Richard De Tonbridge De Clare Fitzgilbert 
Richard De Tonbridge De Clare was born in 1035 in BEINFAITE, NORMANDY and his baptism took place in Of, Brionne, Normandy, France. Richard De Tonbridge De Clare's father was Gilbert Crispin I Count of Brionne and his mother was Gunnora D'Anjou. He had two brothers and a sister, named Baldwin FitzGilbert, Gilbert and Elsie Hesilia. He was the oldest of the four children. He had a half-brother named Baldwin Fitz-Gilbert of. He died at the age of 55 in 1090 in ESSEX, ENGLAND. He was buried in Priory, St Neot's, Huntingdonshire, England.General Notes
DATE 7 MAY 2000
GIVN Richard "De Tonbridge" "De Clare"
SURN FITZGILBERT
AFN V9V9-6G
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See Historical Document.
See Historical Document.
Called "Ricardus de Tonebruge" in the Domesday Book because of his
holdings at Tunbridge in Kent. Was occasionally styled "Richard de Clare".
Justicar of England under William the Conqueror.
Called "Ricardus de Tonebruge" in the Domesday Book because of his
holdings at Tunbridge in Kent. Was occasionally styled "Richard de Clare".
Justicar of England under William the Conqueror.
Richard Fitz-gilbert, a lawyer, was the founder of the House of Claire in England. He accompanied William the Conqueror into England and participated in the spoils of conquest, obtaining extensive possessions in the old and new dominion of his royal leader and kinsman. William the Conqueror, being the grandson of Richard, 4th Duke of Normandy, brother of Godfrey. At the time of Domesday survey he was called Richard de Tonebruge, now Tunbridge, in Kent, which town he had obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury in lieu of the Castle of Brione. At this time he had nearly 200 lordships in various counties. One of these lordships was that of Clare, in County Suffolk, which subsequently becoming his chief seat, he became styled Richard de Clare. He married Rohese, or Rohais, daughter of Walter Giffard de Bolbec, who assisted in making the "General Survey." He is said to have fallen in a skirmish with the Welsh and was succeeded by his eldest son, Gilbert.
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Source: Tim Sandberg's GEDCOM V. Oct. 29, 2001
WARNING! THIS GENEALOGY IS, AND WILL REMAIN FOREVER, A WORK IN PROGRESS. THE AUTHOR IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST, BUT HAS TRIED TO VERIFY ALL DATA. IT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED FREE OF ERRORS!
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