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unusual facts about Gilbert Fitz Richard


Hue de Rotelande

Gilbert de Monmouth Fitz Baderon, a grandson of Gilbert Fitz Richard, was his patron.


Baderon of Monmouth

At some point after 1130 Baderon married Rohese (or Rohesia), the daughter of Gilbert fitzRichard de Clare, and the sister of Gilbert de Clare, who was the lord of Striguil (or Chepstow) and later became Earl of Pembroke.

Cardigan Priory

Documents preserved at Gloucester Cathedral state that Chertsey Abbey misappropriated, and was later compelled to yield up, a church at Cardigan which had been granted to Gloucester by Gilbert de Clare (d. 1114) previous to the establishment of the priory.


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