Lordship of Bromfield and Yale

The marcher lordship was originally bestowed to the Earls of Surrey of the Warenne family, being seized from the inheritance of lord Madog Crypl, son of prince Gruffudd Fychan I.

[2] These lordships historically belonged to the Princes of Powys Fadog, Lords of Yale and Dinas Bran, members of the Royal House of Mathrafal.

[1] From Elizabeth Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, co-heiress, it passed into the hands of her grandson, Sir William Stanley, Lord Chamberlain, through the grant of king Henry Tudor, but after Stanley was charged for high treason, the lordship was forfeited to the Crown under the Principality of Wales, becoming once more a royal lordship.

[12] Notable chief stewards and proprietors of the lordship have included John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, who lost the Battle of Stirling against William Wallace, Earl Richard Fitzalan of Arundel Castle, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, brother-in-law of Henry VIII.

[13][14][15][16] Two other previous owners were also executed, being Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, implicated with the Princes in the Tower, and Tudor courtier William Brereton, accused of adultery with Queen Anne Boleyn.