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NameElizabeth de Clare 
[60, Ulster art, VolXII/2, p.177], [60, Verdun art, Vol XII/2, p. 241 seq], [60, Damory art, Vol IV, p. 42 seq], [60, Bardolf art, Vol I, p. 417 seq.], [78, Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare, pp. 56-9], [121, Clare, Suffolk barony, p. 35]
[60, Ulster art, VolXII/2, p.177], [60, Verdun art, Vol XII/2, p. 241 seq], [60, Damory art, Vol IV, p. 42 seq], [60, Bardolf art, Vol I, p. 417 seq.], [78, Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare, pp. 56-9], [121, Clare, Suffolk barony, p. 35]Birth16 Sep 1295, Tewkesbury
Death4 Nov 1360
BurialSt Mary's Ware, Herts
General3rd & yst sister. Co-heir of Gilbert de Clare, 7th earl.
FatherGilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester (1243-1295)
MotherJoan of Acre Countess of Gloucester (1272-1307)
Spouses
1John de Burgh [54, His father Richard de Burgh's article], [60, Ulster art, VolXII/2, p.177], [60, Verdun art, Vol XII/2, p. 241 seq]
[54, His father Richard de Burgh's article], [60, Ulster art, VolXII/2, p.177], [60, Verdun art, Vol XII/2, p. 241 seq]FatherRichard de Burgh Earl of Ulster (ca1259-1326)
MotherMargaret (-1304)
Marriage30 Sep 1308, Waltham Abbey, Essex [60, Ulster art, VolXII/2, p.177]
ChildrenWilliam de (1312-1333)
2Theobald de Verdun Lord Verdun 
[54, His co-article to his father's], [60, Verdun art, Vol XII/2, p. 241 seq], [60, Blount art, Vol II, p. 196], [60, Mortimer art, Vol IX, p.283, note (m)], [74, No 15994, p. 174], [121, Weobley, Herefords barony, p. 95]
[54, His co-article to his father's], [60, Verdun art, Vol XII/2, p. 241 seq], [60, Blount art, Vol II, p. 196], [60, Mortimer art, Vol IX, p.283, note (m)], [74, No 15994, p. 174], [121, Weobley, Herefords barony, p. 95]FatherTheobald de Verdun Lord Verdun (ca1248-1309)
MotherMargaret de Bohun
Marriage4 Feb 1316, near Bristol [60, Ulster art, VolXII/2, p.177]
ChildrenIsabel de (1317-1349)
Marriagebef 3 May 1317 [60, Damory art, Vol IV, p. 42 seq], [60, Ulster art, VolXII/2, p.177]
ChildrenElizabeth (<1318-<1363)
Notes for Elizabeth de Clare
Inherited the honour of Clare. Her elder sisters divided the honour of Gloucester.
Will notes for Elizabeth de Clare
In her will, dated 25th September 1355, she lists:
Her husband Monsr John de Bourg,
Her husband Monsr Theobaud de Verdon,
Her husband Monsr Roger Dammory,
Her [grand-] daughter dame Elizabeth countess of Ulster,
Her daughter Bardolf,
Monsr John Bardolf husband to her duaghter,
Her young [grand- ?] daughter Isabel Bardolf,
Agnes her sister [of isabel],
Her [grand-] daughter Countess of Athol.
Her husband Monsr John de Bourg,
Her husband Monsr Theobaud de Verdon,
Her husband Monsr Roger Dammory,
Her [grand-] daughter dame Elizabeth countess of Ulster,
Her daughter Bardolf,
Monsr John Bardolf husband to her duaghter,
Her young [grand- ?] daughter Isabel Bardolf,
Agnes her sister [of isabel],
Her [grand-] daughter Countess of Athol.
Arms Generally notes for Elizabeth de Clare
She used a wide variety of arms, all on seals and thus untinctured, and usually a form of either the Clare or Ulster arms. See the Brit Dict of Arms.
DNB Main notes for Elizabeth de Clare
Clare, Elizabeth de d. 1360
Name: Clare, Elizabeth de
Dates: d. 1360
Active Date: 1340
Gender: Female
Field of Interest: Miscellaneous
Occupation: Founder of Clare College, Cambridge
Place of
Burial: At Ware, Hertfordshire
Spouse: John de Burgh, Theobald, lord Verdon, Robert (or Roger) Damory, baron of Amory
Sources: Cooper's Memorials of Cambridge, vol. i.; Leland's Collectanea, pp...
Contributor: E. S. S. [Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh]
Article
Clare, Elizabeth de d. 1360, founder of Clare College, Cambridge, was third daughter of Gilbert de Clare, ninth earl of Clare [q.v.], and Princess Joan, the daughter of Edward I, who was born at Acre while her father was on the crusade of 1271. Her father died suddenly on 8 Nov. 1295, and as she was her mother's third daughter she could not have been born much before or after 1291-2. She was married early in life to John de Burgh, the son of Richard de Burgh, second earl of Ulster and fourth earl of Connaught [q.v.], who, however, died in his father's lifetime (1313). In the next year her brother Gilbert [see Clare, Gilbert de, tenth Earl], fell at the battle of Bannockburn (1314). By this event the vast estates of the De Clares, the earldoms of Gloucester and Hertford, were divided between the three sisters, Eleanor, Margaret, and Elizabeth. The last-named received the estate of Clare, and hence became known as the lady of Clare (`Domina Clar‘'). The hand of these heiresses was a prize to be aimed at by the most powerful men in the country, and one which the king, as their uncle and guardian,reserved for his favourites. Eleanor was married successively to Hugh de Spencer and Lord Zouch of Mortimer; Margaret to Piers Gaveston and Hugh, lord Audley, who assumed in her right the earldom of Gloucester. Elizabeth by her first husband had one son, William, who became third Earl of Ulster at his grandfather's death [see Burgh, William de, sixth earl of Connaught and third earl of Ulster, 1312-1332]. In 1315 Elizabeth de Clare (or de Burgh, for she called herself both) married, a second time, Theobald, lord Verdon, who however died in the following year. She then married, a third time, Robert (or Roger) Damory, baron of Amory, by whom she had two daughters: Elizabeth, who married Lord Bardolph; and Eleanor, who married John de Raleigh. Her third husband Damory was attainted for taking part with Thomas, earl of Lancaster in 1321, and was pardoned, but died the same year; and from that time she enjoyed in her own right a large portion of the property of the earldom of Gloucester. She appears to have maintained a high character for piety and love of learning. Among her other acts of beneficence was that which is perpetuated in the name of a college in Cambridge. University Hall had been founded in 1326 for the maintenance of fifteen scholars, but in 1336 its revenues were found to be insufficient, and Lady de Clare obtained various grants of ecclesiastical preferments for it, and otherwise helped it so liberally that by 1346 it began to be called Clare Hall; and in 1359 Lady de Clare gave it formally as its founder a body of statutes, which are dated from her residence at Bardfield in Essex. At her death, which occurred on 4 Nov. 1360, her heiress was her granddaughter Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of her son William de Burgh. In her will, in which she calls herself Elizabeth de Burgh, lady of Clare, she left considerable legacies in money, plate, and books to the college which she had founded, as well as to other religious establishments in and near Cambridge and other parts of the eastern counties. She was buried at Ware, Hertfordshire, by the side of her third husband.
Sources
Cooper's Memorials of Cambridge, vol. i.; Leland's Collectanea, pp. 356, 462-3, 474, 555; Nichols's Royal Wills, pp. 21-43; Mullinger's Hist. Univ. of Camb.
Contributor: E. S. S.
published 1887
Name: Clare, Elizabeth de
Dates: d. 1360
Active Date: 1340
Gender: Female
Field of Interest: Miscellaneous
Occupation: Founder of Clare College, Cambridge
Place of
Burial: At Ware, Hertfordshire
Spouse: John de Burgh, Theobald, lord Verdon, Robert (or Roger) Damory, baron of Amory
Sources: Cooper's Memorials of Cambridge, vol. i.; Leland's Collectanea, pp...
Contributor: E. S. S. [Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh]
Article
Clare, Elizabeth de d. 1360, founder of Clare College, Cambridge, was third daughter of Gilbert de Clare, ninth earl of Clare [q.v.], and Princess Joan, the daughter of Edward I, who was born at Acre while her father was on the crusade of 1271. Her father died suddenly on 8 Nov. 1295, and as she was her mother's third daughter she could not have been born much before or after 1291-2. She was married early in life to John de Burgh, the son of Richard de Burgh, second earl of Ulster and fourth earl of Connaught [q.v.], who, however, died in his father's lifetime (1313). In the next year her brother Gilbert [see Clare, Gilbert de, tenth Earl], fell at the battle of Bannockburn (1314). By this event the vast estates of the De Clares, the earldoms of Gloucester and Hertford, were divided between the three sisters, Eleanor, Margaret, and Elizabeth. The last-named received the estate of Clare, and hence became known as the lady of Clare (`Domina Clar‘'). The hand of these heiresses was a prize to be aimed at by the most powerful men in the country, and one which the king, as their uncle and guardian,reserved for his favourites. Eleanor was married successively to Hugh de Spencer and Lord Zouch of Mortimer; Margaret to Piers Gaveston and Hugh, lord Audley, who assumed in her right the earldom of Gloucester. Elizabeth by her first husband had one son, William, who became third Earl of Ulster at his grandfather's death [see Burgh, William de, sixth earl of Connaught and third earl of Ulster, 1312-1332]. In 1315 Elizabeth de Clare (or de Burgh, for she called herself both) married, a second time, Theobald, lord Verdon, who however died in the following year. She then married, a third time, Robert (or Roger) Damory, baron of Amory, by whom she had two daughters: Elizabeth, who married Lord Bardolph; and Eleanor, who married John de Raleigh. Her third husband Damory was attainted for taking part with Thomas, earl of Lancaster in 1321, and was pardoned, but died the same year; and from that time she enjoyed in her own right a large portion of the property of the earldom of Gloucester. She appears to have maintained a high character for piety and love of learning. Among her other acts of beneficence was that which is perpetuated in the name of a college in Cambridge. University Hall had been founded in 1326 for the maintenance of fifteen scholars, but in 1336 its revenues were found to be insufficient, and Lady de Clare obtained various grants of ecclesiastical preferments for it, and otherwise helped it so liberally that by 1346 it began to be called Clare Hall; and in 1359 Lady de Clare gave it formally as its founder a body of statutes, which are dated from her residence at Bardfield in Essex. At her death, which occurred on 4 Nov. 1360, her heiress was her granddaughter Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of her son William de Burgh. In her will, in which she calls herself Elizabeth de Burgh, lady of Clare, she left considerable legacies in money, plate, and books to the college which she had founded, as well as to other religious establishments in and near Cambridge and other parts of the eastern counties. She was buried at Ware, Hertfordshire, by the side of her third husband.
Sources
Cooper's Memorials of Cambridge, vol. i.; Leland's Collectanea, pp. 356, 462-3, 474, 555; Nichols's Royal Wills, pp. 21-43; Mullinger's Hist. Univ. of Camb.
Contributor: E. S. S.
published 1887