1117), 2nd feudal baron of Clare[1] in Suffolk, and styled "de Tonbridge", was a powerful Anglo-Norman baron who was granted the Lordship of Cardigan, in Wales c. 1107–1111.
[4] That same year he, along with his brother Roger, fortified his castle at Tonbridge against the forces of William Rufus.
[5] However he and his brother were in attendance on king William Rufus at his death in August 1100.
[6] Frank Barlow points out that no proof has been found he had any part in the king's death or that a conspiracy even existed.
[6] In 1110, King Henry I took Cardigan from Owain ap Cadwgan, son of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn as punishment for a number of crimes including that of the abduction of Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor.