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The
Journey Through Wales by Gerald of Wales (translated by Lewis
Thorpe, Penguin Books, 1978) page 77, tells this story of "what
happened, in the reign of Henry I, King of the English, to the
castellan of Radnor castle, in the territory of Builth, which
is not far away, being adjacent to his own lands, which he himself
had conquered". This is clearly Philip de Braose. Gerald
of Wales was a personal friend of Philip's grandson William,
who read and endorsed some of Gerald's books. Though strange,
it is likely that the family also believed the story to be true.
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