IFOR BACH
(
fl
.
1158
) — (
IFOR
in the
Bruts
,
IFOR AP
in
16th and 17th cent.
genealogies);
lord of Senghenydd
,
a ‘dependant barony’ of the lordship of
Glamorgan
and the hilly district bounded by
Brecknock
on the north,
Cefn Onn ridge
on the south, the
river Taff
on the west and the
river Rhymney
on the east. In
1158
he attacked and slew
Morgan ab Owain
(see under
Morgan ap Hywel
) of
Gwynllŵg
and
Caerleon
, together with ‘the best
poet
,’
Gwrgant ap Rhys
. He is noteworthy also for his attack on
Cardiff castle
the same year, when at dead of night he removed
William
,
earl of Gloucester
,
Hawise
his wife, and
Robert
their son to his wooded fastnesses, refusing to release them until
William
had restored the lands filched from him and had bestowed upon him additional territory by way of compensation. He m.
Nest
, sister says ‘
Brut y Saeson
,’ to the
‘lord’ Rhys
. He was succeeded (
before 1170
) by his son
Gruffydd
.
Bibliography:
-
Giraldus Cambrensis
,
in eight volumes which
include ; ; ;
; ; ; ;
and
, London Longman, 1861-91
, vi, 63;
-
‘Brut y Tywysogion,’
sub anno
1157;
-
‘Brut y Saeson,’
sub anno
1175;
-
The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales
, , and
, 3
vols., 1801–7; another edn. in 1 vol., 1870. Some contributors
have used the original edition, citing it by volume and page,
others the reprint, citing it by page and column
, 682;
-
‘Annales Margam,’
sub anno
1158;
-
G. T. Clark
,
Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de
Glamorgan pertinent
. Second ed., 1910
, i, 159;
-
A History of Wales
, 507-8;
-
E. L. Chappell
,
Old Whitchurch the story of a Glamorgan
parish
, Cardiff, 1945
, 9, 17;
-
A Book of Glamorganshires Antiquities,
1578
, 1887
, 54-5, 107;
-
Heraldic Visitations
of Wales and Part of the Marches
, 1846
, i, 245;
-
Ford Manuscripts
(
Cardiff Manuscripts
5, 6) 270, 491;
-
Tonn Manuscript at Cardiff City
Library
(
Cardiff Manuscripts
2, 136), 175, 216;
-
Wilkins Manuscript
(
Cardiff Manuscripts
3, 464) 103.
Author:
Arthur John Richard, M.A., Cardiff
