Family Notes

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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 d e 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 he ir 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 Meggot ta 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 ha ve Richard's marriage for his
own daughter Maud.  The earl was undoubtedly mo ved by many of the same
considerations that had prompted the wife of Hubert d e Burgh, although he
had no need to resort to the drastic actions she had tak en in 1232.  He
was the highest, and perhaps the only, bidder, but Henry stil l 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 w as
effected.  On October 26, 1237, Henry offered the marriage to Hugh de
Lu signan, count of La Marche, for one of his daughters, with the proviso
that i f 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, an d 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 rema in a ward of the king until 1243, when he came of
age and was formally grante d 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 t he impact of those rights on
national politics. His own attitudes and persona l 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*, B altimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 62-63.
Frederick Lewis Weis and Walt er Lee Sheppard, Jr., *Ancestral Roots
of Certain American Colonists*, 7th edi tion, 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 CLA RE 7th Earl of Clare, etc and Isabel MARSHAL) about 25
Jan
1237/38.  Sir Ri chard (3) de CLARE 8th Earl of Clare, etc was born on 4
Aug
1222.  He died o n 15 Jul 1262.  "SIR RICHARD DE CLARE, b. 4. Aug. 1222, d.
15 July 1262, 8th E arl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; m. (2)
ca.
25 Jan. 1237/8, MA UD DE LACY ... Countess of Lincoln, d. bef. 10 Mar.
1288/9."