page_title: Richard de Grenville
section_title: Lord of Neath
hierarchical_section_title: Richard de Grenville / Lord of Neath
caption_attribution_description: English: The River Neath near Neath Castle looking towards Tonna. The River Neath (or Afon Nedd) at the town of Neath (or Castell Nedd) looking north east up the Neath Valley towards Tonna (or Tonnau)
context_page_description: Sir Richard de Grenville was one of the Twelve Knights of Glamorgan who served under Robert FitzHamon, in the conquest of Glamorgan in Wales. He obtained from FitzHamon the lordship of Neath in which he built Neath Castle and in 1129 founded Neath Abbey. He is by tradition the founder and ancestor of the prominent Westcountry Grenville family of Stowe in the parish of Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Bideford in Devon, the later head of which family was John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. The surname of his supposed descendants the Westcountry Grenville family was spelled by tradition "Grenville" until 1661 when it was altered to "Granville".
context_section_description: As his reward for his services during the conquest of Glamorgan his brother Robert FitzHamon allotted him the lordship of Neath, where Richard  built Neath Castle. He is styled in one Glamorgan charter as "Constable of the Earl of Gloucester", thus of Robert Fitzroy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (died 1147), his brother's son-in-law and heir.
caption: River Neath at Neath Castle, looking upstream
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