Roger (Clifford) de Clifford (abt. 1221 - 1286)

Born about 1221 in Tenbury, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) de Clifford — married Jun 1273 in St. Georges d'Esperanche, France

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1286 at about age 65 in Clifford Castle,Clifford,Herefordshire,England

Biography

Titles of Sir Roger de Clifford (Royal Ancestry):

Constable of Hereford Castle 1263

Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1263

Sheriff of Worcestershire and Herefordshire

Justiciar of Wales

Justice of the Forest south of Trent 1265-70

Sibilla and Roger de Clifford had a son, Roger de Clifford, a Baron famous for his extraordinary experience in military affairs, ancestor of the Lords de Clifford. Roger de Clifford died 1231-2, in the lifetime of his elder brother Walter de Clifford.^[1]

Death and burial

(Royal Ancestry) Sir Roger de Clifford died shortly before 3 April 1286. He left a will dated 26 October 1284, proved in 1286, requesting burial in the church of Dore.

It is believed that "Dore" is Dore Abbey in Herefordshire, where his father was buried.

"In 54 Henry III, being signed with the cross, in order to join an expedition with Prince Edward to the Holy Land, he went thither accordingly. After this, being at St. George, near the castle Beaufort, in France, he contracted matrimony with the Countess of Laurentia, whom he enfeoffed, before marriage, in the manor of Weverham, in Cheshire."

"Roger, his father, surviving him, departed this life about four years afterward (1286); whereupon command was given to seize all his goods and chattels for certain debts which he owed to the king, but with an exception from meddling with the jewels of the Countess of Lauretania, his wife."^[2]

"The name of his first wife is not recorded : but his second, whom he married a few years before his death, was the Countess of Lauretania, who survived him."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Nichols, John Gough. The Topographer and Genealogist. Vol II. 1853. p.129.
2. ↑ Collectanea Cliffordiana: In Three Parts, pg 98-99 [1]
3. ↑ The Judges of England, Vol III, pg 76 [2]

See also:

• Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. V p. 184-185
• Ancestral Roots 8th ed. F.L. Weis 2004 Line 82-31 page 88
• Clifford pedigree under the title of 'Table Showing the Descent of the Barony of Clifford' - where he is listed as Roger de Clifford with the note that he was frequently employed against the Welsh and that he died 14th Edward I. Also that he was the last Baron Clifford by Tenure.