• General Notes

  Sir Reginald (or Reynold) Fitz Piers, son by (1), and eventualheir, adult by 1248, d. 4 or 5 May 1286, succeeded to hisbrother Herbert Fitz Peter in 1248, lord of Blaen Llyfni, co.Brecknock, etc., sheriff of Hampshire and Constable of WindsorCastle 1261; m. (1) by Sep 1249 Alice (or Amice), living 1264,daughter & heir of William de Stanford, living 1224-5, lord ofStanford Dingley, co. Berks; m. (2) by 1274 Joan de Vivonia, b.1251, d. 1 June 1314, widow of Ingram de Percy, daughter & heirof William de Fortibus (also styled le Fort) & Maud de Ferrers.Through her father, Joan inherited a 1/8th interest in thebarony of Curry Malet, Somerset. [Ancestral Roots]
  
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  Sir Reginald (or Reynold) fitz Peter, Knight, lord of BlaenLlyfni, co. Brecknock, sheriff of Hampshire and Constable ofWinchester Castle 1261, d. 4 or 5 May 1285, heir of elderbrother Herbert and son of Peter fitz Herbert, lord of BlaenLlyfni, co. Brecknock, by his first wife, Alice Fitz Roger ofWarkworth. [Magna Charta Sureties]
  
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  Reginald FitzPeter, Lord of Blenlevenny, with his members de laMere and Talgarth. This feudal chief, who appears to have been aperson of great rank in the time of Henry III, was especiallysummoned in the 41st of that monarch to aid Humphrey de Bohun,Earl of Hereford, in defence of the Marches, and in the nextyear had another summons to march against Llewellin. He m. Joande Vivonia, dau. and coheir of William de Vivonia, surnamed 'deFortibus,' from his valour in the field, Lord of Chewton in thecounty of Somerset, by Matilda de Kyme, dau. and coheir ofWilliam, Earl of Ferrers (by his first wife). With this ladyReginald acquired the Manor of Chuyton or Chewton, which herecevied the day of his marriage. They had issue, JohnFitz-Reginald, Reginald Fitz-Reginald, and Peter Fitz-Reginald.[John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain andIreland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 729, Jones, ofLlanarth]
  
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  Reginald Fitz-Herbert. This feudal lord had summons to marchagainst the Welsh in the 42nd Henry III [1258], and in two yearsafterwards received orders, as one of the barons marchers, toreside in those parts. In the 45th of the same reign [1261], hewas made sheriff of Hampshire, and governor of the Castle ofWinchester; and in the 48th [1264], he was one of those baronswho undertook for the king's performance of what the king ofFrance should determine regarding the ordinances of Oxford. Hem. Joane, dau. of William de Fortibus, Lord of Chewton, co.Somerset, and dying in 1285, was s. by his son, JohnFitz-Reginald. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited,and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p.206, Fitz-Herbert, Baron Fitz-Herbert]

Details of Reynold's family

Details of Reynold's family with Joan FitzPiers