246 CLARE XIV. 1382. 14. Roger (de Mortimer), Earl of March, £j'c., also Earl of Ulster [I.], Lord of Clare, ^c, s. and h., l>. 11 Apr. 1374; dechrcd, Jure matris, heir presumptive to the Crown, 1387; d. 20 July 1398, and was bur. at Wigmore, co. Hereford. XV. 1398. 15. Edmund (de Mortimer), Earl of March, tfc, also Earl of Ulster [I.], Lord of Clare, iSc, s. and h., b. 6 Nov. at Trim Castle, Ireland, 19 Jan. Priory afsd. XVI. 1425. 1 39 1. He i3'. unm., in prison 1424/5, and was bur. at Clare o 4^ C/5 n 2 n > ^ o ' - p - "-l ■-t 1 6. Richard (Plantagenet), Duke of York, ' &Pc., also Earl of Ulster [1.], Lord of Clare, Cffc, nephew and h., being only s. and h. of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, by Anne, his ist wife, eldest sister of Edmund (de Mortimer), Earl of March, Lord of Clare, &'c., abovenamed, at whose death he was aged 14. He was slain at the battle of Wakefield, 31 Dec. 1460, and bur. at Fotheringay. XVII. 1460 17. Edward (Plantagenet), Duke of to York, &c., also Earl of Ulster [L], Lord of 1 46 1. Clare, ^c, s. and h., b. 2% Apr. 1442. On 4 Mar. 1 460/ 1, he ascended the throne as Edward IV, when his peerage dignities as well as the Lordship of the Honour of Clare, became merged in the Crown. (") o 3 c n n a ^ 3 5. o S p - g 75 BARONY BY WRIT. 1. 1309 to 1318. CLARE [England] I. Richard de Clare, br. and h. of Gilbert de C.,() was s. of Thomas de C, Lord of Thomond in Con- naught,^) by Julian,('^) da. of Sir Maurice Fitz- Maurice, Lord Justice of Ireland. He had livery of his brother Gilbert's lands 20 Jan. 1307/8. He was sum. to Pari. 26 Oct. (1309) 3 Edw. II, but never afterwards, (*) The Castle of Clare was granted by Edward IV to Sir John Cheke; was resumed by Queen Mary, but subsequently was again alienated, and before 1655, was in the possession of the family of Barnardiston. C") This Gilbert was b. at Limerick and bap. there, 3 Feb. 1280/ 1. He had livery of his father's lands 14 Apr. 1300 and pr. his age 22 Sep. 1302. In the Inq. his mother is called Julian, as she is also on 24 Sep. 1 300, when she was dead. He m. Isabel. He d. s.p. in 1307, before 16 Nov., when his wrk of diem cl. ext. is dated. His widow was living 20 Apr. 1322. V.G. if) He, who was Gov. of Colchester Castle 1266, and Gov. of the City of London 1273, and d. 29 Aug. 1287, was 2nd s. of Richard (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. V.G. C) This Julian m., 2ndly, as his 2nd wife, Adam de Creting, father of John [Lord] Creting, and was living in England in 1292. {Patent Roll). V.G.
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