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4 days ago · That man is Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, who reigned as Prince of Gwynedd and Wales from 1258 until his untimely death in 1282. His rule marked the apogee of medieval Welsh power before its rapid destruction at the hands of Edward I of England. The Rise of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
5 days ago · It was there, for example, that the Welsh leader Gruffudd ap Cynan languished for 12 years, apparently fettered in the market place, after his capture in 1081. (fn. 135) In 1098 Earl Hugh marched from Chester as joint leader of an ill-fated expedition to Anglesey.
5 days ago · Llywelyn was forced to imprison his illegitimate son, Gruffudd, who had previously been sent to lead Llywelyn’s men to intercept royal forces on their way to seize castles in south Wales. Despite being entrusted with this position of responsibility, Gruffudd was not reconciled to his exclusion from the succession and his resentment erupted ...
2 days ago · The take-over was sealed by the capture of the Welsh prince Dafydd ap Gruffudd and his imprisonment in London. Then followed his trial for treason, after which he was sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered; this brutal punishment was exacted for the first time in the nation’s history, a sign that no traitor’s life was worthy to be ...
5 days ago · A cantor and treasurer were in office by 1132, shortly after the start of Robert de Béthune's pontificate, but it is quite likely that a treasurer existed earlier, (fn. 22) and not impossible that there was an earlier cantor also. (fn. 23) The change of the cantor's title to precentor came with the appointment of William Foliot to the office ...
4 days ago · The Rood was especially venerated in Wales; in 1278, for example, certain Welshmen swore on it not to bear arms against the king, and in the later 14th century it was the subject of several odes by the poet Gruffudd ap Maredudd (fl. 1352-82), who seems himself to have made a pilgrimage to the relic.
