Richard (Clare) de Clare
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Richard (Clare) de Clare (1222 - bef. 1262)

Richard "6th Earl of Gloucester, 5th Earl of Hertford" de Clare formerly Clare
Born in Englandmap
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Brother of , , , , , [half] and [half]
Husband of — married Sep 1236 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Englandmap
Husband of — married 25 Jan 1238 [location unknown]
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Father of , , , , and
Died before before age 39 in Ashenfield, Waltham, Kent, Englandmap
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Biography

Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, 5th Earl of Hertford,[1] High Marshal and Chief Butler to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Privy Councillor[2]

Son and heir of Gilbert de Clare by his wife Isabel Marshal, daughter of William Marshal, Knt., Earl of Pembroke. Richard was born 4 August 1222. Richard's father died in 1230, and his wardship was granted to Hubert de Burgh.[3]
Married
  1. Margaret de Burgh before Michaelmas 1236 at St. Edmund's Bury. The marriage was secret, unknown to her father Hugh de Burgh, and they were separated when it was discovered. Margaret died in November 1237. They had no children.[2]
  2. Maud,[4] daughter of John de Lacy and his wife Margaret de Wiltshire (daughter of Saer de Quincy), about 25 January 1237/38. Maud and Richard had three sons and four daughters.[2]
Children:
by Maud de Lacy
Sons
  1. Gilbert de Clare, son and heir,[4] born 1243, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Knt., married (1) Alice de Lusignan, (2) Joan of England[5]
  2. Thomas de Clare, Knt., of Thomond in Connaught, Ireland, married Juliane FitzMaurice[2]
  3. Boges (or Boeghes, Beges) de Clare, born 1248, clerk, papal chaplain, king's clerk, Treasurer of York[2]
Daughters
  1. Isabel de Clare, married in 1257 "Guglielmo (or William) VII, Marquis [Marchese] of Monferrato"[2]
  2. Margaret de Clare, married in 1272 "Edmund of Cornwall (usually styled Edmund of Almain), Knt."[2]
  3. Rose de Clare, married Roger de Mowbray, Knt.[2]
  4. Eglantine de Clare, married[2]
by an unnamed mistress:
  1. Guy (or Gaudin)

Knighthood & Pilgrimage

In 1244-1245, Richard de Clare "engaged in an expedition against the Welsh... and was knighted by the king in London in 1245."[2]
In April 1248, Richard de Clare, earl of Gloucester, Thomas de Bello Campo, Walter de Scoteny, Roger de Clifford, William de Clare and Nicholas de Leuekenor, received a letter of protection with clause rolumus, until a fortnight after Midsummer, to go on a pilgrimage beyond seas.[6][7]

Poisoning

"In July 1258 he fell ill, being poisoned with his brother, as it was supposed, by his steward, Walter de Scotenay. He recovered, with the loss of his hair and nails, but his brother died." When Richard died four years later, it was "rumored that he had been poisoned at the table of Peter of Savoy, the Queen's uncle".[2]

Death and Burial

Richard de Clare died at Ashenfield in Walham, Kent in July 1262 (on the 15th, 16th, or 22nd). On the following Monday, "his body was taken to the Cathedral Church of Christ at Canterbury, where his entrails were buried before the altar of St. Edward the Confessor; the body was forthwith taken to the Collegiate Church of Tonbridge, Kent, where his heart was buried; and thence the body was finally borne to Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and buried there in the choir at Tewkesbury Abbey at his father's right hand 28 July 1262.

Sources

  1. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, pages 192-195 CLARE 7.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume I, pages 460-466 CLARE 3.
  3. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, I:446-474 CLARE.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Inquisition post mortem, from Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. 1: Henry III, pages 152-61: #530. Richard de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford. 47 Henry III (28 October 1262–27 October 1263, per Fine Rolls Henry III table). Accessed 20 September 2019. See also WikiTree's source page for Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem.
  5. ↑ Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, I:466-467 CLARE 4.
  6. ↑ Assistant Keeper of HM Public Records, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Henry III 1247-1258, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908), page 12 (accessed 10 October 2014).
  7. ↑ Possibly the Nicholas de Leuekenor listed is represented by this profile. It is likely that the William de Clare listed is Richard's brother William, who is probably also the William who died of poisoning in 1258 (which Richard survived).
  • Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
  • Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M. Stationery Office, London, 1904) Vol. 1: Henry III., pages 152-61: #530. Richard de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford.
  • Assistant Keeper of HM Public Records, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Henry III 1247-1258, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908), page 12.
  • For information about early baronies and earldoms, click the listed category page (see categories, below). For additional information about early baronies, see the top-level category page Early English Feudal Baronies.
See also:
Note: Wikipedia, Weis, Lewis, and Burke are not considered reliable sources. See the "Reliable with Conditions" section of the Magna Carta Project's Reliable Sources page.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and updated for the project 21 September 2019. ~ Noland-165
Richard de Clare is a son and grandson of Magna Carta Surety Barons Gilbert de Clare and Richard de Clare, respectively. He is in multiple trails to Gateway Ancestors badged by the Magna Carta Project, including:
Richard de Clare appears in the following unbadged trails (still need work) to the following Gateways:
Richard's wife Maud was also descended from two sureties, John de Lacy and Saer de Quincy, so their children inherited four Magna Carta descents, passing them on as a group to large numbers of descendants, including a many of the Colonial Gateways documented by Douglas Richardson in his Magna Carta Ancestry, I:xxiii-xxix "List of Colonial Immigrants".
See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".




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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
The profile Clare-12, for the grandson of Clare-15, shows he was born in Suffolk in 1092 and says he was the "first bore the title of Earl of Hertford".

It also says: "His lordship in 1124 removed the monks out of his castle at Clare into the church of St. Augustine at Stoke, and bestowed upon them a little wood, called Stoke-Ho, with a doe every year out of his part at Hunedene."

No mention that he (Richard Clare-12) was born at Clare Castle though.

So not only wasn't this Richard born at Clare Castle, it doesn't look like any of the Clares were.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
His grandfather, Richard, is shown as "of Clare" in the text but born/died at Tonbridge Castle, Kent (gr-grandfather Gilbert's profile has him born at Tonbridge Castle also).

This Richard's father, Gilbert, was "Earl of Gloucester and Hertford" - he wasn't born at Clare Castle either, which the website says is in Suffolk. It also says:

"Clare Castle was first mentioned in 1090. It was built after the Norman conquest of England by a Norman lord Richard Fitz Gilbert. He had been granted the land by William the Conqueror and built his castle on the site.... Richard later became known Richard de Clare."

That Richard is apparently Clare-15, whose profile says he "built castles at Tonbridge (Kent), Clare (Suffolk), Bletchingley (Surrey) and Hanley (Worcester)."

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Bill Grunwald Sr
Here are some pictures of Clare Castle. Wasn't he born in Clare Castle?

http://www.castles.nl/clare-castle

posted by Bill Grunwald Sr

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