Rohaise GIFFARD

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Source <The land of Morgan: being a contribution towards the history of the lordship ...> Par Francisque Michel,George Thomas Clark,Cambrian Archaeological Association:
"Earl Richard married Rohaise, a daughter, and eventually one of the two co-heirs of Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, by Ermengarde Flaitel. This lady appears in Domesday, where mention is made of the "Terra Rothais uxoris Ricardi filii Gisleberti", in St. Neots, and she afterwards, in 1113, gave the Manor of St. Neots to the Abbey there, of which she was reputed the second foundress. She and her husband transplanted a colony of French monks from Bee, exchanging them for the rebellious Englishmen, whom they imprisoned in Normandy. Her charter New Monasticon, iii, 472) mentions her husband, sons, and daughters. These were:-1, Gislebert. 2, Robert of Dunmow, who married Maud de St. Liz, and died 31st Henry I. He was ancestor of the family of Fitz-Walter. 3, Roger de Bienfaite, Lord of Orbec and du Hommet, who supported Duke Robert in 1080, but was afterwards attached to Rufus and Henry, whose life he saved at the battle of Brenneville, near Andelys, 1119. He died childless. 4, Walter of Nether Gwent, the founder of Tintern Abbey in 1131. He also died childless. In their mother's charter their order is Roger, Walter, and Robert. 5, Richard, Abbot of Ely, died 1107. There were also two daughters, who married Raoul de Tillieres, and Baudry le Teuton of Balgenzio."

Rohaise married Richard FITZ GILBERT de Bienfaite, Lord of Clare. (Richard FITZ GILBERT de Bienfaite, Lord of Clare was born about 1030 in France, died in 1091 in England and was buried in St Neots Priory, Cambridgeshire, England.)