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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...

The earliest mention of a battle at Mwnt beach is in ‘The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardiganshire’ by S R Meyrick published in 1810. In it he states that: “In this parish is a farm called Nant y Flynion, which takes its name from the Flemings having landed at a beach near...

Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri, (c1330 – 1378), known as Owain Lawgoch in Wales and Yvain de Galles in France was a Welsh prince who fought for France. Local folklore connects him with Llyn Llech Owain and the nearby village of Llandybie.The great nephew of Llywelyn the Last (Llywelyn ein Llyw Olaf) was born in...

There were several insurrections against English rule following the death of Llywelyn ein Llyw Olaf at Cilmeri in 1282. One of the most significant was the Rising of 1294 – 1295, the main leader being Madog ap Llywelyn from Gwynedd who many regarded as the lawful successor of the Prince of Wales. The rising was...

The background to this battle is the supposed rape and abduction of Princess Nest (ferch Rhys ap Tudur) by her kinsman Owain ap Cadwgan, heir to the Kingdom of Powys some seven years earlier. At the instigation of Henry I of England, Nest his former mistress was married to Gerald de Windsor, the Norman castellan...

Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (1097 – 1136) was the wife of Gruffydd ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth in south west Wales and the daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan, Prince of Gwynedd. After her father-in-law Rhys ap Tewdwr was killed in battle against the invading Normans at Brecon in 1093, the way was left open for the...