The castles of England, their story and structure (1896)
Mackenzie, James Dixon, Sir, 7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat, 1830-1900 · New York : The Macmillan co. · leaf 105
sbelow it having some Norman work. Beyond this is another courtyard withentrance into the fourth, and leading to the western entrance. The lords of this place were the Clares, earls of Pembroke, commonlycalled Earls of Strighull and Pembroke from the neighbouring castle ofStrighall, where they… … CHEPSTOW of the bow which he bent, the surname of Strongbow was given; and heit was who by his valour lirst opened the conquest of Ireland to the English.By his daughter and heiress Isabel, Chepstow came to the Bigots, the Marshalls,and afterwards by marriage to the Herbert family, from whom the…
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