Roger de CLARE 2nd Earl of Hertford
ROGER DE CLARE, Earl of Clare or Hertford, died in 1173. He married MAUD DE ST. HILARY, daughter and heir of James de St. Hilary, Lord of Field Dalling and Great and Little Carbrooke, Norfolk, by his wife Aveline [CP, 5:124-125, 6:499-501; Sanders, English Baronies, 34-35, 62-63]. She married secondly William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, who died 24 Dec. 1193.
Roger de Clare was styled Earl of Clare by King Stephen [CP, 14:383], and Earl of Hertford when he witnessed the charter of Henry II to Geoffrey de Mandeville, the younger, in Jan. 1155/6. From 1157 he was engaged against Yr Arglwydd [Lord] Rhys ap Gruffudd in Wales. In 1163 he disputed the claim of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, for fealty in respect of Tonbridge Castle, which he held by the serjeanty of being High Steward [Cokayne, 6:500]. In spite of support for Roger de Clam from the king, Archbishop Hubert eventually recovered fealty. In 1164 he took part in the Constitutions of Clarendon. He abandoned his campaigns against the Welsh in Cardigan in 1165, after a defeat [Altschul, 23]. He served as commissioner in 1170, enquiring into the proceedings of the sheriffs in Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Berkshire, Oxon and Bedfordshire. His widow confirmed to the monks of Eynsham the gifts of Henry and of Roger Fitz Gerold.
Children, mentioned by Cokayne or Weis:
i. Richard, d. Nov. 1217; m. Amice, dau. of William Fitz Robert, Earl of Gloucester (for whom see Normandy).
ii. John, witnessed charters [CP, 6:501e].
iii. Richard [sic], witnessed charters.
iv. Aveline, l. 22 Nov. 1220; m. (1) William de Munchanesy of Swanscombe, Kent, who d. shortly before 7 May 1204 [CP, 5:124], m. (2) Geoffrey Fitz Piers (for whom see Fitz Geoffrey), Earl of Essex, who d. 14 Oct. 1213; by her second husband she was an ancestor of President Rutherford B. Hayes [Roberts' Ancestors of American Presidents].
Richard de CLARE Earl of Hertford
RICHARD FITZ GILBERT DE CLARE, Lord of Clare, was slain, having been surprised by the Welsh, near Abergavenny, 15 April 1136, and was buried at Gloucester.
He married ADELIZE, daughter of Ranulph Ie Meschin, Earl OF CHESTER by Lucy, and sister of Ranulph de Gernon (or des Gernons), Earl of Chester; she was rescued from the Welsh by Miles of Gloucester. She married second Robert de Condet [Weis, AR7, 132D:27]. Lord Clare was founder of the Priory of Tonbridge.
Children, listed by Cokayne, with daughter mentioned probably incorrectly by Eyton
[10:257]:
i. Gilbert, b. before 1115; d. 1151 [CP, 6:499d]; prob. unm; Earl of Hertford by 1141 [Altschul, 23].
ii. Roger, d. 1173; m. Maud de St. Hilary.
iii. Richard, witnessed confirmation to the Abbey of Savigny [CP, 6:499e].
iv. Alice, m. Cadwallader, brother of Owain Gwynedd (but see Alice de Tonbridge, wife of William de Perey).
v. Baldwin, listed by Round [CP, 10:H:100].
vi. Rohese, m. Baderon de Monmouth [CP, 10:H:101].
DEATH: Slain by Welsh
Lord Gilbert de CLARE 2nd Earl of Clare
GILBERT FITZ RICHARD DE CLARE, also de Tonbridge, Lord of Clare, born before
1066, died in 1114 or 1117. He married ADELIZ DE CLERMONT, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clerniont in Beauvaisis, by Marguerite, daughter of Hilduin, Count of Montdidier and Roucy. Adeliz married second (Bouchard?) de Montmorency. He founded the Priory of Clara in 1090, having succeeded to his father's English possessions. He was Lord of Cardigan from 1107-1111.
Children:
i. Richard, d. Wales 15 April 1136; m. Adeliz des Gernons.
ii. Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke 1138, d. 6 Jan. 1147/8; m. Isabel de Beaumont.
iii. Alice, m. AubreyR de Vera II, who was slain in London 15 May 1141.
iv. Walter, participated in the Second Crusade in 1147.
v. Baldwin, in.; dan. Emma in. Hugh Wac (or Wake).
vi. Rohese, in. Badeion~ de Monmouth [Weis, AR7, 184:3].
vii. daughter, in. William de Montlichet, lord of Stansted in Essex.
viii. Hervey, sent to Cardigan in 1140 by King William.
RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, who possessed Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy, Clare in Suffolk and Tonbridge, died in 1090 [Altschul, 19]. The mother of Gilbert and Robert was his first wife, ROHESE GIFFARD (sister of Walter Giffard, later Earl of Buckingham, and heiress of the 2nd Earl [CP, 14:182]), daughter of Walter Giffard, the Elder (who died in 1084) [Cokayne, CP, 2:387], seigneur de Longeville-sur-Scie in Normandy and son of Osbern de Bolbec, who was seigneur de Longeville 1028-1035, and Duvelina, who was sister of the Duchess Gunnora. Walter Giffard married Agnes, daughter of Girard Flatel [Weis, AR7, 184:1, cited Studies in Medieval Hutory (1989)], or Ermengarde Flaitel [Norr, 46].
After their father's assassination, he and his brother Baldwin fled to the court of Baldwin V de Lille, Count of Flanders, but William the Conqueror restored them to Normandy (Altschul, 18]. Richard served with William de Warenne as regent of England in 1075.
Clare is now a small parish on the River Stour in Suffolk. It had been a frontier town of the Kingdom of East Anglia, and contains a castle of which considerable remains exist [Brabner, vol. 2].
Children, mentioned by Cokayne [3:242], Altschul [19-20], with the last two daughters listed by Norr [46]:
i. Gilbert, d. c. 1114; m. Adeliz de Clermont.
ii. Robert, d. 1134; m. Maud de St. Liz, who d. 1140.
iii. Roger, d.s.p.; inherited Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy.
iv. Walter of Nethergent, d.1137; no issue; founded Tintern Abbey in 1131.
v. Adelize, m. Walter Tirel.
vi. Rohese, m. Eudo Dapifer.
vii. Richard, a monk of Bec.
viii. daughter, m. Raoul de Tillers.
ix. daughter, m. Baudry Ie Teuton.
Hugh I CLERMONT Count of Clermont
Count of Mouchy and Creil.
Hildouin Iv MONTDIDIER Count of Montdidier and Roucy
REF MRL. Count and Seigneur de Rameru.
REF AR7. Seigneur of Rameru.
REF RGD. In this database, Hildouin III is the father of Felice de Rouci, and Hildouin of Montdidier is the fater of Beatrice de Montdidier who married Geoffrey de Perche.