Gilbert (The Surety) De Clare 
Gilbert, known as The Surety, was born in 1180 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England.1 The Surety's father was 4th Earl of Hertford, 6th Earl of Clare Richard (The Surety) De Clare and his mother was Countess of Gloucester Amica Meullent Of Gloucester. His paternal grandparents were 2nd Earl of Hertford Roger (The Good) de Clare and Maud de St. Hilaire; his maternal grandparents were Earl of Gloucester William FitzRobert de Caen and Hawise de Beaumont. He had a brother and three sisters, named Richard, Aveline, Matilda and Joane. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 50 on October 25th, 1230 in Penrose, Brittany, France. He was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England.2 3 General Notes
5th Earl of Hertford
He was the son of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, from whom he inherited the Clare estates, from his mother, Amice Fitz Robert, the estates of Gloucester and the honour of St. Hilary, and from Rohese, an ancestor, the moiety of the Giffard estates. In June 1202, he was entrusted with the lands of Harfleur and Montrevillers.
In 1215 Gilbert and his father were two of the barons made Magna Carta sureties and championed Louis "le Dauphin" of France in the First Barons' War, fighting at Lincoln under the baronial banner. He was taken prisoner in 1217 by William Marshal, whose daughter Isabella he later married. In 1223 he accompanied his brother-in-law, Earl Marshal in an expedition into Wales. In 1225 he was present at the confirmation of the Great Charter by Henry III. In 1228 he led an army against the Welsh, capturing Morgan Gam, who was released the next year. He then joined in an expedition to Brittany, but died on his way back to Penrose in that duchy. His body was conveyed home by way of Plymouth and Cranbourgh to Tewkesbury. His widow Isabel later married Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall & King of the Romans.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Gilbert de Clare, Surety for the Magna Charta, eldest son, was born before 1182. He was granted some Welsh Lordships in 1210-11 by King John, and fortified the Castle of Beulth in Wales. Shortly afterwards he took up arms with the Barons against the King, in the interest of the new laws, and was elected one of the celebrated Sureties for the observance of the Magna Charta, and was excommunicated personally. Gilbert de Clare married Isabel le Mareschal, daughter of William, first Earl of Pembroke, Protector of England, and his wife Isabel de Clare. He died Oct. 25, 1230, and was buried in the chair of Tewksbury Abbey.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 160)
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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.1024 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.1090 in St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1065 in Clare, England d.1117 in England
- b.1034 in Longueville, France d.1133
- b.1085 in Hertford, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenney, Monmouth, Wales
- b.1030 in Clermont, Beauvais, France d.1101
- b.1065 in Northamptonshire, England d.1117
- b.1045 d.1100
- b.1116 d.1173
- b.1050 d.Jan 1089
- b.1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.Jan 1128 in Chester, England
- b.1053 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.1084 in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England
- b.1098 in Hertford, England d.1142
- b.1036 in Yorkshire, England d.1114 in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England
- b.1074 in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England d.1136
- b.1040 in Mercia, England d. in Spalding, Lincolnshire, 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
- b.1180 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d.25 Oct 1230 in Penrose, Brittany, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.21 Feb 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.1090 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France d.31 Oct 1147 in Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1035 in Deheubarth, Wales d.1093 in Wales
- b.1073 in Dynevor, Wales d.1163
- b.1051 in Powys, Wales
- b.23 Nov 1116 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d.23 Nov 1183 in Somersetshire, England
- b.1030 in Corbeil, Essonne, France d.1111 in Kent Co., England
- b.1059 in Corbeil, Essonne, France d.10 Mar 1107 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.1036 in Corbeil, Essonne, France
- b.1090 in Chester, Chestershire, England d.1156 in Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.1022 in Montgomery, Normandy, France d.27 Jul 1094 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
- b.1063 in Montgomery, Normandy, France d.1107
- b.1015 in Alencon, Bell, France d.02 Dec 1079 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.01 Jan 1224
- b.1022 in Pontaudemer, Normandy, France d.29 Nov 1094 in St. Pierre, Point Audemer, Normandy
- b.1046 in Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1118 in Leicestershire, England
- b.1014 d.1081
- b.1104 in Meulan, France d.10 Apr 1166 in Abbey, Preaux, Normandy, France
- b.1057 in France d.18 Oct 1101 in Tarsus, Asia Minor
- b.1081 in Vermandois, Normandy d.17 Feb 1130 in St. Nicaise, Meulan, France
- b.1062 in France d.23 Sep 1120 in Vermandois, Normandy, France
- b.1129 d.24 Apr 1197
- b.1040 in Gael, Brittany, France d.1095 in Exning, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.1078 in Montfort, Normandy, France d.1143 in Montford de Gael, Brittany, France
- b.1059 in Breteuil, France d.1095
- b.1102 in Norfolk, England d.1168 in Convent of Nuneaton, England
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Details of The Surety's family with Isobel Marshall
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