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Back in the late 1600s, Edward Llwyd noted that Merthyr was a village of about 40 houses and some of the inhabitants were religious dissenters. By 1801 the population was 27,000 and exceeded the combined population of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. The growth was focused on the 4 ironworks, which employed 9,000 men, these were...

Following the journey of Henry Tudor.   ———————————————————————————————————————————– 07.08.1485           Henry Tudor arrived at Milford Haven on 7 August just before sunset, landing in Mill Bay at Dale, though Richard III believed that the landing was at Angle for an advance on Pembroke and Tenby castles, and had kept a close watch on during the winter....

Roger Lort J.P. of Stackpole was an active Royalist; during the Summer of 1643 he was King’s Treasurer in the Association of Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, a wealthy man. He managed to threaten and cajole Thomas Wyatt, Tenby’s Mayor into surrendering to the Royalist Commander in Wales, the Earl of Carbery, in August 1643, adding...

I was delivering a bag of paperbacks to the Charity Shop, and Gerald the manager showed me a pile of new, immaculate hardbacks donated a few hours earlier. As a result, I walked out holding a copy of “Sieges of the English Civil Wars” by John Barratt (Pen & Sword 2009.). Now, I know that...

Book Review by Dr. Rob Morgan.           Books written on any aspect of early warfare in Wales are so rarely published, yet Dr Erik Grigg’s “Warfare, Raiding and Defence in Early Medieval Britain” (Hale: The Crowood Press. 212 pp. Hb.2018….£22) is undoubtedly a treasure trove for the Welsh historian and battlefield enthusiast. In fact this...

Y gred a dderbynnir yn eang, ac a gydnabyddir fel ffaith gan rai gwybodusion, ydyw mai rebel ydoedd Owain Glyndwr (Owain ap Gruffydd, Arglwydd Glyndyfrdwy), wedi ei symbylu i gymryd i fyny wi gleddyf yn dilyn ffrae gyda’i gymydog Reginald de Grey; ond mae gwir angen ail-asesu’r dybiaeth honno. Roedd Owain Glyndwr yn deyrngar i’r...

Elis Gruffydd, often referred to as the ‘Soldier of Calais’ was born at Gronant in Flintshire, in 1490. He ventured to London, entering the service of Sir Robert Wingfield, who undertook many forms of service for Wolsey and for Henry VIII, and later became Deputy of Calais. Elis was almost inevitably with Wingfield in garrison...

Roger Lort J.P. of Stackpole was an active Royalist; during the Summer of 1643 he was King’s Treasurer in the Association of Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, a wealthy man. He managed to threaten and cajole Thomas Wyatt, Tenby’s Mayor into surrendering to the Royalist Commander in Wales, the Earl of Carbery, in August 1643, adding...

His relationship with Wales was rather a violent one. Othon, sometimes known as Otto, lived between 1238 and 1328, an immense age, and was sent from Savoy to train in the household of the English King Henry III. He was a close companion of the future Edward I, and when Edward set out to conquer...

Coed Llathen-Cymmerau 1-2 June 1257 Strategy and battle tactics – a possible scenario.   There is a very full, contemporary, account of the battle in the literature and this is strengthed by place-names in the area of Derwen Fawr, Caerfyrddin.   In this note it is intended to explain the significance of the place names...