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The '''de Clare''' family of Norman lords were associated with the [[Welsh Marches]], [[Suffolk]], [[Tonbridge]] and [[Ireland]]. They were descended from [[Richard Fitz Gilbert]] who accompanied [[William the Conqueror]] into [[England]] in [[1066]]. |
The '''de Clare''' family of Norman lords were associated with the [[Welsh Marches]], [[Suffolk]], [[Tonbridge]] and [[Ireland]]. They were descended from [[Richard Fitz Gilbert]] who accompanied [[William the Conqueror]] into [[England]] in [[1066]]. |
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Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge) is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey. |
Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge) is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey. Richard took the name Clare from the head of his honour in [[Suffolk]], where [[Clare Castle]] still exists. |
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According to the medieval chronicler Gerald of Wales, the first of this great family, Richard de Clare, was the eldest son of [[Gilbert, Count of Brionne|Gilbert]], surnamed Crispin, Count of Brion, in Normandy. This Richard Fitz-Gilbert came into England with William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions |
According to the medieval chronicler Gerald of Wales, the first of this great family, Richard de Clare, was the eldest son of [[Gilbert, Count of Brionne|Gilbert]], surnamed Crispin, Count of Brion, in Normandy. This Richard Fitz-Gilbert came into England with William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions. |
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On the death of the Conqueror, favouring the cause of Robert Curthose, his son [[Gilbert Fitz Richard]] rebelled against William Rufus, but when that king appeared in arms before his castle at Tonbridge, he was wounded, and he submitted. Shortly after the death of king Henry I., he was assassinated, on his journey through Wales, in the manner already related. |
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Richard took the name Clare from the head of his honour in [[Suffolk]], where [[Clare Castle]] still exists. |
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The family name also has echoes in Ireland – the modern Irish county of [[County Clare]] (which was historically part of the North [[Munster]] Gaelic kingdom of [[Thomond]], dominated by the [[O'Brien]]s, Kings of Thomond) was granted to the de Clare family in [[1275]]. When the boundaries of the modern County Clare were fixed by [[Sir Henry Sidney]] in [[1565]], it was named after the family. |
The family name also has echoes in Ireland – the modern Irish county of [[County Clare]] (which was historically part of the North [[Munster]] Gaelic kingdom of [[Thomond]], dominated by the [[O'Brien]]s, Kings of Thomond) was granted to the de Clare family in [[1275]]. When the boundaries of the modern County Clare were fixed by [[Sir Henry Sidney]] in [[1565]], it was named after the family. |
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Revision as of 02:06, 29 November 2009
The de Clare family of Norman lords were associated with the Welsh Marches, Suffolk, Tonbridge and Ireland. They were descended from Richard Fitz Gilbert who accompanied William the Conqueror into England in 1066.
Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge) is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey. Richard took the name Clare from the head of his honour in Suffolk, where Clare Castle still exists.
According to the medieval chronicler Gerald of Wales, the first of this great family, Richard de Clare, was the eldest son of Gilbert, surnamed Crispin, Count of Brion, in Normandy. This Richard Fitz-Gilbert came into England with William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions.
On the death of the Conqueror, favouring the cause of Robert Curthose, his son Gilbert Fitz Richard rebelled against William Rufus, but when that king appeared in arms before his castle at Tonbridge, he was wounded, and he submitted. Shortly after the death of king Henry I., he was assassinated, on his journey through Wales, in the manner already related.
The family name also has echoes in Ireland – the modern Irish county of County Clare (which was historically part of the North Munster Gaelic kingdom of Thomond, dominated by the O'Briens, Kings of Thomond) was granted to the de Clare family in 1275. When the boundaries of the modern County Clare were fixed by Sir Henry Sidney in 1565, it was named after the family.
Clare College, Cambridge was founded by a member of the family.
References
- Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey (c. 1086) (ed. A. Rumble, Suffolk, 2 vols (Chichester, 1986), 67 ~ 1)
- The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambensis 48 and 86C The Itinerary Through Wales.