Monmouth, Geoffrey, a Welsh priest of the 12th century, compiler of what he called a “History of the Early Kings of Britain,” from that of Brut, through the story of King Arthur and others, such as King Lear, down to that of Cadwallo, a Welsh king, who died in 689.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Monk, George, Duke of Albemarle * Monmouth, James, Duke of