List of Marcher lordships

(See main article: Marcher Lord)
Marcher lordships in the Welsh Marches and the successor shires[1]

  • Flintshire
Flint
Hawarden
Hopedale
Maelor Saesneg
Mold
  • Denbighshire
Bromfield and Yale
Chirk
Denbigh
Ruthin (Dyffryn Clwyd)
  • Montgomeryshire
Caus (part)
Cedewain
Ceri
Montgomery (part)
Powys
  • Radnorshire
Cwmwd Deuddor
Elfael
Glasbury
Gwrtheyrnion
Maelienydd
Radnor
  • Brecknockshire
Blaenllyfni
Brecon
Builth
Hay
  • Monmouthshire
Abergavenny
Caerleon
Chepstow (part)
Ewyas Lacy (part)
Gwynllwg (Wentloog)
Monmouth
Usk
  • Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Gower
  • Carmarthenshire
Cantref Bychan
Kidwelly
Emlyn
Llansteffan
Laugharne
St Clears
Ystlwyl
  • Pembrokeshire
Cemais
Cilgerran
Haverford
Llawhaden
Narberth
Pebidiog
Pembroke
  • Transferred to English shires
Bishop's Castle (Shropshire)
Caus (part) (Shropshire)
Chepstow (part) (Gloucestershire)
Clifford (Herefordshire)
Clun (Shropshire)
Ewyas Lacy (part) (Herefordshire)
Kington (part) (Herefordshire)
Huntington (Herefordshire)
Montgomery (part) (Shropshire)
Oswestry (Shropshire)
Whittington (Shropshire)[2]
Wigmore (Herefordshire)

See also

References

  1. ^ Max Lieberman, The March of Wales, 1067-1300: a borderland of medieval Britain, University of Wales Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7083-2115-7
  2. ^ P. Brown, P. King, and P. Remfry, 'Whittington Castle: The marcher fortress of the Fitz Warin family', Shropshire Archaeology and History LXXIX (2004), 106-127.