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ABERGAVENNY
COMPLETE PEERAGE
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V. 1155. Walter of Hereford,[1] the King's Constable, next br. and h.; Sheriff of Gloucester and Hereford 1155–57, and of Hereford 1157–1159. He d. s.p.
VI. 1160? Henry of Hereford,[1] the King's Constable, next br. and h. He d. s.p., being slain by Seisyll ap Dyvnwal, on an Easter Eve between 1159 and 1163, at Castle Arnold, near Abergavenny. He was bur. at Llanthony in Wales (or at Llanthony without Gloucester). His widow, Isabel, held 5 knights' fees in dower from her sister-in-law, Margaret de Bohon, in 1166.
VII. 1163? Mahel of Hereford, the King's Constable, next br. and h. He was present at the Council of Clarendon, Jan. 1163/4. He d. s.p., and was bur. at Llanthony without Gloucester.
VIII. 1164? William of Hereford, the King's Constable, next br. and h. He held the honour for about a year, and d. s.p. before 1166, being mortally hurt by a stone dropped from Bronllys Tower, co. Brecon.
[In 1165, the King's household officers were in garrison at Abergavenny, apparently under the command of Walter de Beauchamp.[2] According to Fane's Case, "the lands of Over-went were by Henry II betaken to the custody of Seisill ap Yago, whom Seisill ap Dunwall slew."]
IX. H[ugh] de Beauchamp, br. of Walter abovenamed,[3] confirmed to the monks of Abergavenny all that "antecessores mei Hamelinus de Balon et Brientius filius comitis et alii domini de Bergeveni eis impenderunt. His testibus Gauterio et Richerio fratribus domini."[4]
X. 1173? William de Briouze,[5] Lord of Briouze in Normandy, and of Bramber, Sussex, s. and h. of Philip de B., of the same, by Aenor, da. and h. of Juhel son of Alvred, Lord of Barnstaple and Totnes. He m., in or before 1150, Bertha, 2nd sister and coh. of
  1. 1.0 1.1 William de Briouze [no. XI] confirmed to the monks of Abergavenny all the donations made by "Hamelinus de Balon et Brientius comitis filius et Walterus de Herefort et Henricus de Herefort" (Monasticon, vol. iv, p. 616). The genealogia, besides erroneously making Walter junior to Henry, states that the latter received Over Gwent from his grandfather Walter—who never held it. (ex inform. G.W.Watson.) V.G.
  2. Pipe Roll, 11 Hen. II. The King's troops occupied the Castle till Easter 1166.
  3. They were probably brothers of William de Beauchamp, Sheriff of Hereford 1160–69, and sons of Walter de Beauchamp of Elmley. V.G.
  4. Monasticon, vol. iv, p. 616.
  5. Briouze-Saint-Gervais (formerly Braiose), arrond. of Argentan, dept. of Orne. His descendants spelt the name Brewes. In some 25 early references to this name, not in charter latin, it appears as Breouse, Breuse, or Brewys (the last of which still exists as a surname), but never as Braose, the form adopted in peerages, for which it seems doubtful if there be any good authority. For some discussion on mediæval English names see vol. iii. Appendix C. V.G.