Maud (Clare) de Welle (abt. 1279 - bef. 1327)

Born about 1279 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Robert (Clifford) de Clifford — married 13 Nov 1295 in England

Wife of Robert (Welle) de Welle — married before 16 Dec 1315 in England

Descendants

Died before 24 May 1327 before about age 48 in England

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Maud de Clare is a descendant of several Magna Carta surety barons (see text below).

Biography

Maud de Clare was the daughter of Thomas de Clare of Thomond in Connaught, Ireland, and his wife Juliane FitzMaurice.^[1][2][3] Her date and place of birth are unknown, her birthdate is estimated as 1279.^[4]

First Marriage and Children

Maud married first to Robert de Clifford, Knt., 1st Lord Clifford,^[1][5] on 13 November 1295.^[2][6] Robert was the son and heir of Roger de Clifford and Isabel de Vipont and was born about 5 April 1276.^[2][6]

Maud and Robert de Clifford had two sons and two daughters:

• Roger, 2nd Lord Clifford, born 2 February 1299^[6] or 21 February.^[5] Roger was taken prisoner at the Battle of Boroughbridge and executed in 1322,^[2] perhaps on 23 March^[6] at York.^[5]
• Robert, 3rd Lord Clifford,^[6] born 5 November 1305, heir to his brother, Roger. He married Isabel de Berkeley^[5] and had three sons.^[2] Robert died 20 May 1344.^[2][5]
• Idoine, married Henry de Percy, Knt., 2nd Lord Percy.^[2]
• Margaret, married Peter de Mauley, Knt., 3rd Lord Mauley.^[2]

Widowed

Maud's husband, Sir Robert, was slain at the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314,^[5] dying testate.^[2] In November 1315, while still a widow, Maud was abducted by John le Irish, Keeper of Barnard Castle, while she was traveling near Bowes Castle, Durham. A force of 40 men-at-arms, led by Sir William de Montagu, was immediately sent to her rescue.^[2]

Second Marriage

Very soon afterwards, before 16 December 1315, she remarried (without license).^[2][5] Her second marriage was to Robert de Welle (or Welles), Knt., of Worcestershire,^[1] probable son of Robert de Welle, by Isabel de Periton.^[2] They had no issue.^[2]

Inheritance

Maud was co-heiress in 1321 to her nephew, Thomas de Clare,^[5] inheriting Thomond, Inkisty, Knockany, etc. in Ireland and a moiety share of the manor of Tarrant Rushton, Dorset and the Stewardship of Essex.^[2]

Death

Maud, Lady Clifford, died shortly before 24 May 1327.^[2]

Research Notes

Detached Issue

The following profiles for children that are probably someone else's were detached from Maud and her husband, Robert de Clifford: John, Andrew, Catherine

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. I, page 87, 90, BADLESMERE 4.v.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. I, page 502-504, CLIFFORD 6.
3. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. I, pages 216-217.
4. ↑ Maud de Clare entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed June 5, 2015), citing Richardson, Complete Peerage, Vol. III, p. 291, etc.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} Cokayne, George Edward and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. III: Canonteign - Cutts, 2nd ed. (London, 1913). Online at Archive.org, page 291.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Stephen, Sir Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. (New York: Macmillan, 1887), online at Archive.org, vol. XI, page 72

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• March 2021 SGM post by Douglas Richardson: soc.genealogy.medieval
• Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition (2011), vol. III, page 335.
• Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013) vol. I, page 220.
• Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013) vol. II, paged 242-243.
• Richardson, Royal Ancestry, (2013) vol. IV, page 67, 348-349
• Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry, 1st ed. (2005).
• Weis, F. L. Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 2004. Line 64-32 pages 72-73.
• Roberts, Gary Boyd. Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, page 354.
• Wikipedia: Maud de Clare.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed 29 Dec 2019 by Thiessen-117.

Maud de Clare is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. She is in multiple trails to Gateway Ancestors badged by the Magna Carta Project, including:

• Bernard Gateways (Richard and William): badged in 2015. The trail is outlined HERE.
• Saint Leger Codd: connected in 2019 to existing trail badged in 2015. See the trails HERE.
• Henry Corbin (MCA I:533-535 CORBIN): badged trail was connected to this Gateway before 2018. The trails are set out HERE.
• Edward Digges: badged after Jun 2015. See the trails HERE.
• John Fisher: badged in/about 2015 and re-reviewed in April 2020. See trails HERE.
• Warham Horsmanden: badged May 2020. See the trails HERE.
• Levis Gateways (Samuel, Hannah and Sarah): badged in February 2020. The trail can be seen HERE (see Need, below).
• Nelson Gateways (John and Margaret): badged in 2015 and 2016 and need re-review. See the trails HERE.
• Robert Peyton, through his mother: trails were badged in 2015 and can be seen HERE.

Maud also appears in unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateways:

• Need Gateways (Mary and Joseph) (MCA II:221-223 NEED): Levis trail badged in February 2020. The trails can be seen HERE (see Levis). 3 profiles need development.

Through her daughter Idoine de Clifford, Maud is in trails to many other Gateway Ancestors. For a list of Idoine and her husband's Gateway descendants, see Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. I, page 503, footnote 274.

And through her son, Robert de Clifford, she is connected to many other Gateways. For a list of Robert and his wife's Gateway descendants, see Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. I, page 176, footnote 110.

See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail". See Base Camp for information about identified trails and their status.