Editing Usk (section)

===Charters===

The town was owned by the [[Earl of Gloucester|Earls of Gloucester]] and [[Earl of Hereford|Hereford]] until 1314, when it was claimed by the [[Earl of Ulster]] through marriage. It descended in the female line to [[Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence|Lionel Duke of Clarence]], the son of [[Edward III]] and through him to [[Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March|Mortimer Earl of March]], Marshal of England. His nephew, [[Richard Duke of York]] then inherited and it became a favourite residence of his. At the death of [[Richard III]] in 1485 it was given by [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] to his son [[Arthur, Prince of Wales]]. In 1544 it became part of the [[dowry]] of [[Catherine Parr|Queen Katherine Parr]] and on the death of Catherine it was granted by [[Edward VI]] to the [[Earl of Pembroke]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Usk/Gaz1868.html |title=Usk, Monmouthshire – Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 |publisher=GENUKI |date=17 February 2009 |access-date=14 January 2011}}</ref> Its location meant that it was inevitably frequently caught up in the border disputes between the English and the Welsh in this section of the [[Welsh Marches]].