of William the Conqueror.
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
[edit]Surrey

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.[citation needed]
[edit]References

^ The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambensis 86C The Itinerary Through Wales.
^ The Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey (c. 1086) (ed. A. Rumble, Suffolk, 2 vols (Chichester, 1986), 67 ~ 1)
^ The Royal Ancestry Bible Royal ancestors of 300 American Families By Michel L. Call ISBN 1-933194-22-7 (chart 1696)
^ A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314 by Michael Altschul (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins, 1965)

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Richard — Rohese Giffard. [Group Sheet]

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Hugh — Margaret De Roucy. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ranulf the Viscount
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Also called Ralph de Meschines.4,5 Ranulph II, vicomte de Bayeaux was born circa 1042 at Normandy, France. He was the son of Ranulph I, Vicomte du Bessin and Alix de Normandie.3 Ranulph II, vicomte de Bayeaux was regarded as an adult in 1066.6 He married Margaret d' Avranches, daughter of Richard le Goz, vicomte d' Avranches and Emma de Conteville, after 1066 at England. Ranulph II, vicomte de Bayeaux was living in April 1089.6 He was was commander of the Royal Forces in 1124 at Normandy, France. He died in 1128/29 at Chester, Cheshire, England. Ranulph II, vicomte de Bayeaux was buried in St. Werburg's, Chester, England.

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Ranulf — Margaret D' Avranches. Margaret (daughter of Richard Le Goz and Emma De Conteville) was born Abt 1046; died Abt 1136. [Group Sheet]

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