Richard De Tonbridge De Clare Fitzgilbert 
Richard De Tonbridge De Clare was born in 1035 in Beinfaite, Normandy, France and his baptism took place in Of, Brionne, Normandy, France.1 Richard De Tonbridge De Clare's father was Gilbert Crispin I Count of Brionne and his mother was Gunnora D'Anjou. His paternal grandparents were Count of Brienne Eu Godfrey and Hawise; 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. He was buried in Priory, St Neot's, Huntingdonshire, England.1 1 General Notes
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DATE 7 MAY 2000
GIVN Richard "De Tonbridge" "De Clare"
SURN FITZGILBERT
AFN V9V9-6G
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TITL Ancestral File (R)
AUTH The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PUBL Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
ABBR Ancestral File (R)
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DATE 6 OCT 2000
TIME 18:27:09
See Historical Document.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.
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.
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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- b.0860 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.~ 0893 in Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in Picardy, France
- b.~ 0872 in Evreux, Normandy, Fr d.> 0925 in Normandy - Wife of Rollo the Viking
- b.28 AUG 933 in Of, Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in ,Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0848 in Vermandois Neustria d.0902 in MURDERED
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France d.< 0940
- b.~ 0862 in Bar-le-Duc (France) d.0908 in St. Quentin - Widow of Herbert
- b.0963 d.1027
- b.~ 0900
- b.~ 0925 in Normandy, France d.> 0980
- b.~ 0905
- b.~ 0936 in Normandy, France d.21 FEB 1033/34 in France
- b.~ 0915 in Sweden d. in XX
- b.0998 in Of, Normandy, France d.1050
- b.0965
- b.1035 in Beinfaite, Normandy, France d.1090 in Essex, England
- b.0990 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1010 d.UNKNOWN
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Richard De Tonbridge De Clare and Rohese were married in a religious ceremony in 1054 in ,,,England.1 They had two sons and five daughters, named Robert, Gilbert FitzRichard, Avice, Ronais, Rohese Fitzrichard, Hawise and Miss.
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Children
Gilbert FitzRichard De Clare
Gilbert FitzRichard was born in 1065 in Clare Suffolk England.1 He died at the age of 49 in 1114 in England.1
Rohese Fitzrichard De Clare
Rohese Fitzrichard was born in 1067 in ,Tunbridge, Kent, England and her baptism took place in Also Of, Thorney Green, Suffolk, England.1 She died at the age of 54 in 1121 in ,,,England.1
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Further sources/citations:
Pedigree of Dawnay of Baldersby Park, Dawnay.ged, daveanthes.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Pedigree of Dawnay of Baldersby Park, Dawnay.ged, daveanthes.FTW
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