39979056. Earl Richard de Clare & 39979057. Countess Amicia of Gloucester
~1153, Richard born in Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England, s/o 79958112.
Roger de Clare & 79958113. Maud de St. Hillary.
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.
[––Richard & Amacia––]
~1177, 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.
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 (39979056, gggs/o Rohais), earl of Hertford, and William le Mareschal (94559174)
and Isabella [(94559175), gggd/o Rohais] 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. [Also see (S) The Ancestor, Vs1-12, 1905,
P193. ‘Earldom of Buckingham’.]
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, 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.
1210, Amicia, Ctss of Gloucester, after the death of her
nephew Amaury de Montfort, Comte d’Evreux. (S) FMG.
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.]
6/1/1215 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.
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.
[––Amacia––]
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. Maud de Clare (121685153), born ~1178 in England.
ii. Joan de Clare, born ~1180 in England.
1219, Joan married Rhys Gryg [his 2nd.]
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.
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