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Lordship of Bromfield and Yale

Holt Castle, built by the lord of Bromfield and Yale, John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, who lost the Battle of Stirling against William Wallace

The Lordship of Bromfield and Yale was formed in 1282[1] by the merger of the medieval commotes of Marford, Wrexham and Yale. It was part of the Welsh Marches and was within the cantref of Maelor in the former Kingdom of Powys.

The marcher lordship was originally bestowed to the Earls of Surrey of the Warenne family, being seized from the inheritance of lord Madog Crypl, son of prince Gruffudd Fychan I.[2] These lordships historically belonged to the Princes of Powys Fadog, Lords of Yale and Dinas Bran, members of the Royal House of Mathrafal.[3][2]

  1. ^ Rogers 1992, p. viii.
  2. ^ a b The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility in the Saxons time to the Norman conquest, University of Michigan, Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.
  3. ^ Archaeologia Cambrensis : a record of the antiquities of Wales and its Marches, Cambrian Archaeological Association, London : W. Pickering, 1846, p. 3-7

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