Maud de Lacy, widow of Richard, earl of Gloucester, outlived her husbandby more than a quart er of a century, dying in March 1289. From 1262until her death she held one-third of the Cl are inheritance in dower,although her son Earl Gilbert the Red did successfully challenge th eoriginal composition of her dower portion, which was readjusted in 1267.Maud did not remar ry, preferring to spend her long widowhood living offthe revenues of her estates, contributi ng handsomely to ecclesiasticalfoundations, and helping to promote her children. Her activi ties onbehalf of her daughters Margaret and Rohese have been noted [see noteunder her husba nd Richard], and she also attempted, with less success,to present her son Bogo to the churc h of Adlingfleet in Yorkshire. Hergifts to religious houses were numerous. In 1248 Earl Ri chard foundedClare Priory, the first house of Austin Friars in England, and after hisdeat h the countess continued his generosity with several grants of landto the priory. In additi on, a scheme to found an Augustinian nunneryattracted her. In 1284 she refounded the prior y of Canonsleigh inDevon. Canonsleigh was originally established for seven Augustinian canons by Walter de Clavill, a mesne tenant of the honor of Gloucester, butin 1284 Maud provide d an annual gift of L200 for the support of anabbess and 40 canonesses of that order. She h ad originally had the ideaof doing this for Sandleford Priory in Berkshire, but for some rea sonthe plan fell through in 1274, and a decade later she refoundedCanonsleigh instead. B y 1286 the new nunnery was in existence, and thedispossessed canons were under royal protect ion."
--- Michael Altschul, *A Baronial Family in Medieval England: TheClares,
1217-1314*, Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins Press) 1965. p 36-37[CusterFebruary 1, 2002 Family T ree.FTW]

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He [Richard de Clare] m. 2ndly, on or before 25 Jan 1237/8, Maud, daughter of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, by Margaret, daughter of Robert de Quincy. He d. at John de Criol's manor of Ashenfield in Waltham, near Canterbury, 15 Jul 1262, it being rumoured that he had been poisoned at the table of Piers of Savoy. On the following Monday, he was carried to Canterbury, where a mass for the dead was sung and his bowels were buried before the altar of St. Edward, after which his body was taken to the canons' church at Tonbridge and interred in the choir. Thence it was taken to Tewkesbury and buried 28 Jul 1262, with great solemnity in the presence of two bishops and eight abbots in the presbytery, at his father's right hand. His widow, who erected a splendid tomb for him there, had the manor of Clare and the manor and castle of Usk, for her dower. She was living 1287, but d. before 10 Mar 1288/9. [Complete Peerage V:696-702]

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• Married: BEF 25 JAN 1237/1238 in (His 2nd Marr=Marr Young) ^{3 4 5}

1. Isabel de CLARE b: MAY 1240 in Tonbridge,Kent,Eng
2. Gilbert I "The Red Earl" de CLARE b: 2 SEP 1243 in Christ Church,Hampshire,Eng
3. Thomas I de CLARE b: BETW 1244 & 1247 in Tonbridge,Kent,Eng
4. Bevis (Bozo,Benet) de CLARE b: 21 JUL 1248
5. Margaret de CLARE b: 1249 in Tonbridge,Kent,Eng
6. Robert (Richard) de CLARE b: ABT 1250 in Tonbridge,Kent,Eng
7. Rohese (Rohesia,Roeses) de CLARE b: 17 OCT 1252 in Tonbridge,Kent,Eng
8. Eglentine de CLARE b: 1257 in Of Tonbridge,Kent,Eng c: INFANT

1. Repository:
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   Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, 5th Ed.
   Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr.
   Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 5th Edition, Baltimore, MD. 1999
   Abbrev: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, 5th Ed.
   Note:
   Full title - 'The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of Their Descendants Who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years'
   Page: 107-4
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   Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom
   Author: Cokayne, George Edward
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   Page: V:696-702
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   Title: The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, Fifth Edition
   Author: Frederick Lewis Weis additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr
   Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore 1999
   Abbrev: The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, Fifth Edition
   Page: 28-3, 107-4, 33-3
4. Repository:
   Name: Newberry Library
   
   Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, 5th Ed.
   Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr.
   Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 5th Edition, Baltimore, MD. 1999
   Abbrev: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, 5th Ed.
   Note:
   Full title - 'The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of Their Descendants Who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years'
   Page: 28-3, 107-4, 33-3
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