4th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Clare Richard (The Surety) De Clare 
Richard, known as The Surety, was born in 1162 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England.1 The Surety's father was 2nd Earl of Hertford Roger (The Good) de Clare and his mother was Maud de St. Hilaire. His paternal grandparents were Lord Richard Fitzgilbert de Clare and Adeliza de Meschines; his maternal grandparents were James de St. Hilaire and Aveline. He had two sisters named Eleanor and Mable. He was the youngest of the three children. He had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named William, Cecily, de Aubigny and Agnes. He died at the age of 56 on December 30th, 1218 in Oxfordshire, England.2 General Notes
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1. Abbrev: GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged
Title: Mark Willis Ballard, GEDCOM File : mwballard.ged
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Sir Richard de Clare
He was the son of Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford and Maud de St. Hilary. More commonly known as the Earl of Clare, he had the moiety of the Giffard estates from his ancestor Rohese. He was present at the coronation of King Richard I at Westminster, 3 Sep 1189, and King John on 27 May 1199. He was also present at the homeage of King William of Scotland at Lincoln.
He married (ca. 1172) Amice Fitz William, Countess of Gloucester (ca. 1160-1220), second daughter of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and Hawise de Beaumont. He sided with the Barons against King John, even though he had previously sworn peace with the King at Northampton, and his castle of Tonbridge was taken. He played a leading part in the negotiations for Magna Carta, being one of the twenty five Barons appointed as guardians. On 9 Nov 1215, he was one of the commissioners on the part of the Barons to negotiate the peace with the King. In 1215, his lands in counties Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex were granted to Robert de Betun. He and his son were among the Barons excommunicated by the Pope in 1215. He and wife Amice appear to have been separated prior to 1200.
(Wikipedia)
Sir Richard de Clare, Surety for the Observance of the Magna Charta, 4th Earl of Hertford. In 7th of Richard I, 1196, he gave 1,000 marks to the King for livery of the lands of his mother's inheritance, with his proportion of those some time belonging to Walter de Gifford
de Bolbec, Earl of Buckingham. His name occurs in the covenant made between King John and the barons, and he did not die until "the 3rd of the Calends of Dec. in the year after Christ 1218." He married Amicia (sister of King John's first wife) and 2nd daughter and coheiress of William, Count of Meullant, 2nd Earl of Gloucester o. s. p. m. 1183, and his wife Mabel, daughter of Robert de Bellomont; son of Robert the Consul, Earl of Gloucester; son of Henry I, King of England, by Elizabeth de Bellomont; daughter of Robert de Bellomont and Isabel; daughter of Hugh Magnus 12th, the Crusader; son of Henry I, King of France. They had Gilbert, his successor, Joan and Maud.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 538)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0989 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d.1040 in Eschafour, Normandy, France
- b.1024 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.1090 in St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1010 in Aunou, Orne, Normandy, France
- b.1065 in Clare, England d.1117 in England
- b.1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1085 in France
- b.1034 in Longueville, France d.1133
- b.1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France d. in France
- b.1085 in Hertford, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenney, Monmouth, Wales
- b.1005
- b.1030 in Clermont, Beauvais, France d.1101
- b.1010 in Clermont, France
- b.1065 in Northamptonshire, England d.1117
- b.1010 in Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France d.1063 in Ramerupt, Aube, champagne, France
- b.1045 d.1100
- b.1014 in Roucy, Aisne, Picardy, France d.1062
- b.1116 d.1173
- b.1017
- b.1050 d.Jan 1089
- b.1021
- b.1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.Jan 1128 in Chester, England
- b.1025 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.1066 in Orcop, Erging, Hertford, England
- b.1053 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.1084 in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England
- b.1029 in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France
- b.1098 in Hertford, England d.1142
- b.1010 in Roumare, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France d.1052 in Cristot, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.1036 in Yorkshire, England d.1114 in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England
- b.1015 in Taillevois, Orne, Normandy, France
- b.1074 in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England d.1136
- b.1002 in Mercia, England d.1062 in Coventry
- b.1040 in Mercia, England d. in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
- b.0995 in Wessex, England
- b.1162 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218 in Oxfordshire, England
- b.1067 d.1130
- b.1110 d.1154
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- b.1135 in Burkenham, Field Dalling, Norfolk d.24 Dec 1195 in Norfolk, England
- b.1109
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Details of The Surety's family with Countess of Gloucester Amica Meullent Of Gloucester
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=madchia&id=I2304&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I15761&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I24967, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I15657, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I002009
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=arciek&id=I15761&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I24967, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I15657, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I002009
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