Kidwelly

Who he is

Name

Thomas de Londres

Title

Lord of Kidwelly and of Ogmore

Since

Not pinned (he is lord around 1200 when he rebuilt Ogmore in stone)

Born

Not pinned

Family

Of the London (de Londres) family, lords of Ogmore since about 1100 and of Kidwelly since the time of Maurice de Londres. His daughter and heiress Hawise is born later (about 1211).

Confidence

low

Wikipedia (Ogmore Castle; Kidwelly Castle).

Overlord

The king (Kidwelly); the lord of Glamorgan (Ogmore)

What it holds

• Kidwelly castle and borough with the commote of Kidwelly
• A claim to Carnwyllion (contested)
• Ogmore castle in Glamorgan, rebuilt in stone about 1200

How it was acquired

Inheritance; Kidwelly recovered after 1197.

Allies and rivals

Enemies: the sons of the Lord Rhys.

How things stand that morning

Holds Kidwelly castle (low confidence on the date of recovery) and Ogmore.

Wealth

Coastal manors and the port of Kidwelly.

Military

Kidwelly and Ogmore castles.

Threats

• Gruffydd ap Rhys and his brothers

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. July 1201Maredudd ap Rhys is killed in Carnwyllion.Depends on: Raids from Cantref Bychan Stopped by: Peace

Places of note

• Kidwelly castle: Caput
• Ogmore castle: Rebuilt in stone about 1200

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Wikipedia gives only that Kidwelly passed back to the Anglo-Normans after 1197 and that Thomas held Ogmore about 1200.

On the map: Carnwyllion is left to the belt.

Primary sources for March of Wales

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Annals of Wales, Anonymous (St Davids and other Welsh houses) (10th to 13th centuries; the B and C texts continue to 1286 and 1288). Short Latin annals whose later versions are kept at St Davids and Cistercian houses. Read online
• Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. Read online
• Chronicle of the Princes, Anonymous (Welsh translation of a lost Latin chronicle kept at Strata Florida) (Latin original to about 1282, compiled from contemporary annals; Welsh versions about 1300 and later). The native Welsh record of the year. Read online
• Monastic Annals (Margam, Tewkesbury, Burton, Winchester, Waverley, Dunstable, Bermondsey, Worcester, Osney) (12th to 14th centuries). Nine sets of house annals, each with a short entry for 1200. Read online
• The History of William Marshal, Anonymous (a poet called John, writing for the Marshal family) (about 1224 to 1226). A knight's view of the Angevin succession: the council at Vaudreuil in April 1199 where the Marshal and Hubert Walter argued for John over Arthur, the Marshal's crossing to secure England, John's coronation, and the Marshal's part in Normandy in 1199 and 1200 as holder of Longueville and Orbec and a go-between with Philip. Read online
• The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
• The Charter Rolls of King John (1199 to 1216, at the royal chancery). The enrolled charters of John's first years, beginning with his accession in 1199: confirmations to towns, bishoprics and abbeys, grants of land and office, and the great grants to men like William Marshal and the king's new allies in Poitou. Read online
• The Great Rolls of the Pipe for 1199 and Michaelmas 1200 (1199 and 1200, at the Exchequer). The audited accounts of every sheriff and farmer for the Exchequer year ending Michaelmas 1200: county farms, the scutage of 1199, the carucage of 1200, debts of magnates and towns, wardships, and the fines offered to the new king.

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