The History of Ewyas Lacy Document Record
Held at: Gwent Record Office
Reference: MAN/A/151/0088
Source: Original Documents
Title: Digital Images Collection: Dispute over Land at Longtown Castle – Photograph of Report on the history and descent of Longtown Castle
Place name: Ewyas Lacy, Longtown
Date: 1829
Description: The case of Penry [plaintiff] versus Gwillim and Parry [defendants] at the King’s Bench in the Hereford Assizes of 1829 revolved around the legal status and ownership of part of the castle green and moat at Longtown Castle.
Photographs shown below are of a formal report by Henry William Hewlett [probably compiled on behalf of Lord Abergavenny to protect his interests] on the results of a very detailed search of public records concerning the early history, descent and ownership of Longtown Castle and its surrounds. The report throws considerable light on both the descent of the Manor of Ewyas Lacy and of the Castle from Norman times, quoting numerous original source documents that are no longer easily accessible [if at all]. It appears to demonstrate that the castle and environs always formed part of the moiety of the manor descended to the Abergaveny line.
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