John of Monmouth (died 1257) explained

John of Monmouth[1] (died 1257) was a feudal lord in the Welsh Marches.

Life

He was the son of John of Monmouth and his second wife Agnes, daughter of Walter de Muscegros.[2]

Penrhos Castle was the focus of a sharp dispute the younger John of Monmouth had with William III de Cantilupe.[3] 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.[4] On the basis of documentary evidence, the castle and the dispute it created lasted from 1248 to 1253.[5]

Family and legacy

John of Monmouth died, according to the Victoria County History of Dorset, without issue.[2] He left Monmouth Castle to Prince Edward. His heirs were Albretha de Boterell and Joan de Nevil, an aunt on his mother's side, and a first cousin.[2] [6]

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.[7] It is stated that John of Monmouth married a daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon.[8]

Notes and References

  1. John de Monmouth, Johnde Munemuth, John de Monumue.
  2. [William Henry Page]
  3. http://www.castlefacts.info/contentpages/castledetails/castledetails.asp?country=Wales&countyid=60&county=Monmouthshire&castleid=5720&latitude=51.8139&longitude=-2.8574&uin=20592 CastleFacts, Penrhos Castle.
  4. Web site: Archaeologia Cambrensis. archive.org. 14 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Gwent local history the journal of Gwent Local History Council. | 88 | 2000 | Welsh Journals - The National Library of Wales. welshjournals.llgc.org.uk. 14 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 19. British History Online. 14 April 2020.
  7. Web site: Parishes: Steeple Langford . D. A. Crowley (editor), A. P. Baggs, Jane Freeman and Janet H. Stevenson . Institute of Historical Research . 1995 . A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 15: Amesbury hundred, Branch and Dole hundred . 12 May 2012 .
  8. Alfred Theophilus Lee, The History of the Town and Parish of Tetbury (1857), p. 209;archive.org.

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