Earl Of Clare

Clare. 1 recorded holder. ← all offices

The succession the rolls themselves record for this office, earliest first — a finding aid drawn from the roll text, not an authoritative fasti. Spelling variants of one holder now fold together where the volumes' own printed indexes attest them (“Burghers” and “Burghersh” are one man when the editors say so); the opposite case — one name hiding two men — is proposed from the same indexes and from matched identities, and separates only after human confirmation. Until then a shared name lists as one holder, and the list can be checked against printed succession lists (Fasti / VCH).

1. Gilbert de Clare 1285 ×2
   • 1285-05-22 — The like for : Manfred de Palastrell, canon of the church of St. Martin le Grand, London, going beyond seas, nominating Hugh de Wychambrok and Master James de B…

Ordered by the first date each holder appears with the office — where a holder is undated they sort last. Dates are the roll entries' own, not tenure dates.
Cite: “earl of Clare”, Reading the Rolls, https://readingtherolls.com/office/earl-of-clare, accessed 2026-07-25. Derived from the printed calendars of the medieval English royal records.