Clayton - Person Sheet
Clayton - Person Sheet
NameFITZROBERT, Amice 
, 27G Grandmother
, 27G GrandmotherBirth Date1160
Birth PlaceTewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Death Date1 Jan 1224 Age: 64
Misc. Notes
Second daughter and co-heiress of William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester and Hawise de Beaumont, granddaughter of Robert de Caen and Mabel FitzHamon, Sir Robert de Beaumont Earl of Leicester and Amice de Waiet.
Wife of Sir Richard de Clare, son and heir of Roger FitzRichard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and Maud Saint Hilary. They had four sons and three daughters:
Sir Gilbert Earl of Gloucester and Herford
Richard, murdered in London, 1228
Roger, died on his way back from the Holy Land
Henry, in the service of the king
Maud, wife of William de Brewes
Joan, wife of Rhys Gryg
unknown daughter
When Richard and Amice were ordered to separate due to consanguinity before 1198, Amice took her possession of her maritagium of Sudbury, and records indicate they were considered divorced as she was recorded as the former wife of Clare. They reconciled by the pope as Amice used the title "Countess of Clare" again.
Amice became the sole heir to her father at her sister, Isabel, Countess of Gloucester's death in 1217.
Sir Richard died between Oct 30 and Nov 28 of 1217, and Amice had her husband's body carried to Tewkesbury Abbey to be buried in the choir of the Abbey. Her charters make no mention of her husband, only that of her son, and she gave free alms as a widow to Clare Priory.
Wife of Sir Richard de Clare, son and heir of Roger FitzRichard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford and Maud Saint Hilary. They had four sons and three daughters:
Sir Gilbert Earl of Gloucester and Herford
Richard, murdered in London, 1228
Roger, died on his way back from the Holy Land
Henry, in the service of the king
Maud, wife of William de Brewes
Joan, wife of Rhys Gryg
unknown daughter
When Richard and Amice were ordered to separate due to consanguinity before 1198, Amice took her possession of her maritagium of Sudbury, and records indicate they were considered divorced as she was recorded as the former wife of Clare. They reconciled by the pope as Amice used the title "Countess of Clare" again.
Amice became the sole heir to her father at her sister, Isabel, Countess of Gloucester's death in 1217.
Sir Richard died between Oct 30 and Nov 28 of 1217, and Amice had her husband's body carried to Tewkesbury Abbey to be buried in the choir of the Abbey. Her charters make no mention of her husband, only that of her son, and she gave free alms as a widow to Clare Priory.
Spouses
1de CLARE, Richard I , 27G Grandfather
, 27G GrandfatherBirth Date1162
Birth PlaceTunbridge Castle, Kent, England
Death Date28 Nov 1217 Age: 55
Misc. Notes
Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford, sided with the Barons against King John, even though he had previously sworn peace with the King at Northampton, and his castle of Tonbridge was taken. He played a leading part in the negotiations for Magna Carta, being one of the twenty five sureties. On 9 November 1215, he was one of the commissioners on the part of the Barons to negotiate the peace with the King. In 1215, his lands in counties Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex were granted to Robert de Betun. He and his son were among the Barons excommunicated by the Pope in 1215.