Richard Fitz gilbert CLARE, LORD OF BIENFAITELORD OF CLARESIR

Birth:
Abt 1024
Beinfaite, Normandy, France
Chr:
of Bienfaite, Normandy, France
Death:
1090
St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
Burial:
Abt 1090
Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
Marriage:
England
Notes:
                   Note: Richard FitzGilbert, having accompanied the Conqueror into England, participated in the spoils of conquest and obtained extensive possessions in the new and old dominions of his royal leader and kinsman. In 10873 we find him joined under the designation of Ricardus de Benefacta, with William de Warren, in the great office of Justiciary of England, with whom, in three years afterwards, he was in arms against the rebellious lords Robert de Britolio, Earl of Hereford, and Ralph Waher, or Guarder, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, and behaved with great gallantry. But afterwards, at the time of the General Survey, which was towards the close of William's reign, he is called Ricardus de Tonebruge, from his seat at Tonebruge (now Tunbridge) in Kent, which town and castle he obtained from the archbishop of Canterbury in lieu of the castle of Brion, at which time he enjoyed thirty-eight lordships in Surrey, thirty-five in Essex, three in Cambridgeshire, with some others in Wilts and Devon, and ninety-five in Suffolk, amongst those was Clare, whence he was occasionally styled Richard de Clare, and that place in a few years afterwards becoming the chief seat of the family, his descendants are said to have assumed thereupon the title of Earls of Clare. This great feudal lord m. Rohese, dau. of Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, and had issue, Gilbert, his successor, Roger, Walter, Richard, Robert, a dau. m. to Ralph de Telgers, and a dau. mo. to Eudo Dapifer. Richard de Tonebruge, or de Clare, whose is said to have fallen in a skirmish with the Welsh, was s. by his eldest son, Gilbert de Tonebruge. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 118, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
Aka,  FITZ GILBERT.
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Rohese GIFFARD, LADY
Birth:
1034
Longueville, Normandy, France
Death:
Aft 1133
England
Burial:
Aft 1133
Notes:
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Note: Rohais m. Richard FitzGilbert, feudal lord of Clare, so Suffolk, and had, besides other children, Gilbert, who m. Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Claremont. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard, Earls of Buckingham]
Children
Marriage
1
Avice de CLARE
Birth:
1054
Abt. Clare, Suffolk
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
CLARE
Birth:
Abt 1056
of Normandy, France
Death:
Notes:
                   Aka, FITZ GILBERT.
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3
Roger CLARE
Birth:
1058
Tunbridge, Kent, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
Walter CLARE
Birth:
1060
Tunbridge, Kent, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
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5
Richard CLARE
Birth:
1062
Tunbridge, Kent, England
Death:
1107
England
 
Marr:
 
6
Robert Fitz Richard CLARE
Birth:
1064
of Tunbridge, Kent, England
Death:
1136
England
Matilda (Maud) ST LIZ 
Marr:
Abt 1112
England ? 
Notes:
                   Aka, FITZ RICHARD.
7
Gilbert FitzRichard CLARE, EARL OF CLARE&ADELIZA & EARL OF HERTFORDSIR
Birth:
Abt 1065
Tonbridge, Kent, England
Death:
1117
England
Notes:
                   	2  GIVN Gilbert De Tousburg Earl Of
	2  SURN CLARE


Aka,FITZ RICHARD.
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Occupation: Lord of Clare; Tonbridge; CardiganNote:
Gilbert de Tonebruge, who resided at Tonebruge and inherited all his father's lands in England, joined in the rebellion of Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, but observing the king (William Rufus) upon the point of falling into an ambuscade, he relented, sought pardon, and saved his royal master. We find him subsequently, however, again in rebellion in the same reign and fortifying and losing his castle at Tunbridge. He m. in 1113, Adeliza, dau. of the Earl of Cleremont, and had issue, Richard, his successor, Gilbert, Walter, Hervey, and Baldwin. Gilbert de Tonebruge, who was a munificent benefactor to the church, was s. by his eldest son, Richard de Clare. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]
Gilbert m. Adeliza, dau, of the Earl of Claremont, and was father of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and Gilbert de Clare, created Earl of Pembroke. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 230, Giffard, Earls of Buckingham]
Earl of Clare & Adeliza.
Founder of the Priory of Clare, 1090.
8
Rohese CLARE
Birth:
1067
Tunbridge, Kent, England
Death:
1121
England
Eudos LEDAPIFER 
Marr:
Abt 1088
England ? 
Notes:
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9
Adeliza CLARE
Birth:
1069
Tunbridge, Kent, England
Death:
Abt 1138
England
Walter TIREL 
Marr:
England ? 
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Richard Fitz gilbert Clare, Lord of BienfaiteLord of ClareSir - Rohese Giffard, Lady

Richard Fitz gilbert Clare, Lord of BienfaiteLord of ClareSir was born at Beinfaite, Normandy, France Abt 1024. His parents were Gilbert Crispin Brionne, Count of Brionne Sir and Gunnora Anjou, Lady.

He married Rohese Giffard, Lady at England . Rohese Giffard, Lady was born at Longueville, Normandy, France 1034 daughter of Walter Longueville Sr Giffard, Lord Sir and Agnes Ermentrude Fleitel, lady .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Avice de Clare born 1054.
Clare born Abt 1056.
Roger Clare born 1058.
Walter Clare born 1060.
Richard Clare born 1062.
Robert Fitz Richard Clare born 1064.
Gilbert FitzRichard Clare, Earl of Clare&Adeliza & Earl of HertfordSir born Abt 1065.
Rohese Clare born 1067.
Adeliza Clare born 1069.

Richard Fitz gilbert Clare, Lord of BienfaiteLord of ClareSir died 1090 at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England .

Rohese Giffard, Lady died Aft 1133 at England .