Richard Fitzgilbert^[1]

1024 - 1090  (66 years)

• Name	Richard Fitzgilbert
  Nickname	de Tonbridge
  Birth	1024	Bienfaite, Normandy, France
  Christening	Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	1090	Priory, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
  Burial	Priory, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
  Person ID	I3374	Master
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Gilbert "Crispin" Count De Brionne,   b. 1000, Brienne, Rance, Normandy, France d. 1040 (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Gunnora D'aunou,   b. Abt 984, , , , France
  Marriage	, , , England
  Family ID	F8736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Rohais De Bulles,   b. 1046, Bulles, Oise, France d. 1081, , , , France (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F1089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rohese Giffard,   b. 1034, Longueville, Normandy, France d. Aft 1133 (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1054	, , , England
  Children	1. Roger Fitzrichard,   b. Abt 1050, Bienfaite, Normandy, France d. Aft Sep 1131 (Age 81 years)   2. Miss (Fitzgilbert) De Clare,   b. Abt 1055, , Normandy, France   3. Walter Fitzrichard,   b. Abt 1058, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England d. 10 Mar 1138 (Age 80 years)   4. Ronais Fitz Gilbert,   b. Abt 1060, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England   5. Richard De Clare,   b. 1062, Tunbridge, Kent, England d. 1107, , , , England (Age 45 years)   6. Robert (Fitzrichard) De Clare,   b. 1064, Tunbridge, Kent, England d. 1136, , , , England (Age 72 years) + 7. Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare,   b. 1065, Clare, Suffolk, England d. 1117, , , , England (Age 52 years) + 8. Rohese Fitzrichard De Clare,   b. 1067, Tunbridge, Kent, England d. 1121, , , , England (Age 54 years)   9. Adeliza De Clare,   b. 1069, Tunbridge, Kent, England d. Abt 1138, , , , England (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F8733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1024 - Bienfaite, Normandy, France Christening - - Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Marriage - Abt 1054 - , , , England Death - 1090 - Priory, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England Burial - - Priory, Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Richard fitz Gilbert (bef. 1035–c. 1090), was a Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was styled "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and of "Tonbridge" from his holdings. Biography He was the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne in Normandy (fitz was a variant spelling of filz > French fils, that means "son"). Gilbert was a guardian of the young duke William and when he was killed by Ralph de Wacy in 1040, his two older sons Richard and Gilbert fled to Flanders.[4] On his later return to Normandy Richard was rewarded with the lordship of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy. In 1066, Richard came into England with his kinsman William the Conqueror, and received from him great advancement in honour and possessions. The Dictionary of National Biography and other sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but what we do know is that Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge), the earliest identifiable progenitor of the family, is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Book. Rewards He was rewarded with 176 lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge. Richard fitz Gilbert received the lordship of Clare, in Suffolk, where parts of the wall of Clare Castle still stand. He was thus Lord of Clare. Some contemporaneous and later sources called him Earl of Clare, though many modern sources view the title as a "styled title". He served as Joint Chief Justiciar in William's absence, and played a major part in suppressing the revolt of 1075. Rebel baron On the Conqueror's death, Richard and other great Norman barons, including Odo of Bayeux, Robert, Count of Mortain, and Geoffrey of Coutances, led a rebellion against the rule of William Rufus in order to place Robert Curthose on the throne. However, most Normans in England remained loyal. William Rufus and his army successfully attacked the rebel strongholds at Tonbridge, Pevensey and Rochester. Death and succession He was buried in St. Neot's Priory in 1091. His widow was still living in 1113. His lands were inherited by his son, Gilbert fitz Richard. Marriage Richard married Rohese Giffard, daughter of Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville and Agnes Flaitel, and they had the following children: Roger fitz Richard de Clare, received Norman lands and d. 1131, apparently without issue. Gilbert fitz Richard, d. 1115, succeeded his father as Earl of Clare. Walter de Clare, Lord of Nether Gwent, d. 1138. Isabel de Clare, d. 1088, m. Humphrey d'Isle. Richard fitz Richard de Clare, Abbot of Ely. Robert fitz Richard, Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, d. 1136. Alice (or Adeliza) de Clare, d. 1138. m. Walter Tirel. Rohese de Clare, d. 1121, m. (ca. 1088), Eudo Dapifer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).