Brecknock
Brecknock was a marcher lordship in south-central Wales, centred on Brecon Castle. In 1337 Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, held the lordship, which Edward III had reunited under him.
During Owain Glyndwr's revolt in 1404, Brecknock's defences were tested. The estates passed to the Stafford dukes of Buckingham, but Edward Stafford's execution in 1521 brought them to the crown. The Laws in Wales Acts of 1535 to 1542 made the lordship the county of Brecknockshire.
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- Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
- Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford
- John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford