Gilbert Talbot, Lord Talbot, Justiciar of West Wales, Knight, younger son of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, English knight, Earl of Waterford, Lord of Black Park
Dates: flourished in the early and mid-fourteenth century; exact dates not established here
Biography
Gilbert Talbot was a royal administrator and justiciar associated with the governance of West Wales. In 1333 he received the life grant of the lordship of Atpar and related Dyffryn Teifi lands, with the revenues collected by his bailiff.
Notes / Sources
The source describes a life grant of the lordship, not an inheritable conveyance.
Research sources:
- Gruffydd Evans, The Story of Newcastle Emlyn and Atpar to 1531, published in Y Cymmrodor, vol. 32, citing Patent Roll, 7 Edward III, part II, membrane 15, and the Calendar reference given by Evans. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Y_Cymmrodor_%28IA_ycymmrodor32cymmuoft%29.pdf
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