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William of Hereford abovenamed. Sheriff of Hereford, Easter 1173–1175, at which earlier date probably he already possessed the Lordship of Over Gwent. He was living in 1179. | |
| XI. | William de Briouze, Lord of Briouze, Bramber, Brecon, Over Gwent, &c., s. and h.[1] He m. Maud de St. Valery, "Lady of La Haie." In consequence of his well-known quarrel with King John, his lands were forfeited in 1208, and his wife and 1st s. starved to death in the dungeons of Corfe (or of Windsor) in 1210. He d. at Corbeil near Paris, 9, and was bur. 10 Aug. 1211, in the Abbey of St. Victor at Paris. |
| XII. 1215. | Giles de Briouze, 2nd s.. Bishop of Hereford, 1200–1215. He seized his father's Welsh possessions in 1215, which seizin was, however, confirmed by the King, 21 Oct. 1215, on payment of a fine. He d. 13 Nov. 1215 [not 1216], at Gloucester, and was bur. in Hereford Cathedral. |
| XIII. 1216. | Reynold de Briouze, next br. He had seizin of his father's lands 26 May 1216, but gave up Bramber in or after 1220 to his nephew John, s. and h. of his 1st br. William. He m., 1stly, Grecia, da. and in her issue coh. of William Brieguerre or Briwere, by Beatrice de Vaux. He m., 2ndly, 1215, Gwladus Du, da. of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales, by his 2nd wife, Joan, illegit. da. of King John. He d. between 5 May 1227 and 9 June 1228. His widow m., 2ndly, Ralph de Mortimer, of Wigmore, who d. 6 Aug. 1246, and was bur. at Wigmore Abbey. She d. at Windsor in 1251. |
| XIV. 1228. | William de Briouze, s. and h. by 1st wife. He m. Eve, da. and in her issue coh. of William (Marshal), Earl of Strigul and Pembroke. He d. 2 May 1230, being hanged by Llewelyn abovenamed. His widow d. before 1246. |
| XV. | Eve de Briouze, da. and coh., heiress of Abergavenny. She m., after 25 July 1238 (when his father, William de C., obtained her wardship and marriage together with the custody of Abergavenny and the other lands falling to her share), and before 15 Feb. 1247/8, William de Cantelou,[2] of Calne, Wilts, and Aston Cantlow, co. |
- ↑ He slaughtered Seisyll ap Dyvnwal (abovenamed) and a host of unarmed Welshmen, in the castle of Abergavenny in 1175, in revenge for the death of his uncle Henry of Hereford [Brut y Tywysogian, R. de Diceto, etc.). Seisyll was owner of Castle Arnold, and is said in an inaccurate version of the Brut to have captured Abergavenny in 1172, the slaughter being dated 1177 (The Gwentian Chronicle, Cambrian Arch. Assoc, p. 137). But the better version of the Brut (Rolls Ser., p. 218; Y Brutieu, in Welsh Texts, ed. Rhys and Evans, 1890, p. 330) on the contrary, states that Seisyll was captured in 1172 by the garrison of Abergavenny. (ex inform. G. W. Watson.) V.G.
- ↑ In the case for Lady Fane and her husband claiming the title (Collins,
