A marcher lord (Welsh: barwn y mers) was a noble appointed by the king of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and...
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claiming "marcher liberties".[citation needed] Under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 introduced under Henry VIII, the jurisdiction of the marcher lords was...
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especially the Welsh Marches a Marcher Lord March law This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Marcher. If an internal link led...
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Earl of March (25 April 1287 – 29 November 1330), was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland...
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Baron Mortimer of Chirk (c.1256 – 3 August 1326) was a 14th-century Marcher lord, notable for his opposition to Edward II of England during the Despenser...
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The Lord Warden of the Marches was an office in the governments of Scotland and England. The holders were responsible for the security of the border between...
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right for Marcher Lords to wage private war the King tested this right in this case: he first called them before a court of their Marcher peers; then...
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Gordon-Lennox (born 1994), Earl of March and Kinrara. Marcher Lords – English title for the Welsh Marches List of Marcher lordships McNeill 1911, p. 685....
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meaning "march" or "mark", that is, borderland, added to Graf, meaning "Count"); it is related semantically to the English title "Marcher Lord". As a noun...
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1231 – 27 October 1282), of Wigmore Castle in Herefordshire, was a marcher lord who was a loyal ally of King Henry III of England and at times an enemy...
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