I am researching and writing a chapter on William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber, and have stumbled on a whole dissertation on him, kindly posted online. I’ve put it on my Kindle so I can read it anywhere. I have the main facts already, but it is always helpful to get another perspective and maybe a few extra details to make the story more interesting.
It seems that this William de Braose (there were so many Williams!) was the most powerful and influential of all the de Braoses, and fell the hardest and farthest. He brought all his inherited lands, gained more himself, and received even more because of his closeness to King John. But he got cocky, and John slapped him down with particular viciousness.
He died broke and broken, in Paris, and his family also paid a great price. His wife and eldest son were locked in a dungeon in Windsor Castle by King John and starved to death, and his grandsons were also imprisoned and not released until after John’s death.
This book is getting more interesting by the day!
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