This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...remained a fief of the house of Boilers, established there since the reign of Henry I.177 Roger Mortimer, first of the many lords of Wigmore who bore that famous name, was supreme on the borders of Maelienydd. Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, and Upper Gwent formed the ample domain of William of Briouze or, as we may now ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...remained a fief of the house of Boilers, established there since the reign of Henry I.177 Roger Mortimer, first of the many lords of Wigmore who bore that famous name, was supreme on the borders of Maelienydd. Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, and Upper Gwent formed the ample domain of William of Briouze or, as we may now style him with the English chroniclers, William de Breos. The events which placed William in this exalted position and made him the leading personage in South Wales on the English side at the close of the twelfth century have already been narrated;178 it suffices to add that he was a typical Norman baron, as scrupulous in his attention to the forms of religion CHAP, as he was ruthless and grasping in his dealings with his fellow-XVmen. The author of the massacre of Abergavenny would not pass a church or a wayside cross without stopping in his talk to offer up a prayer, and he would speak to children in the street for the mere satisfaction of hearing them answer his greetings with the conventional words of blessing.179 172 In the summer of 1188 Glanville obtained a large force of Welsh mercenaries for Henry, who took part in the operations against Philip Augustus and returned in October (Ben. Abb. ii. 40, 46, 50). 173 Earl Hugh died on 30th June, 1181 (Ann. Cest.). Ben. Abb. i. 277, agrees as to the year and A/m. Angl. iii. 21S as to the day. Ranulf was born in 1170 (Ann. Cest.). "Ormerod's History of Cheshire, ed. Helsby, i. p. 58. 17sSee p. 553. 178 Eyton, Shrops, xi. 229. 177 Ibid. xi. 120-7. 178 Pp. 547-8. The two great lordships of the southern coast were at this time in the custody of the crown, having both passed to heiresses who had not yet been provided with husbands. Earl Richard of Pembroke and Striguil, the conqueror of Leinster, ...
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