Elizabeth De CLARE

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BOOKS
The Political History of England 1216-1377, Vol III, T F Tout, AMS Press, 1905, p279: "...[1321] Both the Despensers desired to be earls, and the younger Hugh wished that the Gloucester earldom should be revived in his favour. Assured of the good-will of the king, both had to contend against the jealousy ofthe baronage and the exclusiveness of the existing earls. The younger Hugh had also to reckon with his two brothers-in-law, with whom he had divided the Clare estates. These were Hugh of Audley, who had married Margaret the widow of Gaveston, and Roger of Amory, the husband of Elizabeth, the youngest of the Clare sisters. There had been difficulty enough in effecting the partition of The Gloucester inheritance among the three coheiresses. In 1317 the division was made, and Despenserhad become lord of Glamorgan, which politically and strategically was most important of all the Gloucester lands. Yet even then, Despenser was not satisfied with his position..."
p428: "...For his third son, Lionel of Antwerp, when still in his childhood, Edward found the greatest heiress of her time, Elizabeth, the only daughter of William de Burgh, the sixth lord of Connaught and third Earl of Ulster, the representative of one of the chief Anglo-Norman houses in Ireland. Even before his marriage, Lionel was made Earl of Ulster, a title sunk after 1362 in the novel dignity of the duchy of Clarence. This title was chosen because Elizabeth de Burgh was a granddaughter of Elizabeth of Clare, the sister of the last Clare Earl of Gloucester, and a share of the Gloucester inheritance passed through her to the young duke..."

The Later Middle Ages 1272-1485, George Holmes, 1962, The Norton History of England, p113: "...[Lancaster] was supplanted in 1318 by a group ofmen who had acquired the King's confidence since 1314, the Earls of Pembroke and Hereford and the knights, Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Roger d'Armory, Hugh d'Audley, and Hugh Despenser the younger. These men have been called the `Middle Party',and the phrase is just in so far as it emphasizes that they aimed neither at the rule of a single, all-powerful courtier, like Gaveston, nor at destroying the King's independence from outside, like Lancaster..."

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World Ancestral Chart No. 17450 Ancestors of Wayne G Thorpe and Olive Loraine Slade: Born 16 Sep 1295 Tewkesbury Gloucestershire England, Died 4 Nov 1360 Alton Wiltshire England.

   Marriage Information:

Elizabeth married Roger ARMORY.

   Marriage Information:

Elizabeth also married Sir Theobald De VERDUN. (Sir Theobald De VERDUN was born on 8 Sep 1278 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England and died on 27 Jul 1316 in Alton, Wiltshire, England.)