Roger de Clifford

Roger de Clifford ( – ) was an English soldier and judge. Biography Early life Roger de Clifford was the son of Roger de Clifford of Tenbury, second son of Walter de Clifford, brother of Fair Rosamond, by Sybil, daughter of Robert de Ewyas, and relict first of Robert, Lord Tregoz, and then of William de Newmarch. He was a minor at the date of his father's death. In 1259 he was among the suite of Henry III in France during the negotiations for the treaty of peace which was concluded in that year with Louis IX. Three years later suspicions of his loyalty were aroused by a letter which, as representing the marcher barons, he sent to the King urging upon him the observance of the provisions of Oxford, and he was forbidden to joust or appear in arms, particularly during the King's absence overseas, without a royal license. The effect of this injunction was, however, neutralised by a commission issued almost simultaneously, and doubtless at the instance of Henry de Montfort, by which he was placed in command of the royal castles of Ludgershall and Marlborough.