Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre

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Abergavenny in 1135 76
Iowerth fought against the English at other times –
In 1172, Iorwerth, with a large body of Welshmen,
destroyed all the country with fire and sword to the
gates of Gloucester. 77
Then in 1175 the King held a great Council for the quelling of the Welsh 78 .
And Iowerth did homage to Henry II at Gloucester 78 .
It is said that Nest was mistress of King Henry II and wife of Sir Ralph
Bluet 79 Henry II had a number of illegitimate children 80 and it is
known he
had a son, Morgan, by a noble Welshwoman called Nest , the
wife of Sir Ralph Bloet, a northern knight who had settled on
the Welsh Marches 81
although why Weir claims Ralph was a northern knight is not clear, in the
Annals Dunelmenses is found only
Henricus rex pater Iohannis regis genuerat eum de
uxore cuisdam militis Angli dicti Radulfi Bloet
[King Henry, father of King John, engendered him [Morgan]
on the wife of a certain English knight called Ralph Bloet
76
Ravilious, JP posting on soc.genealogy.medieval
[http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/browse_thread/thread/b8
953 f98e693336a/3d37a429e6c47ee1?lnk=gst&q=nest#3d37a429e6c47ee1] Dec
2002, giving a link to a report from Cardiff University Theoretical Archaeology
Group, Cardiff 1999, which at the time of writing was non functional
77
http://www.britannia.com/history/city/glos.html - History of the City of
Gloucester, Gloucestershire Roman Town to Parliamentary City
78
http://www.britannia.com/history/city/glos.html ibid
79
Bradney, Sir Joseph A. (1904-33) A history of Monmouthshire : from the coming
of the Normans into Wales down to the present time. Vol 3 (Hundred of Usk) p190
[Facsimile edition pub Merton Priory Press, 1993]
80
Batrum, PC (1980) Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400.
81
Weir, A (1999) Eleanor of Aquitane Cape p98