Richard Fitz Pons

Richard Fitz Pons[1] (c. 1080 – 1129)[2] was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, active as a marcher lord on the border with Wales.

He is described as a follower of Bernard de Neufmarche, and probably first builder of Bronllys Castle.[3] He started construction at Llandovery Castle[4] in 1116.[5]

Family

His father was Pons fitz Pons.[6][7]

He married Matilda Fitz Walter (died after 1127), daughter of Walter Fitz Roger, sheriff of Gloucester, and Bertha de Ballun.[8] Walter de Clifford was one of their four children.[9][10]

Richard was the heir of Drogo fitz Pons and Walter fitz Pons, both mentioned in the Domesday Survey. He is now taken to be their nephew.[11] They had lands in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Pinxton in Derbyshire, Glasshampton in Worcestershire[12][13]

Notes

  1. ↑ fitz Pontz, fitzPontz, fitz Poyntz, fitzPoyntz, fitzPonce.
  2. ↑ Ancestors of Eugene Ashton Andrew & Anna Louise Hanish Richard Fitz Pons Clifford Andrew Angermueller Hanish Strudell Descendants
  3. ↑ Bronllys Castle
  4. ↑ Llandovery Castle
  5. ↑ Archaeology in Wales – Archaeoleg CAMBRIA Archaeology
  6. ↑ .
  7. ↑ There is uncertainty. Another story would make him son of William of Talou, Count of Arques-la-Bataille, known as Guillaume d'Arques, William de Normandie.Lundy, Darryl. "p. 15846 § 158451". The Peerage.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Charles Cawley (2010). Medieval Lands, English earls 1067–1122
  10. ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Person Page". The Peerage. p. 10486.
  11. ↑ Keats-Rohan, Domesday People I:180–181, 455–456.
  12. ↑ Worcestershire History Encyclopaedia: Astley <!Document Title>
  13. ↑ Drogo also in Wiltshire, large holdings in Devon..

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