page_title: William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
hierarchical_section_title: William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
caption_attribution_description: English: William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (1121–1183) presents his "great Charter" to Tewkesbury Abbey. Latin text: Above: Willielmus Comes Glou... dedit magna carta Twoxberi ("William Count of Gloucester gave his great charter to Tekesbury"); Below: Willielmus comes Glowc omnibus hominibus suis Anglicibus et Wallensibus salutem. In Domine nomine...Pro salute anime mea et Hawise uxoris mea et omnium ancessorum et successorum meorum dedisse cocessisse et hac carta mea confirmasse deo et ecclesie... ("William Count of Gloucester to all his men English and Welsh, greetings. In the name of God...and for the salvation of my soul and that of my wife Hawise and of all my ancestors and successors I have given, conceded and by this my charter confirmed, to God and the church...")
context_page_description: William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon and nephew of Empress Matilda.
context_section_description: William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (23 November 1116 – 23 November 1183) was the son and heir of Sir Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Mabel FitzRobert of Gloucester, daughter of Robert Fitzhamon and nephew of Empress Matilda.
caption: William Earl of Gloucester gives his great charter to Tewkesbury Abbey. Tewkesbury Abbey Founders Book, Bodleian Library, Oxford, made in Tewkesbury c.1500-1525. His tabard displays his attributed arms quarterly 1st & 4th Gules three clarions or; 2nd & 3rd Azure, a lion rampant guardant or an inescutcheon Or, three chevrons gules. These are forms of the attributed arms of Robert FitzHamon and actual arms of de Clare, Earls of Gloucester
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