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NOTES AND QUERIES. in s. x. AUG. 29, 1914
Rhys ap Tewdwr, King of South Wales, 1078 :
t between 17-23 April, 1093
88).
- Uwladys, dau. of Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn
(xlviii., ib.).
Nest, or Nesta (fl. 1106) = c. =,
1095 or soon after (xl. 228).
^Gerald of Windsor, by Stephen by King
Constable of Pern- the Constable Henry 1.
Abducted by her cousin
broke Castle. of Cardigan
1 1135.
Owen, son of Cadwgan, 1106.
Appears to have
V 1 I f 11 0/^
After a time rejoined 1
ler
died betore 113o
husband (ib., 229).
(xix. 135 ; xl. 229).
William Maurice (ib.)^= Alice de Mont- David II. Nesta,=
pWilliam Robert
Henry
(xl. 229). t c. 1 Sept.,
gomerie, grand- (xl. 229), 2nd
de Barri, Fitz-
born after
1176
daughter of Bishop of wife
lord of Stephen,
1114
(xix. 136).
Roger de Mont- St.David's (xxi.
Manor- born
(xl.
229).
gomerie (ib.), 1148 (xiv. 121). 390) or
bier. probably
Slain 1157
dau.
of Arnulph, t soon after An-
between
(xix. 164,
4th son of Roger 1 March, 1176 ghared
1111 and
211).
(Burke's (ib. ; Hook's (xiv.
1114.
' Peerage,' 1898, ' Lives of the 121 ;
1 1183-4.
p. 881). Archbishops xl. 229).
s. p. leg.
of Canter-
(xix. 211).
bury,' ii. 534).
Raymond =Basilia Nesta, Ray- =Hervey Giraldus de Barri,
Meiler Fitz- =
a niece
(un-
le Gros (Burke's
mond's de called
Henry
identified) of
-c. 1174 'Extinct
cousin Mount- Cambrensis,
= 1182. HughdeLaci,
t s. p. leg. Peerage,'
(xix.
136, maurice the historian,
t!220 lord of Meath
1840.
145). (xix. born 1146 or 1147.
(xix. 164).
[t 11861
p. 123),
145). 1 1220 (?)
(xix. ib.);
sister of
(xxi. 389).
also called
Strongbow,
dau. of Hugh
and widow
(Betham,
of Robert
Table DCIV.).
de Quincy
(xix. 145).
T. F. T. in his article (xix. 211) upon
Robert Fitz-Stephen, to make the half-
brotherhood fit in, actually describes Meiler
Fitz-Henry as Nesta's son by King Henry I. ;
but, naturally, no authorities for this state-
ment are quoted. Yet, in direct contra-
diction to this statement, we read in the same
article :
" In 1157 Robert Fitz-Stephen followed Henry II. 's expedition into North Wales, and narrowly escaped the ambush in which his half -brother, the King's son, was slain."
This half-brother of Robert's was, of course, Henry, the bastard son of King Henry I. by the Princess Nesta, and not Meiler Fitz-Henry. When we remember that King Henry I. died 1135 ; that Nesta's child by him was born c. 1114-15 (xl. 229); and that Meiler was quite young in 1157 (xix. 164), it becomes perfectly evident that the statement that Meiler Fitz-Henry was Nesta's son by the King is incorrect.
If we look, too, at the dates of the deaths of the so-called half-brothers of Meiler Fitz- Henry, we find that Robert Fitz-Stephen probably died soon after 1183 (xix. 212) ;
that Maurice Fitz -Gerald died at Wexfoi
c. 1 Sept., 1176 (xix. 136); and that
brother David II., the Bishop, died soor
after the Legatine Council of Cardinal Hug!
(xiv. 121). This Council, we learn (Hook'
' Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury,
ii. 534), was convened for 1 March, 117(
but broke up the same day owing to
quarrel between the Archbishops of Canter
bury and York. " No Council, of coi
could be held. The assemblv dispersed
(ib., 535).
Meiler Fitz-Henry and Giraldus Car brensis, both of whom were Nesta's grand- sons, died in 1220, although a query appes (xxi. 389) after the year in the case of the latter. The Rev. H. R. Luard, D.D., in the course of his article at the above referenc correctly records that Giraldus was nephev of David Fitz-Gerald, Bishop of St. David') who died 1176 (ib., 390).
I think from the above evidence it is cle that Meiler Fitz-Henry was not the son Nesta, but her grandson, and that coi quently he was not half-brother either Robert Fitz-Stephen or Maurice Fitz-Geralc
