House of Braose
The house Braose (also: Breuse, Brewes, Brehuse, Briouze, Brewose etc., Latinized de Braiosa ) was an eminent family of the Anglo-Norman nobility. She came from Briouze at Argentan in Normandy. Members of the family played in an important role in the Norman conquest of England and the subsequent power struggles in England, Wales and Ireland until the 14th century.
Fief
The first English possession of the family was the rule Rape of Bramber in Sussex, which William the Conqueror after 1066 and before 1086, the year of creation of the Domesday Books William de Braose († 1093/1096 ) gave. Part of the Barony of Barnstaple inherited William II de Braose by his mother. William III. acquired by 1194 the barony of Kington, 1203, the rule Gower and 1206 a part of the rule Totnes. King John confiscated in 1208 most of the possession, but King Henry III. gave most of it - with the exception of Barnstaple - Reginald de Braose back. William V de Braose left his four daughters, the land in Wales, while Bramber and Gower fell back to the elder branch of the Braose.