Welsh Journals

Merionethshire No knighted landowners with lands wholly or mainly in Wales. Monmouthshire 1 Sir John Morgan (d. circa 1492) of Tredegar m. Janet (W), d. of John David Mathew of Llandaff (WG 1400-1500, III, 391; Clark, Limbus, p. 310). 2 Sir Walter Herbert (d. 1507) of Chepstow and Raglan m. Ann (E), d. of Henry (d. 1483), duke of Buckingham, who after Herbert's death m. George (d. 1544), earl of Huntingdon (WG 1400-1500, V, 780; W R B Robinson. 'The Earls of Worcester and their Estates, 1526-1642', Oxford B. Litt thesis, p. 9 n. 1). 3 Sir Thomas Bowles (d. 1511) of Penhow m. Maud (W), d. of Sir Thomas Morgan (d. 1501) of Langston and Pencoed, co. Monmouth (WG 1400-1500, II, 273; III, 395). 4 Sir Thomas Morgan I (d. 1501) of Langston and Pencoed m. (1) Jane (W), d. of John Herbert of Itton, co. Monmouth and (2) ?. a widow of John ap Howel, name and parentage not identified (WG 1400-1500, III, 395). 5 Sir George Herbert (d. circa 1504) of St Julian's m. Sibyl (or Jane) (E). d. of Sir Richard Croft (d. 1509) of Croft Castle, co. Hereford (WG 1400-1500, V, 780; 0 G S Croft, The House of Croft of Croft Castle (Hereford, 1949), p. 44). 6 Sir Charles Somerset (d. 1526) of Chepstow and Raglan and Kew, co. Surrey, raised to the peerage as Lord Herbert in 1503 or 1504 and created earl of Worcester in 1514, m. (1) Elizabeth (W), d. of William Herbert (d. 1490), earl of Pembroke and Lord of Chepstow, Raglan and Gower; (2) Elizabeth (E), d. of Thomas West (d. 1525), Lord De La Warr of co. Sussex; and (3) Eleanor (E), d. of Edward Sutton (d. 1532), lord Dudley, who after Somerset's death m., as his second wife, Leonard (d. 1541), Lord Grey (GEC, Complete Peerage, vol. xii, pt. ii, p. 850). 7 Sir Morgan John (d. 1499 or 1500) of Tredegar m. Margaret (W), d. of Sir Thomas Morgan (d. 1501) of Langston and Pencoed, co, Monmouth (WG 1400-1500, III, 391, 395). 8 Sir William Herbert (d. 1534 or 1535) of Coldbrook m. (1) Jane (W), d. of Sir William Griffith (d. 1505 or 1506) of Penrhyn, co. Caernarvon and (2) Emma (?), parents not identified, widow of John Agmondesham of Amersham, co. Buckingham (WG 1400-1500, VIII, 1267; Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, xxv, pt. iv, p. 479, n. 11). 9 Sir William Morgan (d. 1542) of Langston and Pencoed m. Florence (E), d. of Sir Giles Brydges (d. 1511) of Coberley, co. Gloucester (WG 1400-1500, III, 395). 10 Sir William Herbert (d. 1524) of Troy m. (1) ?, parents not identified, and (2) Blanche (E), d. of Simon Milbourne of Tillington, co. Hereford and widow of James Whitney (d. 1500) of Whitney, co. Hereford (WG 1400-1500, V, 783; Bradney, Monmouthshire, vol. i, pt. i, p. 38). 11 Sir Thomas Morgan II (d. 1565) of Pencoed m. Cecily (W), d. of Sir George Herbert (d. 1570) of Swansea (WG 1400-1500, II, 395; HofC 1509-1558, II, 630).