Display person: Robert fitz Stephen , constable of Cardigan and lord of Pennardd Died: pre 1192 Robert, a vassal of the de Clare family, was captured by the Lord Rhys in 1165 when the Welsh reasserted native rule in the area. Sites associated with this personStrata Florida Abbey, Ceredigion (founder) Bibliographical sourcesPrinted sourcesBezant, Jemma, 'The medieval grants to Strata Florida Abbey: mapping the agency of lordship', in Monastic Wales: New Approaches, ed. Janet Burton and Karen Stöber (University of Wales: Cardiff, 2013), pp. 73-87 Web links (open in new window)Flanagan, M. T., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online - Robert fitz Stephen (View website) (Subscription reqd.) Archival sourcesNational Library of Ireland, 'Giraldus Cambrensis, Topographia Hibernia', (Document),f. 64v (View website)
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