Earl of Gloucester and Hertford Gilbert de Clare
Being under age at his father's death, he was a ward of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hertford. In April 1264 he led the massacre of the Jews at Canterbury as Simon de Montfort had done in London. His castles at Kingston and Tonbridge were taken by the King, who, however, allowed his Countess, who was in the latter to go free because she was his niece: and on 12 May he and Montfort were denounced as traitors. Tow days later, just before the Battle of Lewes on 14 May, Montfort knoghted the Earl and his brother Thomas. The Earl commanded the second line of battle and took the King prisoner, having hamstrung his horse. As Prince Edward had also been captured, Montfort and the Earl were now supreme. On 20 October following, however, the Earl and his associates were excommunicated by the Papal Legate and placed under an interdict.
In the following month, by which time they had obtained possession of Gloucester and Bristol, the Prince and the Earl were proclaimed to be rebels. They at once entered on an active campaign, the Earl, in order to prevent Montfort's escape, destroying the ships at Bristol and the Bridge over the Severn. He shared the Prince's victory at Kenilworth on 16 July, and in the battle of Evesham, 4 August, in which Montfort was slain, commanded the second division and contributed largely to the vistory. The castle of Abergavenny was committted to his charge on 25 October and on the 29th the honor of Brecknock was added. On 24 June 1268 he took the cross at Northhampton, and at Michaelmas his disputes with Llewelyn were submitted to arbitration. but without a final settlement. At the end of the yeard in 1268 he refused to obey a King's summonsj to attend parliament, alleging that, owing to the constant inroads of Lleweln, his Welsh estates needed his presence for their defense. At the death of Henry VIII, 16 November 12722, the Earl took the lead in swearing fealty to Edward I, who was then in Sicily on his return from the Crusade. The next day, with the Bishop of York, he entered London and proclaimed peace to all, Christians and Jews, and for the first time, secured the acknowledgment of the right of the King's eldest son to succeed to the throne immediately. Thereafter, he was joint Guardian of England, during the King's absence, and on the arrival in England in August 1274 entertained him at Tonbridge Castle. On 3 July 1290, the Earl gave a great banquet at Clerkenwell to celebrate his marriage to the Princess Joan in the previous May.
thereafter, he and she are said to have taken the Cross and set out for the Holy Land, but in September he signed the Baron's letter to the Pope, and on 2 November surrendered to the King his claim to the advowson of the bishopricd of Llandaff. In the next year, 1291, his quarrels with the Earl of Hertford about Brecknock culminated in a private war between them. Both were imprisoned by the King, and the Earl of Gloucester, as the aggressordd, was fined 10,000 marks, and the Earl of Hertford 1,000 marks. He died at Monmouth Castle on 7 December 1295 and was buried at Tewkesbuty pn the left side of his grandfather Gilbert de Clare.Being under age at his father's death, he was a ward of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hertford. In April 1264 he led the massacre of the Jews at Canterbury as Simon de Montfort had done in London. His castles at Kingston and Tonbridge were taken by the King, who, however, allowed his Countess, who was in the latter to go free because she was his niece: and on 12 May he and Montfort were denounced as traitors. Tow days later, just before the Battle of Lewes on 14 May, Montfort knoghted the Earl and his brother Thomas. The Earl commanded the second line of battle and took the King prisoner, having hamstrung his horse. As Prince Edward had also been captured, Montfort and the Earl were now supreme. On 20 October following, however, the Earl and his associates were excommunicated by the Papal Legate and placed under an interdict.
In the following month, by which time they had obtained possession of Gloucester and Bristol, the Prince and the Earl were proclaimed to be rebels. They at once entered on an active campaign, the Earl, in order to prevent Montfort's escape, destroying the ships at Bristol and the Bridge over the Severn. He shared the Prince's victory at Kenilworth on 16 July, and in the battle of Evesham, 4 August, in which Montfort was slain, commanded the second division and contributed largely to the vistory. The castle of Abergavenny was committted to his charge on 25 October and on the 29th the honor of Brecknock was added. On 24 June 1268 he took the cross at Northhampton, and at Michaelmas his disputes with Llewelyn were submitted to arbitration. but without a final settlement. At the end of the yeard in 1268 he refused to obey a King's summonsj to attend parliament, alleging that, owing to the constant inroads of Lleweln, his Welsh estates needed his presence for their defense. At the death of Henry VIII, 16 November 12722, the Earl took the lead in swearing fealty to Edward I, who was then in Sicily on his return from the Crusade. The next day, with the Bishop of York, he entered London and proclaimed peace to all, Christians and Jews, and for the first time, secured the acknowledgment of the right of the King's eldest son to succeed to the throne immediately. Thereafter, he was joint Guardian of England, during the King's absence, and on the arrival in England in August 1274 entertained him at Tonbridge Castle. On 3 July 1290, the Earl gave a great banquet at Clerkenwell to celebrate his marriage to the Princess Joan in the previous May.
thereafter, he and she are said to have taken the Cross and set out for the Holy Land, but in September he signed the Baron's letter to the Pope, and on 2 November surrendered to the King his claim to the advowson of the bishopricd of Llandaff. In the next year, 1291, his quarrels with the Earl of Hertford about Brecknock culminated in a private war between them. Both were imprisoned by the King, and the Earl of Gloucester, as the aggressordd, was fined 10,000 marks, and the Earl of Hertford 1,000 marks. He died at Monmouth Castle on 7 December 1295 and was buried at Tewkesbuty pn the left side of his grandfather Gilbert de Clare.
She was first betrothed to Herman, son of the King of Germany, who died in 1282.
After Earl Gilbert's death, to her father's (King Edward I) great displeasure, she maried clandestinely in the early part of May 1297, Ralph de Monthermer a member of the late Earl's household. On 29 January 1296/97 the eschetor was ordered to take u9nto his hand all the land, good and chattels of Joan, Countess of Gloucester, from which it might be inferred that the King suspected her intentions with regard to Monthermer, sought to coerce her to abandon her marriage be degradation and loss of estates. On 16 March the King gave his assent to her marriage with Amadeus of Savoy, and therefore must have been ignorant of her marriage if it had already taken place, and on 12 May it was ordered that Joan whould have reasonable allowance for herself and children. It would seem that by 3 July the King had discovered Joan's marriage with Monthermer, for he took her lands into his own hand, but by July 31 when he certainly knew of the marriage, he appears to have been partly mollified, for her lands were restored except for Tonbridge.
Princess of Castile and Leon Eleanor
Gave birth to 15 children of which only one boy and five daughters survived into adulthood. When she died, King Edwrd I ordered two tomb effigies be made in bronze, one for her entrail tomb at Lincoln, the other for Westminster. Between the place of her death and the place of her interment, King Edward created a monument unique in medieval kingship: a series of elaborately carved stone crosses at Waltham, Charing and Cheapside among other places -- all marking the journedy of Eleanor's body.
Attended NM State University, University of NM, employed in Phoenix and Abluquerque.
Earl of Gloucester and Hertford Richard de Clare
A year after he became of age, he was in an expedition against the Welsh. Through his mother, he inherited a fifth part of the Marshall estates, including Kilkenny and other lordships in Ireland. He joined in the Barons letter to the Pope in 1246 against the exactions of the Curia in England. He was among those in opposition to the King's half-brothers, who in 1247 visited England, where they were very unpopular, but afterwards he was reconciled to them. On 20 April 1248, he had letters of protection for going overseas on a pilgrimmage.
At Christmas 1248, he kept his Court with great splendor on the Welsh border. In the next year, he went on a pilgrimmage to St. Edmund at Pontigny, returning in June. In 1252 he observed Easter at Tewkesbury, and then went across the seas to restore the honour of his brother William, who had been badly worsted in a tournament and had lost all his arms and horses. The Earl is said to have succeeded in recovering all, and was to have returned home with great credit, and in September he was present at the "Round Rable' tournament at Walden. In August 1252/3, the King crossed over to Gascony woth his army, and to his great indignation the Earl refused to accompany him and went to Ireland instead.
In August 1255,de Clare and John Maunsel were sent to Scotland to find out the truth regarding reports which had reached the King that his son-in-law, Alexander, King of Scotland, was being coerced by Robert de Roos and John Baliol. If possible, they were to bring the young King and Queen to him. De Clare and his companion, pretending to be two of Roo's knights, obtained entry to Edinburgh Castle, and gradually introduced their attendants, so that they had a force sufficient for their defence. They gained access to the Scottish Queen, who made her complaints to them that she and her husband had been kept apart. They threatened Roos with dire punishments, so that he promised to go to the King. Meanwhile, the Scottish magistrates, indignant that their castle of Edinburgh's being in English hands, proposes to besiege it, but they desisted when they found out they would be besieging their King and Queen. The King of Scotland apparently travelled South with de Clare, for on 24 September they were with King Henry III at Newminster, Northumberland. In July 1258, de Clare he fell ill, being poisoned with his brother William, as it was supposed, by his steward, Walter de Scotenay. Earl recovered, but his brother died.
Richard de Clare died at John Griol's manor at Asbenfield in Waltham, near Canterbury, 15 July 1262, it being rumored that he had been poisoned at the table of Piers de Savoy. On the following Monday, he was carried to Canterbury where a mass for the dead was sung, after which his body was taken to the canon's church at Tonbridge and interred in the choir. Thence it was taken to Tewkesbury and buried 28 July 1262, with great solemnity in the presence of two bishops and eight abbots in the presbytery, at his father's right hand.
ROBERT ELWELL
ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1634 FIRST RESIDENCE: Dorchester REMOVES: Marblehead 1639, Gloucester 1644 OCCUPATION: Fisherman. In 1635 Robert Elwell was one of a group of Dorchester men who were "at the Eastward," presumably fishing. In 1662 he frequently went to court over the matter of fish at his own stage. He was doing a substantial amount of fishing by 1663. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to some Massachusetts Bay church implied by freemanship (see COMMENTS below). On 19 February 1642/3, "Robert Elwell" was admitted to Salem church, with later annotation "dismissed." FREEMAN: 13 May 1640 (third in a sequence of eight Salem men. EDUCATION: In the 1660s he signed his name as witness to one deed, but made a lazy "R" on another, and also made his mark to a petition in 1674. OFFICES: Marblehead constable, 30 June 1640, 1 February 1641(see COMMENTS below). Gloucester constable, 30 June 1657. Commissioner to end small causes, 25 November 1651, 29 March 1652, 27 September 1652, 23 March 1653/4. Essex petit jury, 28 June 1653; Grand jury, 27 November 1677. On 28 June 1659, Robert Elwell was discharged from training, paying one bushel of corn yearly for the use of the company. ESTATE: On 1 September 1634, "Robert Elway" was given a lot at Dorchester formerly granted to John Rocket. On 2 January 1637[/8], Mr. Holland and Robert Elwell were granted "that slip of upland and marsh lying from the further corner of Mr. Richard's lot to their houses, leaving a free passage for carts, or any other carriages that way". The same day Robert Elwell was granted two acres of marsh at Mr. Ludlow's neck and an allotment at "Manning's Moone". Robert Elwell received 3 acres of meadow in the 1637 Dorchester grant. On 18 March 1637[/8], Robert Elwell received 2 acres 2 quarters and 39 rods in the neck and 2 acres 2 quarters and 39 rods in the cow pasture. On 3 April 1638, his allotment at Manning's Moone was set as the residue of eight acres granted to James Priest. By 8 June 1640, John Holland had purchased Elwell's portion of upland on the slip of land they had earlier shared. On 12 June 1674, Robert Elwell of Gloucester made a deed for land to Thomas Bowen of Marblehead, "certifying that he had sold the said land twenty-eight years since to said Bowen and gave him possession." In his will, dated 15 May 1683 and proved 26 June 1683, Robert Elwell of Gloucester bequeathed to "my eldest son Samuel Elwell the house I now dwell in ... also all the neck of land whereupon my said house standeth except what is hereafter disposed of to my son Thomas," also all the rest of "my land and meadow both here and at the eastern point and Little Good Harbor," except that given to "my sons John and Thomas," also all carts, plows, tackling and tools, in return for which Samuel is to feed, clothe and shelter both Samuel and "his mother my wife" for life; to "my son John Elwell" three acres of meadow at Little Good Harbor; to "my son Isaac Elwell my cloak"; to "my son Joseph" a yearling steer; to "my son Thomas Elwell" half an acre of land and orchard "his house standeth upon" and one acre of meadow or marsh at Starkenaught Harbour, also one yearling; to "my daughter Deliber" a two-year old heifer; to "Samuel Elwell my grandson all that house and land his father now liveth in ... in Glocester," four acres of upland adjoining the house and two acres of meadow, and if said Samuel dies, then to the next eldest grandson and so on, Samuel to pay 20s. to "his grandmother my wife"; to "my grandson Robert Elwell who now lives with me all my quarter part of my ketch in case he abides with his father and help him" and Robert to pay "his said grandmother my wife" £4; all wearing apparel to "my sons" equally; all household goods to be equally divided among "all my children" after his death and that of his wife; if "my wife" wishes to live alone, son Samuel to vacate the house, he still providing for her; if said Samuel should die, "my grandson Robert (son of said Samuel) that now liveth with me" named next heir; if Robert dies, then to the next eldest grandson and so on; to "my grandson William Elwell son to my son Josiah deceased" a calf; to "my dear and loving wife" two milk cows with fodder provided by "my son Samuel," also benefit and improvement of the garden; residue of cattle to "my son Samuel Elwell" except what may be used to discharge debts; all household goods for use of "my wife" and at her decease as above, also two ewes and "my horse"; residue of ewes to "my son Samuel" and a colt; if Samuel fails to provide for "my wife," then executors to take away the living and cattle and they are to see to her comfortable subsistence; Mr. John Emerson and Jeffrey Parsons Sr. executors. In her will, dated 24 March 1690/1 and proved 30 June 1691, Alice Elwell, "late wife of Robert Elwell deceased," bequeathed "what shall then remain of the twenty pounds, which by agreement made between my sons and I" was to be paid to whomever she directed, to "be equally divided among them, except to Alce Bennett" a small iron kettle; Morris Smith and John Day executors. The inventory of the estate of widow [Alice] Elwell "who deceased the 10 day of April in the year 1690/1 [sic " was untotalled and contained no real estate. BIRTH: By about 1609 based on estimated date of marriage. DEATH: Gloucester 18 May 1683. MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1634 Joan _____. She died at Gloucester 31 March 1675. (2) Gloucester 29 May 1676 Alice (_____) Leach. She died Gloucester 10 April 1691. She married first Robert Leach, who died about July 1674. CHILDREN:
i MARY, b. say 1634; m. (1) Gloucester 15 August 1654 Samuel Dollivar; m. (2) (as "Mary Dolever, widow") Gloucester 16 December 1684 James Gardner.ii SAMUEL, b. about 1635 (deposed 25 June 1672 "aged about sixty-three" [sic perhaps this deposition was actually made by Robert Elwell, as the age would be right] , bp. Salem 28 August 1639; m. Gloucester 7 June 1658 Esther Dutch, daughter of OSMOND DUTCH {1639, Newport} [Phoebe Tilton.
iii JOSIAH, b. say 1638, bp. Salem 28 August 1639; m. Gloucester 15 June 1666 Mary Collins (fined at November 1666 court for fornication; John Cooke and Mary Elwell were married at Gloucester on 2 February 1679[/80?]; Mary Cooke, "formerly wife of Josiah Elwell," proved his inventory in court 29 November 1681. The marriage record calls her "Mary Collins, d. John Jr."
iv JOHN, bp. Salem 23 January 1639/40; m. Salem 1 October 1667 Jane Durin.
v ISAAC, bp. Salem 27 February 1641/2; m. (1) by 1666 Mehitable Millet (eldest known child b. Gloucester 15 January 1666[/7]), daughter of THOMAS MILLETT {1635, Dorchester}; on 27 September 1682, Isaac Elwell "joined with the sons-in-law and children of Thomas Millett in an agreement about the division of property"; m. (2) say 1700 Mary (Prince) Rowe, daughter of Thomas Prince and widow of Hugh Rowe (secondary sources give 16 December 1702 as the date of this marriage, but no record of the marriage appears in published Gloucester or Salem vital records; Hugh Rowe d. Gloucester 21 December 1696; on 21 March 1705/6, "Mary Elwell alias Mary Prince, daughter of Thomas Prince Senior late of Gloucester deceased, ... with the consent and will of my husband Isaac Elwell," sold to "my cousin John Prince" her right in "any legacy left by my father unto my brother Isaac Prince"; on 19 May 1723/4, "the children and heirs of our honored father Hugh Row late of Gloucester deceased" divided amongst themselves "that part of estate which was set off to our honored mother Mary Elwell late Mary Row and administratrix on the estate of our said father Hugh Row deceased as her right of dower"
vi JOSEPH, b. about 1648 (deposed 28 March 1664 "aged 16 years next May"; deposed 25 June 1672 "aged about twenty-three years" m. Gloucester 22 June 1669 Mary Dutch, daughter of OSMOND DUTCH {1639, Newport} [Phoebe Tilton Anc 96; Nicholas Davis Anc 214].
vii SARAH, b. Gloucester 20 April 1651; d. Gloucester 23 April 1651.
viii SARAH, b. Gloucester 12 May 1652; d. Gloucester 26 Aug 1655.
ix THOMAS, bp. Salem 22 April 1655; m. Gloucester 23 November 1675 Sarah Bassett.
x JACOB, b. Gloucester 10 June 1657; d. Gloucester 21 May 1658.
xi RICHARD, bp. Salem 11 April 1658; no further record.
ASSOCIATIONS: In a letter dated 20 April 1648, Tristram Dalliber of Stoke Abbas, Dorset, wrote to John Balch and William Woodbury of Salem and added this postscript: There is Robert Ellwell['s] wife hath £3 here in her sister-in-law's hand which her brother gave her at his death if he be pleased to take it there I shall be content so as they will send an acquittance sealed up in a letter to me so as I may have it from them at the next return for they told me that they would send a letter to me & I should send it over with mine but I never heard more of them. Based on the probable dates of birth of the his children, Robert Elwell probably married while in England. The document above indicates that his wife was from Stoke Abbas, Dorsetshire, or vicinity, and so his origin should be sought in that same area.