The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... Cardigan also . Possibly he was helping his son Arnolf in the conquest of Pembroke . In 1098 we find his successor , Earl Hugh , allied with the Earl of Chester in the invasion of Anglesea . - MONTGOMERY . This castle is named from the ...
... Cardigan also . Possibly he was helping his son Arnolf in the conquest of Pembroke . In 1098 we find his successor , Earl Hugh , allied with the Earl of Chester in the invasion of Anglesea . - MONTGOMERY . This castle is named from the ...
Page 265
... Cardigan from him , retired to Powys , and began to build a castle here . Powell's statements , however , have no authority when unconfirmed , and we are unable to find any confirmation of this statement in the more trustworthy version ...
... Cardigan from him , retired to Powys , and began to build a castle here . Powell's statements , however , have no authority when unconfirmed , and we are unable to find any confirmation of this statement in the more trustworthy version ...
Page 274
... Cardigan , as the building of the castle of Cilgerran , which is on the very borders of Pembroke and Cardigan , is attributed to him . How far Earl Roger made himself master of Cere- digion it is impossible to say . Later writers say ...
... Cardigan , as the building of the castle of Cilgerran , which is on the very borders of Pembroke and Cardigan , is attributed to him . How far Earl Roger made himself master of Cere- digion it is impossible to say . Later writers say ...
Page 275
... Cardigan was not completed till it became the portion of the De Clares . This took place in 1109 , when Henry I. deposed Cadwgan , a Welsh prince whom he had made Lord of Cardigan , and gave the lordship to Gilbert de Clare , who ...
... Cardigan was not completed till it became the portion of the De Clares . This took place in 1109 , when Henry I. deposed Cadwgan , a Welsh prince whom he had made Lord of Cardigan , and gave the lordship to Gilbert de Clare , who ...
Page 280
... CARDIGAN . CARDIGAN Castle , or Aberteifi , has been so much transformed by the incorporation of the keep into a modern house that nothing decisive can be said about 1 Bruty Tywysogion , 1192 . 2 Bridgeman says that Narberth was given ...
... CARDIGAN . CARDIGAN Castle , or Aberteifi , has been so much transformed by the incorporation of the keep into a modern house that nothing decisive can be said about 1 Bruty Tywysogion , 1192 . 2 Bridgeman says that Narberth was given ...
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