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262:, who had become a bitter rival of his brother; Welsh inheritance law allowed bastards to inherit, but Rhys preferred the English practice, which did not, and had been grooming Gruffydd as his successor. Maelgwn attacked Cemais, and took it from Gruffydd, eventually imprisoning his own father—Rhys—in Nevern castle; a younger son,
251:(Richard's brother), but Richard actively refused to meet Rhys, which made Rhys furious. In 1191, despite a previous oath not to do so, Rhys seized Cemais from William Fitz-Martin, and gave it to his son,
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The history of Wales, descriptive of the government, wars, manners, religion, laws, druids, bards, pedigrees and language of the ancient
Britons and modern Welsh, and of the remaining antiquities of the
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266:, eventually released him. When war broke out upon Rhys's death in 1197, between Maelgwn and Gruffydd, William fitz Martin re-established his control of Kemes, founding a new caput at
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having been dropped earlier in the previous century) died childless, and the
Lordship was inherited by his sister, Joan, and her husband, James Audley. The
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Deheubarth. Raising an army, Gruffydd conquered much of former Deheubarth including Cemais by 1136.
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John sold the feudal barony of Cemais two years later, to a local lawyer, William Owen. He was succeeded in 1574 by his son,
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was expelled from the lands. His son, William Fitz Martin, received Kemes as a dowry when he married
Angharad, a daughter of
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successfully recovered it. In 1326, two years after his similarly named father, the reigning Lord Martin (the
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Turribus sailed from Devon to Fishguard. According to local tradition recounted by
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has been extrapolated by some writers to conclude that the area must have once been under the rule of
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William's descendants during the 13th century; even though it was captured by
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A poem in praise of Cuhelyn Fardd in the Black Book of Carmarthen
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An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire
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The Second Book of George Owen's "Description of Pembrokeshire"
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Ancient Dyfed showing the cantref of Cemais and its commotes
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Baronia de Kemeys. From the original documents at Bronwydd.
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Newport Castle (Pembrokeshire): An Architectural Study
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338:. Pembrokeshire was administratively subdivided into
476:, Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd (Bt.), London, 1862, p.48
228:followed due to conflict between rival claimants.
536:, 1771, Edinburgh, volume 2, p.907, paragraph 23.
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42:after one of the several variations found in
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169:. Rhys was subsequently killed in battle at
258:Rhys, however, had an older, bastard, son,
141:In the mid 11th century, Dyfed was part of
73:. It occupied the coastal area between the
31:Pembrokeshire showing the hundred of Cemais
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407:. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales.
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507:Prehistoric Times to 1063
462:University of Wales Press
900:History of Pembrokeshire
622:Fenton, Richard (1811).
188:—the lands owned by the
116:Black Book of Carmarthen
722:, issue 119, 1962 p.340
533:Encyclopædia Britannica
501:Williams, A. H. (1941)
492:, 1914, Volume 4, p 276
401:Charles, B. G. (1992).
752:Charles, B. G. (1973)
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16:Welsh medieval cantref
549:Laws, Edward (1888).
429:"The Ode of Cyridwen"
324:English feudal barony
245:Richard the Lionheart
155:William the Conqueror
149:who had accepted the
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799:Ancient hundreds of
456:, R.G. Gruffydd, in
389:References and notes
300:the 7th Baron Audley
190:Bishop of St. Davids
89:divided it into two
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718:, Dillwyn Miles in
666:The Lords of Cemais
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328:Laws in Wales Acts
234:Robert fitz Martin
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383:Cemaes Head
371:George Owen
249:Prince John
212:-speaking.
200:. He chose
165:during the
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559:19 January
439:14 January
316:Henry VIII
220:Following
151:suzerainty
143:Deheubarth
110:Deheubarth
87:Afon Nyfer
832:Dungleddy
827:Dewisland
822:Cilgerran
332:Dewisland
314:In 1534,
186:Dewisland
163:Worcester
145:ruled by
79:Fishguard
895:Cantrefs
837:Narberth
377:See also
352:Llantood
340:Hundreds
322:, as an
253:Gruffydd
230:Gruffydd
204:for his
91:commotes
44:Medieval
859:52°00′N
581:Newport
460:10/11,
334:) into
268:Newport
260:Maelgwn
226:anarchy
222:Henry I
105:History
63:Hundred
50:of the
48:cantref
862:4°48′W
817:Cemais
464:, 1975
411:
364:Cemais
348:parish
344:Cemais
202:Nevern
182:Morvil
171:Brecon
56:Norman
36:Cemais
842:Roose
264:Hywel
210:Welsh
206:caput
198:Kemes
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75:Teifi
71:Wales
40:Kemes
638:2019
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606:2016
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441:2019
409:ISBN
292:Fitz
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