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- “GWLADUS DDU OF WALES, married (1st) in 1215 (as his 2nd wife) REYNOLD DE BREWES (or BREUSE, BRAUSE, BRAOSE), Baron of Kington, Herefordshire, Bramber, Sussex, lord of Abergavenny and Brecon, 3rd son of William de Brewes (or Breuse), Baron of Brramber, Sussex, lord of Abergavenny, Brecon, Ower Gwent, seigneur of Briouze, Normandy, etc., by Maud de St. Valery. They had no known issue. He was married previously to Grace Briwere (or Brewer), daughter of William Briwere, Baron of Horsley, Derbyshire. He had seisin of his father’s lands in 1216. In 1218 he tried unsuccessfully to recover his father’s rights in Barnstaple, Devon. In 1220 he gave up the barony of Bramber, Sussex to his nephew, John de Brewes. SIR REYNOLD DE BREWES died shortly before 9 June 1228. In 1229 Gwladus accompanied her brother, David ap Llywelyn, to London. She married (2nd) before 26 Oct. 1230 RALPH DE MORTIMER, Baron of Wigmore, Herefordshire, Constable of Clun Castle, Shropshire, younger son of Roger de Mortimer, Baron of Wigmore, Herefordshire, by Isabel, daughter of Walkelin de Ferrers, of Oakham, Rutland, and Lechlade and Longbridge, Gloucestershire. They had four sons, Roger, Knt., Peter, John, clerk, and Hugh, and one daughter, Joan (wife of Peter Corbet, 1st Lord Corbet). Following their marriage, Gwladus’ father conceded him the castles of Knighton and Norton, Shropshire, which Llywelyn had in free marriage with Gwladus’ mother, Joan, as well as lands in Ceri and Cydewen. Ralph was heir in 1227 to his older brother, Hugh de Mortimer. In 1233 he witnessed a grant from King Henry III to his wife’s brother-in-law, John, Earl of Chester and Huntingdon. In 1237 they sued regarding lands in Knighton and Norton, Shropshire. In 1240 King Henry III granted him seisin of the disputed cantref of Maelienydd, by ageement reached beween the king and Gwladus’ brother, David ap Llywelyn. In 1241 he served as pledge to the King for his wife’s sister-in-law, Senena, wife of Griffith ap Llewelyn. In August 1241 Maredudd ap Hywel and the other Welsh lords of Kerry reserved the right to wage war against Ralph if he moved against them after their truce with the king. He fought in Gascony in 1242. RALPH DE MORTIMER died testate 6 August 1246 and was buried at Wigmore. His widow, Gwladus, died at Windsor, Berkshire in 1251.”
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