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Marcher Lord

Index Marcher Lord

A Marcher Lord was a noble appointed by the King of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales. [1]

135 relations: Abergavenny, Angevin Empire, Anglo-Normans, Anne Boleyn, Baron Grey of Ruthyn, Baron Strange, Benefice, Bertha of Hereford, Bettws Cedewain, Bishop of St David's, Bishop's Castle, Blaenllynfi Castle, Brecon, Brittany, Builth Wells, Caerleon, Cardiff, Castle, Caus Castle, Cemais (Dyfed), Chepstow, Chester, Chirkland, Cilgerran, Clifford, Herefordshire, Clun, Corporation sole, Council of Wales and the Marches, County palatine, Court of equity, Dafydd ap Llywelyn, De Lacy, Deheubarth, Duchy of Normandy, Dyffryn Clwyd, Earl of Chester, Earl of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford, Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Shrewsbury, Elfael, Elizabeth I of England, Emlyn, English feudal barony, Escheat, Eva Marshal, Ewyas, Feudalism, Flemish people, Flint, Flintshire, ..., Glasbury, Government-granted monopoly, Gruffydd II ap Madog, Lord of Dinas Bran, Gwladus Ddu, Gwrtheyrnion, Gwynedd, Gwynllwg, Haverfordwest, Hawarden, Hay-on-Wye, Henry I of England, High Court of Justice, Hope, Flintshire, House of Braose, House of Plantagenet, Hugh Despenser the Younger, Huntington, Herefordshire, Joan, Lady of Wales, John, King of England, Jurisdiction, Keep, Kerry, Powys, Kidwelly, Kington, Herefordshire, Laugharne, Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, Liberty (division), List of English monarchs, Llansteffan, Llawhaden, Llywelyn the Great, Lordship of Denbigh, Lordship of Glamorgan, Lordship of Gower, Ludlow, Lundy, Maelienydd, Maelor, Margrave, Mark Roberts (businessman), Market town, Marquess, Matilda de Braose (Deheubarth), Mold, Flintshire, Monmouth, Montgomery, Powys, Mortimer, Motte-and-bailey castle, Narberth Hundred, New Radnor, Norman conquest of England, Norman invasion of Wales, Normans, Oswestry, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys Fadog, Powys Wenwynwyn, Principality of Wales, Proto-Indo-European language, Raja, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer, Royal charter, Ruthin, Scottish Marches, Sheriff, Shrewsbury, St Clears, St Davids, State immunity, Treason, Trellech, Tywysog, University of Wales, Usk, Welsh law, Welsh Marches, Welsh people, Wem, Whittington Castle, Wigmore, Herefordshire, William de Braose (died 1230), William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, William the Conqueror. Expand index (85 more) »

Abergavenny

Abergavenny (Y Fenni, archaically Abergafenni meaning "Mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Angevin Empire

The Angevin Empire (L'Empire Plantagenêt) is a collective exonym referring to the possessions of the Angevin kings of England, who also held lands in France, during the 12th and 13th centuries.

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Anglo-Normans

The Anglo-Normans were the medieval ruling class in England, composed mainly of a combination of ethnic Anglo-Saxons, Normans and French, following the Norman conquest.

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Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn (1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII.

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Baron Grey of Ruthyn

The title of Baron Grey de Ruthyn (or Ruthin) was a noble title created in the Peerage of England by writ of summons in 1324 for Sir Roger de Grey, a son of John, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton, and has been in abeyance since 1963.

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Baron Strange

Baron Strange is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England.

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Benefice

A benefice or living is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services.

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Bertha of Hereford

Bertha of Hereford, also known as Bertha de Pitres (born c.1130), was the daughter of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, and a wealthy heiress, Sibyl de Neufmarché.

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Bettws Cedewain

Bettws Cedewain (Betws Cedewain), also known as Bettws Cedewen, is a small village and community in Powys, Wales.

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Bishop of St David's

The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.

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Bishop's Castle

Bishop's Castle is a small market town in the southwest of Shropshire, England, and formerly its smallest borough.

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Blaenllynfi Castle

Blaenllyfni Castle (Castell Blaenllynfi) is a privately owned ruinous stone castle near the village of Bwlch in southern Powys, Wales.

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Brecon

Brecon (Aberhonddu), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, with a population in 2001 of 7,901, increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 census.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Builth Wells

Builth Wells (Llanfair ym Muallt) is a town and electoral ward in the county of Powys, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, mid Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Wye and the River Irfon, in the Welsh (or Upper) section of the Wye Valley.

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Caerleon

Caerleon (Caerllion) is a suburban town and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, Wales.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Castle

A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Caus Castle

Caus Castle is a hill fort and medieval castle in the civil parish of Westbury in the English county of Shropshire.

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Cemais (Dyfed)

Ancient Dyfed showing the cantref of Cemais and its commotes Pembrokeshire showing the hundred of Cemais Cemais (sometimes spelled Kemes after one of the several variations found in Medieval orthography) was a cantref of Dyfed, and now part of Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Chepstow

Chepstow (Cas-gwent) is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Chirkland

Chirkland (Swydd y Waun) was a marcher lordship in north-east Wales.

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Cilgerran

Cilgerran (previously Kilgerran or Cil-Garon) is a parish, community, and formerly an incorporated market town, but now a village.

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Clifford, Herefordshire

Clifford is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, four miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye.

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Clun

Clun (italic) is a small town in south Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Corporation sole

A corporation sole is a legal entity consisting of a single ("sole") incorporated office, occupied by a single ("sole") natural person.

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Council of Wales and the Marches

The Council of Wales and the Marches was a regional administrative body based in Ludlow Castle within the Kingdom of England between the 15th and 17th centuries, similar to the Council of the North.

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County palatine

In England, a county palatine or palatinate was an area ruled by a hereditary nobleman enjoying special authority and autonomy from the rest of a kingdom or empire.

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Court of equity

A court of equity, equity court or chancery court is a court that is authorized to apply principles of equity, as opposed to 'law', to cases brought before it.

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Dafydd ap Llywelyn

Dafydd ap Llywelyn (c. March 1212 – 25 February 1246) was Prince of Gwynedd from 1240 to 1246.

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De Lacy

de Lacy (Laci, Lacie, Lascy, Lacey) is the surname of an old Norman family which originated from Lassy, Calvados.

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Deheubarth

Deheubarth (lit. "Right-hand Part", thus "the South") was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: Venedotia).

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Duchy of Normandy

The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and Rollo, leader of the Vikings.

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Dyffryn Clwyd

Dyffryn Clwyd was a cantref of Medieval Wales and from 1282 a marcher lordship.

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Earl of Chester

The Earldom of Chester (Welsh: Iarll Caer) was one of the most powerful earldoms in medieval England, extending principally over the counties of Cheshire and Flintshire.

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Earl of Gloucester

The title of Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of England.

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Earl of Hereford

The title of Earl of Hereford was created six times in the Peerage of England.

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Earl of Pembroke

The Earldom of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England.

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Earl of Shrewsbury

Earl of Shrewsbury is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of England.

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Elfael

Elfael was one of a number of Welsh cantrefi occupying the region between the River Wye and river Severn, known as Rhwng Gwy a Hafren, in the early Middle Ages.

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Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.

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Emlyn

Emlyn was one of the seven cantrefi of Dyfed, an ancient district of Wales.

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English feudal barony

In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony") under which the land-holder owed the service of being one of the king's barons.

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Escheat

Escheat is a common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a person who died without heirs to the Crown or state.

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Eva Marshal

Eva Marshal (1203–1246) was a Cambro-Norman noblewoman and the wife of the powerful Marcher lord William de Braose.

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Ewyas

Ewyas (Ewias) was a possible early Welsh kingdom which may have been formed around the time of the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century.

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Feudalism

Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.

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Flemish people

The Flemish or Flemings are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, in modern Belgium, who speak Dutch, especially any of its dialects spoken in historical Flanders, known collectively as Flemish Dutch.

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Flint, Flintshire

Flint (Y Fflint) is a town in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Dee.

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Glasbury

Glasbury (Y Clas-ar-Wy), also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village and community in Powys, Wales.

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Government-granted monopoly

In economics, a government-granted monopoly (also called a "de jure monopoly") is a form of coercive monopoly by which a government grants exclusive privilege to a private individual or firm to be the sole provider of a good or service; potential competitors are excluded from the market by law, regulation, or other mechanisms of government enforcement.

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Gruffydd II ap Madog, Lord of Dinas Bran

Gruffydd Maelor II (died 1269) was Prince of Powys Fadog.

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Gwladus Ddu

Gwladus Ddu, ("Gwladus the Dark Eyes"), full name Gwladus ferch Llywelyn (died 1251) was a Welsh noblewoman who was a daughter of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd and married two Marcher lords.

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Gwrtheyrnion

Gwrtheyrnion or Gwerthrynion was a commote in medieval Wales, located in Mid Wales on the north side of the River Wye.

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Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in Wales, sharing borders with Powys, Conwy, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and Ceredigion over the River Dyfi.

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Gwynllwg

Gwynllŵg was a kingdom of mediaeval Wales and later a Norman lordship and then a cantref.

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Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest (Hwlffordd) is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire with a population of 13,367 in 2001, though its community boundaries made it the second-most populous settlement in the county, with 10,812 people.

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Hawarden

Hawarden (Penarlâg), Flintshire, Wales is a village, community and electoral ward in part of the Deeside conurbation on the Welsh/English border and was historically significant settlement in the area, see Hawarden Castle.

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Hay-on-Wye

Hay-on-Wye (Y Gelli Gandryll or just Y Gelli), often abbreviated to just "Hay", is a small market town and community in the historic county of Brecknockshire in Wales, currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death.

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High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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Hope, Flintshire

Hope (Yr Hob) is a small village in Flintshire, north-east Wales.

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House of Braose

The House of Braose (alias Breuse, Brewes, Brehuse,Richardson Magna Carta Ancestry pp. 136–137 Briouze, Brewose etc., Latinised to de Braiosa) was a prominent family of Anglo-Norman nobles originating in Briouze, near Argentan, Orne, Normandy.

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House of Plantagenet

The House of Plantagenet was a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France.

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Hugh Despenser the Younger

Hugh le Despenser, 1st Lord Despenser (c. 1286 – 24 November 1326), also referred to as "the younger Despenser", was the son and heir of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester (the elder Despenser) by his wife Isabella de Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick.

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Huntington, Herefordshire

Huntington is a village in Herefordshire, England on the border with Wales.

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Joan, Lady of Wales

Joan, Lady of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, also known by her Welsh name of Siwan, (c. 1191 – 2 February 1237) was the wife of Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales and Gwynedd, effective ruler of most of Wales.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland (Norman French: Johan sanz Terre), was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined field of responsibility, e.g., Michigan tax law.

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Keep

A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

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Kerry, Powys

Kerry (Ceri) is a village and geographically large community in Powys, Wales.

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Kidwelly

Kidwelly (Cydweli) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, south west Wales, approximately north-west of the most populous town in the county, Llanelli.

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Kington, Herefordshire

Kington is a market town, electoral ward and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.

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Laugharne

Laugharne (Talacharn) is a town located on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf.

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Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542

The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 (Y Deddfau Cyfreithiau yng Nghymru 1535 a 1542) were parliamentary measures by which Wales became a full and equal part of the Kingdom of England and the legal system of England was extended to Wales and the norms of English administration introduced.

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Liberty (division)

A liberty was an English unit originating in the Middle Ages, traditionally defined as an area in which regalian right was revoked and where the land was held by a mesne lord (i.e. an area in which rights reserved to the king had been devolved into private hands).

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List of English monarchs

This list of kings and queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, one of the petty kingdoms to rule a portion of modern England.

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Llansteffan

Llansteffan, also anglicized as Llan- or Lanstephan, is a village and a community situated on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tywi, south of Carmarthen.

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Llawhaden

Llawhaden (Llanhuadain) is a village and community in the Hundred of Dungleddy (Daugleddyf), Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

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Llywelyn the Great

Llywelyn the Great (Llywelyn Fawr), full name Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, (c. 117311 April 1240) was a Prince of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually de facto ruler over most of Wales.

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Lordship of Denbigh

The Lordship of Denbigh was a marcher lordship in North Wales created by Edward I in 1284 and granted to the Earl of Lincoln.

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Lordship of Glamorgan

The Lordship of Glamorgan was one of the most powerful and wealthy of the Welsh Marcher Lordships.

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Lordship of Gower

Gower was an ancient marcher lordship of Deheubarth in South Wales.

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Ludlow

Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford via the main A49 road, which bypasses the town.

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Lundy

Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel.

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Maelienydd

Maelienydd, sometimes spelt Maeliennydd, was a cantref and lordship in east central Wales covering the area from the River Teme to Radnor Forest and the area around Llandrindod Wells.

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Maelor

Maelor is a border area of north-east Wales and north-west England, now entirely part of Wrexham County Borough.

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Margrave

Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defense of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom.

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Mark Roberts (businessman)

Mark Roberts is a Welsh businessman notable for the purchase of approximately sixty United Kingdom titles as Lord of the Manor or Marcher Lord and his legal claims to historical rights associated with them.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Marquess

A marquess (marquis) is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies.

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Matilda de Braose (Deheubarth)

Matilda de Braose was the wife of Rhys Mechyll, son of Rhys Gryg and grandson of the Lord Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth.

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Mold, Flintshire

Mold (Yr Wyddgrug) is a town in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn.

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Monmouth

Monmouth (Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is the historic county town of Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Montgomery, Powys

Montgomery (Trefaldwyn; meaning "the town of Baldwin") is a town in the Welsh Marches, administratively in the Welsh county of Powys.

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Mortimer

Mortimer is an English surname.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Narberth Hundred

Pembrokeshire showing Narberth Hundred The Hundred of Narberth was a hundred in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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New Radnor

New Radnor (Maesyfed) is a village in Powys, mid Wales.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Norman invasion of Wales

The Norman invasion of Wales began shortly after the Norman conquest of England under William the Conqueror, who believed England to be his birthright.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Oswestry

Oswestry (Croesoswallt) is a large market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border.

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Pembroke, Pembrokeshire

Pembroke (Penfro) is an historic settlement and was the county town of Pembrokeshire in West Wales.

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Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire (or; Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales.

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Powys Fadog

Powys Fadog (English: Lower Powys or Madog's Powys) was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Powys, which split in two following the death of Madog ap Maredudd in 1160.

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Powys Wenwynwyn

Powys Wenwynwyn or Powys Cyfeiliog was a Welsh kingdom which existed during the high middle ages.

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Principality of Wales

The Principality of Wales (Tywysogaeth Cymru) existed between 1216 and 1536, encompassing two-thirds of modern Wales during its height between 1267 and 1277.

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Proto-Indo-European language

Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the linguistic reconstruction of the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, the most widely spoken language family in the world.

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Raja

Raja (also spelled rajah, from Sanskrit राजन्), is a title for a monarch or princely ruler in South and Southeast Asia.

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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I's, from her first year on the throne until his death.

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Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer

Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer (1231 – 27 October 1282), of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire, was a marcher lord who was a loyal ally of King Henry III of England and at times an enemy, at times an ally, of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales.

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Royal charter

A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.

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Ruthin

Ruthin (Rhuthun) is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales.

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Scottish Marches

Scottish Marches was the term used for the Anglo-Scottish border during the late medieval and early modern eras, characterised by violence and cross-border raids.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.

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Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.

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St Clears

St Clears (Sanclêr) is a community and small town on the River Tâf in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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St Davids

St Davids or St David's (Tyddewi,, "David's house") is a city, a community (full name St David's and the Cathedral Close) and a parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Alun.

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State immunity

The doctrine and rules of state immunity concern the protection which a state is given from being sued in the courts of other states.

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Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.

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Trellech

Trellech (occasionally spelt Trelech, Treleck or Trelleck; Tryleg) is a village and parish in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales.

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Tywysog

Tywysog, in modern Welsh, means "Prince", but historically it referred to a broader category of rulers.

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University of Wales

The University of Wales (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru) was a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales, UK.

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Usk

Usk (Brynbuga) is a small town in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, situated northeast of Newport.

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Welsh law

Welsh law is the primary and secondary legislation generated by the National Assembly for Wales, according to devolved authority granted in the Government of Wales Act 2006.

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Welsh Marches

The Welsh Marches (Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along and around the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Welsh people

The Welsh (Cymry) are a nation and ethnic group native to, or otherwise associated with, Wales, Welsh culture, Welsh history, and the Welsh language.

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Wem

Wem is a small market town in Shropshire, England.

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Whittington Castle

Whittington Castle is a castle in northern Shropshire, England, owned and managed by the Whittington Castle Preservation Fund.

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Wigmore, Herefordshire

Wigmore is a village and civil parish in the northwest part of the county of Herefordshire, England.

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William de Braose (died 1230)

William de Braose (c. 1197 – 2 May 1230) was the son of Reginald de Braose by his first wife, Grecia Briwere.

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William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont, and White Castle.

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William the Conqueror

William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcher_Lord

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