Richard Tonebridge FitzGilbert I Earl de Clare 
Richard Tonebridge FitzGilbert I Earl was born in 1035 in Beinfaite, Normandy, France. Richard Tonebridge FitzGilbert I Earl's father was Gilbert Crispin I Count of Brionne and his mother was Gunnora D'Anjou. His paternal grandfather was Godfrey Count of Brionne & Eu; his maternal grandfather was Fulk. 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.General Notes
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.
They had two sons and a daughter, named Richard Fitz Richard de Clare Abbot of, Gilbert FitzRichard II Earl and Ronais FitzGilbert.
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Children
Richard Fitz Richard de Clare Abbot of Ely
Richard Fitz Richard de Clare Abbot of was born in 1062 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. He died at the age of 45 in 1107.
Ronais FitzGilbert De Clare
Ronais FitzGilbert was born in 1064 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England.
Gilbert FitzRichard II Earl De Clare
Gilbert FitzRichard II Earl was born in 1065 in Clare, Suffolk, England. He died at the age of 41 in 1106.
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