Died
at about age 65
in Clifford Castle,Clifford,Herefordshire,England
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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
↑ Nichols, John Gough. The Topographer and Genealogist. Vol II. 1853. p.129.
↑ Collectanea Cliffordiana: In Three Parts, pg 98-99 [1]
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.
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This is complex history; please take the time to read the entire SGM thread and focus exclusively on the original primary source evidence and the secondary professional analyses relying on it, rather than the tertiary ad hominem attacks between 21st century genealogists on that list.
Clifford-1216 and Clifford-401 appear to represent the same person because: citation on Clifford-1216 that supports wife as Countess Maud Laurentania describes Clifford-401's connections (with son of the same name who died before him & grandson Robert succeeding him when he died in 1286). Birth year on Clifford-1216 is more likely that of the son of the same name who died before him. Please merge. Thanks!
Clifford-401 and Clifford-2105 appear to represent the same person because: Supposedly the same person with the Royal Ancestry reference for profile Clifford-2105 providing the correct data for this person.
De Clifford-147 and Clifford-401 appear to represent the same person because: these need to be merged all the way down the line. You need to merge this guy's father before you merge him.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Clifford,_Roger_de_(d.1285%3F)
https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/asLgyC8yX2Q
This is complex history; please take the time to read the entire SGM thread and focus exclusively on the original primary source evidence and the secondary professional analyses relying on it, rather than the tertiary ad hominem attacks between 21st century genealogists on that list.
Thanks Alton Rogers