Excerpt from Old Pembroke Families: In the Ancient County Palatine of Pembroke Gerald's brothers were soldiers. There was in those days no alternative for the sons of noble houses, except the mail coat or the cowl. Many Pembrokeshire families took part in the conquest of Ireland in the reign of Henry II, and left their traces in such names as Carew, Prender gast, Roche, Castlemartin, Stackpole, Stainton, Beneger, Bosher, Meyler, Canton, Poer, Harold and Wogan. The list could be prolonged. Philip de Barri, the son and successor Of William, for his services in an expedition in 1177, was granted by his uncle, Robert Fitz Stephen (a son of Nesta by Stephen, Constable of Cardigan), lands in Olethans (county Cork) and elsewhere, which long remained with his descendants, who became Lords Barry, Viscounts Buttevant, and Earls of Barrymore. Philip was a witness to Robert Fitz Elidor's grant of Trefduauk (st. Edren's) to St. David's; he married a daughter of Richard Fitz Tancred, * senes chal of Haverford, ' and left three sons: William, his heir; Robert, who also warred in Ireland; and Philip, who succeeded his famous uncle as Archdeacon of Brecon. This William may have been the William de Barri who, about 1219, granted certain lands in Gower to the monks of Neath,8 but he was certainly the William who in 12079 Obtained a confirmation from the King of the grant from Robert Fitz Stephen to his father, and who in 121310 was one of his Commissioners appointed to assess the damage done to the clergy of the diocese of St. David's during the interdict which had lasted from 1208 until that year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.