39979056. Earl Richard de Clare & 39979057. Amicia, Countess of Gloucester
~1153, Richard born in Tonbridge Castle ,
Kent , England
12/19/1154, Henry II crowned king of England.
1160, Amicia born in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England; coheir
& 2nd d/o 79958114. William Fitz Robert & 79958115. Hawise
de Beaumont.
1172, Young King Henry rebelled against his father; Richard
sided with King Henry II.
1173, Richard’s father died: Rogerius comes de Clara, succeeded
by, Ricardus filius eius. (S) FMG.
7/26/1174 at Northampton, William, earl of Gloucester, and
Richard, earl of Hertford, gave assurances to the king of their loyalty. (S)
Scholar’s History of England, Ramasay, 1903, P181.
1/15/1177, at Northampton, Richard, earl of Clare, witnessed
a royal charter to Thomas, son of Robert fitz Noel.
~1180, Richard married Amicia; her maritagium included the town of Sudbury, Suffolk.
~1180, Richard married Amicia; her maritagium included the town of Sudbury, Suffolk.
3/1183, at Westminster, Ricardo, Comite de Clare, witnessed
a royal charter to the Canons of Butley.
1185, Richard of Clare, earl of Hertford, a witness of the confirmation of lands of the canons of Butley. (S) Feudal Assessments, Keefe, 1983, P105.
1188, Richard and Earl Roger le Bigod disputed the honor of carrying the banner of St. Edmund in battle.
1185, Richard of Clare, earl of Hertford, a witness of the confirmation of lands of the canons of Butley. (S) Feudal Assessments, Keefe, 1983, P105.
1188, Richard and Earl Roger le Bigod disputed the honor of carrying the banner of St. Edmund in battle.
9/3/1189, Richard attended the coronation of King Richard I at
Westminster.
1191, Richard one of 7 appointed by the Chancellor to treat
with Prince John the questions between King Richard and the Prince.
1191, King Richard restored and confirmed to Richard de Clare,
earl of Hertford, and William le Mareschal and Isabella his wife, all lands of
Walter Giffard, sometime earl of Buckingham, through his wife, in England and
in Normandy. (S) Magni Rotula Scaccarii, Stapleton, P88.
1193, Richard accompanied the Chancellor to Germany to ransom
King Richard.
1196, Richard, earl of Hertford, paid 1000£ for livery of his
share of his mother’s inheritance, and his proportion of those lands sometime
belonging to his ancestor Walter Giffard, earl of Buckingham. (S) Cambridge
Portfolio, V1, 1840, P166.
1198, Richard excused himself from a personal attendance on the
King at Hereford.
By 1198, Richard divorced Amicia on grounds of consanguinity
through the mother of William the Conqueror.
4/6/1199, King Richard died at Chalus-Chabrol in France, where
Prince John was in attendance.
1199, at Northampton, William Marshall, having returned to
England, assembled barons to address their grievances, including Richard de
Clare, earl of Hertford. [Those assembled held over 850 knights’ fees.] (S) The
Reign of King John, Painter, 1949, P35.
5/27/1199, Richard attended the coronation of King John.
4/20/1200, King John confirmed the settlement made between Richard
de Clare, earl of Hertford, and William le Mareschal, in 1991.
1200, Trial as to whether Amice, formerly wife of the Earl Richard
de Clare, unjustly disseised Richard son of William de Sudbury of a free
tenement.
1201, Richard disputed the ownership of Saham, Norfolk with
Roger de Tony.
1202, Countess Amice held her court at Sudbury.
1/26/1204, Richard, earl of Gloucestershire, granted a fair at
Rothwell, Northamtonshire. (S) Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs.
1206, Amice, Countess of Clare, made a claim associated with
the advowson of St. Gregory, Sudbury, against the prioress of Eton, who claimed
that it had been granted by her father William, earl of Gloucester, to the
nuns.
1210, Amicia, Ctss of Gloucester, after the death of her nephew
Amaury de Montfort, Comte d’Evreux. (S) FMG.
1210, Richard, earl of Hertford, a witness to the official
account written by King John of his quarrel with William de Briouse. (S) Reign
of King John, Painter, 1949, P242.
1211, Amicia held 6 knt.’s fees in Kent of Richard.
1211, Amicia held 6 knt.’s fees in Kent of Richard.
7/28/1213, After the starvation of Richard’s step-son, William
de Brewes by King John in 1210, his wife, Richard’s daughter Maud, was restored
to Richard.
2/9/1214, King John set sail for Poitou. Richard de Clare, earl
of Hertford, was one of the disaffected vassals that did not attend the king on
his expedition. [The following July, King John sent letters to England promising
forgiveness for any baron who would cross over and join him.]
1215, The town of Buckingham, originally part of the maritagium
of Richard’s daughter Maud, was restored to Richard.
5/1215, Richard joined the confederacy of barons against King
John. [44 principal barons were specifically identified.]
6/15/1215 at Runnymead, King John forced to sign the Magna
Carta.
11/9/1215, at Bury St. Edmunds, Richard, 1 of only 25 Barons selected by the rest, to enforce the Magna Carta. [Gilbert, his son, was also selected.] (S) An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, Thompson, 1829, PP301–3.
11/9/1215, at Bury St. Edmunds, Richard, 1 of only 25 Barons selected by the rest, to enforce the Magna Carta. [Gilbert, his son, was also selected.] (S) An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, Thompson, 1829, PP301–3.
12/16/1215, Richard and his son Gilbert were excommunicated by
the Pope.
3/4/1216, Richard’s lands in counties Cambridge, Norfolk,
Suffolk and Essex were granted to Robert de Betun.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
1217, On the death of her sister Isabel, Amice became the sole
heir to her father.
10/5/1217, Richard’s fealty and lands returned.
11/1217, Richard, Earl of Hertford and Clare died; buried at
Teweksbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
By 1223, Grant by Amicia countess of Hertford to Silverster the
chaplain of one messuage in Sudbury, Suffolk. (S) Women of the English Nobility
and Gentry, Ward, 1995, P95.
1/1/1224, Amicia died.
(S) Court Household, and Itinerary of King Henry II, Eyton,
1878. (S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P192. (S) Manors of Suffolk,
Copinger, 1905, P232.
Children of Richard and Amicia: [4 sons, 3 daughters]
i. Gilbert de Clare (19989528), born 1182 in England.
ii. Richard de Clare, born ? in England.
5/4/1228, Richard murdered in London.
iii. Roger de Clare, born ? in England.
Roger married Alice de Dammartin.
iv. Henry de Clare, born ? in England.
v. Maud de Clare (121685153), born ~1175 in England.
vi. Joan de Clare, born ~1180 in England.
1219, Joan married Rhys Gryg [his 2nd.]
