de Crepon, Avelina Duceline

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  1. 1.  de Crepon, Avelina Duceline was born in 930 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1050 in Pont-Audemer, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LDRD-76F

    Notes:

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    Osbern I de Bolbec, Lord of Giffard, seigneur de Longueville-sur-Scie
    Also Known As: "Osbern de Bolbec", "Osbert de Bolebec", "Osberne I de Bolebec", "Osberne de Bolebec", "Osborn de Bolebec", "Osborne de Bolebec", "Osbern de Bolbec - Seigneur de Giffard - Osbert - Seigneur de Bolbec et Osbern de Bolbec"
    Birth circa 954: Bolbec, Pays de Caux, Haute-Normandie, France
    Death: Died 1035 in Bolbec, Pays de Caux, Haute-Normandie, France
    Place of Burial: Bolbec, Pays de Caux, Haute-Normandie, France
    Immediate Family:
    Son of Gautier Seigneur de Bolbec
    Husband of Aveline de Crépon, Osbern's wife
    Father of N.N. de Bolebec; Josceline de Bolbec; Godfrey d'Arques de Bolbec and Osberne Gyffard d'Arques, Seigneur de Brimesfelde
    Occupation:Seigneur de Longueville-sur-Scie
    About Osbern de Bolbec
    Osbern I de Bolebec
    Spouse:
    A. Aveline (Avelina) de Crépon
    Children:
    1. Gauthier (Walter) Giffard (married Ermengarde)
    2. Godefroi (Geoffrey) Giffard (married Mlle de Rouen)
    3. Josceline de Bolbec (married Hugh Montgomery)
    [4. perhaps an Osbern II, though no primary evidence has yet been found]
    B. Hawise
    LINKS
    http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#OsbernBolebec

    MEDIEVAL LANDS
    OSBERN de Bolbec, son of --- (-bur [Saint-Etienne de Fontaines]).
    "Duke Richard [II]" donated property to the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel by charter dated to [1026], subscribed by "…Osbernus frater comitisse, Hunfredus frater eius…"[459]. It is assumed that "comitisse" in this document refers to Gunnor, wife of Richard [II] Duke of Normandy, and that "frater comitisse" should be interpreted as "brother-in-law". A manuscript at Caen, which commemorates the death of Abbess Mathilde, daughter of William I King of England, names "Osbernus Giffardus, Haduisa eius conjunx" among the deceased at "sancti Stephani Fontanensis", presumably indicating that they were buried there[460]. It is assumed that "Osbernus Giffardus" refers to Osbern de Bolbec given that his son used the name Giffard.
    m [firstly] [AVELINE], sister of GUNNORA [mistress of Richard I Duke of Normandy]. She and her three sisters, as well as their husbands, are named by Robert de Torigny[461]. Guillaume de Jumièges names "Gueuve et Aveline" as two sisters of Gunnor, stating that the latter married to Osbern de Bolbec[462]. On the other hand, the Genealogia Fundatoris of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names ”Turketillus…frater…Turulphi, cuius filius Hasculfus d´Harcourt” married “aliam sororem…comitissæ Gunnoræ” by whom he was father of “duos…filios…Walterum de Giffard primogenitum…”[463]. As noted below, another primary source indicates that the wife of "Osbernus Giffardus" (assumed to refer to Osbern de Bolbec given that his son used the name Giffard) was named Hawise[464]. It is not known whether Osbern was married twice or whether all the sources cited refer to the same person, one or other mistaking the name.
    [m secondly HAWISE, daughter of --- (-bur [Saint-Etienne de Fontaines]). A manuscript at Caen, which commemorates the death of Abbess Mathilde, daughter of William I King of England, names "Osbernus Giffardus, Haduisa eius conjunx" among the deceased at "sancti Stephani Fontanensis", presumably indicating that they were buried there[465]. It is supposed that "Osbernus Giffardus" refers to Osbern de Bolbec, given that his son used the name Giffard. If this is correct, Hawise was presumably his second wife, unless "Aveline" is an error for "Hawise" in Guillaume de Jumièges and Robert de Torigny which names Osbern´s supposed first wife. Osbern & his [first/second] wife had four children:
    a) GAUTHIER Giffard (-before 1085). Guillaume de Jumièges names "Gautier-Giffard 1er et Godefroi" as the sons of Osbern de Bolbec & his wife[466]. Seigneur de Longueville, Normandy. "…Walterius Giffardus…" witnessed the charter dated 29 Aug 1060 under which "milite…Richardo…fratribus Willelmo…atque Balduino" donated "Gausberti Villa" to Chartres Saint-Père[467]. He took part in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and received grants of 107 lordships (48 in Buckinghamshire) as his reward[468]. Orderic Vitalis states that the king "gave [Walter Giffard] the county of Buckinghamshire", in the chronicler's description of post-conquest grants made by King William, without specifying that he was created earl[469]. m ERMENGARDE, daughter of GERARD Flaitel & his wife ---.
    b) GODEFROI Giffard . Guillaume de Jumièges names "Gautier-Giffard 1er et Godefroi" as the sons of Osbern de Bolbec & his wife[482]. 1059. Vicomte d'Arques. m --- de Rouen, daughter of GOZELIN Vicomte de Rouen & his wife Emmeline ---. Her origin is confirmed by the charter dated Easter 1080 under which Guillaume d'Arques confirmed the donation by his grandfather Gozelin Vicomte d'Arques to Holy Trinity, Rouen[483]. "Grandfather" must be "maternal grandfather" as the paternal ancestors of Guillaume d'Arques are confirmed by Guillaume de Jumièges (see above and below)[484].
    c) [JOSCELINE de Bolbec . Josceline and her marriage are shown in Europäische Stammtafeln[561]. This is presumably based on Robert de Torigny, continuation of William of Jumièges[562], the unreliability of this part of whose chronicle is discussed in the Complete Peerage[563]. Guillaume de Jumièges records that one of the nieces of Gunnor, mistress of Richard I Comte [de Normandie], married "Hugues de Montgommeri"[564]. There must be some doubt about this as her husband would have been her first cousin. The primary source which confirms her precise parentage has not yet been identified.] m HUGUES de Montgommery Vicomte d'Hiémois, son of ROGER I Seigneur de Montgommery and Vicomte de l'Hiémois & his wife Josceline --- (-killed in battle 7 Feb [1035/before 1048], bur Troarn). -------------------
    Bolbec:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolbec
    http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osbern
    Osbern de Bolbec, noble normand d'origine viking, père de Gautier Ier Giffard, lié aux "Richardides".
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    SOME NOTES
    LINE A
    Osbern Giffard [c] b abt 1020, of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England, d aft 1086. The identity of his wife is undetermined.
    Child of Osbern Giffard was:
    Elis I Giffard [d] b abt 1064, of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England, d 1130. He md Ala abt 1088. She was b abt 1075.

    Child of Elis I Giffard and Ala was:
    Elis II Giffard [e] b abt 1110, of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England. He md Berta de Clifford abt 1130, daughter of Richard Fitz Pons and Maud Fitz Walter.

    Child of Elis II Giffard and Berta de Clifford was:
    Elis III Giffard [f] b abt 1152, of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England, d bef Michaelmas, 1190. He md Maud de Berkeley abt 1178, daughter of Sir Maurice Fitz Robert Fitz Harding, Lord of Berkeley, and Alice de Berkeley.

    Child of Elis III Giffard and Maud de Berkeley was:
    Sir Elis IV Giffard [g] b abt 1185, Gloucestershire, England, d bef 2 May 1248. He md Alice Maltravers abt 1220, daughter of John Maltravers and Hawise. She was b abt 1205, d abt 1248.

    Child of Elis IV Giffard and Alice Maltravers was:
    Sir John Giffard [h], Lord Giffard, b 19 Jan 1231/32, Gloucestershire, England, d 29 May 1299, Boyton, Wiltshire, England. He md Maud de Clifford abt 1270, daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret/Margred verch Llewellyn.

    Children of John Giffard and Maud de Clifford were:
    * Catherine Giffard b abt 1272, of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England, d aft 1322. She md Nicholas de Audley abt 1288, son of James de Audley, Justiciar of Ireland, and Ela Longespee.
    * Eleanor Giffard b abt 1275, of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England, d bef 23 Jan 1324/25. She md Sir Fulk le Strange, Lord of Blackmere, abt 1296, son of Robert le Strange and Eleanor de Whitchurch.
    LINE B

    Sir Walter Giffard [i], Lord of Longueville, b abt 1025, of Longueville, Normandy, d 1084, England. He md Agnes Flatel abt 1042, daughter of Girard Flatel. She was b abt 1028.

    Children of Walter Giffard and Agnes Flatel were:
    * Rohese Giffard b abt 1045, d aft 1113. She md Sir Richard Fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare and Tonbridge, abt 1058, son of Gilbert/Giselbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne and Eu, and Gunnora.
    * Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, b abt 1055, d 15 Jul 1102; md Agnes de Ribemont.
    * (poss) Hugh de Bolebec b abt 1062.
    Hugh I de Bolebec [j] b abt 1062, of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England.

    Child of Hugh I de Bolebec was:
    Walter I de Bolebec [k] b abt 1106, of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England, d abt 1194. He md Hawise/Helewise abt 1132. She was b abt 1115.

    Child of Walter I de Bolebec and Hawise/Helewise was:
    Hugh II de Bolebec b abt 1144/45, of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England, d abt 1194. The identity of his wife is undetermined.

    Child of Hugh II de Bolebec was:
    Isabel de Bolebec b abt 1185, of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England, d 2/3 Feb 1245. She md Sir Robert de Vere, Magna Carta Surety, Earl of Oxford, Master Chamberlain, abt 1200, son of Sir Aubrey III de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Master Chamberlain, and Agnes of Essex. She md Henry de Nonant aft 1221/22.
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    NOTES:
    The exact descendancy of the earliest generations of this family are not known for certain, and finding a source which treats this line in its entirety has proven elusive. Most sources generally agree that Osbern de Bolebec, Lord of Longueville in Normandy is the earliest known progenitor, and that he married one of the three sisters of Gunnora, mistress, and later the wife of, Duke Richard I of Normandy.
    a. According to the early writings of Robert de Torigny, one of Gunnora's sisters married Osbern de Bolebec, another married an unidentified forester of St. Vaast d'Equiqueville, and another married Torulf/Thorold of Pont-Audemer. Contemporary theory places Wevia as the wife of Osbern de Bolebec, Senfria as the wife of the unknown forester, and Duvelina as wife of Torulf/Thorold. Additionally, it is also believed that Torigny at times, inadvertently, compressed two generations of the same given name into one

    Avelina married Giffard, Osbern de Bolebec in 1001 in France. Osbern (son of Giffard, Walter de Bolebec) was born in 945 in Longueville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1035 in Longueville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried in 1035. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Giffard, Walter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jul 1010 in Longueville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was christened on 7 Apr 1013; died on 15 Jul 1084 in Brewood, Staffordshire, England; was buried after 15 Jul 1084 in St Marys and St Chad Churchyard, Brewood, Staffordshire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Giffard, Walter Descendancy chart to this point (1.Avelina1) was born on 3 Jul 1010 in Longueville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was christened on 7 Apr 1013; died on 15 Jul 1084 in Brewood, Staffordshire, England; was buried after 15 Jul 1084 in St Marys and St Chad Churchyard, Brewood, Staffordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Baron of Normandy
    • Appointments / Titles: Longueville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Lord
    • FSID: 9ZCG-TZ1
    • Life Event: 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England; Companion of William the Conqueror

    Notes:

    From LifeSketch

    Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville, Normandy (a.k.a. 'Giffard of Barbastre'), was a Norman baron, a Tenant-in-chief in England, a Christian knight who fought against the Saracens in Spain during the Reconquista and was one of the 15 or so known Companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
    Life
    Walter[a] was the son of Osborne de Bolbec, Lord of Longueville and Avelina,[b] sister of Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy. As such he was a cousin of William the Conqueror.

    From the mid 1040s Walter's name appears among the loyal supporters of William the Conqueror. Walter was at the Battle of Mortemer and was among the Norman barons who surprised and defeated Counts Odo and Renaud leading the French contingent attacking Normandy from the east. In particular, he and another great vassal Robert of Eu encountered Odo's army encamped in the village of Mortemer with no sentries and the soldiers were drunk. The Normans attacked the French while they slept, most being either killed or taken prisoner. While Odo himself escaped, when King Henry I learned of the fate of his brother Odo's army he promptly withdrew his remaining forces and left Normandy. In 1054 Walter was in charge of maintaining the siege of Arques castle, against William of Talou, who had rebelled against the Conqueror.
    Like many other Norman and French knights during the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, Walter served as a Christian knight in Spain (c. 1064-65) against the Saracens. His epithet le Barbastre[c] was earned when he took part in the Siege of Barbastro, an undertaking sanctioned by Pope Alexander II against the Moors in 1064, one of the more famous exploits of that time. By the time of the Conquest, Walter had returned to Normandy bearing a gift of the King of Spain for Duke William, a magnificent war-horse. The same Spanish war-horse duke William called for on the morning of the Battle of Hastings. The Spanish king in question was in all probability Sancho Ramírez of Aragon (1063–94) who was known for making friends and recruiting knights and soldiers from Northern France. Walter was also one of the first, if not the first in England to go on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, which he did after the siege of Barbastro and before returning to Normandy.

    In early January of 1066, after Duke William received news of the crowning of Harold Godwinson as king of England, he called together a meeting that included six of his key magnates, Walter Giffard being one of them. After telling them of his plan to invade England and take the crown they all advised him they supported him fully but suggested he call a meeting of all his vassals, which William did. In the preparation stage for the Battle of Hastings, Walter was one of the Norman magnates who provided ships for William's invasion fleet. In his case, he provided thirty. Walter was one of two who, having been offered the privilege of carrying William's standard in the battle, respectfully refused. Although by this time an older warrior with white hair, he wanted both hands free to fight. As a reward for his participation, Walter was granted the feudal barony of Long Crendon, comprising 107 manors, 48 of which were in Buckinghamshire, of which the caput was at Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire. The date of his death is not recorded, but his son Walter succeeded him before 1085.
    Family
    Walter was married to Ermengarde, daughter of Gerard Flaitel. Walter and Ermengarde were the parents of:
    Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham.
    William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester.
    Rohese Giffard (d. aft. 1113), married Richard fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare.
    Lora Giffard, married Sir Robert de Hampden.
    Notes
    This Walter has been confused with his son, Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham. Orderic confused reports of father and son while Freeman, not realizing that the elder Walter had died in the lifetime of the Conqueror, assumed William Rufus had created the first Walter as earl of Buckingham when in fact it was his son Walter who became the first earl. See: Records of Buckinghamshire, Vol 8, Ed. John Parker (Aylesbury: G.T. de Fraine, "Bucks Herald" Office, 1903), pp. 289-293.
    Robert of Torigni calls her Weva, The Complete Peerage, Vol II, 386 note (a) states she was Avelina, and both were names of sisters of Gunnora, but it remains uncertain which was which. Also Europäische Stammtäfeln II, 695 calls her Weva.

    As examples of some of the pitfalls found in translations of earlier works, Walter Giffard’s epithet de Barbastre appears in a verse by Geoffrey Gaimar. The first of his English translators guessed that De Barbastre referred to Walter being a barber. Geoffrey's second translator thought de Barbastre was a reference somehow to Walter's cousin, William the Conqueror, being a bastard. In fact, 'Walter de Barbastre' was an honorific gained at the successful siege of Barbastro in Aragon, near Saragossa. See: Archer, 'Giffard of Barbastre', EHR, 18, 70 (1903), pp. 304-05; Lomax, 'The First English Pilgrims ot Santiago de Compostela', Studies in Medieval History: Presented to R.H.C.Davis Ed. Henry Mayr-Harting, Hambldeon (1985), 165-176.

    Family/Spouse: Flaitel, Agnès Ermengarde. Agnès (daughter of Fleitel, Gerard d'Ecouche) was born on 5 Sep 1014 in Longueville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1108 in Longueville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried in 1108 in St Marys and St Chad Churchyard, Brewood, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Giffard, Osberne de Arques  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1042 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1086 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in 1086.
    2. 4. Giffard, Rohese  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Apr 1034 in Longueville, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 7 Jan 1113 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried on 14 Jan 1113 in Colchester, Essex, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Giffard, Osberne de Arques Descendancy chart to this point (2.Walter2, 1.Avelina1) was born in 1042 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1086 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in 1086.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: 9CZK-FK2
    • Name: Osbern Giffard
    • Name: Osbern Giffard

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Giffard, Elias I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1062 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1121 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England.

  2. 4.  Giffard, Rohese Descendancy chart to this point (2.Walter2, 1.Avelina1) was born on 13 Apr 1034 in Longueville, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 7 Jan 1113 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England; was buried on 14 Jan 1113 in Colchester, Essex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Giffard
    • FSID: 2MYM-NS1
    • Possessions: Clare, Suffolk, England; Clare Castle

    Notes:

    Rohese Giffard (sometimes Rose, or Rohais; died after 1113) was a Norman noblewoman in the late 11th and early 12th century.
    Early life
    Giffard was the daughter of Walter Giffard. Her maternal grandfather was Gerard Fleitel. Walter Giffard was the lord of Longueville-sur-Scie in upper Normandy.

    Marriage
    Giffard was the wife of Richard fitzGilbert, the son of Gilbert, Count of Brionne. Domesday Book records him as the eighth richest landowner in England, with lands centered on two locations – lands in Kent and Surrey grouped around Tonbridge and lands in Essex and Suffolk grouped around Clare.
    Their children were
    1. Roger,
    2. Gilbert,
    3. Walter,
    4. Robert,
    5. Richard,
    6. Godfrey,
    7. Rohese (or Rohais), and
    8. Adelisa.

    Roger received the Norman lands after Richard fitzGilbert's death, Gilbert received his father's English lands, Walter was given a Welsh lordship by King Henry I of England, and Robert was given lands around London by King Henry I. Richard became a monk at Bec Abbey and was later abbot of Ely Abbey. The last son, Godfrey, is known only from his burial at Clare. Rohais married Eudo Dapifer and Adelisa married Walter Tirel.
    A daughter of Richard, who is unnamed, is said to have married Ralph de Fougères, but it is not known whether this refers to another marriage for either Rohais or Adelisa or if this is a third daughter. Some of the children were born before 1066, as a gift to Jumièges Abbey in 1066 mentions the souls of their children.

    Landowner
    Giffard occurs in Domesday Book as a landowner in her own right. Richard died between 1085 and 1087, as his son Gilbert witnesses a charter of King William II of England in that year. Rohese survived him and was still alive in 1113, when she gave a gift to St Neot's Priory which had been founded as a dependent priory of Bec on Rohese's own manor of Eynesbury. Rohese's descendants eventually were the heirs to the lands held by her father, receiving half the honour of Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire in the reign of King Richard I of England (r. 1189–1199).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohese_Giffard

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    “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
    “RICHARD FITZ GILBERT, of Bienfaite and Orbec, Normandy, lord of Clare, Suffolk, Tonbridge, Kent, Standon, Hertfordshire, Blechingley, Surrey, etc., son of Gilbert Fitz Godfrey, Count of Brionne, born about 1030-35.
    He married ROHESE (or ROHAIS, ROHAID, ROAXIDIS) GIFFARD, daughter of Walter Giffard, of Longueville-sur-Scie (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, etc., by Agnes, daughter of Gerard Flaitel (or Fleitel).
    They had six sons,
    1. Roger,
    2. Gilbert,
    3. Walter,
    4. Richard [Abbot of Ely],
    5. Robert, and
    6. Godfrey,
    and four daughters,
    7. Rohese,
    8. Alice (wife of Walter Tirel), and
    9. Avice.
    He was among those consulted about the proposed invasion of England in the assembly at Bonneville-sur-Touques in 1066, but there is no direct evidence of his personal participation at Hastings or in the campaign. Nevertheless, he was a significant figure soon afterwards and occurs as a witness of royal charters throughout the reign of King William the Conqueror. He was rewarded with no fewer than 176 lordships, which consisted of two concentrations of lands, one in Kent and Surrey, and the other in Suffolk and Essex. His holdings at Tonbridge, Kent and Clare, Suffolk were both given motte and bailey castles. During the king's absence, he served as Joint Chief Justiciar. He played a leading role in suppressing the rebellion of Roger de Breteuil, Earl of Hereford and Ralph de Gael in 1075 or 1076. In 1078 or 1079 he and his wife, Rohese, sent to Bec Abbey for a colony of monks to replenish the vacant convent at Neotsbury, Huntingdonshire. Sometime before 1086 he granted the monks of Bec his manors of Tooting and Streatham, and land in Horsham (in Walton-on-Thames), all in Surrey. Sometime before 1090 he confirmed to the monks of Bec two thirds of his demesne tithes and one villain in Standon, Hertfordshire; and two thirds of his demesne tithes in Blechingley, Chivington, Woodmansteme, Tolworth, Chipstead, Betchworth, and Walton Leigh, Surrey and houses in Southwark, Surrey and Tonbridge, Kent.
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    RICHARD FITZ GILBERT died about 1090, and was buried at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. His widow, Rohese, was still living in 1113, when she granted the whole of her manor of Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire to St. Neot's Priory, Huntingdonshire.

    Children of Richard Fitz Gilbert, by Rohese Giffard:
    i. GILBERT FITZ RICHARD [see next].
    ii. ROBERT FITZ RICHARD, of Little Dunmow, Essex, married MAUD DE SENLIS [see FITZ WALTER 4]
    iii. ROHESE (or ROSE) FITZ RICHARD, married EUDES THE STEWARD (or EUDES FITZ HUB) of Colchester, Essex [see SAY 2].
    iv. AVICE FITZ RICHARD, married RAOUL [I] DE FOUGÈRES, seigneur of Fougères [see FOUGÈRES 2].”

    Family/Spouse: FitzGilbert, Sir Knight Richard de Clare. Richard was born on 30 Oct 1030 in Brionne, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 15 Mar 1091 in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried after 15 Mar 1091 in St Neots Priory, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. FitzRichard, Gilbert  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1066 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1117 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.
    2. 7. FitzRichard, Lord Robert de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1075 in Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 10 Apr 1136 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England; was buried after 10 Apr 1136 in St Neots Priory, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 5.  Giffard, Elias I Descendancy chart to this point (3.Osberne3, 2.Walter2, 1.Avelina1) was born in 1062 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1121 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: Helias
    • FSID: M85X-27H

    Elias married Devereux, Ala in 1099 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Ala (daughter of Devereux, Count Walter I and de Ewrus, Philippa) was born in 1065 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1121 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Giffard, Elias  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1095 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1166 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in 1166 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England.

  2. 6.  FitzRichard, GilbertFitzRichard, Gilbert Descendancy chart to this point (4.Rohese3, 2.Walter2, 1.Avelina1) was born in 1066 in Tonbridge, Kent, England; died in 1117 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Tonbridge, Kent, England; 2nd Lord
    • Appointments / Titles: Clare, Suffolk, England; 2nd Lord
    • Appointments / Titles: Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales; Lord of
    • Nickname: The Marshal
    • FSID: KHGK-FT4
    • Occupation: Marshall to the Royal Household
    • Occupation: Royal Serjeant and Marshall to Henry I

    Notes:

    Gilbert Fitz Richard (c. 1066–c. 1117), was styled de Clare, de Tonbridge, and Lord of Clare. He was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111.

    Life
    Gilbert, born before 1066, was the second son and an heir of Richard Fitz Gilbert of Clare and Rohese Giffard.[1] He succeeded to his father's possessions in England in 1088 when his father retired to a monastery;[2] his brother, Roger Fitz Richard, inherited his father's lands in Normandy.[3] That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus. But his castle was stormed, Gilbert was wounded and taken prisoner.[4] However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100.[4] He was with Henry I at his Christmas court at Westminster in 1101.[4]

    It has been hinted, by modern historians, that Gilbert, as a part of a baronial conspiracy, played some part in the suspicious death of William II.[5] Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.[5]

    In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor.[6] In turn Henry gave the Lordship of Cardigan, including Cardigan Castle to Gilbert Fitz Richard.[7] He founded the Clunic priory at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.[7] Gilbert died in or before 1117.[7][8]

    Family
    About 1088,[9] Gilbert married Adeliza/Alice de Clermont, daughter of Hugh, Count of Clermont, and Margaret de Ramerupt.[8] Gilbert and Adeliza had at least eight children:

    Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1136.[10]
    Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1148, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[10]
    Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, d. 1154, m. Adeline de Rollos.[11]
    Adelize/Alice de Clare, d. 1163, m. (ca. 1105), Aubrey II de Vere, son of Aubrey I de Vere and Beatrice.[12] She had 9 children and in her widowhood was a corrodian at St. Osyth's, Chich, Essex.
    Hervey de Clare, Lord of Montmorency.[13]
    Walter de Clare, d. 1149.[14]
    Margaret de Clare, d. 1185, m. (ca. 1108), Sir William de Montfitchet, Lord of Stansted Mountfitchet.[15]
    Rohese de Clare, d. 1149, m. (ca. 1130), Baderon of Monmouth

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Fitz_Richard

    Family/Spouse: de Clermont, Adeliza. Adeliza (daughter of de Clermont, Hugh and de Montdidier, Margaret Marguerite) was born in 1058 in Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France; died in 1117 in Clare Castle, Clare, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. FitzGilbert, Adeliza de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1091 in Essex, England; was christened in 1092 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died on 1 Nov 1163 in St. Osyth, Essex, England; was buried on 1 Nov 1163 in St. Osyth, Essex, England.

  3. 7.  FitzRichard, Lord Robert de Clare Descendancy chart to this point (4.Rohese3, 2.Walter2, 1.Avelina1) was born in 1075 in Tonbridge Castle, Tonbridge, Kent, England; died on 10 Apr 1136 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England; was buried after 10 Apr 1136 in St Neots Priory, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Lord of Bienfaite
    • FSID: GD4Z-LRX
    • Occupation: Steward to King Henry I

    Notes:

    Robert Fitz Richard (1064–1136) was an Anglo-Norman feudal baron of Little Dunmow, Essex and constable of Baynard's Castle in the City of London. His feudal barony, the caput of which was at Little Dunmow in Essex, was granted to him by the king after it had been forfeited in 1110 by William Baynard, whose grandfather Ralph Baynard was the first holder and the builder of Baynard's Castle in the City of London.[1][2]

    Robert was steward under King Henry I (1100–1135)[3] and under King Stephen (1135–1154).[4]

    Family
    Robert was the son of Sir Richard Fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare and Tonbridge (c. 1030–1091) and Rohese Giffard, (b. c. 1034), daughter of Sir Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville, and Agnes Flatel.[a]

    Robert married (c. 1114), Matilda de St. Liz (Maud), daughter of Sir Simon de St Liz, Earl of Northampton, and Maud de Huntingdon.

    Children were:

    - Sir Walter Fitz Robert, (b. c. 1124), married Maud de Lucy. The Magna Carta surety, Robert Fitzwalter, was their son.
    - Maud Fitz Robert, (b. c. 1132), Essex, who married (c. 1146), William d'Aubigny, son of Sir William d'Aubigny, Lord of Belvoir, and Cecily Bigod. Another Magna Carta surety, William d'Aubigny, was their son.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fitz_Richard

    Robert married de Senlis, Matilda in 1112. Matilda (daughter of de Senlis, Earl Simon and of Huntingdon, Matilda) was born in 1091 in Northamptonshire, England; died in 1158 in Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. FitzRobert, Maud de Senlis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1134 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England; died in 1170 in England.
    2. 11. FitzRobert, Walter de Clare  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1124 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England; died between 8 Jan 1198 and 7 Jan 1199 in Little Dunmow, Essex, England; was buried in Little Dunmow, Essex, England.