Robert I 1st Baron de , Sir CLIFFORD
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 205-32, 64-32
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Robert de Clifford, 1st Lord (Baron) Clifford, so created by writ ofsummons to Parliament 29 Dec 1299 according to later doctrine (which heldthat the title was heritable by heirs general, ie. including females andtheir issue, while descendants of the original grantee by females marriedinto other families can also inherit); in 1291 inherited Brougham Castleand the Hereditary Shrievalty of Westmorland on the death of his mother;Justice in Eyre North of Trent 1297-1307/8, Governor Nottingham CastleJuly 1298, Capt. General of Marches of Scotland 1299, Marshal of England1307, Justice South of Trent 1307-8, Waren Scottish Marches 1308.[Burke's Peerage] ------------------------------------------------ Robert de Clifford, son of Roger de Clifford by Isabel de Vipont, s. hisgrandfather, Roger de Clifford, and was summoned to parliament as a Baronfrom 29 December, 1299 (28th Edward I), to 26 November, 1313 (7th EdwardII). This nobleman participated in the Scottish wars of King Edward I andha d a principal command in the English army. He fell in the followingreign at the battle of Bannockburn. His lordship m. Maud, dau. andco-heiress of Thomas, 2nd son of Richard de Clare, 7th Earl ofGloucester, and had issue, besides an elder son, Roger, Lord ofWestmoreland, who d. s. p. 1327, a 2nd son, Robert de Clifford. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 122, Clifford, Earls of Cumberland andBarons Clifford]
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr.,, 205-32
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles MosleyEditor-in-Chief, 1999, 784
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Maud (married 2nd by 16 Dec 1315 2nd Lord (Baron) Welles of the 1299creation and died between 4 March 1326/7 and 24 March 1327), daughter ofThomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond in Connaught, 2nd son of 5th Earl ofHertford and 2nd Earl of Gloucester. [Burke's Peerage] ------------------------------ 11 Nov 1315 Abducted & Forcibly Remarried by Robert de Welles.
Roger de Clifford, 2nd Baron Clifford; joined rebellion of Thomas, Earlof Lancaster, against Edward II and his favourites and was taken prisonerat the Battle of Boroughbridge 17 March 1221/2; dsp, being executed atYork 23 March 1322. [Burke's Peerage] Note: Burke's Peerage states Roger was dsp, nor does it even mention amarriage. While those on World Connect that have an ancestry forCatherine, state she was born 1322, daughter of Roger, others state shewas born c1307, daughter of an unknown Clifford.
Idoine or Idonea de Clifford (died 24 Aug 1365), daughter of 1st Lord(Baron) Clifford. [Burke's Peerage]
Robert de Clifford, 3rd Lord (Baron) Clifford; born 5 Nov 1305; marriedJune 1326 Isabel de Berkeley (married 2nd just before 9 June 1345 1stLord (Baron) Musgrave of Hartley and died 25 July 1362), daughter of 2ndLord (Baron) Berkeley, and died 20 May 1344. [Burke's Peerage] ----------------------------------------- Robert de Clifford, b. 1305, d. 20 May, 1344. He m. 1328, Isabel, dau. ofMaurice, Lord Berkeley, and had issue four sons, Robert, Roger, John, andThomas. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 122, Clifford, Earls ofCumberland and Barons Clifford]
He married Maud de Clare 13 Nov 1295 at Clifford's Castle, Herefordshire, England . Maud de Clare was born at Thormond, Clare, Ireland Abt 1280 daughter of Thomas de , Lord of Thomond, Gov London Clare and Juliane FitzMaurice .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Roger IV 2nd Baron de , Sir Clifford
born 21 Jan 1299/1300.
Idoine de , Lady Alnwick Clifford
born Abt 1300.
Margaret de Clifford
born Abt 1303.
Robert II 3rd Baron de , Sir Clifford
born 5 Nov 1305.
Robert I 1st Baron de , Sir Clifford died 25 Jun 1314 at killed at Battle of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland .
Maud de Clare died 1 Feb 1324/25 .