Roger de Clare was a son of Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and Alice de Gernon. He succeeded to the earldom when his brother Gilbert died without issue. In 1164 he assisted with the Constitutions of Clarendon

Constitutions of Clarendon

The Constitutions of Clarendon were a set of legislative procedures passed by Henry II of England in 1164. The Constitutions were composed of 16 articles and represent an attempt to restrict ecclesiastical privileges and curb the power of the Church courts and the extent of Papal authority in England...

. From his munificence to the Church and his numerous acts of piety, Roger was called the "Good Earl of Hertford".

He married (c. 1150) Maud de St. Hilary (1132-24 December 1193), daughter of James de St. Hilary and Aveline. Together they had seven children:

Mabel de Clare, d. 1204, m. (c. 1175), Nigel de Mowbray.

Richard de Clare, b. c. 1153, Tonbridge

Tonbridge

Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 30,340 in 2007. It is located on the River Medway, approximately 4 miles north of Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles south west of Maidstone and 29 miles south east of London...

 Castle, Kent, England, d. 28 November 1217, 3rd Earl of Hertford

James de Clare

Eveline (Aveline) de Clare, d. 4 June 1225, m. [1] (c. 1204), Geoffrey IV Fitz Piers

Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex

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 (Fitz Peter), 1st Earl of Essex

Earl of Essex

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. m. [2] Sir William Munchensy, (b. c. 1184), son of Warin de Munchensy and Agnes Fitz John.

Roger de Clare, d. 1241, Middleton, Norfolk

Norfolk

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, England.

John de Clare

Henry de Clare

There is a first school

First School

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, Roger de Clare School, in the village of Puckeridge

Puckeridge

Puckeridge is a village in East Hertfordshire, England.The earliest settlers in the area were the Belgae, who arrived around 180 BC. A Roman town existed just to the north of the existing village and the village is at the cross roads of two major Roman roads, Ermine Street and Stane Street...

, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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, named after Roger de Clare.

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• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 63-27, 149-26, 246B-26