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  • Name Richard de Clare 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester 
    Nickname 7th Earl of Gloucester 
    Born 4 Aug 1222  Mellent, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester 
    Died 14 Jul 1262  Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 28 Jul 1262 
    Address:
    Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury
    Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury
    England 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me}


      other possible death dates

      18 June 1262

      15 July 1262

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      "Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Gloucester (4 August 1222 – 14 July 1262) was son of Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford and Isabel Marshal.
      On his father's death, when he became Earl of Gloucester (October 1230), he was entrusted first to the guardianship of Hubert de Burgh. On Hubert's fall, his guardianship was given to Peter des Roches (c. October 1232); and in 1235 to Gilbert, Earl Marshall."

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      Citations / Sources:

      [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 372; volume III, page 244. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

      [S7] #44 Histoire de la maison royale de France anciens barons du royaume: et des grands officiers de la couronne (1726, reprint 1967-1968), Saint-Marie, Anselme de, (3rd edition. 9 volumes. 1726. Reprint Paris: Editions du Palais Royal, 1967-1968), FHL book 944 D5a; FHL microfilms 532,231-532,239., vol. 2 p. 485.

      [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 68. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.

      [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), de Clare, Richard. Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

      [S23] #849 Burke's Guide to the Royal Family (1973), (London: Burke's Peerage, c1973), FHl book 942 D22bgr., p. 196.

      [S25] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 1 p. 203, vol. 2 p. 476, vol. 3 p. 573.

      [S28] #4712 Some Early English Pedigrees: Combined from Most Available Sources 1958-1968, Norr, Vernon M., (Arlington, Va.: [s.n.], 1968), FHL book 942 D2no; FHL microfilm 897,045 item 2., p. 82.

      [S33] #242 [1883 edition] A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (New edition, 1883, reprint 1962), Burke, Sir John Bernard, (New edition. 1883. Reprint, London: Harrison and Sons, 1962), FHL book 942 D22bug 1883., p. 311.

      [S54] #21 The complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, Cokayne, George Edward, (Gloucester [England] : Alan Sutton Pub. Ltd., 1987), 942 D22cok., vol. 3 p. 433.

      [S55] Magna Carta Ancestry, Richardson, Douglas, (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Pub. Co., c2005), 942 D5rdm., p. 265.

      [S58] English Ancestry of Anne Marbury Hutchinson, Colket, Meredith B., Jr., (The Magee Press, Philadelphia, 1986.), 929.242 H971c., p. 38.

      [S59] #765 The Hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley in the County of Norfolk: Evidences and Topographical Notes from Public Records, Heralds Visitations, Wills, Court Rolls (1877-1879), Carthew, George Alfred, (3 volumes. Norwich: [s.n.], 1877-79 (Norwich: Miller and Leavins)), FHL book 942.61 H2c; FHL microfilm 990,425 item 1., vol. 1 p. 85.

      [S67] #205 Baronagium Genealogicum, Or, the Pedigrees of the English Peers, Deduced from the Earliest Times, of Which There Are Any Attested Accountes Including, as Well Collateral as Lineal Descents (1764-1784), Segar, Sir William, (6 volumes. [London]: Engraved and printed for the author, [1764-1784].), Volumes 1-4 FHL microfilm 164,680; volume 5 FHL mi., vol. 4 p. 335.

      [S74] #550 The history and antiquities of the county of Leicester, Nichols, John, (4 volumes, each in 2 parts. London : Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1795-1815), FHL X book 942.54 H2nic., vol. 2 pt. 1 p. 344.

      [S77] #33 An Official Genealogical and Heraldic Baronage of England (filmed 1957), Paget, Gerald, (Typescript, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), FHL microfilm 170,063-170,067., vol. 1 #130 - Clare.

      [S83] #667 The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England (1913), Clay, John William, (London: James Nisbet, 1913), FHL microfilm 990,409 item 4., p. 116.

      [S106] #388 The House of Cornewall (1908), Liverpool, Cecil George Savile Foljambe, (Hereford: Jakeman and Carver, 1908), FHL book 929.242 C815L; FHL microfilm 1,426,037 it., p. 25.

      [S177] #929 The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey: Compiled from the Best and Most Authentic Historians, Valuable Records, and Manuscripts in the Public Offices and Libraries, and in Private Hands.. (1804-1814), Manning, Owen, (Three volumes. London: J. Nichols, 1804-1814), FHL book Q 942.21 H2ma., vol. 2 p. 299.

      [S190] #11050 The English ancestry of Peter Bulkeley, Grace Chetwood, and Sarah Chauncy : a compilation of ancestral tables, Ayers, Frank Wayne, (Walnut Creek, California : F.W. Ayers, c1988), 929.242 B872a., p. 538.
      [S207] #235 The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (1847), Lipscomb, George, (Four volumes. London: J. & W. Robins, 1847), FHL book Q 942.575 H2Li; FHL microfilms 990,261-99., vol. 1 p. 201.

      [S630] Pedigree and Progress, Wagner, Anthony, (Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd. London and Chichester, 1975), FHL 942 D2war., p. 207.

      [S673] #1079 A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time (1904-1993), Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred, (Publications of the South Wales Record Society, number 8. Five volumes in 13. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1904-1993), FHL book 942.43 H2b., vol. 1 p. 70; vol. 3 p. 2, 8*.
    • !SOURCES:
      1. A9 C 7 Eng V vol 7 p. 676-78
      2. Eng p. 1 1866 p. 121
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      2nd Earl of Gloucester.
      5th Earl of Hertford.
      This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/mpbennett/1/data/5686
    • NCP V:696
    • !SOURCES:
      1. A9 C 7 Eng V vol 7 p. 676-78
      2. Eng p. 1 1866 p. 121
    • !BIRTH
      a Surety for the Magna Carta
    • _P_CCINFO 1-887
    • Source: A Baronial Family in Medievil England: The Clares, 1217-1314,Michael Altschul, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1965.

      From same, p 92: "On July 15, 1262, the day after the king sailed to
      France, Earl Richard de Clare died. Two weeks later he was buried at
      Tewkesbury Abbey. The earl had not played a conspicuous role in thebaronial
      movement since the settlement of 1261; he had been in ill health for some
      months before his death, and rumors circulated that he had been poisoned.
      [Footnote by Altschul: "E.g., Dunstable, p. 219' *Annales Cambriae*, pp.99-100, where "Gilbert" is wrongly given for "Richard." These chronicleshave probably confused the earl's natural death with the alleged poisonplot of 1258."]" [Was Richard maybe poisoned at the instigation of Simonde Montfort or some of his allies?] Henry had settled with therebellious barons in 1261 (p 92). Richard de Clare had at first sidedwith the barons in the antiroyalist
      movement which began in the summer of 1258 or thereabouts (p 82-87), but
      appears to have withdrawn support shortly after December 1258 (p 87).
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      Original individual @P2203942548@ (@MS_NHFETTERLYFAMIL0@) merged with @P2203942449@ (@MS_NHFETTERLYFAMIL0@)
      Original individual @P2203942548@ (@MS_NHFETTERLYFAMIL0@) merged with @P2203942331@ (@MS_NHFETTERLYFAMIL0@)

    • 1. Richard was also 2nd of Gloucester. Unknown GEDCOM info: MH:N226 Unknown GEDCOM info: 7DBB8011-738F-401A-9491-0757525B03AD
    • He was Earl of Hertford and of Gloucester.
    • He was Earl of Hertford and of Gloucester.
    • 8th Earl of Clare. Earl of Hertford and Gloucester. Lord of Usk and
      Kilkenny.

      S. Shannon, soc.genealogy.medieval, 17 July 1996. Earl of Clare,
      Hertfordshire, and Gloucester.

      S. Shannon, soc.genealogy.medieval, 25 July 1996. 6th Earl of
      Hertford.

      M. Altschul 1965, A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
      1217-1314, Table I. Earl of Gloucester and Hertford 1243 when he
      came of age. Knighted June 1245. Founded Clare Priory in 1248.

      GenServ database SMIA7MT, December 1998. Died Ashenfield Manor,
      Waltham, Kent, England.

      Ancestors of Harry Deforest Burdick,
      http://www.familytreemaker.com/22 December 1999. Died 15 July 1261.

      Poisened by Peter de Savoy
    • De Clare Coat of Arms
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=40097b0a-131b-447b-b807-7b7e47f0c0d1&tid=2456826&pid=78670160
    • Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford
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    • Additions, corrections and questions invited.
    • [beaufort.ged]

      Source: A Baronial Family in Medievil England: The Clares, 1217-1314, Mi chael Altschul, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1965.

      From same, p 92: "On July 15, 1262, the day after the king sailed to
      France, Earl Richard de Clare died. Two weeks later he was buried at
      Tewkesbury Abbey. The earl had not played a conspicuous role in the baroni al
      movement since the settlement of 1261; he had been in ill health for some
      months before his death, and rumors circulated that he had been poisoned.
      [Footnote by Altschul: "E.g., Dunstable, p. 219' *Annales Cambriae*, p p. 99-100, where "Gilbert" is wrongly given for "Richard." These chronicl es have probably confused the earl's natural death with the alleged pois on plot of 1258."]" [Was Richard maybe poisoned at the instigation of Sim on de Montfort or some of his allies?] Henry had settled with the rebelli ous barons in 1261 (p 92). Richard de Clare had at first sided with the ba rons in the antiroyalist
      movement which began in the summer of 1258 or thereabouts (p 82-87), but
      appears to have withdrawn support shortly after December 1258 (p 87).

      Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford and 2nd Earl of Gloucester, th en in minority at the decease of his father in 1229. The wardship of th is young nobleman was granted to the famous Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Ken t, Justiciary of England, whose dau., Margaret, to the great displeasu re of the king (Henry III), he afterwards (1243) clandestinely married b ut from whom he was probably divorced, for we find the king marrying him t he next year to Maude, dau. of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, in considera tion whereof the said John paid to the crown 5,000 marks and remitted a de bt of 2,000 more. His lordship, who appears to have been a very distinguis hed personage in the reign of Henry III, was one of the chief nobles prese nt in Westminster Hall (40th Henry III) [1256], when Boniface, archbish op of Canterbury, with divers other prelates, pronounced that solemn curs e, with candles lighted, against all those who should thenceforth viola te Magna Carta. In two years afterwards, an attempt was made by Walt er de Scotenay, his chief counsellor, to poison the earl and his brother W illiam, which proved effective as to the latter, while his lordship narrow ly escaped with the loss of his hair and nails. In the next year the ea rl was commissioned, with others of the nobility by the appointment of t he king and the whole baronage of England, to the parliament of Fran ce to convey King Henry III's resignation of Normandy and to adjust all di fferences between the two crowns; and upon the return of the mission, h is lordship reported proceedings to the king, in parliament. About this pe riod he had license to fortify the isle of Portland and to embatt le it as a fortress. It is reported of this nobleman that, being at Tewkes bury in the 45th Henry III [1261], a Jew, who had fallen into a jakes up on the Saturday, refusing to be pulled out in reverence of the Jewish sabb ath, his lordship prohibited any help to be afforded him on the next da y, the Christian sabbath, and thus suffered the unfortunate Israelite to p erish. He d. himself in the July of the next year (1262), having been pois oned at the table of Peter de Savoy, the queen's uncle, along with Baldwi n, Earl of Devon, and other persons of note. His lordship left issue, Gilb ert, his successor, Thomas, Rose, and Margaret. The earl was s. by his eld er son, Gilbert de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerage s, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Ear ls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]

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      Richard de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 8TH EARL OF CLARE, 6TH EARL OF H ERTFORD (b. Aug. 4, 1222--d. July 15, 1262, Eschemerfield, near Canterbur y, Kent, Eng.), the most powerful English noble of his time. He held estat es in more than 20 English counties, including the lordship of Tewkesbur y, wealthy manors in Gloucester, and the great marcher lordship of Glamorg an. He himself acquired the Kilkenny estates in Ireland and the lordsh ip of Usk and Caerleon in south Wales, making him the greatest lord in sou th Wales; in Glamorgan especially he was almost an independent prince.

      Son of Gilbert de Clare (the 6th Earl), Richard succeeded to the earldo ms in October 1230. He refused to help King Henry III on the French expedi tion of 1253 but was with him afterward at Paris. Thereafter he we nt on a diplomatic errand to Scotland and was sent to Germany to work amo ng the princes for the election of his stepfather, Richard, Earl of Cornwa ll, as king of the Romans. About 1258 Gloucester became a leader of the ba rons in their resistance to the king, and he was prominent during the proc eedings that followed the Mad Parliament at Oxford in 1258. In 1259, howev er, he quarreled with Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester; the dispute, b egun in England, was renewed in France, and he was again in the confiden ce of the king. This attitude, too, was only temporary, and in 1261 Glouce ster and Montfort were again working in concord. [Encyclopaedia Britanni ca CD, 1996, GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, 7TH EARL OF][2753682.ged]

      !Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. [Magna Charta Sureties]

      WAITE, FOSTER, NEWLIN LINES

      !8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. Married 2nd Maud de Lacy, Countess of L incoln. [Ped. of Charlemagne, Vol. III, p. 132]

      !Was in his minority at the death of his father, and his wardship was granted to the celebrat ed Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, Justiciary of England, whose daughter Margaret, to the grea t displeasure of King Henry III, he afterwards clandestinely married, but from whom he was pr obably divorced, as the king married him the next year to Maud, daughter of John de Lacie, Ea rl of Lincoln, in consideration whereof the Earl of Lincoln paid to the crown 5000 marks an d remitted a debt of 2000 more. This Richard de Clare was a very distinguished nobleman prese nt in Westminster Hall, 1256, when Boniface, Archbishop of Canterbury, pronounced a solemn cu rse from the altar against all those who should thenceforth violate the Magna Charta. He wa s poisoned by a political enemy in 1262. Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; father of Thomas d e Clare by Lady Maud de Lacie. [Magna Charta Barons, pp. 83-4, 151, 221, 308-9, 421]

      !M. Maud de Lacy; son of Gilbert de Clare and Isabel Marshall; father of Gilbert de Clare. [P ed. of Charlemagne, Vol. I, p. 126]

      Of the great earls of the mid-thirteenth century only the Clares of Gloucester and Hertford d escended directly from ancestors important in Normandy before 1066. [Angevin England, p. 79]

      Richard de Clare, earl of Gloucester, was the first to introduce the Friars Hermites of St. A ustin to England and it is generally assumed that the first establishment of the Austin Friar s was at Clare, and that they were brought to England in the year 1248. [Victoria History o f Suffolk, p. 127]

      8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford & Gloucester; m.2 1238 Maud de Lacy; father of Thomas d e Clare; d. 1262, Canterbury, Kent, England. [Charlemagne & Others, Chart 2918b]

      Earl of Clare, Hertford and Gloucester; m. 1237/8, Maud de Lacy; father of Thomas de Clare, 2 nd son. [Ancestral Roots, p. 58-9]

      Father of Sir Gilbert the Red de Clare, Knt. [Ancestral Roots, p. 67]

      By the middle of the 13th century Richard de Clare had expelled the Welsh rulers from the wes tern valleys of Glamorgan, as far as the Rhondda, whilst leaving the rest undisturbed.
      Richard de Clare was a leading member of the reforming party of barons in England. King He nry III's personal style of government and his reliance on foreign advisors had antagonized m any of the barons who regarded the royal policy as diminishing their own power and influence . Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Gwynedd, exploited this division and dissension among the E nglish. On Richard de Clare's death in 1262, Llywelyn moved up the Usk valley, capturing th e Brecon lands of Humphrey de Bohun (guardian of the young de Clare heir), and reaching the n orthern edge of Glamorgan. By 1267 Llywelyn had become master of the greater part of modern W ales, except for the southern coastal plain.
      The vast Gloucester estates of the de Clares were centered on Tewkesbury, where they wer e patrons and benefactors of the Benedictine abbey. In two of the great clerestory windows a t the east end of the church, four de Clare earls are depicted in stained glass. [Caerphill y Castle, p. 6]

      May have been poisoned at the table of Piers of Savoy; son of ?? de Clare and Isabel Marshall ; m. Maude de Lacie; father of Sir Gilbert de Clare who m. Joan of Acre Plantagenet. [WFT Vo l 1 Ped 1847]

      Joined the confederation of the barons in the Parliament held at Oxford in 1258. A differenc e soon showed itself between Leicester (Simon de Montfort), who desired to reform the centra l administration, and Gloucester, who aimed at securing the privileges of the greater baronag e by paralysing it. The dangers from Wales led Hereford (Humphrey de Bohun) to support Leices ter against Gloucester, and in 1259 he and the other nobels compelled Gloucester to make over tures. [The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Herefordshire, p. 364]

      8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester died at table of Peter of Savoy by evil do ing. [Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 chart 11362]

      The early Middle Ages were turbulent times, as the Welsh continued to harry their Anglo-Norma n Overlords. Whether the original Castell Coch was built by the Welsh, or the Normans, is no t clear, though 13th century work is attributed to Earl Richard de Clare and Earl Gilbert d e Glare, lords of Glamorgan. It is likely that the castle was severly damaged in a brief bu t furious Welsh rebellion in 1316 and it was not repaired. So the Red Castle fell into a slum ber that was to last for over five centuries. ["Escape to Red Castle, Realm Magazine]

      Richard was a boy at the deth of his father, the Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, in 1230. Hi s lands, wardship and marriage were given to the Justiciar Hubert de Burgh, whose daughter Ma rgaret was secretly married to Richard. Hubert fell from grace in July 1232, whence Richard a gain became ward of the King. His wife Margaret died Nov 1237. The Earl of Lincoln was to hav e Richard's marriage for 3000 marks (CPR 1232-47, p. 200), and Richard de Clare was married t o Maud de Lacy, daughter of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, by his wife Margaret de Quinkcy, b y 25 Jan 1237/8, when he would have been 15. Maud (de Lacy) de Clare survived her husband, an d held the manor of Clare with other lands in dower, dying 1287/9. [reedpcgen@aol.com]

      Richard, who was only 8 years old at the death of his father, was left in the unenviable posi tion of having to carry on his father's feud with Morgan Gam, a grandson of Ifor Bach, the sc ourge of Count William. On coming of age in 1243 he tightened his father's hold ont he Wels h lords in the uplands and on the fringes of glamorgan. Richard de Clare, although spoken o f as 'the foremost baron of England', gained the reputation of being politically unreliable b efore his death in 1262. His heir, also Gilbert, was a minor and had to wait for two years be fore succeeding to the lordship. [Cardiff Castle]
    • Earl of Gloucester and Hertford
      Lord of Clare, Knight
      Was poisoned
    • 5th Earl of Hertford
    • From Magna Carta Ancestry:

      RICHARD DE CLARE, Knt., 2nd Earl of Glocuester, 5th Earl of Hertford, Baron of Clare, Suffolk, Sheriff of Gloucestershire, High Marshal and Chief Butler to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Keeper of the Isle of Portland, son and heir, born 4 August 1222, and held half the barony of Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire. Through his mother he inherited a fifth part of the Marshal estates, including Kilkenny and other lordships in Ireland. His wardship was granted to Hubert de Burgh. He married (1st) at St. Edmund's Bury before Michaelmas 1236 MARGARET DE BURGH, daughter of Hubert de Burgh, Knt., Earl of Kent, by his 4th wife, Margaret, daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland, the marriage being secret, unknown to her father. They had no issue. When the marriage was discovered, the couple were at once parted, he being interned in his own castle at Bletchingley, Surrey. She died in November 1237. He married (2nd) about 25 Jan. 1237/8 MAUD DE LACY, daughter of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, Magna Carta Surety, by Margaret, daughter and heiress of Robert de Quincy, of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire. ... They had three sons ... and four daughters. ... By an unknown mistress, he also had an illegitimate son. ... He had livery of his estates 27 Sept. 1243. He engaged in an expedition against the Welsh in 1244-45, and was knighted by the King in London on 4 June 1245. He was co-heir in 1245 to his uncle, Anselm Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. He went on pilgrimages to St. Edmund at Pontingy in Champagne in 1248 and to Santiago in 1250. In 1250 he settled a dispute with the Abbot of Tewkesbury about the right of infangthef or punishment of thieves taken on the Abbey's lands, allowing the jurisdiction and gallows-right of the abbey. In 1256 he and Richard, Earl of Cornwall, were employed by the king in settling differences between Archbishop Boniface and the Bishop of Rocehster. 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. At the commencement of hostilities between the King and the nobles, occasioned by Henry's predilection for his Poitevin relatives, he favored the Baronial cause. SIR RICHARD DE CLARE, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, died testate at Ashenfield (in Waltham), Kent 15 (or 22) July 1262 (rumored that he had been poisoned at the table of Peter of Savoy, the Queen's uncle). On the Monday following, 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 the 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. In 1284 his widow, Maud, founded an Augustinian nunnery for forty nuns at the church of St. John the Evangelist and St. Etheldreda at Legh, Devon. She died before 10 March 1288/9.
    • 6th Earl of Hertford and 2nd Earl of Gloucester, then in minority at the decease of his father in 1229. The wardship of this young nobleman was granted to the famous Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, Justiciary of England, whose dau., Margaret, to the great displeasure of the king (Henry III), he afterwards (1243) clandestinely married but from whom he was probably divorced, for we find the king marrying him the next year to Maude, dau. of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, in consideration whereof the said John paid to the crown 5,000 marks and remitted a debt of 2,000 more. His lordship, who appears to have been a very distinguished personage in the reign of Henry III, was one of the chief nobles present in Westminster Hall (40th Henry III) [1256], when Boniface, archbishop of Canterbury, with divers other prelates, pronounced that solemn curse, with candles lighted, against all those who should thenceforth violate Magna Carta. In two years afterwards, an attempt was made by Walter de Scotenay, his chief counsellor, to poison the earl and his brother William, which proved effective as to the latter, while his lordship narrowly escaped with the loss of his hair and nails. In the next year the earl was commissioned, with others of the nobility by the appointment of the king and the whole baronage of England, to the parliament of France to convey King Henry III's resignation of Normandy and to adjust all differences between the two crowns; and upon the return of the mission, his lordship reported proceedings to the king, in parliament. About this period he had license to fortify the isle of Portland and to embattle it as a fortress. It is reported of this nobleman that, being at Tewkesbury in the 45th Henry III [1261], a Jew, who had fallen into a jakes upon the Saturday, refusing to be pulled out in reverence of the Jewish sabbath, his lordship prohibited any help to be afforded him on the next day, the Christian sabbath, and thus suffered the unfortunate Israelite to perish. He d. himself in the July of the next year (1262), having been poisoned at the table of Peter de Savoy, the queen's uncle, along with Baldwin, Earl of Devon, and other persons of note. His lordship left issue, Gilbert, his successor, Thomas, Rose, and Margaret. The earl was s. by his elder son, Gilbert de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
    • Sixth Earl of Hertford and second Earl of Gloucester
    Person ID I6000000004838081617  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2019 

    Father Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester, Surety of the Magna Carta,   b. 1182,   d. 25 Oct 1230, Penros or La Grée-Saint-Laurent, Morbihan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Isabel Marshal, Countess of Cornwall,   b. 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke Castle Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1240, Berkhampstead Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1217 
    Family ID F6000000005751712284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud Matilda de Lacy, Countess of Gloucester,   b. Abt 25 Jan 1223,   d. 10 Mar 1289  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Married 25 Jan 1237  Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gilbert "the Red Earl" de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester,   b. 2 Sep 1243,   d. 7 Dec 1295  (Age 52 years)
     2. Sir Thomas of Thomond de Clare, Lord of Thomond,   b. Abt 1245, Tonbridge Castle Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1287, Battle of Thurmond Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000000165521680  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart