sentences:  The Holme Lacy line were anti-Welsh and opponents of the Welsh rising under Owain Glyndŵr.The Kentchurch line were more sympathetic to the Welsh grievances, possibly because their geographical location, closer to Wales, enabled a greater understanding and knowledge of the people and their culture first hand.In the 13th century, through marriage they also inherited property and land within the Lordship of Abergavenny, at Troy, very near Monmouth.