Royal Charters and Historical Documents Relating to the Town County of Carmarthen and the Abbeys of Talley and Tygwyn-Ar-Daf (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Hubert de Burgh, a powerful Baron whose life was strangely chequered, married four wives: lst. J oan, daughter of William de Vernon, Earl of Devon, widow of William de Bruer. 2nd. Beatrix, daughter of William de Warren of Wermegay in N orfolk, relict of Dodo Bardolph. 3rd. Isabel, daughter and coheiress of William, Earl of Gloucester, divorced wife of King J ohn, and widow of Geoffrey de Mandeville. 4th. Margaret, daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland. He died 12th May, 1243. He was Lord Chamberlain to King J ohn; Lord High Treasurer; Warden of the Welsh Marches; Sheriff of Cornwall; Seneschal of Poitou; was present at Runnimead, ex parts Regis; Justiciary of England, 1219 - 1231; Constable of Dover Castle, which he gallantly defended against the French; Governor of England and of the infant Henry III.; created Earl of Kent 11th Feb., 1227 granted the Honor of Carmarthen in 1230 - 1. Through the malice of his enemies, he lost all these, and the favour of his King.

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