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 CLARE. 269 was 6. about 12S2, and at an early age m. John de BuncH, s. and h. ap. o£ Richard, Karl ok Ulster [I.], which John d. v.p. 1313. She m. secondly (as liis second wife), 1315, Theobald (de Verdon), Loud Verdon (1299). He d. B.p.m. 1316. She in. thirdly Roger (D'Amorik), Lord D'Amorie (1317-1322), who was Lord of Armoij in to. Antrim [I.] He was attainted in 1322, and d. the same year, being bur. at Ware Priory, Herts. His Irish estates were restored to his widow. She was the Foundress of " Clare Hall," Cambridge, to which, in 1359, she gave a Code of statutes. She tl. 4 Nov. 1360. Will, in winch he directs her burial to be at the Sister's Minories, Aldgate, London, dat. at Clare, 25 Sep. 1855, pr. 3 Dec. 1360.( a ) XII. 1360. 12. Elizabeth, suo jure Countess of Ulster [I.], Lady of Clare, &c, grand-daughter and h. being then aged 22 years. She was only da. and h. of William (de Buhuh), Earl ok Ulster [I.], who was s. and h. ap. of the above-named Elizabeth, Lad}' of Clare (by her 1st husband), which William (tho' heir to his Father and Grandfather abovenained) d. v.m. 6 June 1333. She m., when very young, Lionel Plantaoenet, 3rd s. of King Edward III, who in her right became Earl ok Ulster [I.] and who, after her succession to the honour of Clare, wan, 13 Nov. 1302, err. DUKE OF CLARENCE. She d. 1363. Ho d. s.p.rn. 17 Oct. 136S. Both were bur. at Clare Priory. See fuller particulars (below] under " Clarence," Dukedom of, a: 1362 ; ex. 136S. XIII. 13SS. IS. Piulippa, swo jum Coustess of Ulster") --^ a 2 [I.], Lady of Clare, Arc, only da. and h., who on the death of her Father Lionel, Duke of Clarence (the life tenant) inherited those dignities. She was b. 16 Aug., 1355, and m. in 1368, Eduiond (Mortimer), Earl ok Mahch, who d. 27 Dec, 1381. She d. 5 Jan., 1381/2. Both were but- at Cork. M.I, XIV. 1382. 1J).. Roger (Mortimer), Earl of March, &c, also Earl ok Ulster [I.], Lord of Clare, &c, s. and h., b. 11 April, 1374 ; declared, jure matrit, heir presumptive to the Crown, 13S7 ; d. 20 July, 139S, and was bur. at Wigmore, co. Hereford. XV. 1398. 15. Edmond (Mortimer), Eabl of MARcn, Sec, also Earl ok Ulster [I.], Lord of Clare, Sec, s. and h., 6 Nov., 1391. He d. num., iu prison at Trim Castle, Ireland, 19 Jan., 1124/5, and was bur- at Clare Priory aforesaid. XVI. 1425. 16. Rita iard (Plant agenet), Duke of^ s s &c, nephew and h., being only s. and h. of Richard, Earl ok Cam- iiridoe, by Ann, his 1st wife, eldest sister of Edmond (Mortimer), Earl ok March, Lord of Clare, he, abovenained, at whose death he was aged 14. He was slain at the battle of Wakefield, 31 Dec. 1460, and bur. at Fothoringay. E o 9 £ < — ' CO 3 IH t o 01 XVII. 1460, 17. Edward (Plantagenet), Duke of to York, &c., also Earl op Ulster [I., Lord of Clare, 1461. &c, s. and h., b. 28 April 1442. On 4 March 1460/1, ho ascended the throne, as Edward IV, when & peerage dignities as well as the Lordthip of the Honour of Clare, became merged in the Crown.( b ) , 1 a m M u 3 !><<o W " Royal and Noble Wills," pp. 34-42. ( fc ) The Castle of Clare was granted by Edward IV, to Sir John Cheke ; was resumed by Queen Mary, but subsequently was again alienated and (before 1655) was in possession of the family of Barnadiston,