1295 Elizabeth de Clare was born on September 16 at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [1]
1308 Elizabeth de Clare and John de Burgh were married on September 30 at Waltham Abbey in Essex, England. "Elizabeth de Clare's marriage was entwined with that of her brother, Gilbert. He married Maud, daughter of Earl Richard de Burgh of Ulster; Elizabeth wed Maud's brother John, heir to the earldom. Gilbert had been granted the right "to marry whomsoever he will," and the double Ulster marriage suggests he also had the right ot Elizabeth's marriage. ... Elizabeth's wedding to John was celebrated at Waltham Abbey on September 30, 1308, her brother's just before or just after that. The king [their uncle Edward II] probably attended, as he stayed at Waltham from September 28 to October 3. [2]
1312 William Donn de Burgh, son of John and Elizabeth was born.
1313 Elizabeth's husband John de Burgh, heir to the Earl of Ulster, died.
1314 Elizabeth's brother Gilbert, 7th Earl of Hertford, was killed at the Battle of Bannockburn, Elizabeth and her two sisters were his heirs. Elizabeth's maternal uncle, King Edward II, recalled her from Ireland to England so he could select a husband for her. She left Ireland in 1316, leaving behind her young son by her first husband.
1315/16 Theobald de Verdon and Elizabeth de Burgh were married on February 4.
1316/17 Isabella de Verdun was born on March 21 at Amesbury Priory, WIltshire, England.
1317 On 10 April, Exemption for life, at the request of Elizabeth de Bourgh, the king's kinswoman, of Robert de Scales from being put on assizes, juries, or recognisances; and from being made sheriff, coroner or other minister of the king against his will." [3]
1317 Roger Damory and Elizabeth de Burgh were married by May 3, the date of a "grant, in fee simple, to Roger Damory and Elizabeth his wife, the king's kinswoman, of the manor of Sandhulle, co. York, which the king held of the grant of Gerard Salvayn. By p.s. Vacated because otherwise below." [4] [5] Grant to Roger Damory and Elizabeth de Burgo, his wife, the king's kinswoman, aud his heirs of the manor of Sandhalle, co. York, which the king held of the grant of Gerard Salveyn, to the value of 20/. a year in part satisfaction of 100 marks of land a year which the king promised to him for his good service against the Scots at Stryvelyn, and also on account of his marriage with the said Elizabeth." [6]
1317 On May 22, "Whereas the king lately took homage of Hugh de Despenser the younger, who married Eleanor the eldest of the sisters and one of the heiresses of Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and the fealty of Hugh Daudele the younger, who married Margaret, another sister and co-heiress of the said earl, aud of Roger Damory, who married Elizabeth the third sister and codieiress of the earl, due for all lands and tenements which the earl held in chief at the date of his death, and whereas the king has surrendered to the said Hugh and Eleanor, Hugh and Margaret, and Roger and Elizabeth those lands and tenements together with knights' fees, advowsons of churches, religious houses and hospitals and all other things pertaining to the lands, as is customary, and has at their request granted them that the said lauds and tenements as the right inheritance and free tenement of the said heirs and parceners shall remain in his custody until the Nativity of the Virgin Mary so that in the meantime a partition thereof can with their assent be made between them as they wish, and if by chance
such partition cannot be made with their assent, then the said lands, tenements, fees and advowsons shall continue in the king's hands until a partition shall be made. The king therefore to save them harmless and at their requests appoints Richard de Rodeneye and William le Flemmeng keepers of the lands and tenements of the said earl in Glamorgan and Morgannou, so that they may depute others to the custody thereof as shall be agreed between the said Hugh and Eleanor, Hugh and Margaret, and Roger and Elizabeth, who will answer to them for the issues henceforth accruing from sudi lands and tenements; the said Richard and William .shall not be charged with rendering any account, but .shall be wholly quit thereof. By K. The like appointments of the undermentioned persons in the counties named, viz : — Robert de Chevynton, John de Chelmersford and William de Neuport in the counties of Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Essex, Hertford, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge and Huntingdon. Richard de Rodeneye, Ithel de Keyrwent and Richard de Byflet in the counties of Northampton, Gloucester, Buckingham, Bedford. Wilts, Southampton, Somerset, Dorset, Devon." [7]
1317 On 2 June, "Grant to Roger Dammory, to whom the king on account of his good service and that he might be able more becomingly to continue in his service had granted 200 marks a year for life to be received at the Exchequer until he should he provided with lands or rents to that value, for the purpose of making such provi-ion, and because with the king's assent he had married Elizabeth de Burgo, the king's niece, sister and one of the co-heiresses of Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester and Hertford, that he may hold for life the castle and honor of Knaresborgb, which he now holds at will by rendering 500 marks a year at the Exchequer, and that he may receive and hold of the king's gift 500 marks a year for life. By K. Vacated because surrendered and cancelled." [8]
1317 On May 22, "Whereas the king lately took the homage of Hugh le Despenser the younger, who married Eleanor the eldest sister and one of the heirs of Gilbert de Clare, late earl of Gloucester and Hertford, of Hugh de Audele the younger, who married Margaret, another of the sisters and co-heiresses of the said earl, and of Roger Darnory, who married Elizabeth, the third sister and co-heiress, for all the lands and tenements which the earl held in chief on the day of his death and which the king had rendered to the said Hugh and Eleanor, Hugh and Margaret, and Roger and Elizabeth, together with knights' fees, advowsons of churches, religious houses and hospitals, etc., and further at their request that the said lauds, tenements, fees, advowsons, etc., as the right, inheritance, and free custom of (he said heirs and coparceners should remain in his custody until Christmas next, that in the meantime a partition thereof might be made with their assent, and if such partition could not be made with their assent, then that the lands, etc., should remain in the king's hands until a partition should have been made
among them ; and with their assent certain of the Council and others were charged to make such partition among the heirs and co-parceners of the lands, etc., held in chief, and of the other lands, etc., which are held in dower or otherwise for life. As the heirs and co-parceners have petitioned the king to enquire touching the true value of the lands, etc., the king that he may the better help them, and at their request and nomination, appoints Richard Damory, Richard de Louches, Edmund de Passele and Robert de Dalyngeho to enquire into the true value of the lands, etc., of the earl in the counties of Oxford, Buckingham, Surrey, Sussex and Kent, and to make an extent thereof, if necessary, by oath of men of those counties according to a form agreed upon by them and the co-parceners ; they are to certify Hervey de Staunton, John de Foxle, and William de Ayremynne, who with others are charged with making the partition, with their proceedings therein. By K. The like of the under-mentioned persons in the counties named, viz. :— Philip de la Beche, Ithel de Kerwent, Bichard de Byflet and Richard de Chissebech in the counties of Northampton, Worcester, Gloucester, Wilts, Southampton, Somerset, Dorset and Devon. Thomas de Grey, John de Chelmersford, William de Neuport and Nicholas de Fayrford in the counties of Essex, Hertford and Suffolk. Henry de Wylynton, Henry Chaumbernoun and Henry de Kirkeby in the county of Cornwall. William le Flemeng, William de Caversham and John de Chelreth in the lands of Glomorgan and Morgannou. Richard de Polhampton and John Cokerel in the county of Berks. John de Chelmersford, AVilliam de Neuport and Nicholas de Fairford in the counties of Bedford, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Norfolk. The mayor and sheriffs in the city of London. Robert de Staunton and John Waldeshef in the county of Lincoln.
The justice of South Wales, or his lieutenant, in South Wales." [9]
1317 On July 6, "Grant to Roger Damory and Elizabeth his wife and the heirs of their bodies of the manor of Faukeshall, which Richard de Geieseye, late butler of the king's Household, held for life, with knights' fees, advowsons of churches, etc. By p.s. Vacated because otherwise below." [10]
[1] Frances A. Underhill, For her Good Estate: The Life of Elizabeth de Burgh (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999), 5, "The date was almost certainly September 16, 1295, the place likely at or near Tewkesbury, a Clare stronghold on the English-Welsh border where Elizabeth's parents may then have been living because her grandfather, Edward I, had recently deprived her father of his Welshe lands." Undershill cites G.E. Cokayne, ed. The Complete Peerage, 2nd ed, rev V. Gibbs et al. 13 vols. (London, 1910-59), 5:437 and 12:251 for the date and for the place, Michael Altschul, A Baronial Family in Medieval England, The Clares, 1217-1314 (Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1965), 155, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Frances A. Underhill, For her Good Estate: The Life of Elizabeth de Burgh (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999), 9, citing, G.E. Cokayne, ed,, Complete Peerage, 12:177 and N. Denholm-Young, transl., Vita Edwardi Secundi (London, 1957), 6, [GoogleBooks].
[3] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317 (London: HMSO, 1898), 641, [InternetArchive].
[4] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317 (London: HMSO, 1898), 644, [InternetArchive].
[5] Frances A. Underhill, For her Good Estate: The Life of Elizabeth de Burgh (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999), 18, citing Hamilton Hall, "The Marshall Pedigree," Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries 43 (1913):16, [GoogleBooks].
[6] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317 (London: HMSO, 1898), 666, [InternetArchive].
[7] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317 (London: HMSO, 1898), 660-661, [InternetArchive].
[8] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317 (London: HMSO, 1898), 662-663, [InternetArchive].
[9] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317 (London: HMSO, 1898), 666, [InternetArchive].
[10] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317 (London: HMSO, 1898), 677, [InternetArchive].