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Richard de Clare
1153 – 1217
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Born
c. 1153
Died
1217
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About
Richard de Clare, third Earl of Hertford, was one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta in 1215, and his son Gilbert was another. He died in 1217, the year the charter was reissued.
Research notes
✓ DOCUMENTED (Entered 23 Jul 2026 under the relaxed rule (standard, undisputed peerage/royal account; provenance so noted).): RICHARD DE CLARE, 3RD EARL OF HERTFORD (d. 1217); **A MAGNA CARTA SURETY BARON, 1215** - the tree's fourth wired surety when counted with his son, Robert de Vere, and the note-only Lacy/Quincy pair: FIVE of the twenty-five touch this family. m. AMICE OF GLOUCESTER, through whom the earldom of Gloucester came to the Clares. Direct ancestor. Added 23 Jul 2026.