 1030 - Abt 1090 (60 years)
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| Name |
Richard fitz Gilbert DE TONEBRUGE [1] |
| Suffix |
1st Earl of Clare |
| Born |
1030 |
Brionne, Normandy, France  |
| Christened |
Bienfaite, Normandy, France |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Abt 1090 |
St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Buried |
St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Person ID |
I6786 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2013 |
| Family |
Rohese GIFFARD, de Bolebec, b. 1034, Longueville, Normandy, France , d. Aft 1113 (Age > 80 years) |
| Married |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. Walter de CLARE, Lord of Netherwent, d. 1138 |
| | 2. Adeliza De CLARE |
| | 3. Rohese de CLARE |
| | 4. Roger De CLARE, b. Abt 1058, d. 1130 (Age ~ 72 years) |
| | 5. Richard De CLARE, Abbot of Ely, b. Abt 1064, Tonbridge, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
| + | 6. Gilbert de Tonebruge 2ND EARL OF CLARE, b. Abt 1065, Clare, Risbridge, Suffolk, England , d. 1117, England (Age ~ 52 years) |
| | 7. Robert de CLARE,, Baron of Baynard, b. 1067, Tonbridge, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 8. Avoye de CLARE, b. Abt 1069, d. Abt 1138 (Age ~ 69 years) |
| | 9. Rohese fitz Richard de CLARE, b. 1090, d. 1179 (Age 89 years) |
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| Family ID |
F25678 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Because the Richard's father was not married to his mother Herleva, Richard became known as Richard FitzGilbert. The term 'Fitz' was used to show that a child was illegitimate son of the father. He was the founder of the House of Clare in England, first Lord of Clare.
Richard Fitzgilbert of Tonebruge, a lawyer and Chief Justice of England, born before 1035, was the founder of the House of Clare in England, first Lord of Clare. He was the eldest son of Gislebert, Count of Eu and Brionne, a descendant of Emperor Charlemagne. He accompanied Duke William into England, and later held one hundred and seventy-six lordships or manors. At the time of the General Survey, which was towards the close of King William's reign, he is called Ricardus de Tonebruge, from his seat at Tonebruge (now Tunbridge), in Kent, which town and castle he obtained from the archbishop of Canterbury, in lieu of the castle of Brion; at which time he enjoyed thirty-eight lordships in Surrey, thirty-five in Essex, three in Cambridgeshire, with some others in Wilts and Devon, and ninety-five in Suffolk, among those was Clare, whence he was styled Richard de Clare; and that place in a few years afterwards becoming the chief seat of the family, his descendants are said to have assumed thereupon the title of Earls of Clare (Burke, pg. 118-119). He married Rohese Giffard of Bolebec, daughter of Walter (Gautier) Giffard de Bolebec, Earl of Buckingham and Earl of Longueville, in Normandy, granddaughter of Osborne de Bolebec, a noble Norman, living in the time of Richard, Duke of Normandy, and granddaughter of his wife, Aveline, sister of Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy. According to Burke, pp. 230-231, he was granted for his gallant services at the battle of Hastings, the title of Earl of Buckingham. At the time of the General Survey, he was sent with Remigius, Bishop of Lincoln, and others, into Worcestershire, and some other counties, to value the lands belonging to the crown, as well as to private individuals in these parts. He himself possessed at that time two lordships in Berkshire; one in Wilts; one in Somersetshire; one in Huntingdon; five in Cambridgeshire; nine in Oxfordshire; nine in the co. of Bedford; three in Suffolk; twenty-eight in Norfolk; an forty-eight in Buckinghamshire; in all one hundred and seven. In 1089, he adhering to William Rufus, fortified his mansions in Normandy, for that king, and became chief general of his army there; yet in some years afterwards (1102), he sided with Robert Curthose (Courthouse), against King Henry I. The earl married Agnes Flaitell, daughter of Gerard Flaitell, and sister of William Flaitell, Bishop of Eureux. They had three children: Walter, his successor, 2nd Earl of Buckingham, who d.s.p; Rohais (Rohese), named above; and Isabel Giffard, who married Richard Granville or Grenville, progenitor of the house of Grenville, Dukes of Buckingham. According to Crispin and Macary, "Falaise Roll" pg. 22, Rohese was the daughter of Walter (Gautier) Giffard, brother of Berenger and Osberne (Osborne), who contributed 30 vessels and 100 men to the fleet for the Conquest as well as the horse on which William the Conqueror rode at the Battle of Hastings. He was awarded the earldom of Buckingham for his services. "Rohesia married Richard de Bienfaite, eldest son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne, from which union sprung the great house of Clare.")
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