Lady of Hay

Principal Dates

(Dates in italics are approximate)

1154 Accession of King Henry II

1160 Birth of Matilda de St. Valerie

1174 Marriage of Matilda

1175 Massacre of Abergavenny

1176 Birth of William de Braose the Younger (Will)

1176 Betrothal of Prince John to Isabella of Gloucester

1177 Birth of Giles

1178 Birth of Matilda the Younger (Tilda)

1179 Birth of Reginald

1182 Fall of Abergavenny

1182 Birth of Margaret

1184 Birth of Isobel

1188 Summons to the Third Crusade

1188 Betrothal of Mattie to Gruffydd ap Rhys

1189 Marriage of Mattie to Gruffydd

1189 Death of Henry II. Accession of Richard I

1189 Wedding of Prince John

1189 Prince John visits the West

1191 William seizes Elfael and builds Castel Mallt (Painscastle)

1192-99 William Sheriff of Herefordshire

1195 Siege of Painscastle

1196 William itinerant justice for Staffordshire; gains co-rights in Barnstaple and Totnes

1197 Year of Pest and Plague. Death of Trehearne Vaughan

1198 Second Siege of Painscastle

1199 Death of Richard I

1199 William one of John’s supporters at his coronation

1200 William succeeds to the Honor of Limerick

1200 John grants William the right to take land from the Welsh

1203 William becomes Lord of Gower

1203 William in attendance on John in Normandy at time of Prince Arthur’s death

1205 William becomes Lord of the Three Castles

1207 First signs of William’s impending fall from grace

1208 23 March. John’s conflict with Rome over appointment of Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury leads to interdict of Pope Innocent III

1208 The de Braoses flee to Ireland

1209-10 William back in Wales

1210 Spring. King John arrives in Ireland

1210 Matilda flees to Scotland

1211 Death of Matilda and Will

1211 9 August. William dies in Corbeil. Buried in Paris by exiled Archbishop Langton

1215 Magna Carta

1216 10 October. The authorization of a grant of land at Aconbury to Margaret de Lacy is one of the last pieces of business John transacts

1216 18 October. King John dies