Roger de , Earl of Hertford CLARE

Birth:

1116

Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England

Death:

1173

Oxfordshire, England

Burial:

Eynsham Priory, Oxfordshire, England

Marriage:

Abt 1153

Dalling, Norfolk, England

Father:

Richard FitzGilbert de , Earl of Hertford CLARE

Mother:

Adeliza Alice de MESCHINES

Sources:

The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by WalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 28-1, 153-3, 160-3
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Notes:

                   Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, is likewise said to have born thetitle of Earl of Clare. In the 3rd Henry II, this nobleman obtaining fromthe king all the lands in Wales which he could win, marched into Cardiganwith a great army and fortified divers castles thereabouts. In the 9th ofthe same reign, we find him summoned by the celebrated Thomas-à-Becket,archbishop of Canterbury, to Westminster, in order to do homage to theprelate for his castle of Tonebruge; which at the command of the king herefused, alleging that holding it by military service it belonged ratherto the crown than to the church. His lordship m. Maude (who m. after hisdecease William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel), dau. of James de St.Hillary, by whom he had a son, Richard, his successor. This earl who,from his munificence to the church and his numerous acts of piety, wascalled the Good, d. in 1173, and was s. by his son, Richard de Clare, 4thEarl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages,Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare, Earls ofHertford, Earls of Gloucester]

Maud de ST. HILARY

Birth:

Abt 1132

Burkenham, Norfolk, England

Death:

24 Dec 1193

Norfolk, England

Burial:

Priory of Great, Norfolk, England

Father:

James de ST. HILARY

Mother:

AVELINE

Sources:

The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by WalterLee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 28-1, 153-3, 160-3
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Children

Marriage

Elana de CLARE

Birth:

Abt 1155

Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England

Death:

Marr:

Richard de , Earl Hertford & Gloucester CLARE

Birth:

Abt 1158

Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England

Death:

Abt 28 Nov 1217

Amice of GLOUCESTER

Marr:

1182

Notes:

                   Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, who in the 7th Richard I gave1,000 to the king for livery of the lands of his mother's inheritancewith his proportion of those sometime belonging to Giffard, Earl ofBuckingham. His lordship m. Amicia, 2nd dau. and co-heiress (with hersisters Mabell, wife of the Earl of Evereux, in Normandy, and Isabel, thedivorced wife of King John) of William, Earl of Gloucester, by whom hehad issue, Gilbert, his successor, and Joan, m. to Rhys-Grig, Prince ofSouth Wales. This earl, who was one of the twenty-five barons appointedto enforce Magna Carta, d. in 1218, and was s. by his son, Gilbert deClare, 5th Earl of Hertford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 119, Clare, Lords of Clare,Earls of Hertford, Earls of Gloucester]

Aveline de CLARE

Birth:

1172

Hereford, Herefordshire, England

Death:

Bef 4 Jun 1225

Marr:

FCID:6415:680

Roger de , Earl of Hertford Clare - Maud de St. Hilary

Roger de , Earl of Hertford Clare was born at Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England 1116. His parents were Richard FitzGilbert de , Earl of Hertford Clare and Adeliza Alice de Meschines.

He married Maud de St. Hilary Abt 1153 at Dalling, Norfolk, England . Maud de St. Hilary was born at Burkenham, Norfolk, England Abt 1132 daughter of James de St. Hilary and Aveline .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Elana de Clare born Abt 1155.
Richard de , Earl Hertford & Gloucester Clare born Abt 1158.
Aveline de Clare born 1172.

Roger de , Earl of Hertford Clare died 1173 at Oxfordshire, England .

Maud de St. Hilary died 24 Dec 1193 at Norfolk, England .