Walter of Hereford

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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

William de Hereford.[citation needed
]

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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

He departed for the

Crusade about Michaelmas 1159, and died there not long after.[1] On his death the shrievalty of Gloucestershire was no longer hereditary.[citation needed] No children are known.[citation needed
]

Notes

References

  • Cokayne, George E
    (2000), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, vol. 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,