By 1086, the Earl of Hereford had brought about the extinction of the kingdom of Gwent, the earl of Shrewsbury had built a castle at Montgomery and had taken much of the Welsh borderland into his ...

William established earldoms at Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford ... controlled from the castles of the Normans - between Pura Wallia and Marchia Wallie. The Norman lords of the March, while ...

William established earldoms at Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford ... controlled from the castles of the Normans - between Pura Wallia and Marchia Wallie. The Norman lords of the March, while ...