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William V De BRAOSE, Lord Of Bramber & Gower

William V De BRAOSE, Lord Of Bramber & Gower[1, 2]

Male Bef 1224 - Bef 1291  (~ 66 years)

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  • Name William V De BRAOSE  [3, 4
    Suffix Lord Of Bramber & Gower 
    Born Bef 15 Jul 1224  Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID K2XK-VRX 
    _UID 44B65A8F3EC64E78B8D58B558B096FBCD926 
    Died Bef 6 Jan 1290-1291  Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I12997  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2022 

    Father John De BRAOSE, Lord Of Bramber & Gower,   b. Abt 1197, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1232, Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Mother Margaret Verch LLEWELYN,   b. 1204, Caernarvonshire, Walesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1268, Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 1219  Wales, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F5881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Aline De MULTON,   b. Abt 1240, Gilsland, Irthington, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1268, Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 28 years) 
    Married 1255  Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. William de BREUSE,   b. 1255, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1 May 1326, Of Bramber, Sussex, England & Gower, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Agnes De MOELS,   b. Abt 1230, Cadbury, Tiverton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1271  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Aft 1260  2ND Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Giles De BRAOSE, Of Bramber,   b. Abt 1265, Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1305  (Age ~ 40 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Mary De ROS,   b. Abt 1253, Helmsley Castle, North Riding Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 23 May 1326  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married Abt 1271  3rd Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Piers (Peter) De BRAOSE, Of Tetbury, Sir,   b. Abt 1274, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1311-1312, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
     2. Margaret De BRAOSE,   b. Abt 1285, Bramber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1319  (Age ~ 33 years)
     3. William De BRAOSE, Of Wiston,   b. Abt 1286, Bamber, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1360, Wiston, Thakeham, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • William was only 12 when his father died. The wardship of William and the de Braose lands were granted by Henry III to Peter des Rievaux. On his fall in 1234 these custodies were passed on to the king's brother Richard, Earl of Cornwall. When William came of age he took control of the Braose lands in Gower, Bramber and Tetbury. He confirmed the grants made by his father of the rents of cottages in Tetbury (they are still there) to the priory at Aconbury, founded in the memory of Maud de St Valery by her daughter Margaret.

      He was plagued throughout his life by a series of legal battles over land rights with his female relatives.

      See Cottages of Tetbury.


      William de Braose, in the 41st Henry III [1257], when Llewellyn ap Griffith menaced the marches of Wales with a great army, was commanded by the king to defend his own marches about Gower, and the next year he had a military summons to attend the king Chester. In two years afterwards, he was again in arms under Roger de Mortimer against the Welsh, and was one of the barons who became pledged for King Henry, abiding the award of Louis, King of France. He d. in 1290, leaving by Isabel de Clare, his first wife, a son, William de Braose. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 72, Braose, Baron Braose, of Gower]

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      Peter de Braose, half-brother of William, Lord Braose, of Gower. Peter's son, Thomas, was found heir to his grandmother, Mary de Ros (his grandfather, William de Braose's 2nd wife). [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 73, Braose, Barons Braose]

      NOTE: From the above information it is certain which William de Braose was Peter's father, for only this one William was summoned to parliament as a baron. However, in attempting to connect Mary de Ros to William, there are some pretty glaring date inconsistencies. e.g., William died in 1290, and Mary wasn't born until around 1298. It's possible the approximated year of birth for Mary is somewhat off, but surely not that far off. According to Burke, her father, William de Ros, was b. 1255, thus, she could have been born as early as perhaps 1271. Her father d. in 1316, and her grandfather died 16 June, 1285. Her 2nd husband, Thomas of Brotherton, was born 1 June, 1300. Had she been born as early as 1271, she would have been 29 years older than her 2nd husband. It's almost as if there had been two separate individuals named Mary de Ros, yet Burke says "Mary m. 1st, to William Braose, and 2ndly, to Thomas de Brotherton, Duke of Norfolk."

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    3. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 122a-4 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, IX:4 (g) (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 28a-3 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S39] jweber.ged.