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1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“RICHARD FITZ GILBERT (also known as RICHARD DE CLARE), of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, and Cardigan, son and heir. He married ALICE (or ALICIA) OF CHESTER, daughter of Ranulph le Meschin, Earl of Chester, by his wife, Lucy. They had three sons, Gilbert [Earl of Hertford], Roger [Earl of Hertford (or Clare)], and Richard, and two daughters, Alice and Rohese. In 1124 he removed the Priory of Clare, Suffolk from its original site to Stoke by Clare, a few miles away, and rebuilt the church and monastic buildings for the monks. In 1130 he had pardons from exactions in four counties; the king also assisted him in the matter of a large debt to the Jewish moneylenders of London. He rebuilt the clas church of Llanbadarn Fawr, which his father had given to Gloucester Abbey, as a priory of the house. He founded a priory at Tonbridge, Kent. He was also active as a patron of Cardigan Priory. RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, lord of Clare, was surprised and slain by the Welsh, near Abergavenny 15 April 1136, and was buried at the Chapter House at Gloucester. Sometime before 1143 his widow, Alice, was rescued from the Welsh by Miles of Gloucester. About 1148 she gave the mill of Taddewell to the monks of St. Peter, Gloucester for the soul of her late husband, Richard Fitz Gilbert; this gift was confirmed by King Henry II in 1153-4.
Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 225-226 (Clare ped.). Coll. Top. et Gen. 1 (1834): 388. Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Hart Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucestria 1 (1863): 104 (undated record that Alice, sister of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, gave the mill of Taddewell for the soul of Richard Fitz Gilbert her husband in the time of Abbot Hamelin [i.e., c. 1148]). Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 26 (1870): 149-160. Arch. Jour. 2nd Ser. 6 (1899): 221-231. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1 (1905): 45-46 ("Gilbert Lord of Tonbridge died about 1091 and the manor passed with most of the estates to Richard who was taken prisoner by Robert de Beleswe at the siege of Couci in 1091 and is erroneously stated to have died from the effects of his incarceration which was the result. He was the first of the family who bore the title of Earl of Hertford. He acquired vast possessions in Wales as the result of a long continued warfare which he waged somewhat on his own account there. He was in 1136 killed in a combat with the Welsh chieftains Joworth and his brother Morgan-ap-Owen in a woody tract called 'the ill-way of Coed Grano,' near the Abbey of Llanthony."). C.P. 3 (1913):243 (sub Clare), 6:498-499, 10 (1945): 441 (author identifies Alice de Tonbridge, wife of William de Percy, on chronological grounds as more likely to be the daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert; instead of the suggestion made by Round [see preceding generation] that her father was Richard's father Gilbert, who, moreover, had a da. Alice who m. Aubrey de Vere). Marx ed. Gesta Normannorum Ducum (1914): 325-326 (Guillaume de Jumièges: "Ricardus autem duxit sororem comitis Rannulfi junioris, comitis Cestriae, et habuit ex ea tres filios: Gislebertum, qui ei successit et fratres ejus."), 331 (Guillaume de Jumièges: "Hujus autem Rannulfi sororem duxit Ricardus, filius Gisleberti; ex qua suscepit tres filios."). Delisle Recueil des Actes de Henri Ill (1916): 67-68 (confirmation charter of King Henry II dated 1153 4). Paget (1957) 130:4-5 (Founder of Stoke-Clare Priory; slain near Brecknock, being ambushed and surprised by Jorwerth, brother of Morgan of Caerleon). Harper-Bill Stoke by Clare Cartulary 1 (Suffolk Charters 4) (1982): 30-31 (confirmation charter of Richard Fitz Gilbert, lord of Clare dated 1124-36). Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 399. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 316 (Clare ped).
Children of Richard Fitz Gilbert, by Alice of Chester:
i. GILBERT DE CLARE, Lord of Clare, etc., son and heir, born before 1115; hostage for his uncle Ranulph, Earl of Chester; succeeded his father in the great family estates (which, besides the honour of Clare, included Tonbridge Castle), 15 April 1136. He married LUCY ___. They had no issue. He was created Earl of Hertford probably by King Stephen in (?1138). He and his uncle, Baldwin Fitz Gilbert, witnessed a charter for King Stephen in 1142. He witnessed a charter of his uncle, Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke, c.1147-8. GILBERT DE CLARE, 1st Earl of Hertford, died between 1151 and 1153, and was buried at Clare Priory. His widow, Lucy, married (2nd) between 1151/1155 (as his 2nd wife) BALDWIN DE REDVERS, in Earl of Devon (died 4 June 1155). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 225-226 (Clare ped). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped.). Jour. of the British Arch. Assoc. 26 (1870): 149-160. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1(1905): 45-46. C.P. 3 (1913): 244 (sub Clare); 4 (1916): 311-312 (sub Devon); 6 (1926): 498-499 (sub Hertford) ("The Earl of Hertford's wife is unknown: he is generally supposed not to have married"). Leys Sandford Cartulary 1 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 19) (1938): 35; 2 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 22) (1941): 229 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke dated c.1147-8; charter witnessed by [his nephew] Earl Gilbert de Clare). Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. 2 (1981): 25 (seal of Gilbert, Earl of Clare dated 1139-49 - On horseback, riding to the right. He wears chain mail and conical helmet with nasal, and holds a drawn sword and a shield charged with chevrons of which half only are visible.). Harper-Bill Stoke by Clare Cartulary 1 (Suffolk Charters. 4) (1982): 49-50. Beaman Charters of the Redvers Family & the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 37) (1994): 5-11, 44, 80-82, 84-85.
ii. ROGER DE CLARE (otherwise ROGER FITZ RICHARD), 2nd Earl of Hertford [see next].
iii. ALICE DE CLARE, married before 1151 CADWALADR AP GRUFFUDD AP CYNAN, Prince of North Wales, of Cynfael, Meirion, younger son of Gruffudd ap Cynan, by Angharad, daughter of Owain ab Edwin. They had four sons, Cunedda (or Conan), Randwlff, Gruffudd, and Richard. During his father's lifetime he accompanied his elder brother, Owain, on many predatory excursions against rival princes. In 1121 they ravaged Meirionydd, and apparently conquered it. In 1135 and 1136 they led three successful expeditions to Ceredigion, and managed to get possession of at least the northern portion of that district. In 1137 Owain succeeded, on Gruffudd ap Cynan's death, to the sovereignty of Gwynedd or North Wales. Cadwaladr appears to have found his portion in his former conquests of Meirionydd and northern Ceredigion. The intruder from Gwynedd soon became involved in feuds both with his south Welsh neighbours and with his family. In 1143 his men slew Anarawd, son of Gruffudd of South Wales, to whom Owain Gwynedd had promised his daughter in marriage. Repudiated by his brother, who sent his son Howel to ravage his share of Ceredigion and to attack his castle of Aberystwith, Cadwaladr fled to Ireland, whence he returned next year with a fleet of Irish Danes, to wreak vengeance on Owain. The fleet had already landed at the mouth of the Menai Straits when the intervention of the `goodmen' of Gwynedd reconciled the brothers. Disgusted at what they probably regarded as treachery, the Irish pirates seized and blinded Cadwaladr, and only released him on the payment of a heavy ransom of 2,000 bondmen (some of the chroniclers say cattle). Their attempt to plunder the country was successfully resisted by Owain. In 1146, however, fresh hostilities broke out between Cadwaladr and his brother's sons Howel and Cynan. They invaded Meirionydd and captured his castle of Cynvael, despite the valiant resistance of his steward, Morvran, abbot of Whitland. This disaster lost Cadwaladr Meirionydd, and so hard was he pressed that, despite his building a castle at Llanrhystyd in Ceredigion (1148), he was compelled to surrender his possessions in that district to his son, apparently in hope of a compromise; but Howel next year captured his cousin and conquered his territory, while the brothers of the murdered Anarawd profited by the dissensions of the princes of Gwynedd to conquer Ceredigion as far north as the Aeron, and soon extended their conquests into Howel's recent acquisitions. Meanwhile Cadwaladr was expelled by Owain from his last refuge in Mona. Cadwaladr now seems to have taken refuge with the English, with whom, if we may believe a late authority, his marriage with a lady of the house of Clare had already connected him (Powel, History of Cambria, p. 232, ed. 1584). The death of Stephen put an end to the long period of Welsh freedom under which Cadwaladr had grown up. In 1156 he was temporarily granted an estate at Ness, Shropshire worth £7 a year. In 1157 Henry II's first expedition to Wales, though by no means a brilliant success, was able to effect Cadwaladr's restoration to his old dominions. Despite his blindness, Cadwaladr had not lost his energy. In 1158 he joined the marcher lords and his nephews in an expedition against Rhys ap Gruffudd of South Wales. In 1165 Cadwaladr took part in the general resistance to Henry II's third expedition to Wales. In 1169 the death of Owain Gwynedd probably weakened his position. In March 1172 Cadwaladr himself died, and was buried in the same tomb as Owain, before the high altar of Bangor Cathedral (Gir. Cambr. It. Camb. in Op. (Rolls ed.), iii. 133). In 1156 he was temporarily granted an estate at Ness, Shropshire worth £7 a year. He died in 1172, and was buried before the high altar of Bangor Cathedral. Wynn Hist. of the Gnydir Fam. (1827): 20. Price Hanes Cymru (1942): 549 (charter of Cadwalader brother of Owain to Haughmond Abbey). Dwnn Heraldic Vis. of Wales 2 (1846): 17 ("Kynneda a Rickart a Randiolff, meibion oeddynt hwy y Gydwaladr ab Grh ab Kynan o Adles vh larll Kaer y mam hwyntey."). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 1 (1847): 200-201 (Clare ped). Burke Gen. & heraldic Dictionary of the landed Gentry of Great Britain 1 (1852): 743. Arch. Cambrensis 3rd Ser. 6 (1860): 332 (charter of Cadwaladr brother of Owain; charter witnessed by Aliz de Clare his wife); 4th Ser. 6 (1875): 117. Eyton Antiqs. of Shropshire 10 (1860): 256-257 ("In 1151, says the Welsh Chronicle, `Cadwalader, the brother of Prince Owen, escaped out of his Nephew Howes prison and subdued part of the Ile of Mein, or Anglesey, to himselfe; but his brother Owen sent an armie against him, and chased him thence, who fled to England for succour to his wife's friends, for she was the daughter of Gilbert Earl of Clare.' Between 1151 and 1152 Ranulf, Earl of Chester ... confirmed the Monks of Shrewsbury in the possession of all their lands between the Ribble and the Mersey. 'The Earl's Charter is dated at Chester, and attested as follows. - Testibus, Comite de Clara, et Cadwaladro ... The Earl of Clare here alluded to, was Gilbert. He was Nephew of Earl Ranulph himself, and, in the year 1146, had been given up to Stephen as a hostage for his Uncle's good faith and allegiance. His flight from Stephen's Court is recorded by the Chroniclers. It is evident that he took refuge with his Uncle. He died, in 1151 without issue, and was succeeded by his brother Roger. This fact, as well as a comparison of dates and ages, will show that Cadwalader's wife, Alice, was a Sister of Earl Gilbert and a daughter of Earl Richard de Clare, and, finally, a niece of Ranulph, Earl of Chester. For a time he [Cadwallader] remained in alliance with the English, as when, in 1159, he assisted the Earls of Clare and of Bristol to relieve Carmarthen, then besieged by Prince Rese of South Wales. He was also a munificent Benefactor to Haughmond Abbey. In 1165 he is found leagued with Owen Gwyneth against the English, and probably retained that adverse position till his death in 1172."). Nicholas Annals & Antiqs. of the Counties & County Fams. of Wales 1 (1872): 43; foll. 442. Lloyd Hist. of the Princes, the Lords Marcher & the Ancient Nobility of of Powys Fadog 1(1881): 96, 107, 151; 4 (1884): 323, 341; 5 (1885): 367. D.N .B. 3 (1908): 642-643 (biog. of Cadwaladr). Lloyd Hist. of Wales 2 (1911): 76, 93-101, 315, 317. Fryde Handbook of British Chron. (1996): 50. Maund Gruffierld ap Cynan (1996). Jour. Medieval Military Hist. 2 (2004): 58. Pryce Acts of Welsh rulers, 1120-1283 (2005): 330-331. Hosier Henry II (2007): 54.
Child of Alice de Clare, by Cadwaladr:
a. CONAN AP CADWALADR. Ward Women of the English Nobility & Gentry 1066-1500 (1995): 42; 93-94 (charter of Maud, wife of Roger earl of Clare dated 1152-73; charter witnessed by Richard brother of the earl and Conan nephew of the earl).
iv. ROHESE DE CLARE, married (1st) GILBERT DE GANT, Earl of Lincoln [see GANT 2.i], (2nd) ROBERT FITZ ROBERT, of Ilkley, Yorkshire [see GANT 2.i]. “
2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“WALTER DE GANT (or GAUNT), of Folkingham and Aisthorpe, Lincolnshire, Stanton (in Fen Stanton), Huntingdonshire, Rufford and Eakring, Nottinghamshire, Burley, Rutland, etc., son and heir, of age before 1113 or 1114. He married before 1120 MAUD OF BRITTANY, daughter of Stephen (or Etienne), Count of Brittany, lord of Richmond, by his wife, Hawise [see RICHMOND 4 for her ancestry]. Her maritagm include the manor of Swaledale, Yorkshire. They had six sons, Gilbert [Earl of Lincoln], Robert, Philip, Baldwin [Canon of Bridlington], Geoffrey, and possibly Walter [Canon of Oseney, Abbot of Waltham], and three daughters, Alice, Agnes, and (wife of William Fitz Walter). He founded Bridlington Priory, Yorkshire in 1113 or 1114. He confirmed his father's gift to Bardney Abbey, Lincolnshire in 1115. He was a member of the council of King Henry I in 1121 or 1122 and Sept. 1131. He was present at the Easter court of King Stephen in 1136. He was a commander at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. WALTER DE GANT died as a monk at Bardney Abbey, Yorkshire in 1139.
Anderson Genealogical Hist. of the House of Yvery 2 (1742): 50-58. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 440 (Gaunt ped). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 1 (1817): 628-629 (undated charter of Walter de Gant son and heir of Gilbert de Gant), 629-630 (undated charter of Walter de Gaunt; charter is witnessed by his "nephew" [or "kinsman"' [nepote] William, Constable of Chester), 630 (charter of Walter de Gaunt dated 1125; charter names his father, Gilbert de Gaunt; charter witnessed by Robert de Gaunt), 630-632; 6(1) (1830): 287 (charter of Maud, wife of Walter de Gaunt, names her father, Count Stephen of Brittany [consulis Stephani Brittaniae]). Ingledew Hist. & Antiqs. of North Allerton (1858): 28-29. Holmes Chartulary of St. John of Pontefract 2 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 30) (1902): 480 (chart). Warner & Ellis Facsimiles of Royal & Other Charters in the British Museum 1 (1903): #48. Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 83-85 (sub Gaunt). VCH Yorkshire N.R. 1 (1914): 240. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 427-428 (charter of Walter de Gant dated c.1125-30), 429 (testamentary grant of Walter de Gant dated 1130-39; grant witnessed by his wife, Maud), 432-436, 449 (writ of Walter de Gant dated 1119-30), 495-496 (notification by Walter de Gant dated c.1130-1139; charter witnessed by his brother, Robert), 496 (confirmation charter of Walter de Gant dated c.1130-1139). VCH Buckingham 3 (1925): 350-361. Foster Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln 1 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 27) (1931): 1115; 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 28) (1933): 9-10. CP. 7 (1929): 672-673 (sub Lincoln); 10 (1945): 780 (chart), 786-787 (sub Richmond). VCH Rutland 2 (1935): 112-119. Paget (1957) 242:1. Clay York Minster Fasti 2 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 124) (1959): 35. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 46. Fasti Parochiales 3 (Pubs. Yorkshire Arch. Soc. 129) (1967): 6, 8, 45-46, 91. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 75. Franklin English Episcopal Acta 17: Coventry & Lichfield 1183-1208 (1998): 140-141. Katharine Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 472. Yorkshire Arch. Journal 75 (2003): 63-76.
Children of Walter de Gant, by Maud of Brittany:
i. GILBERT DE GANT, of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, Stanton (in Fen Stanton), Huntingdonshire, Burley, Rutland, etc., son and heir, born at Bridlington about 1120. In the period, 1139-1149, he confirmed his father's gift of land to Hausgot de Eakring. He fought on the side of King Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln in Feb. 1140/1, where he was taken prisoner by Ranulph, Earl of Chester. He married ROHESE DE CLARE, daughter of Richard Fitz Gilbert, of Clare, Suffolk, by Alice, daughter of Ranulph, Earl of Chester [see CLARE 3 for her ancestry]. They had one daughter, Alice. In 1147 he claimed the honour of Pontefract against Henry de Lacy, and, in the fighting which ensued, Pontefract Priory was burned down and Gilbert was excommunicated. He was created Earl of Lincoln c.1148. About 1148, as Earl of Lincoln, he founded Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire. In the period, 1148-53, he granted Rufford Abbey all the land which Ralph son of Rainger held of him in Cratela, Nottinghamshire less a bovate, in exchange for a carucate of land in Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire. In the period, 1148-66, his wife, Rohese confirmed to the monks of Kirkstead the donation of Ralph Fitz Gilbert of land at Scampton, Lincolnshire which her husband, Earl Gilbert, gave her in dower. In the period, c.1148-56, he gave four carucates of land in Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire to William Basset. In the period, 1148-56, he granted Herbert Fitz Adelard land at Fenton and Walcot, Lincolnshire. In the period, 1148-56, he granted Tero' Fitz Malger half of Speeton, Yorkshire. He was a benefactor to Bardney, Bridlington, Kirkstead, Rievaulx, Sempingham, and Thornton. He also gave the monks of Biham a better site for their abbey at Vaudey in Edenham, Lincolnshire. GILBERT DE GANT, Earl of Lincoln, died in 1156, requesting his burial at Bridlington Priory, Yorkshire. In the period, 1156-63, his widow, Rohese, granted land in Cradey in free alms to Rufford Priory, except for the service due to her from Hugh Fitz Ralph. She married (2nd) before 1163 ROBERT FITZ ROBERT, of Ilkley, Yorkshire, South Elkington, Lincolnshire, etc., Steward to William de Percy, son of Robert Fitz Fulk, of Ilkley, Yorkshire, South Elkington, Lincolnshire, etc., Steward to William de Percy, by Alice, daughter of Herbert de Saint Quintin. They had two daughters, Margaret (wife of William de Kyme) and Rohese (or Rose). About 1148 he granted Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire two bovates in Ilkley, Yorkshire and two assarts. At an unknown date, he and his wife, Countess Rohese, granted to Thomas Fitz Wigot all his father's lands in Scampton, Lincolnshire. Anderson Genealogical Hist. of the House of Yvery 2 (1742): 50-58. Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 6 (1807): 197-228 ("Gilbert de Gaunt, by deed confirmed to the said monks, 40 acres of land at Gudlacistovia in Swaffham], which Earl Alan his uncle had granted them; this Gilbert de Gaunt was Earl of Lincoln."). Dugdale Monasticon Auglicanum 1 (1817): 630-632; 6(1) (1830): 286 (charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln), 288. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 440 (Gaunt ped.). Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abbey (1835): 79-80. Top. & Gen. 1 (1846): 301-320. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Rievalle (Surtees Soc. 83) (1889): 47 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated pre-1148), 47-48 (charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1147-56). Lincolnshire Notes & Queries 5 (1898): 122-123. Holmes Chartulary of St. John of Pontefract 2 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 30) (1902): 480-482, 520-521 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1147-56; charter witnessed by Geoffrey de Gant and Baldwin de Gant), 521-522 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1147-56; charter witnessed by Geoffrey de Gant and Baldwin de Gant). Warner & Ellis Facsimiles of Royal & Other Charters in the British Museum 1 (1903): #48. Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 83-85 (sub Gaunt). Rotuli de Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de XII Comitatibus [11857 (Pipe Roll Soc. 35) (1913): 5 ([Elizabeth] widow of Robert Fitz Hugh de Tateshale, styled "niece of Earl Gilbert de Gant" Ineptis Comitis Gileberti de Ganti), 9 ([Elizabeth] widow of Robert Fitz Hugh styled "daughter of William Fitz Walter of Welle" [filia Willelmi filii Waken de Welle]). VCH Yorkshire N.R. 1 (1914): 240. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 429 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated c.1139-48; charter witnessed by his brothers, Geoffrey, Robert, and Baldwin), 429-430 (notification by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1150-56), 432-436, 449-50 (notification by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated 1158-53), 450 451 (confirmation charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-53), 454-455 (confirmation charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1155-56; charter witnessed by his brother, Robert de Gant), 469-470 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated 1142-47), 470-471 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated 1147), 471 (charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-56), 471 (notification by Gilbert Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-56), 471-472 (grant by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-56), 493-494 (charter of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln dated 1148-56). Stenton Documents illus. of the Social & Economic Hist. of the Danelaw (1920): 262 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated 1147-53). Stenton Transcripts of Charters reL to the Gilbertine Houses of Sixle, Ormsly, Catley, Bullington, and Alvingham (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 18) (1922): 42, 98. Foster Registrum Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln 1 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 27) (1931): 41-45; 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 28) (1933): 9-10. C.P. 7 (1929): 672-673 (sub Lincoln); 9 (1936): 369-372. McNulty Chartulary of the Cistercian Abby of St. Mary of Sallay in Craven 2 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. 90) (1934): 78-79 (charter of Robert, Steward of William de Percy, dated c.1148). VCH Rutland 2 (1935): 112-119. Yorkshire Deeds 9 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 111) (1948): 162 (charter of Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln dated c.1148-56; charter witnessed by Geoffrey de Gant, Robert de Gant, and Baldwin de Gant). Hatton Book of Seals (1950): 204-205 (charter of Gilbert de Gant dated c.1148-56). Paget (1957) 130:5. Davis King Stephen (1967): 138 ("Gilbert de Gant is usually stated to have been created earl of Lincoln c.1147-8, but in a charter which he gave to Bardney Abbey and addressed to Robert Bishop of Lincoln (elected 13 December, consecrated 19 December 1148), he still styles himself plain Gilbertus de Gaunt (B.M., Cotton MS, Vespasian E. xx, f. 54). In royal charters he may sometimes be confused with two other Earl Gilberts, of Pembroke and Hertford, but is is referred to as Gilbertus comes Lincolnie in a writ of Stephen for William de Huntingfield (Reg. iii. 123,414). It may be presumed that he was appointed during, or as a result of, Stephen's successful northern campaign in 1149."). Holdsworth Rufford Charters (Thoroton Soc. Rec. Ser. 30) (1974): 392 (Countess Rohese styled "sister of Earl Roger de Clare" [soror comitis Rogeri de Clara]), 408. Franklin English Episcopal Acta 17: Coventry & Lichfield 1183-1208 (1998): 140-141. Dalton Conquest, Anarchy & Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154 (2002): 164-165. Katharine Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 472. Tanner Families, Friends, & Allies: Boulogne & Politics in Northern France & England (2004): 197, 206. Wilkinson Women in 13th Cent. Lincolnshire (2007): 8 ("During her marriage to Gilbert de Gant, earl of Lincoln (d. 1156) ... Rohese de Clare employed a portrait seal which bore the legent 'SIGILLUM ROHAIS UXORIS GILLEBERTI DE GANT.' When Gilbert died, Rohese married a new husband of less exalted rank. She thereafter adopted a new seal which displayed eight heraldic chevrons associated with her natal family of Clare and bore a new legent, `SIGILLUM ROHESIE COMITISSE LINCOLNIE,' celebrating the title acquired through her first marriage.").
Child of Gilbert de Gant, by Rohese de Clare:
a. ALICE DE GANT, daughter and heiress. She married SIMON DE SENLIS, Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon [see BEAUCHAMP 4.i], son and heir of Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon, by Isabel (or Elizabeth), daughter of Robert of Meulan, Knt., 1st Earl of Leicester [see BEAUCHAMP 4 for his ancestry]. He was born about 1138. He was a minor at his father's death in 1153, and remained in ward to the king for about five years. They had one son, Simon, who died young. Sometime before 1163 he confirmed his father's grant in Merton, Oxfordshire to the Templars. He and his wife, Alice, issued two confirmation charters to Stixwould Priory c.1155-60. In 1174 he was recognized as Earl of Huntingdon. As Simon, Earl of Huntingdon, he granted to the monks of Wardon, Bedfordshire a certain road as they had it on the day he came to the Siege of Huntingdon. SIMON DE SENLIS, Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon, died June 1184. He was buried in St. Andrew's Priory, Northampton, to which he was a benefactor. His widow, Alice, died in 1185. She gave the mills of Folkingham, Lincolnshire to Sempinghan Priory, Lincolnshire in order that she might be buried there, but it appears she was instead buried at Bridlington Priory, Yorkshire. Anderson Genealogical Hist. of the House of Yvery 2 (1742): 50-58. Placitorum in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservatorum Abbrevatio (1811): 50. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 440 (Gaunt ped.). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1825): 212,491 (Gant ped.). Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abbey (1835): 79-80. Top. & Gen. 1 (1846): 301-320. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Rievalle (Surtees Soc. 83) (1889): 48 (undated charter of Earl Simon; charter granted with consent of his wife, Alice), 114-115 (confirmation charter of Earl Simon and Countess Alice his wife), 115 (confirmation charter of Countess Alice de Gant; charter names her father, Gilbert de Gant; charter witnessed by Simon brother of the Earl), 116 (confirmation charter of Countess Alice de Gant). Lincolnshire Notes & Queries 5 (1898): 122-123. Holmes Chartulary of St. John of Pontefract 2 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 30) (1902): 480-482, 520 (undated charter of Earl Simon; charter names his "antecessor," Gilbert de Gant), 525 (charter of Countess Alice, daughter of Gilbert de Gant). Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 83-85 (sub Gaunt). VCH Yorkshire N.R 1 (1914): 240. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 432-436, 436-438 (confirmation charter of Countess A[lice] daughter of Gilbert Earl of Lincoln dated c.1180-5), 461-465 (confirmation charter by Countess Alice daughter of Earl Gilbert dated 1160-76), 472-473 (charter of Simon, Earl of Northampton dated 1156-74; charter witnessed by Simon brother of the Earl), 473-474 (confirmation charter of Earl Simon dated 1160-c.1175), 474 (confirmation charter of Countess A[lice] de Gant dated 1160-c.1175), 474-475 (grant by Earl Simon dated 1156-84), 492-493 (confirmation charter of Countess Alice de Gant daughter of Gilbert de Gant dated 1184-5; charter names Robert Scrope of Barton, son of Richard Scrope and Agnes her aunt [matertera]), 498 199 (confirmation charter of Earl Simon dated 1166-80), 499 (confirmation charter of Earl Simon dated c.1170-80), 502-503 (confirmation charter of Earl Simon and Countess Alice his wife dated c.1170-84; charter witnessed by his brother, Simon son of the Earl). C.P. 6 (1926): 645-646 (sub Huntingdon); 7 (1929): 673 (sub Lincoln); 9 (1936): 664 (sub Northampton). VCH Rutland 2 (1935): 112-119. Leys Sandford Cartulary 2 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 22) (1941): 280 (charter of Simon son of Simon Earl of Northampton dated 1153-7). Hatton Book of Seals (1950): 60-61. Dalton Conquest, Anarchy & Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154 (2002): 291. Nottinghamshire Archives: Savile of Rufford: Deeds & Estate Papers, DD/SR/102/59; DD/SR/102/142; DD/SR/102/143; DD/SR/102/X/11 (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
Child of Robert Fitz Robert, by Rohese de Clare:
a. ROHESE (or ROSE) DE CLARE, married SIMON DE KYME, of Sotby, Lincolnshire [see KYME 5].
ii. ROBERT DE GANT [see next].
iii. ALICE DE GANT, married (1st) GILBERT DE LACY (or LASCY), of Pontefract, Yorkshire (he died without issue in 1141). Sometime after 1141 his widow, Alice, granted the monks of St. John of Pontefract a carucate of land in Ingolvesmeles. She married (2nd) before 17 April 1153 (date of charter) ROGER DE MOWBRAY, Knt., of Thirsk, Yorkshire, son and heir of Nele (or Nigel) de Mowbray, by his 2nd wife, Gundred, daughter of Gerard de Gournay. He was a minor at his father's death in 1129. They had two sons, Nele (or Nigel) and Robert. He fought at the Battle of the Standard in 1138. He fought for King Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141, where he was taken prisoner. In 1147 he took part in the second Crusade. In the period, 1150-58, his wife, Alice, witnessed a charter of Avice de Rumilly to Drax Priory. In 1153 he executed a charter at York in favor of the Cathedral. His wife, Alice, was living 9 June 1154. In 1173 he supported Henry the Young King against his father, King Henry II. He surrendered his castle at Thirsk, Yorkshire 31 July 1174, and his made his peace with the king. Sometime during the reign of King Henry II, he granted the church of Empingham, Rutland, together with the lands and tithes, to Lincoln Cathedral. In 1186 he served in the Third Crusade. At an unknown date, he confirmed the earlier grant of his wife, Alice, of a carucate of land in Ingolvesmeles to the monks of St. John of Pontefract. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Hitdrt by the Saracens 4 July 1187, and the following year he was ransomed by the Templars. SIR ROGER DE MOWBRAY died in Palestine or on his return home in 1188. He was a benefactor of many religious houses, including the monks of St. Mary's, York, Byland, Rievaulx, Jervaulx, Newburgh, the canons of Kenilworth, Bridlington, Sulby, the hospital of St. Peter or St. Leonard, York, Selby, Nun Monkton, Arden, Combe Abbey, Warwickshire, the nuns of Sinningthwaite, and Burton Lazars, Leicestershire. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1(1822-30): 440 (Gaunt ped.). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1825): 309 (charter of Alice de Gant). Mundy et al. Vis. of Nottingham 1569 & 1614 (H.S.P. 4) (1871): 51 (charter of Roger de Mowbray dated before 1146; charter names his wife, A[lice], daughter of Walter de Gant and niece [neptae] of Count Alan). Holmes Chartulary of St. John of Pontefract 1 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 25) (1899): 33 (charter of Henry de Lacy dated c.1147; charter names Alice, wife of Roger de Mowbray, widow of his brother, Ebert de Lacy). Holmes Chartulary of St. John of Pontefract 2 (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Recs. 30) (1902): 480 (chart), 527 (charter of Alice de Gant; charter names her husband, Ebert de Lacy). Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 83-85 (sub Gaunt). C.P. 9 (1936): 369-372 (sub Mowbray). Greenway Charters of the Honour of Mowbray, 1107-1191 (1972). Dalton Conquest, Anarchy, & Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life & Thought 4th ser. 27) (1994).
iv. AGNES DE GANT, married (1st) WILLIAM DE MOHUN, of Dunster, Somerset, son and heir of William de Mohun, of Dunster, Somerset, by his wife, Alice. He was an adult before 1131. They had six sons, Ralph, William, Henry, Iwan, Peter, and Richard. Her maritagium included the manor of Whichford, Warwickshire. He and his wife, Agnes, gave the advowson of the church of Whichford, Warwickshire to Bridlington Priory, which was founded by Agnes' father, Walter de Gant. William was created Earl of Somerset in 1141. This honour did not continue in the family. WILLIAM DE MOHUN was living in 1142. His widow, Agnes, married (2nd) before 1145 RICHARD LE SCROPE, of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. They had one son, Robert (of Flotmanby and Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire). Dugdale Monastkon Anglicanum 6(3) (1830): 286. Arch. Jour. 37 (1880): 57-93. Maxwell-Lyte: Hist. of Dunster 1 (1909): 5-9. Farrer Early Yorkshire Charters 2 (1915): 430, 489-490. VCH Warwick 5 (1949): 205-209 (Agnes, wife of Richard le Scrope, styled "aunt" [inatertera] by Alice de Gant, Countess of Northampton in charter dated 1184-5). CP. 9 (1936): 18, footnote h; 11(1949): 531-532 (sub Scrope). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 114. TG 8 (1988): 3-38.
Child of Agnes de Gant, by William de Mohun:
a. WILLIAM DE MOHUN, of Dunster, Somerset, married GODEHILDE DE TONY [see MOHUN 5].”
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