A prominent Anglo-Norman marcher lord who held extensive lands in Wales and the West of England and served as Sheriff of Herefordshire under Richard I and John. He fell out with King John and died in exile in France.

The supplied record uses the form William Bruis and associates him with the grant of Staunton during the reign of Henry II. Identity is treated as William de Braose, but the manor-specific grant should not be confused with the full chronology of his other estates.