John Gunter, of Gunterstone

See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6274/GUNTER%2... (March 1, 2017; Anne Brannen, curator)

John (Jenkyn) GUNTER, was born abt 1209 in Gilstone, Brecon, Wales. He married Agnes (Verch John) Mowbray, daughter of John Mowbray. She was born abt 1211 in Growe, Brecon, Wales.

For John Gunter, the following chivalrous action is recorded :— " Jenkyn (Gunter fought with and killed Sir Philip Chambray, Kt., on behalf of Sir John Mowbray, Kt., whereupon Sir John gave him his daughter and sole heiress in marriage ;" but in vain do we search for details of the combat. What were the charges brought against the Mowbray? in what manner was his fair fame aspersed? and why was he not his own champion ? Was it that he was absent from home—a witness perchance of his monarch's broken fortunes at Bannockburn—or was hiS arm, now palsied by age, powerless any longer to conch the lance in his own defence? and did Sir Jenkyn, for either of these reasons, take up the gage on behalf of the father of his lady lore? All these points might, indeed, suggest themes for a romance. Be it, however, as it may, Jenkyn Gunter killed his opponent, and won Anne Mowbray, and from that day the " Lion rampant Argent " was quartered on the same shield with the " Gauntlets Or." Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities Page 201