 Por, a lord ; te the Manor of the lords, and, consequently, Inys Pyrr, the Island of the lords. As no mention whatever is made of this castle in the Welsh Chronicle, I am inclined to think it was only a castellated mansion, and therefore considered of...  Archaeologia Cambrensis - Page 1241870Full view - About this book
 | William Woolnoth - 1823 - 346 pages
...one of the principal families in the county traces itself. Sir UC Hoare supposes, that Maenor Pyrr is derived from Maenor, a manor, and Pyrr the plural of Por, a lord ; ic the Manor of the Lords ; and, consequently, Inys Pyrr, the Island of the Lords. MONMOUTHSHIRE.... | |
 | Giraldus (Cambrensis.) - 1863 - 550 pages
...between Tenby and Pembroke, with the remaining shell of a large castle. Our author has given afar-fetched etymology to this castle and the adjoining island,...Maenor, a Manor, and Pyrr the plural of Por, a lord ; «'. e. the Manor of the lords, and, consequently, Inys Pvrr, the Island of the lords. As no mention... | |
 | 1869 - 522 pages
...:i: =s- 3gt set :g=t &1* I3U ll£ 3tf1 si 3 5 1 i ^s* ® t.-. K 1*1 Hi Giraldus :—" Our author Las given a very classical, and, I think, far-fetched...lords, and consequently Inys Pyrr, the Island of the Lords." 5 It has been likewise mentioned by Leland, as follows:—• " Mainopir, ie Mansio Pirrhi,... | |
 | Harold Bayley - 1920 - 936 pages
...which the Welsh call Inys Pyrr, or the island of Pyrrus ". But the editor of Giraldus considers that a much more natural and congenial conjecture may be...Maenor a Manor, and Pyrr, the plural of Por, a lord. I have already suggested a possible connection between the numerous pre stones and Pyrrha, the first... | |
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