1 26 6 1 23 5 I AM indebted to the University College of Wales for b o o k s the . W I LL the perusal of the MS . of late Mr IA M YD Lib ra r A FL O , now in the College y at berystwyth, which have been o f the greatest assista nce in the co m pil a ti o n of these notes . FL OYD l s Mr . was a carefu and laboriou antiquary - l s his MS . collections, the resu t of his researche in the Ofli ce a o f a Public Record , cont in a wealth inform tion f as to the famil ies o divers other co unti es . H . O . T CON EN TS . BARR!OF MANORBIER TAN OEED MORTIMER CAREW o r CAREW CASTLE CAN TIN TON BONVILLE ROBELYN THE LOBDB OF STACKP OLE CRESP YN G CASTLEMARTIN THE WOGANS MALEFAN T OF U P TON THE P ERROTS CASTLE Jo c E HAROLD BENEGER DE LA ROCHE DE BRIAN SHIRBU RN OF ANGLE DE V ALE ’ F T B D S LAUGHARNE O S . RI E OWEN OF ORIELTON V U GH . W S M BARET . A AN I E AN (ga rri of qu a norfiier. THE most illustrious member o f this disti ngu is hed house hi s I ti ne ra r o Wa le s o says, in y f , that his family t ok their s name from Barry Island in Glamorgan hire, which they once owned} The first o f the race who appea rs in this County was Odo de Barri, who , the records tell us, was ‘ dead in He came with the con querors o f what was u o f m to be the Co nty Palatine Pe broke, and received the n o f f r la ds Manorbier o his share of the spoil . His son William, who took an active part in making local history, and who died before wa s twice married . By his i l i n s first wife he had a son, Walter, who was k l ed Wale , a nd d An a by his secon , gh rad, daughter of Gerald de s o f Wind or by the famous Nesta, daughter the Lord n . Rhys , three so s, Robert, Philip, and Gerald This last all iance connected the De Ba rris n o t only with the power fu l family of the Fitz Geralds , but also with the princes of u n s o n the Welsh blood . Gerald, the yo gest , was born at n 1 14 Af e hi s t Ma orbier about 7 . t r active and roublous life tu r - he re rned in his old age to his bi th place, which he has ‘ f proclaimed to be the fairest spot in all Wales . It has o late been proposed to set up monum ents to various Welsh M a n r r Ba rri of o bie . r to t marauders, but it has occu red no one to perpe uate the fame of the man who di d m ore fo r Wales than anyone in a al i medi ev t mes . G ’ erald s brothers were soldiers . There was in those e o f days no alternativ for the sons noble houses, except r m e s the mail coat o the cowl . Many Pe brok hire famili es took part in the conquest of Ireland in the reign of Henry e in s m II, and left their trac s uch na es as Carew, Prender e gast , Roche, Castlemartin, Stackpole, Stainton, B neger, l Me e r . Bosher, y , Canton, Poer, Harold and Wogan The lis t could be prolonged . s on a nd s Philip de Barri, the succe sor Of William , for 1 1 77 e his services in an expedition in , was grant d by his uncle, Robert Fitz Stephen (a son of Nesta by Stephen , s n Ol e tha n Constable of Cardiga ) , lands in (County Cork) hi s s and elsewhere, which long remained with de cendants, r n s r who became Lords Ba ry, Viscou t Buttevant, and Ea ls a e F o f Barrymore . Philip was witn ss to Robert itz ’ " ’ ’ n f Tre fdu a u k r s Eli d o r s gra t o (St . Ed en ) to St . David s ; * e d u i he marri a da ghter of Richard F tz Tancred, senes ’ o f : chal Haverford, and left three sons William, his who e n hi heir ; Robert, also warr d in Irela d ; and P lip, hi Ar f who succeeded s famous uncle as chdeacon o Brecon . l l This Wi liam may have been the Wi liam de Barri who, 1219 e t in about , grant d cer a lands in Gower to the monks 8 9 f a l l m 120 7 o Neath, but he was cert inly the Wi ia who in Obtained a confirmation from the King of the grant from 1 213 1 0 Robert Fitz Stephen to his father, and who in was one of hi s Commi s sioners appointed to assess the damage f di f ’ done to the clergy o the ocese o St . David s during the interdict whi ch had lasted from 1208 until that year . e e he nd f h e S a t t e o t is a rt icl . a rr o M a n r r B i f o bie . v wit The successor of William was Da id, who was a ’ ness to Earl Walte r Ma rshal s charter to Gilbe rt de Vale ’ (l 243 A David de Barri in 1 247 held four knight s di o f the n n fees at Pembroke, which , in the vision i herita ce a r s o r l of the M e chals ( Marshal s) Earls of Pembroke, to n Mu n che ns were assigned Joa de y , and a David de Barri was Judiciary o f Ireland in these were prob to ably father and son, and they both seem have been lords Ol e tha n . o f of as well as of Manorbier John, the son (the - e i 130 1 last nam d) Dav d, in granted the advowson of Aco rnb u r a n Au Penally to y Priory, stin nunnery in Here fo rd s hire o f e , and that Manorbi r to the Priory Of Monk ’ n to . His wife s name was Beatrice, and he had two v m brothers , Da id and Richard, of whom the for er died n v . before him, leavi g a son also called Da id The grant to Aco rnb u ry may be accounte d fo r by the fact that Ar m “ hi s o f de Barri, daughter, was prioress that nunnery . There are three charters by John de Barri in the car ’ " v to f . tu l a ry o f St . Da id s with reference his grant o St “ Dogwells to Richard Sim on d ; in two he is styled John ” “ - - i hi son and he r of David de Barri , and in the t rd John de ” o f e . r w h Barri Manorbi r The fi st is it out date, the second e 1273 the is dat d at Manorbier in , and third (to which a li t b Wil am de Barri is a wi ness) , is dated at Pem roke 1 299 in . D m ll He granted in 1 300 the manor Of St . o g e to Richard Si m o n d (who is described in the earli er charte rs as Cle ri cu s Mi le s hi and afterwards as ) , w ch manor was held by de Barri o f the bishop ; John afterwards enlarged the gra nt Sir Si m o nd 1329 with permi s sion to alienate . Richard in ’ vi two granted the manor to St . Da d s on condition that chaplains should say da ily prayers before the alta r of St . f r s Thomas the Martyr, o the bodily health of him elf and r Ba rri of M a m o b ze r . ’ w n e his ife Elea or, while they lived, and for th ir souls ” health cu m a b hoe s e cu lo m i gra ve ri nt. ’ Richard Si m o nd was a witness to the Countess Joanna s ’ a e 1299 a A s ch rt r to Monkton in , and to E rl ymer charter ’ s 130 2 s o to the ame in , and to that Earl c nfirmation to Kin s d o Slebech in 1 3 23 . In the next year he held at g m K s 6ol . ( ing to n of the Earl land by a yearly rent of , and t fi ne w a n d l o f here was a bet een him Wil iam Beneger, fo r s s o f Pembroke, a mes uage and sixty acre land at 1 9 1 325 he e Ayl wa rd s to n (All e s to n) . In was appoint d m seneschal of Pembroke, re oved by Roger de Mortimer and restored on his fall . Richard and Eleanor were still holdi ng the land at Al le s to n for life in Walter Si m nd 132 m o was a juror at Pembroke in 7, and Willia Si m o n d 13 78 t n in , but whether hey were co nected with e s Sir Richard do not appear .