Feudal barony of Clifford
The feudal barony of Clifford (or Honour of Clifford) was a feudal barony with its caput baroniae at Clifford Castle in Herefordshire, England.
Descent
de Tony
The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Clifford Castle was then held by Ralph de Tony (d.1102)[1] (alias de Tosny, Tosni, etc.), feudal baron of Flamstead in Hertfordshire.[2] It had been built by his brother-in-law William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (d.1071). William FitzOsbern was the husband of Adeliza de Tosny, daughter of Roger I of Tosny and sister of Ralph de Tony (d.1102).
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At some time before 1127 the barony passed by means unexplained to Richard FitzPons (died 1138).[4] Richard was the brother and heir of Drogo FitzPons, a tenant of estates in Herefordshire listed in the Domesday Book. Richard married Maud de Gloucester, daughter of Walter of Gloucester (died c. 1129) and sister of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford.[5] The son and heir of Richard FitzPons took the surname de Clifford after his father's barony (or due to his possible place of birth at Clifford Castle),[citation needed] as Walter de Clifford (died 1190).
He was succeeded by Richard de Clifford (died
Walter de Clifford (died 1263), heir to his father in the feudal barony of Clifford, married Margaret, the daughter of Prince
Sources
- Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, pp. 35–6, Clifford
References
- ^ Sanders, p.35; p.117
- ^ Sanders, p.35, note 6
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.194. Pedigree of Clifford of Chudleigh, note to entry for Roger de Clifford of Tenbury (d.1231)
- ^ Sanders, p.35
- ^ Sanders, p.35, note 6
- ^ Sanders, p.35
- ^ Sanders, p.36
- ^ Sanders, p.36