Bogo de Clare (21 July 1248 – October 1294) was a member of the
Anglo-Norman de Clare family, as third son of
Richard de Clare (1222–1262), 5th Earl of Hertford and 6th Earl of Gloucester. He was the brother of
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and
Thomas.
Pluralist
Bogo de Clare held multiple
clerical livings, perhaps over 30, yet despite a 1283 order from
William de Wickwane,
Archbishop of York (died 1285), there is no evidence that he was ever
ordained priest. Some years before his death he became the owner of
Tregrug Castle, near the village of
Llangybi, in
Monmouthshire
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He "died suddenly in October 1294, his passing noticed by several chroniclers, always unfavourably. The Worcester annalist commented that 'God only knows if his life was worthy of praise, but no-one thought it worthy of imitation' (Ann. mon., 4.517)."
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1248 births
1294 deaths
13th-century English people
Younger sons of earls
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