Maude de Lacy Cts de Lincoln 
Maude de Lacy was born in 1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. Maude de Lacy's father was John de Lacy Earl of Lincoln and her mother was Margaret de Quincy. Her paternal grandparents were Roger 'Helle' de Lacy Lord Pontefract and Matilda de Clare; her maternal grandparents were Robert de Quincy and Hawise le Meschines Cts de Lincoln. She had a brother named Edmund de Lacy. She was the older of the two children. She died in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.General Notes
Maud de Lacy, widow of Richard, earl of Gloucester, outlived her husband by more than a quarter of a century, dying in March 1289. From 1262 until her death she held one-third of the Clare inheritance in dower, although her son Earl Gilbert the Red did successfully challenge the original composition of her dower portion, which was readjusted in 1267. Maud did not remarry, preferring to spend her long widowhood living off the revenues of her estates, contributing handsomely to ecclesiastical foundations, and helping to promote her children. Her activities on behalf of her daughters Margaret and Rohese have been noted [see note under her husband Richard], and she also attempted, with less success, to present her son Bogo to the church of Adlingfleet in Yorkshire. Her gifts to religious houses were numerous. In 1248 Earl Richard founded Clare Priory, the first house of Austin Friars in England, and after his death the countess continued his generosity with several grants of land to the priory. In addition, a scheme to found an Augustinian nunnery attracted her. In 1284 she refounded the priory of Canonsleigh in Devon. Canonsleigh was originally established for seven Augustinian canons by Walter de Clavill, a mesne tenant of the honor of Gloucester, but in 1284 Maud
provided an annual gift of L200 for the support of an abbess and 40 canonesses of that order. She had originally had the idea of doing this for
Sandleford Priory in Berkshire, but for some reason the plan fell through in 1274, and a decade later she refounded Canonsleigh instead. By 1286 the new nunnery was in existence, and the dispossessed canons were under
royal protection."
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 36-37[Custer February 1, 2002 Family Tree.FTW]
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Maud de Lacy, widow of Richard, earl of Gloucester, outlived her husband by more than a quarter of a century, dying in March 1289. From 1262 until her death she held one-third of the Clare inheritance in dower, although her son Earl Gilbert the Red did successfully challenge the original composition of her dower portion, which was readjusted in 1267. Maud did not remarry, preferring to spend her long widowhood living off the revenues of her estates, contributing handsomely to ecclesiastical foundations, and helping to promote her children. Her activities on behalf of her daughters Margaret and Rohese have been noted [see note under her husband Richard], and she also attempted, with less success, to present her son Bogo to the church of Adlingfleet in Yorkshire. Her gifts to religious houses were numerous. In 1248 Earl Richard founded Clare Priory, the first house of Austin Friars in England, and after his death the countess continued his generosity with several grants of land to the priory. In addition, a scheme to found an Augustinian nunnery attracted her. In 1284 she refounded the priory of Canonsleigh in Devon. Canonsleigh was originally established for seven Augustinian canons by Walter de Clavill, a mesne tenant of the honor of Gloucester, but in 1284 Maud
provided an annual gift of L200 for the support of an abbess and 40 canonesses of that order. She had originally had the idea of doing this for
Sandleford Priory in Berkshire, but for some reason the plan fell through in 1274, and a decade later she refounded Canonsleigh instead. By 1286 the new nunnery was in existence, and the dispossessed canons were under
royal protection."
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 36-37
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1171 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1211 in of Pontefract, Yorkshire
- b.1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.22 Jul 1240 in Stanlaw, Chester, England
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.1173 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.BET. 1153 - 1162 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218
- b.BET. 1132 - 1137 in of Burkenham, Field Dalling, Norfolk d.24 Dec 1195 in Norfolk, England
- b.BET. 1175 - 1184 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire d.1213
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England d.1 JAN 1224/25
- b.1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.10 MAR 1287/88 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Acre, Palestine or Damietta, Palestine
- b.1172 in of Winchester (Buckley), Hampshire d.~ 1219 in the Holy Land, Asia Minor
- b.1154 in Hampshire, England d.12 JAN 1234/35
- b.1208 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1258 in Clerkenwell, England or Hampstead, England
- b.1180 in Chester, Chestershire, England d.BET. 1242 - 1243
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‌Maude de Lacy and Richard de Clare were married in a religious ceremony. They had four sons and four daughters, named Sir Gilbert the Red de, Bogo, Benedict, Sir Thomas de Clare, Isabel, Margaret, Rohese (Agnes) and Eglentiria.
Family Notes
Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 62-63:
"Negotiations for the second marriage [of Richard] began even before Megotta de Burgh's death in November, 1237.
As early as 1236, before the original match was publicly revealed, King Henry had entertained notions of marrying the heir to one of his French relatives. The plan apparently fell through, perhaps when news of the first marriage came out.
In the fall of 1237, while Meggotta was still alive, John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, offered 5,000 marks, a sum roughly equivalent to the gross annual value of the Clare inheritance, to have Richard's marriage for his own daughter Maud. The earl was undoubtedly moved by many of the same considerations that had prompted the wife of Hubert de Burgh, although he had no need to resort to the drastic actions she had taken in 1232. He was the highest, and perhaps the only, bidder, but Henry still desired to marry Richard to a foreign kinsman. Through the efforts of his brother Richard of Cornwall, the stepfather of the young heir, a compromise was effected. On October 26, 1237, Henry offered the marriage to Hugh de Lusignan, count of La Marche, for one of his daughters, with the proviso that if the count did not agree to the proposal by the following January, the earl of Lincoln could have it for 3,000 marks. Hugh de Lusignan did not agree, and on January 25, 1238, Richard de Clare was married to Maud de Lacy. (P) By the time of his second marriage, Richard was almost sixteen. He was to remain a ward of the king until 1243, when he came of age and was formally granted seisin of his inheritance. His fortunes shed a grim light on the political and financial manipulations of the rights of wardship and marriage, and on the impact of those rights on national politics. His own attitudes and personal feelings never emerge during this entire period. As Powicke has remarked, "one would like to know how Richard de Clare felt about it all."
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 62-63.
Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., *Ancestral Roots
of Certain American Colonists*, 7th edition, Baltimore MD (Genealogical
Publishing Co) 1992-3, p 67:
She was married to Sir Richard (3) de CLARE 8th Earl of Clare, etc (son of
Gilbert (2) de CLARE 7th Earl of Clare, etc and Isabel MARSHAL) about 25 Jan
1237/38. Sir Richard (3) de CLARE 8th Earl of Clare, etc was born on 4 Aug
1222. He died on 15 Jul 1262. "SIR RICHARD DE CLARE, b. 4. Aug. 1222, d.
15 July 1262, 8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; m. (2) ca.
25 Jan. 1237/8, MAUD DE LACY ... Countess of Lincoln, d. bef. 10 Mar. 1288/9."
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Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 62-63:
"Negotiations for the second marriage [of Richard] began even before Megotta de Burgh's death in November, 1237.
As early as 1236, before the original match was publicly revealed, King Henry had entertained notions of marrying the heir to one of his French relatives. The plan apparently fell through, perhaps when news of the first marriage came out.
In the fall of 1237, while Meggotta was still alive, John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, offered 5,000 marks, a sum roughly equivalent to the gross annual value of the Clare inheritance, to have Richard's marriage for his own daughter Maud. The earl was undoubtedly moved by many of the same considerations that had prompted the wife of Hubert de Burgh, although he had no need to resort to the drastic actions she had taken in 1232. He was the highest, and perhaps the only, bidder, but Henry still desired to marry Richard to a foreign kinsman. Through the efforts of his brother Richard of Cornwall, the stepfather of the young heir, a compromise was effected. On October 26, 1237, Henry offered the marriage to Hugh de Lusignan, count of La Marche, for one of his daughters, with the proviso that if the count did not agree to the proposal by the following January, the earl of Lincoln could have it for 3,000 marks. Hugh de Lusignan did not agree, and on January 25, 1238, Richard de Clare was married to Maud de Lacy. (P) By the time of his second marriage, Richard was almost sixteen. He was to remain a ward of the king until 1243, when he came of age and was formally granted seisin of his inheritance. His fortunes shed a grim light on the political and financial manipulations of the rights of wardship and marriage, and on the impact of those rights on national politics. His own attitudes and personal feelings never emerge during this entire period. As Powicke has remarked, "one would like to know how Richard de Clare felt about it all."
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 62-63.
Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., *Ancestral Roots
of Certain American Colonists*, 7th edition, Baltimore MD (Genealogical
Publishing Co) 1992-3, p 67:
She was married to Sir Richard (3) de CLARE 8th Earl of Clare, etc (son of
Gilbert (2) de CLARE 7th Earl of Clare, etc and Isabel MARSHAL) about 25 Jan
1237/38. Sir Richard (3) de CLARE 8th Earl of Clare, etc was born on 4 Aug
1222. He died on 15 Jul 1262. "SIR RICHARD DE CLARE, b. 4. Aug. 1222, d.
15 July 1262, 8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; m. (2) ca.
25 Jan. 1237/8, MAUD DE LACY ... Countess of Lincoln, d. bef. 10 Mar. 1288/9."
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Children
Sir Gilbert the Red de Earl of Gloucester
Sir Gilbert the Red de was born on September 2nd, 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England. He died at the age of 56 on December 7th, 1299 in Monmouth Castle, England.
Rohese (Agnes) de Clare
Rohese (Agnes) was born in 1252 in Tonebridge, Suffolk, England. She died after 1316.
Benedict de Clare
Benedict was born in 1254 in Tonebridge, Suffolk, England. He died at the age of 41 in 1295.
Sir Thomas de Clare Lord Thomond
Sir Thomas de Clare was born in of Thomond, Connaught, Ireland. He died on August 29th, 1287 in Clare, Ireland.
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