The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . (LOW tide). w 1 1 «o PL,. ^ NEWPORT 35 it was begun by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, whohad married Mabel, daughter of Fitzhamon. Theyear is one to be double-scored in the Gwent tra-dition. Robert was a great castle-builder; a shrewdintervener, too, between the two peoples fromwhose marriage he sprang; and his nephew wasGiraldus Cambrensis, a pioneer of the new literarylife of the country. As parcel of the lordship ofMorganwg, Newport often figures in the trafficbetwixt the Welsh and Normans. When HenryII., on his return from Ireland, recallin
The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . (LOW tide). w 1 1 «o PL,. ^ NEWPORT 35 it was begun by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, whohad married Mabel, daughter of Fitzhamon. Theyear is one to be double-scored in the Gwent tra-dition. Robert was a great castle-builder; a shrewdintervener, too, between the two peoples fromwhose marriage he sprang; and his nephew wasGiraldus Cambrensis, a pioneer of the new literarylife of the country. As parcel of the lordship ofMorganwg, Newport often figures in the trafficbetwixt the Welsh and Normans. When HenryII., on his return from Ireland, recalling hislong dispute with Iorwerth ap Owain of Caer-leon, paused at Newport in 1171-1172, he sent asafe-conduct to Iorwerth and his two sons, thatthey might come and do homage and settle theirgrievances on either side. But some soldiers ofNewport intercepted and slew, near Usk, Iorwerthseldest son when he was on the way to join hisfather, and Iorwerth, seeing in it very naturallyHenrys treachery, went home vowing the Welsh around him, he marched throughGwent in
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