CLARE, Richard FitzGilbert de

1024 - 1090  (66 years)  Submit Photo / Document

 Set As Default Person

• Name	CLARE, Richard FitzGilbert de
  Birth	1024	Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière, Basse-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1090	St Neots, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England
  Death	Apr 1090	St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
  WAC	6 Mar 1931
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I29527	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	AVARANCHES, Albreda ,   b. Abt 1032, Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France Avranches, Manche, Basse-Normandie, Franced. 1102, Okehampton, Devonshire, England (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F16427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Photos

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Notes

  He gained the title of Lord of Bienfaite[Normandy]. He gained the title of Lord of Orbec[Normandy]. circa 1066 he accompanied William the Conqueror to England. He recieved 176 Lordships, 95 in Suffolk. He was created 1st Lord of Clare[feudal baron]. In 1075 he helped to suppress the revolt. He held the office of Joint Chief Justiciar. Hehas an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. Richard fitz Gilbert (bef. 1035–c. 1090), was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was styled "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and of Tonbridge "[n 1][1] from his holdings.[2][3] Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Rewards 3 Rebel Baron 4 Death and succession 5 Marriage 6 Notes and References Biography[edit] He was the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne in Normandy.[2] Gilbert was a guardian of the young duke William and when he was killed by Ralph de Wacy in 1040, his two older sons Richard and Gilbert fled to Flanders.[4] On his later return to Normandy Richard was rewarded with the lordship of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy.[4] In 1066, Richard came into England with his kinsman William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.[2] The Dictionary of National Biography and other sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but what we do know is that Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge), the earliest identifiable progenitor of the family, is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Book.[5] Rewards[edit] He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand.[6] He was thus Lord of Clare. Some contemporaneous and later sources called him Earl of Clare, though many modern sources view the title as a "styled title". He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075. Rebel Baron[edit] On the Conqueror's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain, William fitz Osbern and Geoffrey of Coutances, led a rebellion against the rule of William Rufus in order to place Robert Curthose on the throne. However, most Normans in England remained loyal. William Rufus and his army successfully attacked the rebel strongholds at Tonbridge, Pevensey and Rochester.[7] Death and succession[edit] He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard. Marriage[edit] Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Sir Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel,[3] and they had the following children: Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131, apparently without issue.[3] Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare.[3] Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138.[3] Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely.[3] Robert fitz Richard,[3] Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136.[8] Alice (or Adeliza) de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel.[3][9] Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo Dapifer.[3] Notes and References[edit] Notes Jump up ^ Seen in the Domesday book variously as ""de Tonebridge/Tonebrige/Tonbridge" References Jump up ^ Domesday Map website - image of Betchworth's entry and transcription in summary retrieved 2012-10-30 Normally de Tonebridge in Surrey ^ Jump up to: a b c G. E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, Vol. III (The St. Catherine Press, London, 1913), p. 242 ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 156 ^ Jump up to: a b J.H. Round, 'The Family of Clare', The Archaeological Journal, Vol. 56 2nd series Vol 6 (1899), p. 224 Jump up ^ The Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey (c. 1086) (ed. A. Rumble, Suffolk, 2 vols (Chichester, 1986), 67 ~ 1) Jump up ^ The Royal Ancestry Bible Royal ancestors of 300 American Families By Michel L. Call ISBN 1-933194-22-7 (chart 1696) Jump up ^ A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217–1314 by Michael Altschul (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins, 1965) Jump up ^ I.J. Sanders, English Baronies; A Study of their Origin and descent 1086-1327 (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1963), p. 129 Jump up ^ C. Warren Hollister, 'The Strange Death of William Rufus', Speculum, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Oct., 1973), pp. 645-46