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John of Monmouth (died 1257) was a
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Penrhos Castle was the focus of a sharp dispute the younger John of Monmouth had with
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feudal lord
An overlord in the Kingdom of England, English Feudalism in England, feudal system was a lord of the manor, lord of a manor who had Subinfeudation, subinfeudated a particular Manorialism, manor, Estate in land, estate or fief, fee, to a Leaseho ...
in the Welsh Marches
The Welsh Marches ( cy, Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom. The precise meaning of the term has varied at different periods.
The English term Welsh March (in Medieval Latin ...
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Life
He was the son of John of Monmouth and his second wife Agnes, daughter of Walter de Muscegros.William Henry Page
William Page (4 September 1861 – 3 February 1934) was a British prolific and pioneering historian and editor. For the last three decades of his life he was general editor of the ''Victoria County History''.
Life
William Page was born at his ...
, ''The Victoria History of the County of Dorset'' vol. 3 (1908), p. 58archive.org
Penrhos Castle was the focus of a sharp dispute the younger John of Monmouth had with William III de Cantilupe
William III de Cantilupe (died 25 September 1254) (anciently Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe, Latinised to de Cantilupo) was the 3rd feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, and ''jure uxoris'' (in right of his wife Eva de Braose, heiress of th ...
. There are official records showing that John was appointed ''custos'' of the castle in 1251, and William was pardoned the following year for demolishing it. On the basis of documentary evidence, the castle and the dispute it created lasted from 1248 to 1253.
Family and legacy
John of Monmouth died, according to the ''Victoria County History of Dorset'', without issue. He leftMonmouth Castle
Monmouth Castle ( cy, Castell Trefynwy) is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south east Wales.
Once an important border castle, an ...
to Prince Edward. His heirs were Albretha de Boterell and Joan de Nevil, an aunt on his mother's side, and a first cousin.
A recent scholarly source identifies another John of Monmouth, later hanged for murder, to whom this John of Monmouth left property, as a half-brother. It is stated that John of Monmouth married a daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon
David of Scotland (Medieval Gaelic: ''Dabíd'') (1152 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and 8th Earl of Huntingdon. He was, until 1198, heir to the Scottish throne.
Life
He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of ...
.Alfred Theophilus Lee, ''The History of the Town and Parish of Tetbury'' (1857), p. 20archive.org
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{{DEFAULTSORT:John of Monmouth Anglo-Normans in Wales 1257 deaths People from Monmouth, Wales Year of birth unknown