Talk:History of Herefordshire

Which Edgar founded the Diocese?
It says in the text that

"King Edgar the Ætheling was a regular visitor, and founded the diocese, previously part of the see of Worcester, in 976"

Edgar the Ætheling was never crowned king, and was born in around 1051.

Should this be instead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_the_Peaceful

but he died in 975.

The page on Bishop of Hereford says the diocese was founded in 676.

So that's all a bit messy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.119.144 (talk) 14:59, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Anachronism?
In 1606 an act was passed declaring Hereford free from the jurisdiction of the Council of Wales, but the county was not finally relieved from the interference of the Marcher Lords until the reign of William III and Mary II.

I question this narrative because 'Marcher Lords' were local landowners who were in place to protect England from what were sometimes hostile princes in Wales and were at their most powerful in the medieaval period before the passing of Henry VIII's Act of Union of Wales with the Kingdom of England, which itself was a century after the last rising (that by Owain Glyndwr). The Council was rather a more ceremonial than legal institution by the time it was abolished later in the 17th century.Cloptonson (talk) 13:47, 22 February 2021 (UTC)