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    Bernard de Neufmarché (c. 1050 – c. 1125), also Bernard of Newmarket or Bernard of Newmarch was the first of the Norman conquerors of Wales. He was a...
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  • and Normandy. Sibyl inherited the titles and lands of her father, Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon, after her mother, Nest ferch Osbern, had declared...
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    Tewdwr, was king of Deheubarth, and was killed at Brecon in 1093 by Bernard de Neufmarché. Following his death, most of Deheubarth was taken over by the Normans...
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  • who acquired Binley. Nest and Osbern had a daughter who married Bernard de Neufmarché, also a marcher lord. The chronicles also record two of Gruffudd's...
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    castle in the town of Brecon, Wales. It was built by the Norman Lord Bernard de Neufmarché in 1093, and was frequently assaulted by the Welsh in 13th and 15th...
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  • Castle. Their daughter Nest ferch Osbern (Nesta of Hereford) married Bernard de Neufmarché. Gruffydd may have had another son, Owain ap Gruffudd, who died...
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  • lord on the border with Wales. He is described as a follower of Bernard de Neufmarché, and probably first builder of Bronllys Castle. He started construction...
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    the dominance of William's most trusted Norman barons, including Bernard de Neufmarché, Roger of Montgomery in Shropshire and Hugh Lupus in Cheshire. These...
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    Fitz Walter, Earl of Hereford and his wife, Sibyl, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarché. From his father, he inherited the Rape of Bramber, in Sussex, and...
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    final conquest of Wales and the cantref became a crown possession. Bernard de Neufmarché was a minor Norman lord who rose to power in the Welsh Marches before...
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  • it and granted land to some of their supporters. One example was Bernard de Neufmarché, responsible for conquering and pacifying the Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog...
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    Brycheiniog (specifically, from Bleddyn ap Maenarch, the king whom Bernard de Neufmarché supposedly displaced). Dafydd Gam was the grandson of Hywel Fychan...
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    invasion of Wales. The Norman invaders were led by the marcher lord Bernard de Neufmarché. He divided Brycheiniog into smaller lordships which were gifted...
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    his heir. Early in 1121 Miles married Sibyl de Neufmarché, daughter and heiress of Bernard de Neufmarché, the conqueror of Brycheiniog, which brought...
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    A new church, dedicated to St. John, was built on the orders of Bernard de Neufmarché, the Norman knight who conquered the kingdom of Brycheiniog in 1093...
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  • and Bertha de Balun of Bateden, a descendant of Hamelin de Balun,[citation needed] and her maternal grandparents were Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon...
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    son-in-law, Bernard de Neufmarché, took part in a rebellion against King William Rufus, without being punished for it. Emboldened by this, Bernard launched...
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  • specifically named by Anselm include Ralph de Mortimer, Philip de Briouze, and Bernard de Neufmarché. Robert de Bellême and William Rufus campaigned against...
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    vast landholdings in Wales from his wife Sibyl de Neufmarché, daughter and heiress of Bernard de Neufmarché (died 1125), Lord of Brecon, and acquired others...
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    estate is of ancient origin; it is reputed to have been given by Bernard de Neufmarché (c. 1050 – c. 1125), the earliest of the Norman marcher lords, to...
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  • to Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon. In 1170 a nave was constructed in Worcester Cathedral containing a stained glass window, showing Bernard de Neufmarche...
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    to the belief that the conquest of Brycheiniog (Brecon), led by Bernard de Neufmarche, was mostly finished by Eastertide 1093. The battle of Brecon opened...
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  • of Bernard de Neufmarché at Crickhowell. Walter of Gloucester enters Llanthony Priory as a monk; his title passes to his son Miles. 1123 Bernard, Bishop...
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    was successful, unlike the first. It was led by the Norman lord Bernard de Neufmarché (c.1050–c.1125). Brycheiniog (now Wales) was conquered between 1088...
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  • exile of Roger de Lacy in 1085, Walter of Lyonshall joined the retinue of Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon. On the death of Bernard about 1125; another...
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  • Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford and his wife Sybil de Neufmarche, daughter of Bernard de Neufmarché of Brecon. His brothers were Mahel of Hereford and...
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    castles and the creation of regional lordships. The Norman adventurer Bernard de Neufmarché conquered Brecknock in 1091 and assigned the manor of Hay to one...
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    tenant of the Marcher lord Bernard de Neufmarché. In 1172 it was attacked by Welsh rebels, led by one Seisyllt ap Rhirid. Henry de Turberville (died 1239)...
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    overstretched himself attacking Gruffydd's son-in-law's son-in-law, Bernard de Neufmarché, who had now established himself as Lord of Brecknock; Rhys was...
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  • Brycheiniog (including Glasbury) was conquered or otherwise acquired by Bernard de Neufmarché, one of the Marcher Lords. In 1088, he presented the Manor and church...
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