[964] Brut, in anno. The Mortimers were the heirs of the De Braoses and the Neufmarchés.
[965] Annales Cambriæ, 1260. This may, however, be merely a figure of speech.
[966] Order to cause Roger Mortimer, so soon as the castle of Built shall be closed with a wall, whereby it will be necessary to remove the bretasches, to have the best bretasche of the king’s gift. Cal. of Close Rolls, Ed. I., i., 527.
[967] See Clark, M. M. A., i., 307.
[968] Round, Ancient Charters, No. 6.
[969] Itin., v., 74.
[970] Arch. Camb., N. S., v., 23-28.
[971] “Wales and the Coming of the Normans,” by Professor Lloyd, in Cymmrodorion Transactions, 1899.
[972] Marchegay, Chartes du Prieurie de Monmouth, cited by Professor Lloyd, as above.
[973] Brut, 1143.