Lordship of Striguil

The Marcher Lordship of Striguil controlled the area of modern-day Chepstow in the period between the Norman Conquest and the formation of Monmouthshire under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542.

It was established by William fitz Osbern, a companion of William the Conqueror and the first Earl of Hereford, who started the building of the castle at Chepstow. On his death in 1071, the lordship passed to his son, Roger de Breteuil, but he plotted against King William, was captured and imprisoned, and had his estates forfeited.

The lordship then reverted to the English crown until about 1115, when it was granted to Walter de Clare.[1] His nephew Gilbert de Clare inherited the lordship[2] and later became the first Earl of Pembroke. His son Richard de Clare was treated with suspicion by Henry II because of his support of King Stephen, and who on his Gilbert's death in 1148 seems to have to refused to recognise Richard's claims to the Earldom of Pembroke. This forced Richard to refer to the lesser but unchallenged 'Lordship of Striguil.

The Lordship passed to William Marshal on his marriage to Richard's daughter Isabel[3] in 1189, and passed in turn to Marshal's sons, the last of whom, Anselm, died without issue in 1245.[3] The Lordship of Striguil was then divided into several parts, with Chepstow and Netherwent being allotted to Marshal's grandson, Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk, and the castles at Trellech and Usk, and their surrounding areas, forming new lordships under other members of the family.[4]

The area of the lordship extended east of the River Wye to take in the manors of Tidenham, Woolaston, Beachley and Lancaut, which became part of Gloucestershire in 1535 under the Laws in Wales Act.

References

  1. ^ Turner et al. 2004, p. 225.
  2. ^ Walker, David (1990). Medieval Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 40.
  3. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pembroke, Earls of" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ Rick Turner and Andy Johnson (eds.), Chepstow Castle - its history and buildings, 2006, ISBN 1-904396-52-6

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