Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (c. 1153–1217), feudal baron of Clare[1] in Suffolk, and lord of Tonbridge in Kent and of Cardigan in Wales, was a powerful Anglo-Norman nobleman with vast landholdings in England and Wales.

[2] More commonly known as the Earl of Clare, he had the majority of the Giffard estates from his ancestor, Rohese.

He was also present at the homage of King William of Scotland as English Earl of Huntingdon at Lincoln.

In 1215, his lands in counties Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex were granted to Robert de Betun.

His coat of arms was: Or, three chevronels gules,[citation needed] adopted at the start of the age of heraldry c.1200-1215, and certainly borne by his son the Earl of Gloucester.