Reginald FitzPiers , Lord of Blaen Llyfni 
Reginald was born about 1215 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales. Reginald's father was Piers (Peter) FitzHerbert , Lord of Bladen and his mother was Alice FitzRobert de Warkworth. His paternal grandparents were Herbert II FitzHerbert , Lord of Bladen and Lucy of Hereford; his maternal grandparents were Robert FitzRoger , 2nd Baron of Warkworth and Margaret de Chesney. He had a sister named Lucy. He was the younger of the two children. He had a half-sister named Joan.General Notes
Sir Reginald (or Reynold) Fitz Piers, son by (1), and eventual heir, adult by 1248, d. 4 or 5 May 1286, succeeded to his brother Herbert Fitz Peter in 1248, lord of Blaen Llyfni, co. Brecknock, etc., sheriff of Hampshire and Constable of Windsor Castle 1261; m. (1) by Sep 1249 Alice (or Amice), living 1264, daughter & heir of William de Stanford, living 1224-5, lord of Stanford Dingley, co. Berks; m. (2) by 1274 Joan de Vivonia, b. 1251, d. 1 June 1314, widow of Ingram de Percy, daughter & heir of William de Fortibus (also styled le Fort) & Maud de Ferrers. Through her father, Joan inherited a 1/8th interest in the barony of Curry Malet, Somerset. [Ancestral Roots]
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Sir Reginald (or Reynold) fitz Peter, Knight, lord of Blaen Llyfni, co. Brecknock, sheriff of Hampshire and Constable of Winchester Castle 1261, d. 4 or 5 May 1285, heir of elder brother Herbert and son of Peter fitz Herbert, lord of Blaen Llyfni, co. Brecknock, by his first wife, Alice Fitz Roger of Warkworth. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Reginald FitzPeter, Lord of Blenlevenny, with his members de la Mere and Talgarth. This feudal chief, who appears to have been a person of great rank in the time of Henry III, was especially summoned in the 41st of that monarch to aid Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, in defence of the Marches, and in the next year had another summons to march against Llewellin. He m. Joan de Vivonia, dau. and coheir of William de Vivonia, surnamed "de Fortibus," from his valour in the field, Lord of Chewton in the county of Somerset, by Matilda de Kyme, dau. and coheir of William, Earl of Ferrers (by his first wife). With this lady Reginald acquired the Manor of Chuyton or Chewton, which he recevied the day of his marriage. They had issue, John Fitz-Reginald, Reginald Fitz-Reginald, and Peter Fitz-Reginald. [John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 729, Jones, of Llanarth]
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Reginald Fitz-Herbert. This feudal lord had summons to march against the Welsh in the 42nd Henry III [1258], and in two years afterwards received orders, as one of the barons marchers, to reside in those parts. In the 45th of the same reign [1261], he was made sheriff of Hampshire, and governor of the Castle of Winchester; and in the 48th [1264], he was one of those barons who undertook for the king's performance of what the king of France should determine regarding the ordinances of Oxford. He m. Joane, dau. of William de Fortibus, Lord of Chewton, co. Somerset, and dying in 1285, was s. by his son, John Fitz-Reginald. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 206, Fitz-Herbert, Baron Fitz-Herbert]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1106 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.< 1155
- b.< 1144 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<Jun 1204
- b.~ 1086 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England d.> 1157
- b.~ 1163 in Blewleveny Castle, Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.<06 Jun 1235
- b.1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1142 in Bwlch y Dinas, Brecknockshire, Wales d.> 1219 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales
- b.< 1093 in Aberhonwy, Brecon, Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1215 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales d.BET 4 AND 5 MAY 1286
- b.~ 1141 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1178
- b.< 1177 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1212 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.< 1141 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.> 1185 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1185 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England d.1225
- b.~ 1125 in Horsford, Norfolk, England d.1174
- b.~ 1165 in Horsford, Norfolk, England d.1214 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1140 in Poynings, Sussex, England
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Reginald and Alice de were married in a religious ceremony before September 1249 in 1st wife. They had a son and two daughters, named Reginald, Alice and Eleanor.
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Children
Alice FitzPiers
Alice was born in 1249 in Blaen Llyfni, Brecknockshire, Wales. She died after 1305 in Basing, Hampshire, England.
Reginald and Joan de were married in a religious ceremony before 1274 in 2nd husband 2nd wife. They had a son named Peter.
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Children
Peter FitzReginald , Lord of Chewton
Peter was born about 1274 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England. He died on November 18th, 1322 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England. He was buried in 1299-mother gave Chewton.
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