Gilbert The Red De Clare Earl Of Gloucester

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 10: His Defection Proved The Decisive Factor In The Situation.; Fact 10
• Fact 11: Showed A Continued Consistency Of Character & Purpose In The Civil Wars.; Fact 11
• Fact 12: Last Years Were Spent Under The Shadow Of Edward I & Dispirited Humiliation.; Fact 12
• Fact 2: Acceded: 1263. 3Rd Earl Of Gloucester. 7Th Earl Of Hertford. Lord Of Cearleon.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: The Most Powerful Magnate Of The Realm From The Last Yrs Of Henry III; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Thru Edward I Until DE Clare's Death.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: After Simon DE Montfort, The Most Important Figure In The Later Stages Of The; Fact 5
• Fact 6: Baronial Opposition To Henry Iii.; Fact 6
• Fact 7: Inherited The Great Clare Estates & Lordships In England, Ireland & Wales.; Fact 7
• Fact 9: Deserted Simon DE Montfort After Lewes (May 1264).; Fact 9
• Alt. Birth: 1243, England; Alt. Birth
• Fact 13: Aft 9 Apr 1264, Ordered The Jewish Pogrom At Canterbury After The London Riots.; Fact 13
• Fact 1: 14 May 1264, Knighted By Simon DE Montfort On The Eve Of The Battle Of Lewes.; Fact 1
• Fact 8: 14 May 1264, Had Center Column Command For Montfort At Lewes.; Fact 8
• Alt. Death: 1295, England; Alt. Death

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Source: A Baronial Family in Medievil England: The Clares, 1217-1314, Michael Altschul, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1965. p 94: "Gilbert de Clare, the "Red Earl" of Gloucester and Hertford, was after Simon de Montfort the single most important figure in the later stages of the baronial opposition to Henry III. From his father Earl Richard he inherited not only the great Clare estates and lordships in England, Wales, and Ireland, but also a position of leadership among the magnates of the realm; and he was destined to play an even more decisive role in the civil wars which determined the fate of the struggle between king and baronage than his father had played in the initial stages of the movement for reform." From same p 104, 107-108: "The victory at Lewes [over Henry III, 14 May 1264] marked the high point of Simon de Montfort's fortunes. Ominously, a number of Simon's supporters deserted him, including the Earl of Gloucester. (P) Gilbert's defection proved the decisive factor in the situation. The chroniclers record a long list of grievances, and the chancery records bear at least some of them out. He had become increasingly dissatisfied with Simon's regime and reproached the earl for his supposed autocratic rule. He was jealous of the position the earl's sons held in the government. He quarreled with Simon over the control of royalist castles and manors, and the exchange of prisoners. He objected to the use of foreign knights in important castles and the failure to expel all the aliens from court. His support for Simon had not been unqualified, as the letter written in the winter of 1263-64 had shown. A combination of grievances thus drove him into opposition." From same, p 108-110: "Simon [de Montfort] took [Lord] Edward and Henry [III] with him to the west, and encamped at Hereford until May 24 [1265]. Attempted negotiations proved fruitless, for Gilbert had already worked out a plan with Edward and Roger Mortimer which would seal Simon's fate. On May 28, with the assistance of Thomas de Clare, Earl Gilbert's younger brother, Edward managed an escape. He joined forces with [Roger] Mortimer at Wigmore, and the next day Gilbert joined them in Ludlow. Wykes, perhaps the best informed chronicler of this period, records an important set of cnditions that Earl Gilbert demanded as the price of his support. The earl made Edward swear a solemn oath that, if victorious, he would cause the "good old laws" of the realm to be observed' evil customs would be abolished, aliens banished from the king's council and administration; and the king would rule with the counsel of his faithful subjects. If Wykes' account of the oath is substantially correct, it clearly shows that Gilbert remained firmly attracted to the principles of the Provisions [of Oxford (1258) and Westminster (1259), granted to the barons by Henry III but not much adhered to], however vaguely envisioned and conventionally expressed, and to the xenophobia which the movement engendered. If he withdrew his support from Simon, it was not because he was willing, like his father Earl Richard in 1260, to repudiate the Provisions, but because he felt that Simon did not distinguish between the baronial ideals and his personal ambition. The cause of reform, in short, was not the exclusive prerogative of the earl of Leicester. (P) The military operations are quickly told. Under the leadership of Edward and Earl Gilbert, the royalists gathered at Gloucester, cutting off Simon's retreat across the Severn at that point. Boldly making his way into the march, Simon renewed his alliance with Llywelyn in the middle of June. He then went through Monmouth to the borough of Newport in the Clare lordship of Gwynllwg and attempted to cross over to Bristol, but this plan was foiled when Earl Gilbert destroyed the convoy sent for that purpose. Simon managed to return to Hereford, and tried to join forces with an army led by his son. Edward and Gilbert, however, surprised the younger Simon at Kenilworth in Warwick on August 1, routed his forces, and immediately doubled back to intercept Earl Simon. The earl reached the Worcester manor of Evesham on August 3, but was surrounded by the royalists. The next day battle [of Evesham] was joined. As Simon advanced on a troop led by Roger Mortimer, Earl Gilbert, who commanded the second line, suddenly attacked from the rear. The outcome was less a battle than a slaughter. The only important marcher who fought with Simon, Humphrey de Bohun the younger, was captured and imprisoned at Beeston castle in Cheshire, where he died on October 27. Two other men with marcher affiliations, Henry de Hastings and John fitz John, were also imprisoned. Otherwise the royalists showed no mercy. Simon de Montfort, his son Henry, his loyal friend Peter de Montfort the elder, the justiciar Hugh Despenser and many others were slain. King Henry himself was rescued by Roger Leyburn. The Montfortian experiment was ended. (P) The death of Simon de Montfort did not produce peace. The ferocity with which the royalists had crushed their enemies carried over into a period of widespread seizures of rebel lands and indiscriminate plundering which produced further turmoil and unrest. In addition, the territorial policy adopted by the restored royal government provoked those supporters of Earl Simon still at large into guerilla operations which turned into full-scale warfare and prevented a final pacification of the kingdom until the end of 1267. In this period the actions of Gilbert de Clare again proved decisive. His support for the disinherited rebels was a major factor in the establishment of internal order following the two years of continued civil strife which constituted the aftermath of the battle of Evesham."
From same, p 120-121: "The most striking feature of Gilbert de Clare's role in the later stages of the baronial movement is its consistency. The Red Earl's shifting allegiance was a sign not of vaillation but of independence. He was the moderating force against the extremes of both the royalist and the Montfortian sides. He was attracted to the baronial movement as a whole, but even more than his father Earl Richard, he drew the crucial distinction between its policies and the great earl whose name is inseparably associated with the movement. Earl Gilbert was not convinced that Simon de Montfort's actions were always and indisputably right, and he withdrew his support when he felt that Simon's regime was no better in its way than King Henry's had been. His adherence to the royalists, however, was no less qualified. When two years of continued resistance to the restored government of Henry III produced further social and political unrest, Earl Gilbert's rising proved the decisive factor in restoring unity and tranquillity to the realm. Unlike Earl Richard, Gilbert had not accepted Henry's repudiation of the principles which underlay the Provisions of Oxford and Westminster. His activities, while strongly colored by personal animosities and conditioned by personal interests, nevertheless reveal a continuity of purpose which did much in helping to incorporate those principles into the fabric of the common law and the conduct of monarchy. From same, p 155-156: "On December 7 [1295] he [Gilbert] died at Edmund of Lancaster's castle of Monmouth, and was buried two weeks later at Tewkesbury Abbey. Most of the chroniclers merely noted his death without further comment, although an interpolation in the chronicle of Walter of Guisborough refers, in rather conventional fashion, to the earl's military prowess and staunch defense of his rights. The Red Earl's last years were spent under the shadow of Edward I's domination, and his stormy career ended in dispirited humiliation. Perhaps the soundest judgment is that contained in the otherwise undistinguished Osnay chronicle. In referring to the earl's marriage to Joan of Acre in 1290, the chronicler calls Gilbert the greatest of the magnates of the realm in nobility and eminence, and incomparably the most powerful man in the kingdom -- next to the king. Later events proved that the chronicler's qualification was more significant than he could have realized at the time." From same, p 41-42: "Taken as a whole, the Clare family represents what might be termed one of the most successful joint enterprises in medieval English history. More than two centuries of steady territorial growth raised the family to a position of pre-eminence in the ranks of the higher nobility. The major factors in this development in the twelfth century were undoubtedly royal favor and shrewdly chosen marriages. The Clares prospered from their intimate connections with successive rulers of England, and the male members of the house were rewarded with a series of important fiefs and well-placed ladies. The power and prestige of the family reached their highest level in the thirteenth century and the fortunes of its members help illuminate almost every aspect of the social and political life of the English baronage in this period."

REF: "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: May 1263 the young Earl of Gloucester led an Army west & captured the Bishop of Hereford, the most hated of the foreign advisors to Henry III then left after the expulsion of the de Lusignans. He threw the Bishop into prison, laid siege to the royal castle at Gloucester, where de Montfort assumed command. The army then went north to Bridgenorth, where they coordinated their attack with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd; the twon & castle surrendered. de Montfort then headed south for London, where a panicked Henry took refuge in the Tower. On April 5 1264 the defeat at Northampton by Prince Edward of Simon de Montfort's forces crippled Simon's forces. Northampton defenses had been allowed to decay in the years previous to de Montfort's occupation there, plus the battle was lost due to the treachery of the Prior at St. Andrew's. After the defeat, Edward allowed his army to have their sport on the town, culminating in utter destruction, rapine, murder, etc. of its inhabitants. Some 80 barons & knights were taken prisoner & the rebel army was gutted. The defeat touched off a riot in London on Apr 9, 1264 in which hundreds, mainly Jews, were slain. Sir Hugh le Despenser, Simon's Justicialar & Thomas FitzThomas, Mayor of London, attempted to control the crowds & saved some lives by offering sanctuary in the Tower. FitzThomas then begged Simon to return to London to quell the Londoners' fear. In May 1264 Edward looted lands of Robert de Ferrers, the Earl of Derby, after he lost Tutbury Castle, Derby defected from Simon's support. King Henry meanwhile took Leicester & Nottingham. Simon & Gilbert de Clare attacked Rochester Castle (which surrendered) & besieged the town when Edward approached London so Simon went back to defend it. King Henry & Edward were practicing fierce cruelty by chopping off the nads & feet of all common soldiers captured from de Montfort's army. The Cinque Ports & Dover Castle held fast for Simon, & did not obey Henry & Edward's command for a naval force to attack London. Thwarted, Edward took Gilbert de Clare's Tonbridge Castle. Simon continued to hold London, but is surrounded by Edward & Henry. Gilbert lets his men loose on the Canterbury Jews using as a weak (& unproven) excuse that they were in league with the King. de Clare had a fairly long histroy of intense hatred for Jews. On the eve of the Battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264, after Henry had refused the entreaty of the Bishops of London & Worcester (Walter de Cabntelou) to negotiate, de Clare followed Simon de Montfort's lead & formally renounced all allegiance to King Henry. With Robert de Vere, the Earl of Oxford, de Clare had the most to lose of any of the rebel supporters. In late July, he joined forces with Montfort & Llywelyn ap Gruffydd & put down a rebellion of the Welsh Marcher Lords, including Roger de Mortimer. In October 1264 he was excommunicated by Papal edict along with other Montfort supporters & Simon himself; however, the sentecne of anathema was not practiced by the English Church. Clare had an extremely prickly sense of pride, & held a mixture of rancor toward Montfort's sons & jealosy of Montfort himself, both of his acclaim & his personal popularity with the people. Clare also could have split because of his intense anti-Jewish sentiment & Montfort's refusal to condone pogroms, etc. In November 1264, Clare had the latest of many quarrels with Montfort's son Bran de Montfort, but this one spilled bad blood for the first time over to Gilbert's brother Thomas de Clare too. Before Nov 1264, Montfort awarded his sons several lucrative appointments; when Clare complained he was brushed off by Montfort. Although after Lewes Clare received the lands of John de Warenne, William de Lusignan & Peter de Savoie, but Montfort rejected his demand for the ransom of Richard of Cornwall (despite the Mise of Lewes proclaiming no ransoms to be paid for prisoners from the battle). Montfort called a Parliament January 1265; at this Parliament Montfort had a very public clash with Clare; Clare withdrew to his estates on the Welsh Marches. Clare was harboring Marcher Lords in violation of the government expulsion edict. Clare was grieved at Montfort's unilateral appointment of his son Amaury as treasurer of York & when in late 1264 Montfort arrested the Earl of Derby & threw him into the Tower of London for wanton lawlessness, extortion & plundering of his neighbors. Many lords, while not feeling sorry for Derby, felt this set a dangerous precedent. Lord paid for political transgressions; not criminal ones. By April/May 1265, Simon & Clare had supposedly patched up a peace again, but Clare was only stalling for time in order to free Prince Edward from the custody of Henry de Montfort & Robert de Ros. Edward had again played his cousin Henry for the fool, gradually getting Henry to trust him & allow him more freedom. While Clare made a visit to King Henry to make a false oath of fealty to the King & Simon's government, he engineered Roger de Mortimer's rescue of Edward from Henry de Montfort to Wigmore castle in May 1265. Gilbert almost goes to war with Roger de Mortimer over the lands of Humphrey de Bohun, who died in captivity soon after Evesham (Aug 4 1265). Gilbert was as uneasy in his new alliance with Edward as he had been formerly with Simon; he simmered until April 1267 he siezed London. He held London for two months until he was able to negotiate an amnesty with Henry. His wife (they shared a mutual hatred for one another) tried to warn her uncle King Henry of Gilbert's intention but he did not believe her until it was too late.

(Medical):Fiery red hair, from whence his nickname.

Gilbert married Joan Of Acre Plantagenet Cts De Gloucester on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Joan (daughter of Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet King Of England and Alianore De Castille Cts De Ponthieu) was born in 1272 in Acre, Hazafon, Palestine; died on 23 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alianor De Clare was born in 1292 in England; died in 1337 in England.
2. Margaret De Clare was born about 1294; and died.
3. Elizabeth De Clare was born on 16 Sep 1295 in Caerphilly Castle, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 4 Nov 1360.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 1243. 6Th Earl Of Hertford. Usk; Kilkenny.; Fact 1
• Fact 10: Wanted Oxford Provisions To Apply To The King Only, Not To The Barons.; Fact 10
• Fact 2: 2ND Earl Of Gloucester. Lord Of Usk, Kilkenny.; Fact 2
• Fact 4: Hubert DE Burgh Earl Of Kent Was His Custodian During His Minority.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Founded (1248) Clare Priory, The First House Of Austin Friars In England.; Fact 5
• Fact 6: At First Sided With The Barons In The Antiroyalist Movement Of Summer Of 1258.; Fact 6
• Fact 7: Appears To Have Withdrawn Support Shortly After December 1258.; Fact 7
• Fact 9: This, Despite Not Liking DE Montfort.; Fact 9
• Name: Richard De Clare Earl Of Clare
• Fact 8: May 1252, Spoke For Non-Censure Of Simon DE Montfort At Latter's Gascony Trial.; Fact 8
• Fact 3: Jul 1258, Sickened After The Banquet Thrown By Defeated DE Lusignans.; Fact 3

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Source: A Baronial Family in Medievil England: The Clares, 1217-1314, Michael Altschul, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1965.

From same, p 92: "On July 15, 1262, the day after the king sailed to
France, Earl Richard de Clare died. Two weeks later he was buried at
Tewkesbury Abbey. The earl had not played a conspicuous role in the baronial
movement since the settlement of 1261; he had been in ill health for some
months before his death, and rumors circulated that he had been poisoned.
[Footnote by Altschul: "E.g., Dunstable, p. 219' *Annales Cambriae*, pp. 99-100, where "Gilbert" is wrongly given for "Richard." These chronicles have probably confused the earl's natural death with the alleged poison plot of 1258."]" [Was Richard maybe poisoned at the instigation of Simon de Montfort or some of his allies?] Henry had settled with the rebellious barons in 1261 (p 92). Richard de Clare had at first sided with the barons in the antiroyalist
movement which began in the summer of 1258 or thereabouts (p 82-87), but
appears to have withdrawn support shortly after December 1258 (p 87).

Died:
Possibly poisoned by Peter de Savoy, a friend of Simon de Montfort.

Richard married Maude De Lacy Cts De Lincoln in 1238 in England. Maude (daughter of John De Lacy Earl Of Lincoln and Margaret De Quincy) was born in 1223 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died between 10 Mar 1287 and 1288 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Heavy Contributor Toward Ecclesiastical Foundations.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Granted Several Tracts Of Land To Clare Priory Aft Husband Richard's Death.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Promoted Careers Of Her Children.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Attempted To Present Her Son Bogo To The Church Of Adlingfleet, Yorkshire.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Gifts To Religious Houses Were Numerous.; Fact 5
• Fact 6: Re-Founded (1284) The Augustinian Priory Of Canonsleigh. In Devon.; Fact 6
• Fact 7: Gave L200 Annually Beg 1284 To Support An Abbess & 40 Canonesses At Canonsleigh.; Fact 7
• Fact 8: By 1286 The New Nunnery Was In Existence.; Fact 8

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Maud de Lacy, widow of Richard, earl of Gloucester, outlived her husband by more than a quarter of a century, dying in March 1289. From 1262 until her death she held one-third of the Clare inheritance in dower, although her son Earl Gilbert the Red did successfully challenge the original composition of her dower portion, which was readjusted in 1267. Maud did not remarry, preferring to spend her long widowhood Undisclosed off the revenues of her estates, contributing handsomely to ecclesiastical foundations, and helping to promote her children. Her activities on behalf of her daughters Margaret and Rohese have been noted [see note under her husband Richard], and she also attempted, with less success, to present her son Bogo to the church of Adlingfleet in Yorkshire. Her gifts to religious houses were numerous. In 1248 Earl Richard founded Clare Priory, the first house of Austin Friars in England, and after his death the countess continued his generosity with several grants of land to the priory. In addition, a scheme to found an Augustinian nunnery attracted her. In 1284 she refounded the priory of Canonsleigh in Devon. Canonsleigh was originally established for seven Augustinian canons by Walter de Clavill, a mesne tenant of the honor of Gloucester, but in 1284 Maud
provided an annual gift of L200 for the support of an abbess and 40 canonesses of that order. She had originally had the idea of doing this for
Sandleford Priory in Berkshire, but for some reason the plan fell through in 1274, and a decade later she refounded Canonsleigh instead. By 1286 the new nunnery was in existence, and the dispossessed canons were under
royal protection."
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 36-37

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 1217. 4Th Earl Of Gloucester. 7Th Earl Of Clare.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Lord Of Clare; Tonbridge; St. Hilary.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Earl Of Half ( Gifford, Gloucester, Glamorgan, Gwynllwg).; Fact 3
• Fact 4: 5th Earl Of Hertford. Surety.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Magna Charta Surety, 1215.; Fact 5
• Name: Gilbert De Clare Earl Of Clare

Gilbert married Isabella Marshal on 9 Oct 1217 in England. Isabella (daughter of William Marshal Earl Of Pembroke and Isabel De Clare Cts De Strigoil) was born on 9 Oct 1200 in , Pembrokeshire, Wales; died between 17 Jan 1239 and 1240 in Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Interred: Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Aka Isabella Mareschal.; Fact 2
• Alt. Birth: 9 Oct 1200, Pembroke Castle, Wales; Alt. Birth

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1st Earl. Baron Of Holton. Magna Carta Surety.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Lord Of Pontefract And Blackburnshire.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Buried In Stanlow Abbey (Then Whalley).; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Constable Of Chester.; Fact 4

John married Margaret De Quincy on 21 Jun 1221 in , Lincolnshire, England. Margaret (daughter of Robert De Quincy and Hawise Le Meschines Cts De Lincoln) was born in 1208 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1258 in Clerkenwell, England Or Hampstead, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Sole Heiress Of Her Father.; Fact 1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 1173. 6Th Earl Of Clare. 4Th Earl Of Hertford.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Lord Of Clare, Tonbridge; St. Hilary.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Lord Of Half Giffard (Gloucester, Glamorgan, Gwynllwg).; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Surety.; Fact 4
• Name: Richard Fitzroger De Clare Earl Of Clare
• Alt. Birth: Between 1153 and 1162; Alt. Birth

Richard married Amicia Fitzrobert Cts De Gloucester about 1180. Amicia (daughter of William Fitzrobert Earl Of Gloucester and Hawise De Paganel De Beaumont) was born in 1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England; died between 1 Jan 1224 and 1225 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded : 1217 On Death Of Her Sister Isabella.; Fact 1
• Alt. Death: Between 1 Jan 1224 and 1225; Alt. Death

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Acceded: 1189 By His Marriage. Interred: Temple Church, London.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: The Marshal Of England. Lord Of Pembroke, Netherwent, Leinster, Orbec.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Lord Of Bienfaite, Half Giffard.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: 3rd Earl Of Pembroke & Strigoil.; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Known As "The Protector". Great Statesman & Strategist.; Fact 5
• Fact 7: Named In The Magna Charta, 1215.; Fact 7
• Fact 8: Protector Of The Realm, Regent Of The Kingdom 1216-1219.; Fact 8
• Fact 9: "A MAN Of Superior Ability & Exemplary Character."; Fact 9
• Name: William Marshal Of England
• Alt. Birth: 1146, Wales; Alt. Birth
• Fact 6: 1214, Government During John's Abortive Normandy Campaign.; Entrusted W

William married Isabel De Clare Cts De Strigoil in Aug 1189 in London, England. Isabel (daughter of Richard Fitzgilbert De Clare Earl Of Pembroke and Aoife (Eva) Macdermot Cts De Ireland) was born between 1171 and 1173 in Of Pembroke, Wales; died in 1220 in Pembroke, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Countess Of Pembroke. Interred: Tintern Abbey.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Ancestor Of Every English Monarch From Henry V (Succ. 1413) To The Present Day.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: "Strigoil" Is Not Her Title, It's The Name Of One Of Their Properties.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: A More Correct Title Would Be "Countess Of Pembroke".; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Sole Heir Of Her Father.; Fact 5

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See the second edition of Cokayne's *Complete Peerage*, vol. X, p. 349, note (b).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Inherited Lacy Title & Lands In 1193.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Constable Of Chester. Castellan Of Chateau Galliard In Western Normandy.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Buried In Stanslaw Abbey, Cheshire.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Baron Halton. Justiciar Of England.; Fact 4
• Fact 6: Chateau Galliard Was Key In Determining Whether Normandy Was English Or French.; Fact 6
• Name: Roger 'Helle' De Lacy Baron Halton
• Fact 5: Between 1203 and 1204, Besieged At Chateau Galliard By Phillip Ii; Frecnh Successfully Took The Castle.; Fact 5
• Fact 7: Between 1203 and 1204, He Gave An Heroic Account Of Himself During Siege.; Fact 7

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--- W E Wightman, *The Lacy Family in England and Normandy, 1066-1194*,
genealogical chart following p 260.

From same, p 85-86: Rogers' great grandmother Alberda de Lacy's nephew Robert de Lacy (who m. Isabel Plantagenet) seems to have been allowed to inherit the honour as soon as his father's death became known. He left no heirs, and, as there were no other surviving heirs of either Henry or Ilbert II, the succession devolved on the great-grandson of Henry's sister Alberda: Roger 'Helle', constable of Chester, who took the name Lacy when he was allowed to inherit the lands. He had to pay a relief of three thousand
marks, three times the amount that Robert had paid sixteen years before.
Thus the honours of Halton and Widnes became joined to those of Pontefract
and Clitheroe built up by the first Lacy line, the whole forming the basis
of the power of the earls of Lincoln in the next century."

Roger married Matilda De Clare in 1192. Matilda (daughter of Richard Fitzroger De Earl Of Hereford and Amicia Fitzrobert Cts De Gloucester) was born between 1175 and 1184 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire; died in 1213. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Countess Of Gloucester.; Fact 1
• Alt. Birth: Between 1175 and 1184; Alt. Birth

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Rebelled Against His Father & Was Consequently Deprived Of His Holdings.; Fact 1

Robert married Hawise Le Meschines Cts De Lincoln in 1207. Hawise (daughter of Hugh De Keveliock Earl Of Chester and Bertrade De Montfort De Evereux) was born in 1180 in Chester, Chestershire, England; died after 6 Jun 1241 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]