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- Richard FitzGilbert /de Clare/
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- b. BEF 1035
- d. ABT 1090
- Buried. at St. Neots, co. Hungtindon Source
- M.1.
Source.Complete Peerage. Clare.
Nb. Richard FitzGilbert, styled de Bienfaite, de Clare and de Tonbridge. He was Lord of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy and accompaniedhis kinsman William the Conqueror into England and was rewarded by him with no less that 176 Lordships, of which
95 were in Suffolk, attached to the Honour of Clare, which honour, with the Castle of Clare, a also the Castle of Tonbridge in Kent, he obtained, becoming thus Lord of Clare and of Tonbridge. During the King's absence he was Joint Chief
Justicar, and, as such, supressed the revolt of 1075.
Source.Complete Peerage. Clare.
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