Baron Talbot

For the similar title in the Irish peerage, see Baron Talbot of Malahide.

Arms of Talbot: Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed or.[1] These were the paternal arms of Gwenllian, the daughter and heiress of Rhys Mechyll (d. 1244) (Prince of the Welsh House of Dinefwr, grandson of Rhys ap Gruffydd), and wife of Gilbert Talbot (d. 1274), grandfather of Gilbert Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot (d. 1345/6)[2][unreliable source] assumed by Talbot as arms of alliance of a great heiress, superseding his own former paternal arms of Bendy of 10 pieces argent and gules[3].The assumption about Gwenllian however was unfounded as Rhys Mechyll also had male heirs[4] who acceded to the arms of the House of Deheubarth
Arms of Talbot (ancient): Bendy of ten argent and gules

Baron Talbot is a title that has been created twice. The title was created first in the Peerage of England. On 5 June 1331, Sir Gilbert Talbot was summoned to Parliament, by which he was held to have become Baron Talbot.

The title Lord Talbot, Baron of Hensol, in the County of Glamorgan, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1733 for Charles Talbot, a descendant of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (the 8th Baron of the first creation), the Earl Talbot.

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.1015, E. of Shrewsbury & Waterford
  2. ^ http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/TALBOT.htm#Gilbert TALBOT (1° B. Talbot)
  3. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th.ed. vol. 11, p.691, Heraldry
  4. ^ Siddons M P: 'The Development of Welsh Heraldry', Vol. 1, p. 289, NLW 1991.