639664896. Regent Richard de Clare & 639664897. Lady Rohais Giffard
~1030,
Richard born in Normandy, s/o §§Comte
Gilbert of Eu & Ctss Brionne ?.
~1045,
Rohaise born in Normandy, d/o §§Comte Walter Giffard of
Longueville & Ctss Ermendarde
Flaitel, d/o §§Gerard Flaitel.
1040,
[Richard’s father] Gilbert, count of Eu & Brionne, guardian of William the
Conqueror, assassinated. Richard and his brother took refuge in Flanders.
1053,
Richard, Seigneur de Bienfaite et d'Orbec, after William, duke of Normandy,
restored these properties to him.
[––Richard
& Rohais––]
~1063,
Richard married Rohais in France.
1066, Osbert
de Bolebec in the Conquest of England given grants in Gloucester, settled at
Brimesfield [and assumed the name Gyffarde]. Osbert had a brother named Walter
[Gyffarde], count of Longueville.
1066,
Richard a councilor to Duke William in Normandy.
3/20/1066, Haley’s comet appeard in the sky at its
closest point to earth, and was interpreted as an evil omen.
10/14/1066, ‘Ricardus de Benefacta’ a commander at the battle of
Hastings with William the Conqueror.
10/25/1066, William I crowned King of England.
1066-67,
Richard de Clare was given control of 176 lordships, mainly in Suffolk [95 of
which were attached to Clare Castle].
1068,
Richard de Clare built the castle of Tonbridge. (S) Guide Kent & Sussex,
2011, P130.
1070,
Richard witnessed a royal charter at Salisbury.
1073-4,
Richard de Tonbridge, cousin of King William, joint chief justiciar.
1075,
Richard de Clare and William de Warren, justices, jointy suppressed a revolt of
barons.
1075,
Richard, regent of England.
1075,
Richard received the lordship of Chepstow as an escheat.
1076,
Richard de Clare joint chief justiciar with William de Warren. (S) DNB,
Stephen, 1909, P829.
1078-79,
Richard and Rohais founded a priory at St. Neots as a Norman cell [which was
finished around 1100]. (S) History and Antiquities of Eynesbury, Gorham, 1820,
P-CIV.
1079,
Charter of William I confirming to the abbey of Jumieges … benefactors named …
Richard de Clare, son of count Gilbert. (S) Cal. of Doc.’s Preserved in France,
V1, Round, 1899, P54.
12/25/1080,
Richard at the Christmas court of King William at Berkeley.
1081,
Richard at the court of King William at Winchester.
1085-86,
‘Ricardus de Tonebruge’ in the general survey of England; with his seat at
Tunbridge, Kent; which he had exchanged with the Archbishop of Canterbury for
the castle of Brione. (S) Magna Charta Barons, Browning, 2002, P93.
1085-86, Rohais
Giffard, wife of Richard de Clare, had land entered in the own name as
tenent-in-chief in the Domesday Book.
Bef. 1086,
Richard de Clare enfeoffed Robert de Watteville of the manor of Salford. (S)
Religious Patronage, Cownie, 1998, P178.
9/26/1087, William Rufus crowned King of England;
succeeding William the Conqueror. Duke Robert Curthose [the elder
brother of the two] succeeded in Normandy.
1088, Hugh
Broc held the church of Toppesfiled of Richard de Clare.
4/1090,
Richard died fighting the Welsh; ‘Ricardo filio comitis Gisleberti’ buried at
St. Neots.
[––Rohais––]
8/5/1100, Henry I crowned King of England.
Rohais died;
buried at Colchester.
(S)
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. (S) DNB, V10, Lee, 1887, P389. (S) Domesday
People, Keats-Rohan, 1999. (S) Official Baronage of England, V1, Doyle, 1886,
P391.
Family notes:
Rohaise’s brother Walter succeeded. Her brother
William Giffard, bishop of Winchester [1100-29], and Chancellor of England
[1094-1101]. 8/5/1100, Walter present at the coronation of King Henry I.
Originally a Norman family, they took their name from
Clare in Suffolk where their first castle, and the seat of their barony, was
situated.
…
10/14/1066, §§Walter I Giffard of Longueville at the
battle of Hastings. King William I gave Walter 107 lordships, 48 of which were
in Buckingham. His son Walter II (d.7/15/1102), brother of Rohais, became the 1st Earl of Buckingham
(1097) [The only 1 of the 3 to be named ‘earl’]. Earl Walter’s son Walter III
[(d.9/18/1164), never named as an earl].
Children
of Richard and Rohais:
i. Rohais Fitz Richard de Clare (319837350), born
~1065 in Normandy, France.
ii. Roger Fitz Richard de Clare, born ~1067 in
France.
4/1088,
Roger and his brother Gilbert besieged at Tonbridge by King William II, and
surrendered after 2 days. (S) Religious Patronage, Cownie, 1998, P212.
1090, Roger
succeeded his father as Seigneur de Bienfaite et d'Orbec.
1119, Roger
saved the life of King Henry I at the Battle of Bremule.
Aft. 1131,
Roger died; succeeded by his nephew, Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare.
iii. Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare (319832448),
born ~1070 in England.
iv. Adeliza Fitz Richard de Clare, born ? in
England.
Bef. 1086,
Adeliza married Walter Tyrol [murderer of King William Rufus, heir & s/o
William the Conqueror]. Richard de Clare enfeoffed Walter with Laingaham,
Essex.
1124, Walter
died.
1130, Adeliz
in possession of Laingaham, Essex. (S) Fuedal England, Round, 1895, P470.
1138,
Adeliza died.
v. Avice Fitz Richard de Clare, born ? in England.
Bef. 1086,
Avice married Radulf de Filgeriis, seigneur de Fougeres, Brittany.
1124, Ralph
died in Brittany.
vi. Walter Fitz Richard de Clare, born ? in
England.
Walter the
founder of Tintern abbey.
1113,
Foundation charter of St. Neot’s Priory: ‘… propria manu confirmavi. [seals] …
Signum Walteri filii Ricardi. (S) History and Antiquities of Eynesbury, Gorham,
1820, P-CV.
vii. Richard Fitz Richard de Clare, born ? in
England.
Richard the
Bishop of Ely.
1100-07, At
the cathedral priory of Ely, in the Liber Eliensis, it was written of Abbot
Richard fitz Richard, “When he went to the king’s court, he was feared second
only to the king, for he was walled around by agreat crowd of relatives, who,
as the whole of England knew and recognized, were of descent of the Ricardi and
Gifardi.” The Ricardi were the family of Richard fitz Gilert de Clare, the
Gifardi the family of Walter Giffard, earl of Buckingham. (S) Birth of
Nobility, Crouch, 2015, P145.
viii. Robert Fitz Richard de Clare (243396784),
born by 1090 in England.
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