<g>Milo, Founder</g> of Llanthony Secunda.--Under this head, it is recorded in the Abbey Chronicle, that in the reign of King <g>Henry</g>, son of the Conqueror, there flourished a certain warrior of noble family named Gwalterus, or <g>Walter</g>, who was Constable, under the King, of the Castles of Gloucester and Hereford. The said Walter caused to be erected on his own demesne the Castle of Gloucester, and dying some time thereafter, his remains were conveyed to <g>Llanthony Abbey</g>, in Wales, and there buried. The aforesaid Walter left an only son, <g>Milo</g> by name, whom King Henry created Earl of <g>Hereford</g>; and moreover, by way of augmentation to the said earldom, made over to him and his heirs for ever a grant of the whole Forest of <g>Dean</g>.
This <g>Milo</g>, first earl of the name, took to wife Sibylla, heiress of <g>Brecknock</g>, and daughter of <g>Bernard</g> and <g>Agnes</g> of New March.[329]--The offspring of this marriage were five sons and three daughters, namely, Roger, Henry, Walter, Matthew, and William, Margery, Bertha, and Lucy. He founded the Abbey or Priory of New Llanthony, near Gloucester, on the 25th of May, 1136, being the first of King Stephen’s reign; and dying on Christmas-eve, 1143, was buried in the chancel of the <g>Abbey</g> which he had founded seven years before. After his demise, he was succeeded in his titles and estates by each of his five sons, one after the other; but all of whom died without legitimate issue. Hereupon his possessions were shared in equal proportions by his three surviving daughters.[330] <g>Lucy</g>, his third daughter, was married to Herbert <g>Fitz-Herbert</g>, and had for her share and dowry the Forest of Dean, and other estates in England.[331] The offspring of this marriage was a son named <g>Peter</g>, who became the father of a long line of descendants.
Bertha, second daughter of Count Milo, married William <g>de Brewes</g>, and took for dowry the lordship of Brecknock. The offspring from this marriage were three sons, <g>William</g>, <g>Egidius</g>, and <g>Reginald</g>. William, their eldest son and heir, in the time of King John, having made war upon his enemy Guenhunewyn, subdued him, and slew no less than three thousand Welsh in one day at <g>Elvel</g>. This battle took place on the morrow of <g>St. Lawrence</g> the Martyr, in the year of our Lord 1498. But for this rebellious act he was disinherited by <g>King John</g>; and, without trial, condemned to quit the realm of England. He died in exile; while his unhappy wife and their only son, being thrown into prison by the same heartless and arbitrary power, died shortly after in captivity.