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273:, 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,
262:(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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277:, 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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has been extrapolated by some writers to conclude that the area must have once been under the rule of
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An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire
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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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349:. Pembrokeshire was administratively subdivided into
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547:, 1771, Edinburgh, volume 2, p.907, paragraph 23.
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152:In the mid 11th century, Dyfed was part of
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473:University of Wales Press
911:History of Pembrokeshire
633:Fenton, Richard (1811).
199:—the lands owned by the
127:Black Book of Carmarthen
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544:Encyclopædia Britannica
512:Williams, A. H. (1941)
503:, 1914, Volume 4, p 276
412:Charles, B. G. (1992).
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18:Cemais (Dyfed cantref)
560:Laws, Edward (1888).
440:"The Ode of Cyridwen"
335:English feudal barony
256:Richard the Lionheart
166:William the Conqueror
160:who had accepted the
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810:Ancient hundreds of
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311:the 7th Baron Audley
201:Bishop of St. Davids
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729:, Dillwyn Miles in
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339:Laws in Wales Acts
245:Robert fitz Martin
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382:George Owen
260:Prince John
223:-speaking.
211:. He chose
176:during the
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570:19 January
450:14 January
327:Henry VIII
231:Following
162:suzerainty
154:Deheubarth
121:Deheubarth
98:Afon Nyfer
843:Dungleddy
838:Dewisland
833:Cilgerran
343:Dewisland
325:In 1534,
197:Dewisland
174:Worcester
156:ruled by
90:Fishguard
906:Cantrefs
848:Narberth
388:See also
363:Llantood
351:Hundreds
333:, as an
264:Gruffydd
241:Gruffydd
215:for his
102:commotes
55:Medieval
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592:Newport
471:10/11,
345:) into
279:Newport
271:Maelgwn
237:anarchy
233:Henry I
116:History
74:Hundred
61:of the
59:cantref
873:4°48′W
828:Cemais
475:, 1975
422:
375:Cemais
359:parish
355:Cemais
213:Nevern
193:Morvil
182:Brecon
67:Norman
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853:Roose
275:Hywel
221:Welsh
217:caput
209:Kemes
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82:Wales
51:Kemes
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