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C.P. Addition: Alice de Lusignan, wife of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester & Hertford, and Gilbert de Lindsey
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Douglas Richardson
Sep 5, 2012, 3:22:56 PM9/5/12
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Dear Newsgroup ~
Complete Peerage 5 (1926): 702–712 (sub Gloucester) has a long and rather thorough account of the life of the famous medieval baron, Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [died 1295]. Earl Gilbert's 2nd marriage to Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England, is well known. Many living people today descend from this couple, including this present writer.
Before his marriage to Joan of Acre, however, Earl Gilbert de Clare was married (1st) in the spring of 1253 Alice (or Alix) de Lusignan (or Alice de La Marche), daughter of Hugues [XI] le Brun (or de Lusignan), Count of La Marche and Angoulême, seigneur of Lusignan in Poitou (uterine brother of Henry III, King of England), by Yolande, daughter of Pierre de Braine styled Mauclerc, Knt., Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond. Gilbert and Alice had two daughters, Isabel (wife of Guy de Beauchamp, Knt., 10th Earl of Warwick, and Maurice de Berkeley, Knt., 2nd Lord Berkeley) and Joan (wife of Duncan of Fife, 9th Earl of Fife in Scotland).
Regarding the dissolution of the marriage of Earl Gilbert and his wife, Alice, the following facts are known. They were legally separated at Norwich, Norfolk 18 July 1271. In May 1283 Earl Gilbert was contracted to marry the king’s daughter, Joan, provided he be formally divorced from his wife, Alice, and be free to marry where he will, and also that he obtain a dispensation from the Pope to marry to Joan, a 1st cousin once removed of Alice. In 1285 Gilbert was duly absolved from the contract of marriage between him and his former wife, Alice. He in turn 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.
At this point, Alice de Lusignan fades from the view of Complete Peerage. However, surviving records prove that Alice subsequently married (2nd) Gilbert de Lindsey. This is proven by the inquisition post mortem of Earl Gilbert de Clare taken in 1296, published in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 3 (1912): 234-251. Included in that inquisition is the following information on page 237:
Date: 3 January 1295/6
Essex. Thaxted. The manor (extent given) .... The countess Joan had no seisin of this manor because it was held by Gilbert de Lyndesey and Alice de la Marche his wife for the life of the latter, who was still living when Gilbert the earl gave his other lands to the king." END OF QUOTE.
Since it is certain the author of the account of Earl Gilbert de Clare in Complete Peerage saw this inquisition, I assume he or she failed to realize that Alice de la Marche there named was the former wife of Earl Gilbert de Clare and that Thaxted, Essex had been settled on her for life at the time of their divorce.
As for Alice’s 2nd husband, Gilbert de Lindsey, I presume he is the same person as Gilbert de Lindsey, of Molesworth, Huntingdonshire, who occurs in the period, 1279–86 [see VCH Huntingdon 3 (1936): 92–96].
Regarding the death date of Alice de Lusignan, I presume she is the Alice de la Marche, styled "tenant in chief," who died shortly before 24 March 1290 [see Cal. Fine Rolls 1 (1911): 277]. Alice would have been a tenant in chief by virtue of her tenure of Thaxted, Essex, which property was held of the king in chief.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Complete Peerage 5 (1926): 702–712 (sub Gloucester) has a long and rather thorough account of the life of the famous medieval baron, Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford [died 1295]. Earl Gilbert's 2nd marriage to Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England, is well known. Many living people today descend from this couple, including this present writer.
Before his marriage to Joan of Acre, however, Earl Gilbert de Clare was married (1st) in the spring of 1253 Alice (or Alix) de Lusignan (or Alice de La Marche), daughter of Hugues [XI] le Brun (or de Lusignan), Count of La Marche and Angoulême, seigneur of Lusignan in Poitou (uterine brother of Henry III, King of England), by Yolande, daughter of Pierre de Braine styled Mauclerc, Knt., Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond. Gilbert and Alice had two daughters, Isabel (wife of Guy de Beauchamp, Knt., 10th Earl of Warwick, and Maurice de Berkeley, Knt., 2nd Lord Berkeley) and Joan (wife of Duncan of Fife, 9th Earl of Fife in Scotland).
Regarding the dissolution of the marriage of Earl Gilbert and his wife, Alice, the following facts are known. They were legally separated at Norwich, Norfolk 18 July 1271. In May 1283 Earl Gilbert was contracted to marry the king’s daughter, Joan, provided he be formally divorced from his wife, Alice, and be free to marry where he will, and also that he obtain a dispensation from the Pope to marry to Joan, a 1st cousin once removed of Alice. In 1285 Gilbert was duly absolved from the contract of marriage between him and his former wife, Alice. He in turn 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.
At this point, Alice de Lusignan fades from the view of Complete Peerage. However, surviving records prove that Alice subsequently married (2nd) Gilbert de Lindsey. This is proven by the inquisition post mortem of Earl Gilbert de Clare taken in 1296, published in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, 3 (1912): 234-251. Included in that inquisition is the following information on page 237:
Date: 3 January 1295/6
Essex. Thaxted. The manor (extent given) .... The countess Joan had no seisin of this manor because it was held by Gilbert de Lyndesey and Alice de la Marche his wife for the life of the latter, who was still living when Gilbert the earl gave his other lands to the king." END OF QUOTE.
Since it is certain the author of the account of Earl Gilbert de Clare in Complete Peerage saw this inquisition, I assume he or she failed to realize that Alice de la Marche there named was the former wife of Earl Gilbert de Clare and that Thaxted, Essex had been settled on her for life at the time of their divorce.
As for Alice’s 2nd husband, Gilbert de Lindsey, I presume he is the same person as Gilbert de Lindsey, of Molesworth, Huntingdonshire, who occurs in the period, 1279–86 [see VCH Huntingdon 3 (1936): 92–96].
Regarding the death date of Alice de Lusignan, I presume she is the Alice de la Marche, styled "tenant in chief," who died shortly before 24 March 1290 [see Cal. Fine Rolls 1 (1911): 277]. Alice would have been a tenant in chief by virtue of her tenure of Thaxted, Essex, which property was held of the king in chief.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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