Walter of Hereford

Walter of Hereford was a holder of the feudal title Baron Bergavenny or Lord Abergavenny in the Welsh Marches in the mid twelfth century.

Lineage

Walter of Hereford was a son of Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, and Sibyl of Neufmarche,[1] and the brother of Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford and Mahel of Hereford and William de Hereford.[2]

Offices

Walter of Hereford held the post of King's Constable in the region under King Henry I of England and became lord of Brecon and Abergavenny from circa 1155.[1] In 1155 he was also made hereditary Sheriff of Gloucestershire, a post he held for two years, and Sheriff of Herefordshire, a post he held until 1159.[3]

He died in 1159 or 1160, in the Holy Land while on Crusade.[4] On his death the shrievalty of Gloucestershire was no longer hereditary. No children are known.[3]

Notes
  1. Lundy 2004, p. 62 § 617 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 20
  2. Lundy 2003, p. 10257 § 102565 cites Cokayne 2000, pp. 20, 21.
  3. Lundy 2004, p. 62 § 617 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 21.
  4. Cawley 2012, "Walter FitzMiles" cites Keats-Rohan 2002, p. 512
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References
  • Cawley, Charles (10 April 2012), England, Earls Created 1067-1122: Walter FitzMiles, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  • Cokayne, George E (2000), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, I (new, 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes ed.), Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, pp. 20, 21
  • Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. (2002), Domesday Descendants - A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166 - II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum, Domesday Descendants (1st ed.), Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, p. 512, ISBN 0-85115-863-3
  • Lundy, Darryl (6 April 2003), Sybil de Neufmarché, The Peerage, p. 10257 § 102565, retrieved 17 November 2012
  • Lundy, Darryl (24 February 2004), Walter of Hereford, The Peerage, p. 62 § 617, retrieved 17 November 2012


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