Henry
de Umfreville
formerly Umfreville
Born about in Castle Penmark, Glamorganshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Arundel [half], Alice (Umfreville) de Umfreville and Ellen (Arundel) Cerizeaux [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alice (Umfreville) Furneaux and Elizabeth (Umfreville) St John
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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The first wood and earth castle in Penmark was probably built by the de Umfraville family at the beginning of the 12th century. It was done by the first known representative, Gilbert de Umfraville, who came to Britain from Amfreville sur Iton or Offranville in Normandy and was first mentioned in documents in 1104, or by his successor Robert, first recorded in 1130.
Around the middle of the 13th century, Penmark Castle was transformed by another Gilbert de Umfraville into a stone structure. Gilbert supported Richard Marshal in the revolt of 1233-1234, then appeared in Glamorgan’s acts of 1245, 1249, and 1257. In the lordship of Glamorgan, in 1262 he was recorded as having four fees worth £ 60 in Penmark. In the same year he was succeeded by Henry de Umfraville, who died around 1271-1272, leaving his brother John as heir of Penmark. Only during the times of the latter, in 1307, the first direct record of the castle appeared.
Penmark was inhabited by the Umfraville family until the 1420s, when by the marriage of John’s daughter, Elizabeth Umfraville, the local estate became the property of Alexander de St John. In the following years of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the castle, as the property of the St John family, was leased to various people and gradually deteriorated, because the main seat of the St Johns was Fonmon. It eventually fell into disrepair in the 17th century, serving as a source of free building materials for nearby farms.
This information is supported by the Visitation of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, St John's (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044081107930&view=1up&seq=71&q1=St%20John) page 51
Will'm Seint John of ffanmon in com.=p. . . . daughter of ... . Glamorgan in Wales Knight. I Henry Seint John eldest sonne sans issue. Sr John Saint John of ffanmon Knight, second sonne and heire to his brother, m. Beatrix Broye. [Jo. Broye —Isham MS.]. Alexander Seint John of ffanmon sonne and heire m. Elizabeth daughter and one of the heires of . Sr Henry Humfrevyle of Penmarke in com.
Alexander and Elizabeth had a son named John St John who married Isabell Paveley of the Paveleys in Pury
These are the two sources which agree that Elizabeth Umfreville married Alexander St John and not John St John as shown on many pedigrees...SR
edited by Sharon Richards