You will need the following
materials in this assignment: Castles:
Glossary, Caerphilly Castle, Origins
of Parliament, Battle of Lewes, Gilbert
the Red, Bannockburn, Clares
in Ireland, Clares in Wales and
Edward II and the Clare
Sisters.
You are going to write:
an essay on the Clare family. The first paragraph and the beginning
of each of the other paragraphs have been done for you (red type).
The text in the light type suggests the type of information that
you should include in this paragraph. The underlined numbers refers
to the web pages where you will find the information. Always try to
use your own words.
(1) Gilbert dc Clare was only nineteen years
old when he became
the Earl of Gloucester in 1262. Gilbert had bright red hair and soon
became known as the Red Earl. Gilbert inherited large estates in England,
Ireland and Wales.
(2) The
Clare family had owned land in Ireland since 1171.
Explain how Richard de
Clare obtained land in Ireland (Clares
in Ireland 1st, 2nd and 3rd paragraphs)
Describe the value of the
Kilkenny lordship to Gilbert de Clare (Clares
in Ireland 9th paragraph)
(3) Gilbert
dc Clare was one of the largest landowners in Wales.
Describe the territory
that Gilbert owned in Wales (Clares in
Wales 3rd and 7th paragraphs)
Explain why Gruffydd ap
Rhys attempted to capture Glamorgan in 1262. (Clares
in Wales 8th paragraph)
(4) In
1262 Gilbert de Clare joined Simon de Montfort's rebellion against
King Henry III.
Explain why the barons
rebelled against King Henry in 1264 (Origins
of Parliament 2nd and 3rd paragraphs)
Describe what the king's
army did to Tonbridge (Origins of Parliament
4th paragraph)
Explain what happened at
Lewes on 14th May, 1264. (Battle of Lewes)
(5) In
1265 Gilbert de Clare began having secret talks with Henry III.
Explain why Gilbert de
Clare was unhappy with Simon de Montfort (Origins
of Parliament 6th paragraph)
Describe what Henry promised
to do if Gilbert helped him defeat Simon de Montfort (Origins
of Parliament 7th paragraph)
Explain what happened in
Glamorgan in 1266 (Origins of Parliament
8th paragraph)
(6) After
regaining control over Glamorgan, Gilbert de Clare decided to build
a massive stone fortress at Caerphilly.
Describe Gilbert de Clare's
new castle at Caerphilly (Clares in Wales
9th paragraph, Caerphilly Castle,
Castles entries for 'barbican', 'concentric',
'drawbridge', 'gatehouse', 'keep', 'machicolations', 'portcullis'.
(7) When
Henry III died in 1272 his son, Edward, became king.
Explain why King Edward
was concerned about the power of Gilbert de Clare (Gilbert
the Red 12th paragraph)
Explain how Edward attempted
to control Gilbert de Clare (Gilbert the
Red 12th paragraph)
(8) Edward
also decided to arrange the marriages of Gilbert de Clare's daughters.
Describe the people who
married Gilbert de Clare's daughters (Edward
II and the Clare
Sisters 3rd,
4th, 5th paragraphs)
Explain why King Edward
arranged these marriages (Edward II
and the Clare
Sisters paragraph
2)
(9) Although
King Edward was the most powerful man in England he still feared large
landowners such as Gilbert de Clare.
Explain why kings feared
powerful barons such as Gilbert de Clare. Include the following terms
in this final section.
feudal
system, manors, magna carta, parliament, knights, castles, rebellion,
overthrown
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