Humphrey Burghill

• Preferred Name: Humphrey Burghill^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: ABT 1110 in Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales at LATI: N1.8569 LONG: E3.136
  
• FSID: 9CX4-YBF
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord
  
• Birth: ABT 1053 in Normandie, France at LATI: N8.928 LONG: E0.5326
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  After William the Conquerer, Duke of Normandie, defeated Harold at the Bawttle of Hastings, he became King of England and sought to create a stable border with Wales. He installed a strong group of Norman lords along the English side of the frontier, as well as shoring up the small Welsh kingdoms on the other side (including Breconshire). In 1087 he was succeeded to the throne by his son William Rufus who was unable to control these lords.
  
  Around 1089 one of these lords, Bernard Neufmarche, began his conquest of the Welsh kingdom of Brycheiniog (now Breconshire) and by 1093 there was a full scale invasion of Southern Wales. Following these successful seizures, numerous prominent Normans received their reward in the form of lordships. One of these was Sir Humphrey Burghill (spelled many ways) who was given aws his share the lordship of Crickhowell. His lands extended into Southern Breconshire and across the border into what is now Herefordshire.
  
  === History of Brecknockshire P 389 ===
  History of Brecknockshire P 389

• m. ABT 1078 in Burghill, Herefordshire, England

1. John Burghill, b. ABT 1090 in Burghill, Breconshire, Wales     d. ABT 1135 in Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales

1. Title: "Annals of Antiquities and Counties and County Families of Wales", by Thomas Nicholas. 1872
   
2. Title: Theophilus Jones' "History of Brecknockshire", Vol. 1
   Note: Contains Pedigree roll called "CWRT Mawr - a Burchill/Burfield Pedigree" which was commissioned circa 1660 by Thomas Lewis Burfield ad is now archived in the National Library of Wales.