Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare

Abt 1084 - 1136  (52 years)

• Name	Richard FitzGilbert de Clare
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1084	Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England   [5, 6, 7]
  General Information	According to Burke (1866) "Richard de Clare, being one of those, who by power of the sword entered Wales, there planted himself and became lord of vast territories, as also of divers castles in those parts, but requiring other matters of moment from the king, in which he was unsuccessful, he reared the standard of revolt, and soon after fell in an engagement with the Welsh."  [2]
  Title(s)	Abt 1117 (Age 33)  [5]
  He succeeded as the 3rd Lord of Clare around 1117.
  Religion	1124 (Age 40)  [2]
  He removed the monks out of Castle Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, and bestowed on them a little wood, called Stoke-Ho in 1124.
  Religion	say 1130 (Age 46)	Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England   [4, 5]
  He was the founder of the Priory of Tonbridge in Kent.
  Death	15 Apr 1136  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	He being surprised and slain by the Welsh, near Abergavenny. [4, 5]
  Burial	—	Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England   [4, 5]
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  + 1. Baldwin FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Bourne   d. 1154 ▻ Aeline de Rullos + 2. Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke,   b. Abt 1100   d. 6 Jan 1147  (Age 47 years) ▻ Isabel de Beaumont + 3. Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Lord of Clare,   b. Abt 1084, Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 15 Apr 1136  (Age 52 years) ▻ Alice de Keveliock,  m. say 1098   4. Harvey de Clare   5. Walter de Clare + 6. Alice de Clare   d. 1163 ▻ Aubrey II de Vere, Justiciar of England + 7. Rohese de Clare   d. 1149, England ▻ Baderon de Monmouth;   Hugh de Lacy
  Person ID	I2305	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Lord of Clare,   b. Abt 1066   d. Between 1114 and 1117 (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Adeliza de Claremont
  Family ID	F1800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice de Keveliock,   b. Abt 1086
  Marriage	say 1098  [1, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 14 years - She : ~ 12 years.
  Children	1. Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, Earl of Hertford,   b. 1115   d. 1153 (Age 38 years)   2. Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Clare,   b. After 1115   d. 1173 (Age 57 years) + 3. Alice de Tonbridge de Clare   d. After 1148   4. Rohese de Clare   5. Robert FitzRichard   d. 1134
  Family ID	F1797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Title: According to Cokayne (1913) "He is often supposed to have been created the EARL OF HERTFORD by King Stephen, if not by Henry I. There appears, however, to be no ground for this belief" [4, 5]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1084 - Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England Religion - say 1130 - Tonbridge Priory, Tonbridge, Kent, England Burial - — - Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1380] Beran, Evelyn. Email: 1998-11-05 "Ancestors of Thomas Trowbridge" , (Email message from eberan (at)ITIS.COM, 5 November 1998). [S11] Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S1683] Cokayne, George Edward & Vicary Gibbs. The Complete Peerage, Second Edition, Volume 03 (Canonteign - Cutts), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1913). [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).