Gilbert de Turberville (nobleman, † before 1349)

Gilbert de Turberville (also Gilbert IV de Turberville ) († before 1349) was an English nobleman.

Gilbert de Turberville came from the Turberville family , who had been among the most important vassals of the Lords of Glamorgan in Southeast Wales since the early 12th century . He was a son of Payn III de Turberville , who died in 1327 at the latest. From him he inherited Coity Castle and other possessions in the Welsh Marches . In 1336 Turberville was able to reacquire Llandimore on Gower , which his ancestors had acquired around 1219. In 1337 he was appointed lifelong administrator of Cardigan Castle and Cardiganshire . In 1346 he took part in the siege of Calais . Under him, the expansion of Coity Castle begun by his father was completed.

Turberville married Cicely , a daughter of John, Lord Beauchamp of Hache . With her he had at least one son, Gilbert V . He inherited his possessions, but died childless in 1350. Richard II de Turberville , a brother of Gilbert IV, inherited the family's estates.

Web links

• Henry John Randall: TURBERVILLE family of Coity, Glam. (Dictionary of Welsh Biography, The National Library of Wales)
• David Crouch: Turberville [de Turberville] family. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dictionary of Welsh Biography: TURBERVILLE family of Coity, Glam. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
2. ^ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan , Vol. III - Part I: The early castles. RCAHMW, 1991, ISBN 0-11-300035-9 , p. 227
3. ^ Dictionary of Welsh Biography: TURBERVILLE family of Coity, Glam. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .