Sir Walter Clifford, III, Baron Clifford

Walter, 3rd Lord Clifford
b. circa 1164, d. 1263/64
Father: Walter, 2nd Lord Clifford1 b. circa 1140, d. 1222/23
Mother: Agnes de Cundi1 b. circa 1143

Walter, 3rd Lord Clifford was born circa 1164. He was the son of Walter, 2nd Lord Clifford and Agnes de Cundi.1 3rd Lord Clifford at Herefordshire, England, after 1223.1 Walter, 3rd Lord Clifford married Margred verch Llewelyn, daughter of Llewelyn Ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales and Joan Plantagenet, circa 1234; Her 2nd. Walter, 3rd Lord Clifford died in 1263/64 at 48 Henry III.1 Family Margred verch Llewelyn b. circa 1207, d. after 1263

Child: Maud de Clifford+ b. c 1234, d. a Dec 12821,2

Citations
C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms Sir Bernard Burke, B:xP, pg. 122. [S215] Revised by others later George Edward Cokayne CP, I:338. Walter de Clifford1 M, #4124, d. 1263

Walter de Clifford was the son of Walter de Clifford and Agnes de Cuni.2
He married Margaret ap Llywelyn, daughter of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales.3 He died in 1263.2 Child of Walter de Clifford and Margaret ap Llywelyn

Maud de Clifford+3 d. bt Dec 1282 - 9 May 1285

Citations
G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 338. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1063. Hereinafter cited as >Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 307.

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Book

• Richardson, Douglas. 2011. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed. Available at: 'https://www.google.com/books/edition/Magna_Carta_Ancestry_A_Study_i... Google Books], pp. 316-317:—
  • John de Brewes’ “widow, Margaret, married (2nd) before 2 Nov. 1234 (as his 2nd wife) WALTER DE CLIFFORD, Knt., of Clifford, Herefordshire, Cortham (in Diddlebury), Shropshire, Caenby, Lincolnshire, etc., and Bronllys, Breconshire, etc., Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1215-16, Constable of Cardigan and Carmarthen Castles, son and heir of Walter de Clifford, of Clifford, Herefordshire, by Agnes, daughter and heiress of Roger de Condet, of Caenby and Glentham, Lincolnshire. They had one daughter, Maud (wife of William Longespée, Knt., and John Giffard, Knt., 1st Lord Giffard). In 1211 Walter accompanied the king to Ireland. In 1215 he was made custodian of the lands of the See of Hereford. In 1216 the king granted him the manor of Dimmock, Gloucestershire to maintain him in royal service. In 1230 he was sued by Imbert, Prior of Wenlock, in order that he observe the convention made by his father with the previous prior regarding various rights in Clee Forest. In 1233 he sided with the rebel barons led by Richard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. In 1234 Clifford Castle was restored to him by the king. Walter’s manor of Cortham was seized and similar writs were sent to the sheriffs of Kent, Oxfordshire, and Lincolnshire to seize the Clifford lands in those counties. In 1236 he conveyed all his lands in Great Milton, Oxfordshire to Walter de Kirkeham, Dean of St. Martin’s, London for a term of 13 years. He and his mother, Agnes de Cundy, reached an agreement in 1241 with the Abbot and convent of Dore, Herefordshire regarding Walter’s lands in Gwenddwr and Nanteglos, Breconshire. In 1249-50 Juliane widow of Richard de Grenested sued him for one third part of two knights’ fees in Grinstead and Hooe, Sussex as her dower. In 1250 he was accused of mistreating a king’s messenger, whom he compelled to swallow the king’s epistle, seal and all. As punishment, the king deprived Walter of his franchises and fined him 1,000 marks. SIR WALTER DE CLIFFORD died shortly before 23 Dec. 1263. His widow, Margaret, was living in 1268. At her death, her heart was buried in the church of Aconbury, Herefordshire.”
  • Sources: Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(1) (1830): 490-491 (charters of Walter de Clifford and his widow, Maud), 491 (undated charter of John de Breuse). Horsfield Hist. Antiqs. & Top. of Sussex, 2.(1835): 186-187. Coll. Top. et Gen. 6 (1840): 68-79. Sussex Arch. Colls. 8 (1856): 96-131; 40 (1896): 98-99. Shirley Stemmata Shirleiana (1873): 30 (chart). Genealogist 5 (1881): 63-70, 147, 161-167, 318-323; 6 (1882): 236-247. Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 2 (1892): 653 (seal of Walter de Clifford— Obverse. A pip-shaped shield of arms: chequy a bendlet [CLIFFORD]. Reverse. A small counterseal. A shield of arms: Chequy a bend [CLIFFORD]. Asch. Cambrensis 5th Ser. 10 (1893): 44, List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 59. C.P.R. 1216-1225 (1901): 5, 134. C.Ch.R. 1 (1903): 217-218, 260-261. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 474. CP. 1 (1911): 206. CP. 2 (1912): 302; 5 (1926): 639-644 (sub Giffard); 11 (1949): 384 (sub Salisbury). Lloyd His. of Wales 2 (1912): 658. Grosseteste Rotuli Roberti Grosseleste Episcopi Lincolniensis (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 11) (1914): 134, 146. Book of Fees 2 (1923): 965, 973. Salzman Chartulary of the Priory of St. Peter at Sele (1923): xiii-xiv, 4-6, 9. VCH Buckingham 3 (1925): 480-481. Foster Reg. Antiquissimum of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 27) (1931): 277-295. Edwards Cal. Ancient Corr. Concerning Wales (Board of Celtic Studies, Hist. & Law 2) (1935): 7. Curia Regis Rolls 8 (1938): 11; 10 (1949): 125, 127, 134-135, 181, 195,216. Bull. of Celtic Studies 9(2) (1938): 149-154, Powicke Henry III & Lord Edward (1947): 126. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 90: 1-12 (sub Braose). Dic. Welsh Biog. (1959): 49. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 108. VCH Gloucester 11 (1976): 264-265. TAG 56 (1980): 1-11. TG 1 (1980): 80-95; 6 (1985): 85-99. Clifford House of Clifford (1987); 30-37. Carpenter Minority of Henry III (1990): 83. Jour. Eccl. Hist. 50 (1999): 629-651. Caradog of Llancarvan Brut y Tywysogion 1 (2001): 304-305 (sub A.D. 1219: “John de Bruse married Margaret, the daughter of Llywelyn, son of lorwerth.”).

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See The House of Clifford, pp. 33-35 & 'The Children of Joan, Princess of Wales'

William Addams Reitwiesner, The Genealogist, 1980, vol. 1, No.1,p83.

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Walter III de Clifford (died 1263) was a Welsh Marcher Lord during the reign of King John of England. Walter II de Clifford (c. 1160 - 17 January 1221) was a Welsh Marcher Lord and High Sheriff in England, son of Walter I de Clifford (1113 – 1190). Walter became Sheriff of Herefordshire and was a close associate of William de Braose. In March 1208 he held back from William's rebellion, but did not do enough to check it. As a result King John dismissed him from his Marcher barony of Clifford and made his son Walter III de Clifford de facto lord instead. Walter had married Agnes Cundy of Kent before 1175. He was succeeded by his sons, Walter III de Clifford and Roger Clifford who founded the line of Northumbrian Cliffords.

Family
Walter III de Clifford was born before 1190, the son of Walter II de Clifford and Agnes Cundy. He died before 20 December 1263. He had at least three brothers, Roger, Hugh and Reginald, as well as a sister, Basilia.

History
He took over Clifford barony in 1208 on the disgrace of his father, Walter II de Clifford, who appeared disloyal to King John of England who was then in dispute with Walter's lord for Bronllys, William de Braose, 7th Baron Abergavenny.

Walter's first marriage proved barren and he married Margaret the daughter of Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, late in life during 1232. During baronial discontent he rebelled against King Henry III in 1233 and surrendered after Clifford Castle had been reduced by the king. He then joined the king, defending Bronllys Castle in a war against his father-in-law, Llywelyn ab Iorwerth who was at the time besieging nearby Brecon. Twenty years later he nearly rebelled again in a dispute with the king over his Marcher franchies during which he forced a royal messenger to eat a royal writ, which included the wax seal. He left one daughter, a granddaughter of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth as heiress, Matilda Clifford.

References
Remfry, P.M., Clifford Castle, 1066 to 1299 (ISBN 1-899376-04-6)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_III_de_Clifford"

Additional Source:
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SPCP-MRG : accessed 5 September 2012), entry for Walter /De Clifford/.

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Walter III de Clifford (died 1263) was a Welsh Marcher Lord during the reign of King John of England. Walter II de Clifford (c. 1160 - 17 January 1221) was a Welsh Marcher Lord and High Sheriff in England, son of Walter I de Clifford (1113 – 1190). Walter became Sheriff of Herefordshire and was a close associate of William de Braose. In March 1208 he held back from William's rebellion, but did not do enough to check it. As a result King John dismissed him from his Marcher barony of Clifford and made his son Walter III de Clifford de facto lord instead. Walter had married Agnes Cundy of Kent before 1175. He was succeeded by his sons, Walter III de Clifford and Roger Clifford who founded the line of Northumbrian Cliffords.www.celtic-casimir.com

Sir Walter DE CLIFFORD 3rd Baron Clifford
Born: 1187, Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England Married: After 1233 Died: 1263, Clifford's Castle, Herfordshire, England 8

Events:
1. Alternate Birth; Abt 1208.

Marriage Information: Walter married Margaret FERCH LLYWELYN, daughter of Llywelyn 'Fawr' (he Great) AP IORWERTH and Tangwystyl FERCH LLYWARCH, after 1233 . (Margaret FERCH LLYWELYN was born in 1204 in Caernarvonshire, Wales , died in 1263 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England and was buried in Aconbury Chruch, Herefordshire, England.)