Sir Peter Gaunt d'or

• Preferred Name: Sir Peter Gaunt d'or^[1]
  
• Alternate Name: Peter Gunter
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir Knight
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• FSID: K2X3-C2K
  
• Death: ABT 1077 in Gunterstone, Breconshire, Wales at LATI: N1.9489 LONG: E3.3913
  
• Birth: ABT 1034 in Normandie, France at LATI: N8.928 LONG: E0.5326
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sir Peter GUNTER, Knight, was born abt 1034 in Normandy, France.
  
  Sir Peter was known as the "Knight of the golden glove" so called from the three 'gauntlets or,' which he bore upon his sable shield-bearings, who aided in the subjugation of Wales in the fourth year of William Rufus and is also stated to have previously followed the fortunes of the Conqueror himself. Sir Peter's motto was "Fai y Gallo" (As he may), which has been ever since retained by the Gunters.
  
  He married Jane (Joan) Awbrey, daughter of Sir Reginald Awbrey, at Tregunter, Brecon, Wales. She was born ca 1035 in Aber-Cynrig, Brecon, Wales.
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  Gunters of Tregunter and Gilston (Note: aka Gilestone) [from pp. 87-88 of Annals and Antiquities...County Families of Wales, Vol. I by Thomas Nicholas (London, 1872)
  
  "The first of this family was 'Sir' Peter Gunter, or Gaunt d'or, an assistant of Newmarch's in the reduction of Breicheiniog. He was given a manor at Tregunter, otherwise known as Gunterstone--a place long ago alienated from the powerful family which indelibly inscribed their name upon it--,which his descendants possessed for six or seven generations, until they removed to Gilston, in the parish of Llanfigan, perhaps under stress of weather, or, more probably, esteeming the Vale of Usk more desirable than the colder neighborhood of Talgarth."
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  Curator's Note: A Peter Gunter seems to have appeared in Wales in the 11th century, perhaps with Bernard de Neumarché (aka Newmarch). According to Wikipedia, Neufmarché (c. 1050 – c. 1125) was "a minor Norman lord who rose to power in the Welsh Marches before successfully undertaking the invasion and conquest of the Kingdom of Brycheiniog between 1088 and 1095. Out of the ruins of the Welsh kingdom, he created the Anglo-Norman lordship of Brecon." In his manuscripts on the Awbrey family (p. 15), Harold Williams Lloyd states that Newmarch distributed his conquered land among his knights/followers, granting Tregunter to Peter Gunter; Abercynrig and Slwch to Sir Reginald Awbrey; and Gilestone to Sir Giles Pierrepont. Peter Gunter is said to have married Sir Reginald Awbrey's daughter Jane. A later generation of Gunter married into the Pierrepont family, at which time the lands of Gilestone (Gilston) passed into the Gunter hands.
  
  However, evidence is lacking as to Peter Gunter's parentage, and especially any evidence linking him to Reginald (or Renaud) I Ivrea, count palatine of Burgundy and Adeliza (Alice) of Normandy. He is not listed among their children. For this reason, he is being detached from these parents until evidence or documentation is provided.
  
  The Knight of the Golden Glove.
  Sir Peter GUNTER, Knight, was born abt 1034 in Normandy, France. He married Jane (Joan) Awbrey, daughter of Sir Reginald Awbrey, married at Tregunter, Brecon, Wales. She was born ca 1035 in Aber-Cynri
  
  Tre' Gunter
  Tregunter (later Gunterstone) manor and estate, given to Sir Peter Gunter for his services to Bernard de Newmarche. Newmarche was a knight under William II (son of William the Conqeror) and along with
  
  === BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY ===
  BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF BRECKNOCK", by Theophilus Jones, pub. in London, England, in 1805. LDS FHC microfilm #0990114, p. 466. BIRTH-MARRIAGE:"BRYCHAN BRYCHEINOG AND HIS DESCENDANTS", LDS FHC microfilm #0104390, item #2. BIRTH-MARRIAGE:HARLEY 2289, microfilm from The British Library, London, England. !Sir Peter Gunter was one of the Knights that came to the Conquest of Brecon, and in the division that ensued, he acquired the Lordship of Gunterston.
  
  === Sir. ===
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  === !#4568> Welsh Genealogies Ad 300-1400,-v ===
  !#4568> Welsh Genealogies Ad 300-1400,-v3-p132 (FHL #6025561); !PL> Tregunter (Gunterstone);
  
  === !#4568> Welsh Genealogies Ad 300-1400,-v ===
  !#4568> Welsh Genealogies Ad 300-1400,-v3-p132 (FHL 942.9 D2fw); !#1080> Brecknockshire-v2-p335,336* (FHL Q942.965 H2j); #2106> Glamorganshire Pedigrees-p23* (FHL ES Q942.97 D2p); #11886> Golden Grove MSS-v2-pG1053,1071* (FHL #0104349-51); #12591> Glamorgan 19th Century Pedigrees-ped (FHL #0104381 it10); !PL> Gunterston (Tregwnter); LVG> came with Bernard Newmarch to the conquest of Breconshire; SURNAME> GAUNTD'OR/GAUNTLETTE-D'OR;
  
  === T Jones: History of Brecknockshire P 33 ===
  T Jones: History of Brecknockshire P 336

• m. 1055 in Tregunter, Breconshire, Wales

1. William Gunter, b. ABT 1069 in Tregunter, Breconshire, Wales     d. ABT 1100

1. Title: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9841/records/176284327;