His father was Pons Fitz Pons (c. 1034 – bef. 1086). He married Matilda Fitz Walter (died after 1127), daughter of
Walter Fitz Roger,
Sheriff of Gloucestershire, and Bertha de Ballun. The baron
Walter de Clifford was one of their four children. Richard was the heir of Drogo Fitz Pons and Walter Fitz Pons, both mentioned in the
Domesday Book of 1086. He is now taken to be their nephew. They had lands in
Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire,
Pinxton in
Derbyshire, and Glasshampton in
Worcestershire. ==Footnotes==