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C.P. Addition: 2nd marriage of Alice de Lusignan, divorced wife of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford
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Douglas Richardson
Feb 16, 2017, 12:45:54 PM2/16/17
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Dear Newsgroup ~
Complete Peerage 5 (1926): 702–712 (sub Gloucester) has a rather lengthy account regarding Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [died 1295], which individual was an important man in his time.
Regarding his first marriage to Alice de Lusignan (niece of King Henry III), the following information is provided:
"The Earl married, 1stly, in the spring of 1253, Alice (contract dated 2 Feb. 1252/3), daughter of Hugh de Lusignan (le Brun), Count of La Marche and Angouleme (uterine brother of Henry III), by Yolande, daughter of Pierre (Mauclerc), Duke of Brittany. She, who is said to have become hypochondriacal, procured a divorce from her husband, judgment being given at Norwich 18 July 1271." END OF QUOTE.
Following their divorce, Earl Gilbert granted Alice various properties for her support, including the park and manor of Thaxted, Essex, and the manors of Warham, Wells, and Wiveton, Norfolk, Burford, Oxfordshire, and Speenhamland, Berkshire [see Genealogist n.s. 38 (1922): 169–172].
Alice de Lusignan subsequently re-married Gilbert de Lindsay (or Lindesey), Knt., of Molesworth, Huntingdonshire, who occurs in the period, 1279–1308. For evidence of this marriage, see Calendar of IPM 3 (1912): 234–251; Genealogist n.s. 38 (1922): 169–172.
Until now, it is not known when Alice de Lusignan married Sir Gilbert de Lindsay. Recently, however, I located a Common Pleas lawsuit which proves that this couple were married before Hilary term 1288, when they were engaged in a legal action with Alice's former husband, Earl Gilbert de Clare. A brief abstract of the lawsuit is presented below.
In Hilary term 1288 Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, was summoned to respond to Gilbert de Lyndesey and Alice his wife in the Court of Common Pleas in a plea regarding the presentation to the church of Wells, Norfolk. Reference: Court of Common Pleas, CP40/70, image 7022f (available at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/E1/CP40no70/aCP40no70fronts/IMG_7022.htm).
For further particulars of Sir Gilbert de Lindsay, interested parties may see the following sources:
Nicolas, Roll of Arms of the Reign of Edward the Second (1829): 63 (arms of Sire Gilberd de Lyndeseye, de goules, crusules de or, a un escuchon de veer percee); VCH Huntingdon 3 (1936): 92–96; DeWindt, Royal Justice & the Medieval English Countryside 2 (1981): 617; Miscellany 11 (Scottish Hist. Soc. 5th Ser. 3) (1990): 108–111; McAndrew, Scotland’s Hist. Heraldry (2006): 93–94; Court of Common Pleas, CP40/136, image 76f (available at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/E1/CP40no136/aCP40no136fronts/IMG_0076.htm); Court of Common Pleas, CP40/169, image 122f (available at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/E2/CP40no169/aCP40no169fronts/IMG_0122.htm)].
Presumably Alice de Lusignan is the Alice de la Marche, tenant in chief, who died shortly before 24 March 1290 [see Cal. of Fine Rolls, 1 (1911): 277].
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Complete Peerage 5 (1926): 702–712 (sub Gloucester) has a rather lengthy account regarding Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [died 1295], which individual was an important man in his time.
Regarding his first marriage to Alice de Lusignan (niece of King Henry III), the following information is provided:
"The Earl married, 1stly, in the spring of 1253, Alice (contract dated 2 Feb. 1252/3), daughter of Hugh de Lusignan (le Brun), Count of La Marche and Angouleme (uterine brother of Henry III), by Yolande, daughter of Pierre (Mauclerc), Duke of Brittany. She, who is said to have become hypochondriacal, procured a divorce from her husband, judgment being given at Norwich 18 July 1271." END OF QUOTE.
Following their divorce, Earl Gilbert granted Alice various properties for her support, including the park and manor of Thaxted, Essex, and the manors of Warham, Wells, and Wiveton, Norfolk, Burford, Oxfordshire, and Speenhamland, Berkshire [see Genealogist n.s. 38 (1922): 169–172].
Alice de Lusignan subsequently re-married Gilbert de Lindsay (or Lindesey), Knt., of Molesworth, Huntingdonshire, who occurs in the period, 1279–1308. For evidence of this marriage, see Calendar of IPM 3 (1912): 234–251; Genealogist n.s. 38 (1922): 169–172.
Until now, it is not known when Alice de Lusignan married Sir Gilbert de Lindsay. Recently, however, I located a Common Pleas lawsuit which proves that this couple were married before Hilary term 1288, when they were engaged in a legal action with Alice's former husband, Earl Gilbert de Clare. A brief abstract of the lawsuit is presented below.
In Hilary term 1288 Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, was summoned to respond to Gilbert de Lyndesey and Alice his wife in the Court of Common Pleas in a plea regarding the presentation to the church of Wells, Norfolk. Reference: Court of Common Pleas, CP40/70, image 7022f (available at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/E1/CP40no70/aCP40no70fronts/IMG_7022.htm).
For further particulars of Sir Gilbert de Lindsay, interested parties may see the following sources:
Nicolas, Roll of Arms of the Reign of Edward the Second (1829): 63 (arms of Sire Gilberd de Lyndeseye, de goules, crusules de or, a un escuchon de veer percee); VCH Huntingdon 3 (1936): 92–96; DeWindt, Royal Justice & the Medieval English Countryside 2 (1981): 617; Miscellany 11 (Scottish Hist. Soc. 5th Ser. 3) (1990): 108–111; McAndrew, Scotland’s Hist. Heraldry (2006): 93–94; Court of Common Pleas, CP40/136, image 76f (available at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/E1/CP40no136/aCP40no136fronts/IMG_0076.htm); Court of Common Pleas, CP40/169, image 122f (available at http://aalt.law.uh.edu/E2/CP40no169/aCP40no169fronts/IMG_0122.htm)].
Presumably Alice de Lusignan is the Alice de la Marche, tenant in chief, who died shortly before 24 March 1290 [see Cal. of Fine Rolls, 1 (1911): 277].
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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