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Individual Record for: Richard IV DE CLARE (male)

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Richard was 6th Earl of Hertford, 8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Glouce ster.
He succeeded in 1245 to a fifth of the Marshall lands, including Kilken ny
estates in Ireland.

Richard was 6th Earl of Hertford, 8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Glouce ster.
He succeeded in 1245 to a fifth of the Marshall lands, including Kilken ny
estates in Ireland.[Mytree.GED]

Earl of Gloucester 7, Earl of Clare 8, Earl of Hertford 6

He was the most powerful English noble of his time. He held estates in mo re than 20 English counties, including the lordship of Tewkesbury, wealt hy manors in Gloucester, and the great marcher lordship of Glamorgan. He h imself acquired the Kilkenny estates in Ireland and the lordship of Usk a nd Caerleon in south Wales, making him the greatest lord in south Wale s; in Glamorgan especially he was almost an independent prince.

He refused to help King Henry III on the French expedition of 1253 but w as with him afterward at Paris. Thereafter he went on a diplomatic erra nd to Scotland and was sent to Germany to work among the princes for the e lection of his stepfather, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, as king of the Roman s. About 1258 Gloucester became a leader of the barons in their resistan ce to the king, and he was prominent during the proceedings that follow ed the Mad Parliament at Oxford in 1258. In 1259, however, he quarreled wi th Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester; the dispute, begun in England, w as renewed in France, and he was again in the confidence of the king. Th is attitude, too, was only temporary, and in 1261 Gloucester and Montfo rt were again working in concord. -- Encyclopedia Brittanica

In 1243, Richard de CLARE came of age and assumed the estates and titl es of his father until he d. 15 July 1262. His brother William, b. 1228 he ld lands of Earl Richard in Hampshire and Norfolk for the service of a kni ght's fee. In June 1258, during a baronial reform program, William was gra nted custody of Winchester castle. A month later he died, reportedly by po ison administered by the Earl Richard's seneschal (An official in a mediev al noble household in charge of domestic arrangements and the administrati on of servants; a steward or major-domo. Middle English, from Old Frenc h, of Germanic origin), Walter de Scoteny, in supposed collaboration wi th Henry III's Poitevin half-brothers, who strongly opposed the baronial p rogram and Earl Richard's participation in it. (Why didn't they poison Ric hard??)
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b. Aug. 4, 1222
d. July 15, 1262, Eschemerfield, near Canterbury, Kent, Eng.
the most powerful English noble of his time. He held estates in more th an 20 English counties, including the lordship of Tewkesbury, wealthy mano rs in Gloucester, and the great marcher lordship of Glamorgan. He himse lf acquired the Kilkenny estates in Ireland and the lordship of Usk and Ca erleon in south Wales, making him the greatest lord in south Wales; in Gla morgan especially he was almost an independent prince.

Son of Gilbert de Clare (the 6th Earl), Richard succeeded to the earldo ms in October 1230. He refused to help King Henry III on the French expedi tion of 1253 but was with him afterward at Paris. Thereafter he we nt on a diplomatic errand to Scotland and was sent to Germany to work amo ng the princes for the election of his stepfather, Richard, Earl of Cornwa ll, as king of the Romans. About 1258 Gloucester became a leader of the ba rons in their resistance to the king, and he was prominent during the proc eedings that followed the Mad Parliament at Oxford in 1258. In 1259, howev er, he quarreled with Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester; the dispute, b egun in England, was renewed in France, and he was again in the confiden ce of the king. This attitude, too, was only temporary, and in 1261 Glouce ster and Montfort were again working in concord.


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