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 departed for the Holy Land on Crusade about Michaelmas 1159, and died there not long after.^[4] On his death the shrievalty of Gloucestershire was no longer hereditary.^{[citation needed]} No children are known.^[3]

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References[]

• 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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