Roger III (Sir Knight) de Clifford 
Roger III (Sir Knight) was born in 1243 in Tenbury,Worchestershire,Eng. He died at the age of 39 on November 6th, 1282 in Menai Strait,Anglesey,Wales(drown in his armor.General Notes
via Larry Overmire
Burial: Shap Abbey, Westmoreland, England
Note:
Note:DESCENDANT OF CHARLEMAGNE AND ALFRED THE GREAT
HEREDITARY SHERIFF OF WESTMORELAND
Sir Roger's wife's father was killed at the Battle of Lewes in 1264,so Roger inherited his lands and titles, including the honour of Appleby and the Hereditary Sheriff of Westmoreland. He fought for Edward I against the Welshand drowned in his armor during the fighting in 1282.
In 1270, while his father was on Crusade, Roger substituted for him temporarily as Justice of the Forests.
Sources:
1) Jim Weber Database
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I06122
2) The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition,1999 Page: 8-5
3) Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition,by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 82-31
4) The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968 Page: 137
5) Alice Gedge Database
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=adgedge&id=I5615
6) "The Dictionary of National Biography" (OxfordUniv. Press, 1964), Vol. IV, p.526,529.
They had a son named Robert De.
Family Notes
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Children
Robert De CLIFFORD
Robert De was born on April 1st, 1274 in Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England. He died at the age of 40 on June 24th, 1314 in Bannockburn, Stirling, Central, Scotland. He was buried in Shap Abbey, Shap, Westmorland, England.