60842576. Lord John de Brewes & 60842577. Margaret of Wales & 23640214. Lord Walter de Clifford
~1193, Walter born in England, heir & s/o 19989632.
Walter de Clifford & 19989633. Agnes de Condet.
1197, John born in England, heir & s/o 121685152.
William de Brewes & 121685153. Maud de Clare.
~1207, Margaret born in Wales, d/o 19989730. Prince
Llywelyn ap Iorwert & 19989623. Joan of Wales.
[––John––]
1208, John and his brother Giles became hostages of King
John for his father’s loyality.
1210, John’s father and paternal grandmother starved to
death by King John.
1/1214, Custody of John and Giles, hostages, transferred.
1/1218, John and his brothers released as hostages after
intercession by their uncle, Gilbert de Clare.
1219, Reginald de Braose [John’s uncle] and John de Braose
in a curia regis suit with King John who claimed that Reginald’s father had
been seised of the lands and had performed homage for them. John initiated
proceedings against his uncle over hereditary rights.
[––Walter––]
5/23/1208, King
John sent Walter Clifford from Winchester to certify his father that his
successor as sheriff of Herefordshire had been appointed. (S) FMG.
2/1210, King John sent letters from the Tower to Walter de
Clifford juvenis.
By 1213, … the field of 'Benethege' which Walter de
Clifford, Agnes, his wife, and Walter, his son, gave the priory.
1214, Walter and his brother Roger accompanied King John on
his invasion of Poitou, France; during which time they received loans from the
king. (S) English Historical Review, V110, 1995, P285.
8/14/1215, Walter a knight of the royal household [of 102], given
custody of the county and castle of Hereford. (S) English Historical Review,
V110, 1995, P281.
1215-6, Walter de Clifford, junior (19989632) to King John:
names of those in Herefordshire who have served against the king; threatened
Welsh attack. (S) UKNA.
6/19/1215 at
Runnymede near Windsor, King John forced to agree to the terms of the Magna
Carta.
8/15/1216, Walter granted the manor of Dimmock, Gloucester
to keep Walter in royal service. [See 10/12/1219.]
9/28/1216, Walter witnessed a royal charter of King John.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
10/28/1217, Dimmack, which had been siezed by the crown as a
royal demesne, restored to Walter de Clifford.
[–––John & Margaret–––]
1219, John, age 22, married Margaret.
10/12/1219, Order to permit the king’s beloved and faithful
Walter of Clifford junior to hold the woodland pertaining to the manor of
Dymock in peace, for Walter has given surety to the king before the council
that he will make neither waste nor destruction of that woodland.
1220, John given possession of the lordship of Gower, and
repaired the castle of Swansea, under the leave of his father-in-law. John
recovered the barony of Branber, Sussex, and half the barony of Totnes, Devon
from his relatives.
1221, John de Brewes sued his brother-in-law Henry de Tracy
in a plea of land. (S) Magna Carta Ancestry, Richardson, P30.
1221, John de Broase rebuilt the castle of Caerphilly
[destroyed in 1219 by Rhys Vychan.] (S) Cheshire Notes and Queries, V7, 1887,
P56.
2/22/1230, The king has committed the vacant bishopric of
Llandaff to the archdeacon of Llandaff and Ivor, canon of Llandaff, to keep for
as long as it pleases the king. Order to W. earl Marshal, G. earl of Gloucester
and John de Braose to cause them to have full seisin without delay. (S)
FRsHIII.
4/30/1230, John leaving from Portsmouth with King Henry.
4/30/1230, from Portsmouth, King Henry invaded
Brittany in hopes of recovering Normandy. They established their camp at
Nantes, and captured a small castle. [Returning in October.]
Bef. 7/16/1232, John, Lord of Gower, died at Bramber, Sussex
when he was thrown from his horse.
[––Margaret––]
6/7/1233, Grant to Margaret late the wife of John de Brausa
that she shall not be distrained to marray so long as she will live without a
husband, on condition that if she will marry, she will not do so without
licence. (S) CPRs.
[–––Walter–––]
Bef. 1221,
Walterus de Clifford filius Walteri de Clifford et filius Agnetis de Cundi
donated ‘locum de Nanteglas’ to Dore abbey, Herefordshire by charter, witnessed
by Willielmo de Breosa et Willielmo filio suo, magistro Simone, Roberto de
Clifford, canonicis de Herefordia.
1/17/1221, Walter’s father died; Walter the heir.
1/22/1221, Walter of Clifford junior owes the king £100 of
his relief for the land formerly of Walter of Clifford senior in Wiltshire and
Shropshire, for which he has given the king surety.
1221, Walter de Clifford at the siege of Bytham.
1221, King Henry’s forces besieged Bytham castle,
Lincolnshire; which was defended by William de Forz, earl of Albemarle and
William d’Aubigny.
6/15/1221, Order to place in respite, …, the demand for
scutage … from Walter de Lacy for 51 knights’ fees … and the demand they make
from Walter of Clifford for 100m. for pledging ….
11/6/1222, It has been attested before the king’s council
that Walter of Clifford junior does not hold of the king in chief in the
counties of Wiltshire and Shropshire, save for a knight’s fee, for which he
owes 100s. for his relief.
2/11/1223, The king has pardoned £93 6s. 8d. of the fine of
£100 that his beloved and faithful Walter of Clifford junior made with him for
the barony formerly of Walter of Clifford, his father, which he holds of the
king in chief, for his good and faithful service.
1223, Walter left a gold ring in his mother’s will.
1225, Walter de Clifford was one of the sureties for
the payment of Walter de Lacy's fine of 3000 marks. (S) Journal of the Royal
Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1921, P301.
8/7/1225, It is clear to the king by the inquisition that he
ordered to be taken that Walter of Clifford held of the king in chief by knights’
fees, and not by barony. [There were additional knights’ fees for holding a barony.]
9/2/1226, Walter de Clifford, John fitz Alan, John le
Strange and William de Cantilupe [and others] to attend a meeting on October 25th
at Oswestry with Lewellyn, Prince of Wales, and report the result.
4/20/1228, Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to place in
respite, …, the demand of 100m. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from
Walter of Clifford for pledging Thomas of Erdington.
1229, Liberate to Walter de Clifford, 50 marks, in part
payment of 100 marks that he receives for the custody of the castles of
Caermerdin and Cardigan. (S) Calendar of the Liberate Rolls, V1, 1916, P149.
4/24/1230, The king has given respite to his beloved and
faithful Walter of Clifford from the £24 … for a prest made to him in Ireland
in the time of King John, … from the 10 m. which he owes the king for his
relief, until the king returns from overseas parts, towards which he has set
out.
12/16/1231, Walter of Clifford has made fine with the king
by £100 for having the custody of the land and heirs of Roger of Clifford, his
brother, until the legal age of the same heirs, with their marriage.
1232, Fine between Imbert prior of Wenlock and Walter de
Clifford. (S) History of Shrewsbury, V2, 1825, P112.
4/4/1233, … demand of 100 m. … from Walter of Clifford for
the fine made with the king for the manor of Slaughter.
8/1233, Walter sided against the king with Richard Marshall,
Earl of Pembroke, and the rebel barons. His lands were ordered confiscated.
9/16/1233, Safe conduct for Walter de Clifford, coming to
the king to treat for peace.
11/5/1233, Order to the sheriff of Kent to place in respite
the demand he makes from Walter of Clifford , who is in the king’s service.
3/17/1234, Clifford castle restored to Walter by the king.
5/25/1234, Notification … restore to Ralph son and heir of
Savary de Malo Leone … the king has caused these letters patent to be made,
sealed with his seal ; and for the greater security … the seals of E.
archbishop of Canterbury, … R. earl of Cornwall and Poitou, the king’s brother,
W. earl of Warwick, H. earl of Hereford, Walter de Clifford, Philip de
Albiniaco and William de Ferariis, son and heir of W. earl of Ferrars … (S)
CPRs.
[–––Walter & Margaret–––]
Bef. 11/2/1234, Margaret married 2nd Sir Walter
de Clifford.
1235, Walter presented to the rectory of Caenby; an
inheritance of his mother.
11/3/1235, Walter of Clifford has made fine with the king by
400 m. for having the custody of the land and heirs of Henry le Fleming until
the lawful age of the heirs, together with their marriage.
1/30/1236 at Westminster, Walter one of the carriers of the
canopy at the coronation of Eleanor of Provence, wife of King Henry III.
4/1236, Walter assessed in Shropshire for the aid of the
king’s sister in marriage.
1236, Walter conveyed all his lands in Great Milton,
Oxfordshire to Walter de Kirkeham for 13 years.
11/1236, Richard, prior of Little Malvern, plaintiff, and
Walter de Clifford, deforciant.
5/29/1237, Walter de Clifford to give safe conduct to David
son of L. prince of Aberfraw who was coming to the king. (S) CPRs.
3/8/1238,
The king commands him to provide for the sufficient defence of the march, so
that the lands of the king or of himself may not by his default suffer danger,
and if necessary he may resist Llywelyn the Great at an opportune season:
written to Walter de Clifford (23640214), … Thomas Corbet, … John Lestrange
(121697006), H. earl of Hereford, Henry de Aldithele (94567456), John de
Monemue (23634242), Ralph de Mortuo Mari (9994864), … William de Stutevill
(47281514), John son of Alan (94559104). (S) CPRs.
1238, The king to Walter de Clifford [and others in separate
writs]. The truce entered into between us and Lewelin, Prince of Abberfray,
being about to terminate, … command you to come to Us at Oxford to consult upon
this and certain other affairs. (S) Picards of Pychards, 1878, P19.
1240, Walter’s Shropshire lands created as a barony.
1241, Walter came to an agreement with Abbot and convent of
Dore over lands in Gwenddwr and Nanteglos, Breconshire.
3/18/1242, Power to J. de Munemuth and Walter de Clifford to
do justice to David son of Llewelin and Isabel his wife touching her portion of
the inheritance of William de Breusa, her father. (S) CPRs.
1243, Roger fitz Roger, of Duddelby, was a Manucaptor
for Walter de Clifford.
4/30/1244, The king proposes a marriage contract between
Matilda de Clifford, daughter of Walter, and one of the sons of William
Longespee.
1244, Walter presented to the rectory of Caenby.
10/28/1246 at Guildford, Walter de Clifford witnessed a
royal charter. (S) Royal Charter Witness Lists, V292, 2001, P16.
7/27/1247 at Woodstock, Walter de Clifford witnessed a royal
charter. (S) Royal Charter Witness Lists, V292, 2001, P24.
1249, Walter de Clifford confirmed Framton manor to Hugh de
Clifford.
1/1250, Walter charged with mistreating a King’s messenger
[forced the messenger to eat the writ]; was fined £1000. (S) Reign of Henry
III, Carpenter, 1996, P97.
5/2/1252, The king has granted to Walter of Clifford that
his lands may be extended by order of the king for the debts he owes him.
8/25/1253, Because Walter de Clifford’ is attending by the
king’s order to the keeping of the king’s peace in the parts of the March, the
king has given him respite …
1255, Sir Walter de Clifford held the manor of Corfham by
service of 1 knight.
2/26/1256, Walter of Clifford and Margaret his wife give the
king one mark for having a pone [to remove a plea] to the Bench.
11/7/1256, Walter de Clifford’ and Margaret his wife give
the king 40s. for an assize of novel disseisin.
11/15/1256, Walter de Clifford has made fine with the king
by 3 marks of gold for having a charter for warren, a market and fair …
5/10/1257, Mandate to Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford
and Essex, Humphrey de Bohun his son, Reynold son of Peter, Roger de Mortuo
Mari, … Walter de Clifford, … Thomas Corbet, John Lestrange, John son of Alan,
Fulk son of Warin, Griffin son of Maddoc and Ralph le Botiller, to be of
counsel and aid to John de Grey, appointed by Edward the king’s son to keep the
march of Wales … and to be captain of his army … (S) CPRs.
6/10/1258, At the instance of his valet John de Brews’, the
king has pardoned to Walter of Clifford 1 mark of gold of the fine of 3m. of
gold … (S) FRsHIII.
1259, Margaret gave up claim to some of her dower lands for £40
yearly.
10/1259, Writ of novel disseizin by Warin de Grendon against
Walter de Clifford, tenement in Syneton.
1260, Margareta quondam uxor domini Walteri de Clifford
elected burial at Acornbury priory, Herefordshire by charter dated “tertia die
dominica proxima ante festum sancti Thomæ apostoli”, witnessed by … Henrico de
Clifford. (S) FMG.
6/1260, Prince Llywelyn of Wales invaded the
Marches of Wales.
8/1/1260, Walter de Clifford one of the vassals to the crown
summoned to muster at Shrewsbury with horses and arms against Lewellyn ap
Griffith. (S) Antiquities of Shropshire, V7-8, 1858, P26.
5/22/1261, Walter granted a market and fair at Clifford,
Herefordshire. (S) Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs.
8/10/1262, Walter de Clifford concedes to the prioress and
nuns of Acornbury in his lordship of Corfham that they should be free of suit
at his court and hundred of Corfham.
5/19/1263, Letters patent to Walter de Clifford that the
King will look to Matilda de Longespee, his daughter, for payment of his debts
due to the crown.
1263, Walter died; his nephew Roger, son of his younger
brother Roger, the male heir.
[––Margaret––]
12/23/1263, Margaret, widow, bequesthed her heart to be
buried at Acornbury.
1/16/1264, Margaret, who was the wife of Walter of Clifford,
gives 20s. for a writ ad terminum.
4/22/1266, Margaret de Clifford’ gives half a mark for an
assize to be taken before Walter de Merton’.
1268, Margaret made another settlement of her property.
Margaret died.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P135. (S) FRsHIII. (S) King John,
the Braoses, and the Celtic Fringe, Holden. (S) Antiquities of Shropshire,
Eyton [Various years].
Children of John and Margaret: [4 sons]
i. William de Brewes (30421288), born ~1225 in England.
Child of Walter and Margaret:
i. Maud de Clifford (11820107), born ~1233 in England.
4/30/1244,
The king proposes a marriage contract between Matilda de Clifford, daughter of
Walter, and one of the sons of William Longespee. (S) Antiquities of
Shropshire, Eyton, 1857, P159.
3/10/1271, A
patent by the King legalized the marriage of John Giffard (11820106) and Maud
after a fine of 300 marks.
10/2/1284, Order
to the same to cause enrolment to be made pursuant to the king's grant to John
Giffard that he recover the terms before granted to him and Maud de Lungespeye,
sometime his wife, deceased, for payment of the debts of Walter de Clifford,
her father.
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