The Welsh Marcher Lordships Vol 1: Central & North Book by Philip Hume''Philip Hume has set a high standard in developing a new popular history of the lordships of the Welsh March.'' Paul Dryburgh For nearly 500 years the Marcher lordships and their lords were at the centre of events that affected the history of England and Wales, and were scenes of conflict, devastation and conquest. The region was defined by the nearly fifty Marcher lordships that extended from north Wales and the Dee estuary down to the Severn