Fardoe, Thomas (d.1785)
FARDOE, Thomas (d 1785)
Tried at the Montgomeryshire Great Sessions 1785 for burglary. In the parish of Guilsfield on 15 December 1784 Fardoe and William Challenor broke into the house of Stephen Davies and stole 63 gold guineas, a crown piece and 2 walking sticks. They were ordered for execution on Monday 28 March. The Shrewsbury Chronicle for Saturday 2 April reports the hanging.
[Mossop]
Tried at the Montgomeryshire Great Sessions 1785 for burglary. In the parish of Guilsfield on 15 December 1784 Fardoe and William Challenor broke into the house of Stephen Davies and stole 63 gold guineas, a crown piece and 2 walking sticks. They were ordered for execution on Monday 28 March. The Shrewsbury Chronicle for Saturday 2 April reports the hanging.
[Mossop]
Felton John (1647-1708)
The son of Thomas Felton, a brazier of Oswestry and supporter of the Commonwealth. John and his brothers followed in the craft (also being recorded as pewterers). In 1671 John was admitted as Burgess of Shrewsbury and in 1702 he was Sheriff of Montgomeryshire. He owned property in the parish of Llandinam and in the records of his daughter's marriage he is described as John Felton of Caerhowel near Montgomery. He was in trouble during his year of office for failing to make the proper returns to the writ for the election of MP. He pleaded guilty to this and was pardoned after paying a fine. It was his brother James Fenton who brought the action for this offense and it has been speculated that as the accuser kept half the fine, this was a mechanism to recover at least this amount. John Fenton died in 1708 whilst holding the office of Mayor of Shrewsbury.
[MC 66,71]
[MC 66,71]
Fenni-fach, Y
Breconshire. Formerly a hamlet in the parish of St John the Evangelist, Brecon. (A civil parish, it formed part of the cantref Cantre Selyf, part of the hundred of Merthyr, and of the rural district of Brecknock.)
[Richards p69]
[Richards p69]
Ffernfael, King of Buallt (c.800)
The Historia Brittonum says that Ffernfael [Fernmail] rules in Gwrtheyrn’s original kingdom in the region of Builth c.800: “It is Fernmail, son of Teudubir, who rules now in two regions Buelt and Guorthigirniaun. Teudubir is king of the Builth region, son of Pascent” Ffernfael is the only king of Buallt who has been positively identified.
[W. Davies]
[W. Davies]
Fitz Gilbert, Richard (d.1136)
Lord of Ceredigion after his father, Gilbert fitz Richard. When the great revolt broke out in Wales in 1136, Richard fitz Gilbert declined to recognize the volatile state the Marches were in: when travelling from Abergavenny to Brecon in 1136 he turned down the offer of an escort. The story goes that when he reached the woods of Coed Grwyne near Crickhowell he even dismissed Brian fitz Count and his knights who were with him and fell into an ambush by the Welsh of Gwent, in which he was killed. [G.R.]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
Fitz Herbert, Herbert (d.1204)
Herbert built the castle of Blaenllynfi around which the lordship of Blaenllynfi was based. He married one of the sisters and heiresses of Roger, earl of Hereford, and so shared in the inheritance of Miles of Gloucester. He was succeeded by his son Peter fitz Herbert. [G.R.]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
Fitzherbert, Peter (d.1235)
Son of Herbert fitz Herbert (above). Lord of Blaenllynfi 1204-1235. Involved in dispute with the monks of Brecon Priory over their vill of Trewalkin which lay in his lordship. [G.R.]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
Fitz Osbern, William (d.1071)
Lord of Breteuil, and a close friend and relation of William I of England (he was William's second cousin and hereditary steward of Normandy). The king made him earl of Hereford and by 1067 he was given wide powers along the southernmost frontier with Wales, though he may not actually have taken up the appointment until 1069: he was effectively made military and civilian governor of Hereford. (He was one of three earls so appointed, the others being Roger of Montgomery in the middle and Hugh of Chester in the north).
He is usually credited with starting the Norman drive on south Wales, establishing castles at Monmouth, Clifford, Ewyas Lacy and Wigmore. The first steps in the assault on Brycheiniog may have started under him. He died in Flanders, 1071 (the death of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders left his son a minor and the new count's uncle rebelled: the widow appealed for help and William fitz Osbern, a guardian of the young count, rushed to his aid. But both he and the count were killed in the battle of Cassel 20 February 1071). He was succeeded by his son, Roger of Breteuil. [G.R.]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
He is usually credited with starting the Norman drive on south Wales, establishing castles at Monmouth, Clifford, Ewyas Lacy and Wigmore. The first steps in the assault on Brycheiniog may have started under him. He died in Flanders, 1071 (the death of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders left his son a minor and the new count's uncle rebelled: the widow appealed for help and William fitz Osbern, a guardian of the young count, rushed to his aid. But both he and the count were killed in the battle of Cassel 20 February 1071). He was succeeded by his son, Roger of Breteuil. [G.R.]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
Fitz Richard, Gilbert (d.1136)
The first of the family of Clare introduced to the Marches. He was already lord of Clare and Tonbridge in England, but wanted land in Wales: the story goes that he was told by Henry I, "Now I will give you the land of Cadwgan ap Bleddyn [in Ceredigion]. Go and take possession of it". (So they say.) Gilbert's eldest son Richard was ambushed and killed near Crickhowell in 1136. [G.R.]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
Fitz Richard, Osbern (fl.1086)
Osbern fitz Richard was lord of Richard's Castle and Byton in 1086 and claimed many vills on the border of Maelienydd "which at that time yielded him nothing but the game he hunted". He had succeeded his father, Richard fitz Scrob, in the time of Edward the Confessor. He married a daughter of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, "king of all the Welsh" (d.1063). His daughter Agnes (Nest) married Bernard de Neufmarché. Osbern fitz Richard took part in the rebellion against William Rufus in 1088. [G.R.]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]
[R.R. Davies, Lloyd, Walker]