Owain Glyndwr (New)

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Grippiud Maylour filiur Griffi Maelor Princep Powisiae 1298-1369

Gruffydd Fychan yn yr ardel Cynllaith a Glyndyfrdwy ag ar ei galw Gruffydd Fychan fo oedd tad Owain Glyndwr.

Gruffydd Mailor V 1298 – 1369; the son of Gruffydd Maylor IV he married Elinor ferch Thomas ap Llewelyn ap Owain ap Maredudd ap Owain Deheubarth.

Armorials: Yellow and Red Quarters on shield with Black Lion Rampant. (Y Tarian Gweithredol)

Gruffydd Fychan yn yr ardel Cynllaith a Glyndyfrdwy ag ar ei galw Gruffydd Fychan fo oedd tad Owain Glyndwr.

Gruffydd Mailor V 1298 – 1369; the son of Gruffydd Maylor IV he married Elinor (called Elen) ferch Thomas ap Llewelyn ap Owain ap Maredudd ap Owain Deheubarth. They had four sons: Tudor, Owain, Madog and Gruffyth; they also had two daughters: Lowri and Isobel.

Armorials: Yellow and Red Quarters on shield with Black Lion Rampant. (Y Tarian Gweithredol)

1.   Ouain Glyndwr Princep Wallie 1348 -1417 (see below)
banar owain o ddea’r y scrol archyddiaeth Brydw mab Hu Gadarn gyda darn arall or scrol odan Lowri.

2.   Tudor, Lord of Gwyddelwern, born 1350, died March 11, 1405 at a battle in ‘Pwll Felyn’ in support of his brother, (he died buying his nephew Gruffydd time to escape). He married: Maud (43yrs old in 1405) she was the daughter of Ieuaf map Hywel and they had three sons: Rhys (22yrs upon his death in 1409), Madog 2 ½, Gruffydd was 4yrs old; they also five daughters: Catrin 11, Margared 7, Elenor 9, Isobel 8yrs and Lowri (16 was the sole survivor) she later married Gruffyth mab Einion.

3.   Madog (died young) with these armorials being posthumously awarded.

4.   Gruffudd who had two sons: Ieuaf b.1374 and Llewelyn b.1371 – 1401, Gruffydd may also have had a daughter: Eva (however she is not recorded upon the Mathrafal scrolls).

5.   Lowri, also spelled Lowry, she married Robert Puleston of Emral Hall, they had two sons and three daughters: John, Madog, Angharad, Annes & Ellen.

6.   Isabel married Adda ap Iorwerth Ddu of Llys Pengwern, (no genealogy recorded)

Ouainus filiur Griffi Maylour Princep Wallie 1348 -1417

Ag ar ei galw Owain Glyndwr fo oedd y dwythaf Tywysog y Brythwyr ar Cymro ag cydnabod ag ategiad gan y Brenhinoedd y Ffreincwyr, Hispaen, Iwerddon ar Alban. Oedd Owain ddim allan î ail cymmyd Cymru rhan bach or gwlad o ddia’r y Saison ond î enill Cambria yn hollol ir Brythwyr ag gyda hyn ein Rhyddid. Yn y diwedd ni ywr Brythwyr ag y pobl gwir yr ynys ymma gydar holl ynys yn eiddo ni. (Er Cof)

Princep Wallie + 1348 îr Hydref 1417

Castelli âg Pleis yn Sycharth, Ragarth, Glyndowdy, Twr Cynfyn yn Hendwr, Cefn Ddu rhwng Ruthin a Llanegwhyst ar castell Blaidd. Mor gwrol, cyfiawn ag teyrn’garol îw cyfeillion ai gwlad oedd unrhyw tywysog mewn ganrif. Ei uchelgais oedd î adenill Cambria ar ei hollol ynnol ir Cymro ar Brythwyr.

Dinas Bran Castle on a rocky hill stands almost as near as Vallis Crucis to the Dee Ripe, and going up on Dee water is somewhat lower than the Abbey.

Owain Glyndwr had a place in Ial (Yale) upon the North Side of the Dee called ‘Ragarth’ V miles above Dinas Bran.

Almost in the middle way between Llaneg Whist and Ritbyn (Ruthyn) appear (vestigia) of a castle of Owen Glyndwr called ‘Keuen De’ i.e. the Back of the Black Hill.

Hendwr: In this commote is the ruin of Twr Cynvyn’ (Cynvyn Tower) e nomen viri now called Yr Hendwr in which commote were Owain Glyndwr dwelled. He also held Sycharth, Glyndwrdy and Blaidd castle.

Llewelyn ap Iorwerth  Drwyn Dwrn, Prince of all Wales, had Gruffyth, Gruffyth had Llewelyn and Llewelyn had Catrin (Catarine) his Heir and Catarine had Eleanor who had Helen and Caterine. Helen married Gruffyth Maylour (Fychan) who were the natural parents of Owain Glyndwr.

Reign: 1401-c.1416

Predecessor: Gruffydd Fychan II

Successor: Maredudd mab Owain Glyndŵr

Spouse: Margaret Hanmer

House: Mathrafal

Father: Gruffydd Fychan II

Mother: Elen ferch Tomas ap Llywelyn                    

Born: 28^th May 1349                                                                                                  

Died: October 1417                                                                                                                                       

Owain Glyndŵr (Cymric pronunciation: [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr]), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, anglicized by William Shakespeare as Owen Glendower, he was a Welsh ruler and the last native Briton to hold the title Prince of Wales.

(Above) – The Arms of Owain Glyndŵr: Quarterly or and gules, four lions rampant armed and langued azure counterchanged.
                  Crest: A Dragon, or wyvern, gules. Mantling. Red lined white.

Presented here (Above) are the Banner & Shield of Owain Glyndŵr along with the Golden Dragon these are taken from the (Mathrafal Scrolls Collections) these items are recorded upon numerous family records; the Golden Dragon is also projected upon an inner chest lid within a painting on canvas; whilst the dragon above is hand painted upon a loose page of vellum; the shield is presented by the same source (they are of actual items photographed in high definition 11+ mega pixels).

Owain Glyndŵr (Order of St Francis) was a descendant of the Princes of Powys and the House of Mathrafal through his father Gruffydd Fychan II, hereditary Tywysog (Prince) of Powys Fadog those to include the Shires (Counties) William the bastard stole unlawfully; Owain was Lord of Cynllaith and Glyndyfrdwy along with the principalities of Owain’s mother Elen ferch Tomas ap Llywelyn; these being Deheubarth. It should be noted that Owain did not spell his name as we do today but rather as: Owayn Glyndowdy, the signature presented at the beginning appears in other documents and records; he was the recognised and accepted, legitimate ‘Prince of Wales’ by his own Nation (Not Foreign Imposed).

“Owain Glyndwr”                                        Na’isefyll llê ydwi  Fy’n banllawr yw cyfiawnder  Hyn yw fy’n tarian  Ac hyn ywr gwîr  Mi yd’wi tebyg î llêw  rhonc     Crûf ac eofn D’wi yn sefyll ô achos d’wi yn credu   Fan ymma uw fyn lle î fod Mewn Dduw d’wi yn credu       Cyfiawnder ac ardduniad Barnu arben fyn ymddygiad. Fyn teulu yn gynta  Nhw yw fyn nerth  Fy braech ag fyn tarian  Fyn gwladwyr ac fyn cenedl  Nhw syn darnodi pwy ydwi  Nhw syn rhoi nerth î mi  Fyn cleddyf ywr gwîr  Oes nâ dîm mor awchus  Oes na dim mor gwir   Neith dim darni mor dyfnder  Nai ddim bod ŷ cynhyrfwyr  Ond nai bod yr amddiffynnwyr                 Duw ewyllys barnu Os dwi yn sefyll yn gwir                           Bydd llâw Dyw arben fi am byth.

Gan: C. D. J. Maylor © Hawlfraint 2008 (Ar ei Cadw Pob Hawl) 

“Owain Glyndwr”

                                  

I stand where I am

My platform is justice

This is my shield

And that is the truth
I am like a lion rampant

Strong and fearless

I stand because I believe 
This is my place to be

In God I trust
Justice and honor               

Judged upon my actions
My family first

They are my strength
My arm and my shield
My countrymen and my nation
They define me
They give me strength
My sword is the truth
Nothing is sharper
Nothing is truer
Nothing cuts deeper 
I will not be the agitator
But I will defend 
God will judge 
If I stand true
Gods hand will rest upon me forever. 

By: C. D. J. Maylor © Copyright 2008 (All rights reserved) 


On 16 September 1400, Glyndŵr instigated the Welsh Revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England and although successful in terms of uniting the Welsh against their oppressors, the uprising eventually ran out of pace due to a system and policy of brutal atrocity, economic restrictions and legalized sanctions put into place by Henry V. It was further compounded by the actions of Harry Hotspurs failure to merge his forces with Owain’s who had rallied a significant force of French troops to meet and merge with Hotspur near Worcester. It was never Owain Glyndwr’s intention to march upon London but to force the King of England into relinquishing all claims upon Cambria thereby ensuring a long term peace between England and Wales. Owain Glyndŵr fell ill in 1412 which left him weakened; he was never captured nor tempted by royal pardons and never betrayed. There are many stories relating to how and when he died with some suggesting in the house of Alice Scudmore and others upon a mountain side in North Wales in the company of his five remaining sons where he was initially interred. One thing is for certain his body was not left in a hole upon non-hallowed ground, whatever you believe rest assured he was recovered and laid to rest within a place befitting a Prince of his Status where upon the ‘Cross of Christ’ was raised over him and definitely touched him.

 Owain Glyndŵr has remained a notable figure in the popular culture of both Wales and England, portrayed in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 1 (as Owen Glendower) as a wild and exotic man ruled by magic and emotion ("at my nativity, The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets, and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward." — Henry IV, Part 1, Act 3, scene 1).

In the late 19th century the Cymru Fydd movement recreated him as the father of Welsh nationalism, revising the historical image of him and joining him in popular memory as a national hero on par with King Arthur (Arthwys map Mor of the bloodline of Trahern – his grandaughter Arddyn Penesgallen married Brochmayl Ysgithraug bringing with her the 1^st Section of the Cross of Christ, which is not the one projected ‘that is the 2^nd section’).

Owain Glyndŵr was born 1349 to a prosperous landed family, part of the Anglo-Welsh gentry of the Welsh Marches (the border between England and Wales) in northeast Wales. This group moved easily between Welsh and English societies and languages, occupying important offices for the Marcher Lords while maintaining their position as ‘uchelwyr’ - nobles descended from the pre-conquest Welsh and Brythig (British) royal dynasties - in traditional Welsh society. His father, Gruffydd Fychan II, hereditary Tywysog of Powys Fadog and Lord of Glyndyfrdwy, died 1369 leaving Glyndŵr's mother Elen ferch Tomas ap Llywelyn of Deheubarth a widow and Owain a young man of maybe 16 years at most; he had an elder brother called Madog who he died very young; the armorials of Gruffydd Fychan II

Pre-Conquest – The ‘Country’ and the ‘Possessions of the Nation’ are the ‘Property of the Indigenous Peoples’ with them being ‘God Placed’ (Standing upon the Male Gene within their DNA), the ‘Legitimate Inhabitants’.

Conquest – The Crimes of ‘Forcefull Invasion’ with this highlighting a ‘Deliberate Intention’ to commit ‘Mass Murder’ and ‘Attrocity’ so as to ‘Legitimise’ the ‘Theft’ of a ‘Nations Property’, this being established through the ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of the ‘Indigenous People’ through the acts of ‘Systematic Genocide’ (Repetative Attacks) upon the part of the ‘Invader’ (Perpetrator). Ultimatly resulting in the ‘Crime of Anhialation’ coupled with the ‘Super-imposing’ of the ‘Invaders Identity’ (Perpetrator) over that of the ‘Indigenous peoples’ (Victim) thereby ‘Legitimating’ the claim of ‘Theft’ through the act of ‘Anhialation’, the Invader through ‘Rape’, ‘Brutality’, ‘Terror’ and ‘Attrocity’ forcibly ‘Obtains’ through this ‘Action’ whilst proclaiming their ‘Legitimacy’ through the ‘Female Gene’ within their DNA (all of which was stolen through Rape), this action establishing the eradication of the ‘Male Gene’ whilst ‘legalising’ the crimes of ‘Theft through Murder, Rape & Attrocity’ by these ‘illegal &illegitimate Inhabitants’, (Occupiers).

Presented here is a section of the ‘Mathrafal Scroll’ highlighting Owain’s siblings and direct genealogy.

The young Owain ap Gruffydd was fostered at the home of David Hanmer, a rising lawyer shortly to be a justice of the Kings Bench who with the backing of Richard Fitz Alan, 3rd Earl of Arundel was sent to London to study law at the Inns of Court where he studied as a legal apprentice for seven years. He was probably in London during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. By 1383, he had returned to Wales, where he married David Hanmer's daughter, Margaret, started his large family and established himself as the Squire of Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy, with all the responsibilities that entailed.

Glyndŵr entered the English king's military service in 1384 when he undertook garrison duty under the renowned 'Welshman' Sir Gregory Sais, or Sir Degory Sais, on the English–Scottish border at Berwick-upon-Tweed. In August 1385, served King Richard II under the command of: John of Gaunt again in Scotland, on 3 September 1386 during which he wore three ‘Flammingo feathers upon his helmet and three upon the head of his horse’ (they came as a gift from Pwllheli), he was called to give evidence in the Scrope vs Grosvenor trial at Chester and in March 1387, Owain was in southeast England under Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel in the Channel at the defeat of a Franco-Spanish-Flemish fleet off the coast of Kent. Upon the death of his father-in-law, Sir David Hanmer, in late 1387, knighted earlier that very year by Richard II, Glyndŵr returned to Wales as executor of his estate. He possibly served as a squire to Henry Bolingbroke son of John of Gaunt, at the short, sharp Battle of Radcot Bridge in December 1387; he later served Henry IV of England. He had gained three years concentrated military experience in different theatres and seen at first hand some key events and people.

Ir ochr yw Plâs Bryn Glâs (Bryn Glas Palace) the residence of Gruffydd mab Gruffydd Maylour IV, it was one of the residential homes of Owain Glyndŵr and one of the estates Henry V looted and burnt to the ground killing the occupants and taking the remains away stone by stone so as to remove any trace of Owain from history; Er Côf.

King Richard II was distracted in growing conflict with the Lords Appellant from this time on. Glyndŵr's opportunities were further limited by the death of Sir Gregory Sais in 1390 and the sidelining of Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, at which juncture he returned to his stable Welsh estates, living there quietly for ten years during his forties. The bard Iolo Goch ("Red Iolo"), himself a Welsh lord, visited Owain in the 1390’s and wrote a number of odes to him, praising Owain's liberality, and writing of:

 “Sycharth".

I have promised twice before now,                                                                                    

fair promise, promising a journey;

let everyone fulfill, as much as is due,

his promise which he promises.

A very great pilgrmage,

certain prosperity, such a dear destination,

is going, swift promise,

It is beneficial, towards Owain's court;

swiftly will I go there,

not bad, there will I dwell

to bring honour into my life

by exchanging greetings with him;

my leige can, highest lineage,

bright golden head, receive an old codger;

it is praiseworthy, though it is but alms,

Course without shame, to be kind to the old.

I will go to his court in haste,

The most splendid of the two hundred;

a baron's court, place of refinement,

Where many poets come, place of the good life;

queen of great Powys, Maig's land,

promise of good hope.

This is its manner and its form

In the bright circle of water within an embankment:

(isn't the court fine?) a bridge on the lake,

and one gate through which would go a hundred loads;

there are couples, they are couple work,

every couple is coupled together;

Patrick's bell house, French fruit,
the cloister of Westminster, comfortable enclosure;

each corner is bound together in the same way,

golden chancel, it is entirely symmetrical,

bonds side by side above,

cheek-to-cheek like an earth house,

and every one looking like a tight knot

Is tied fast to the next one,

nine-plated buildings on the scale of eighteen mansions,

fair wooden buildings on top of a green hill;

on four wonderful pillars

his court is nearer to heaven;

on top of each stout wooden pillar

a loft built firmly on the summit of a croft,

and the four lofts of loveliness

coupled together where poets sleep;

the four bright lofts turned,

a very fair nest load, into eight lofts;

a tiled roof on every house with frowning forehead,

And a chimney from which the smoke would grow;

nine symmetrical identical halls,

and nine wardrobes by each one,

bright fair shops with fine contents,

a lovely full shop like London's Cheapside;

a cross-shaped church with a fair chalk-coloured exterior

chapels with splendid glass windows;

a full bakehouse on every side of the court,

an orchard, a vineyard by a white court;

a lovely mill on flowing water,

and his dovecot with bright stone tower;

a fishpond, hollow enclosure,

what is needed to cast nets;

place most abounding, not for dispute;                 

In pike and fine sewin,

and his bord-land and his live birds,

peacocks, splendid herons;

bright meadows of grass and hay,                                                             

corn in well-kept fields,                                                                                            

the rabbit park of our patriarch,                                                                  

ploughs and sturdy horses, great words;                           

by the court, outshining the other,                                       

stags graze in another park;                                                           

his serfs perform all fitting tasks,                                                    

those are the necessities of an estate,                                                                  

bringing the best brew of beer from Shrewsbury,

liquors of foaming bragget,

every drink, white bread and wine,

and his meat and his fire for his kitchen;

shelter of poets, everyone wherever he be,

were it daily, he will have everyone there,

loveliest wooden court, chief without fault,

of the kingdom, may god protect it,

and the best woman of all women,

blessed am I by her wine and her mead!

Fair girl from the line of a knightly ruler,

she is dignified and noble by nature;

and his children come in pairs,

a fine nestful of chieftains.

Very rarely was bolt or lock

to be seen there,

nor did anyone act as porter;

there will be no want, beneficial gift,

nor lack not hunger nor shame,

Nor ever thirst in Sycharth.

The best Welshman, valorous feat,

owns the country, of Pywer Lew's line,

slender strong man, best spot,

and owns the court, splendid is the place.

                                                            Wth/By: Iolo Goch

 

Included below are the names and number of Owain Glyndŵr's siblings; the following are given by the Chevalier J Y W Lloyd, they are also supported by the ‘Mathrafal scrolls genealogies’:

I.               Brother Tudor, Lord of Gwyddelwern, born 1350, died March 11, 1405 at a battle in ‘Pwll Felyn’ in support of his brother, (he died buying his nephew Gruffydd time to escape).

II.             Brother Gruffudd who had two sons: Ieuaf b.1374 and Llewelyn b.1371 – 1401, Gruffydd may also have had a daughter: Eva (however she is not recorded upon the Mathrafal scrolls).

III.            Brother Madog (died young)

IV.          Sister Lowri, also spelled Lowry, married Robert Puleston of Emral hall, they had two sons and three daughters: John, Madog, Angharad, Annes & Ellen.

V.           Sister Isabel married Adda ap Iorwerth Ddu of Llys Pengwern, (no genealogy recorded)

(The next two names are not recorded upon either the Mathrafal Scrolls or any of the other records):

VI.         Sister Morfudd married Sir Richard Croft of Croft Castle, in Herefordshire and, secondly, David ab Ednyfed Gam of Llys Pengwern.

VII.        Sister Gwenllian.

The Welsh revolt, 1400 – 1417

[In the late 1390s, a series of events occurred that began to push Owain towards rebellion, in what was later to be called the Welsh Revolt, the Glyndŵr Rising or the ‘Last War of Independence’. His neighbour, Baron Grey de Ruthyn, had seized control of some land, for which Glyndŵr appealed to the English Parliament. In 1400, Lord Grey informed Glyndŵr too late of a royal command to levy feudal troops for Scottish border service, thus being able to call the Welshman a traitor in London court circles. Lord Grey was a personal crony of the recently usurping King Henry IV. Glyndŵr lost the legal case, and was under personal threat. The deposed king, Richard II, had support in Wales, and in January 1400, serious civil disorder broke out in the English border city of Chester, after the public execution of an officer of Richard II.]

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Henry 4^th invaded Scotland during August 14 - 29, 1400 (pictured); this year also included the launch of Owen Glyndwr’s revolt against England and the battle of Reidswire on September 29, 1400 (6^th October 1401).

1400 - Lord Gray unlawfully seized part of Owain Glyndŵr’s lands and at first Owain being trained at Law used the Law to seek justice with this being done through Parliament in London however Grey having great sway with both the English King and Parliament hindered Owain through racial prejudice; with said Parliament refusing to acknowledge Owain or his case. John Trevor Bishop of St Asaph warned the English Parliament against so unjust a course of action but they rebuffed him with the reply: ‘What care we for barefooted rascals?’ Additionally to this Henry IV refused to intercede within the matter against Grey who was one the Kings closest friends.

Thereafter and Prior to Henry IV going to war with Scotland he entrusted to Lord Grey the summons for Owain to join his army however Lord Grey deliberately held back that summons so that it would appear to Henry as if Owain had deliberately disobeyed him without offering an explanation and this done to cause said King to be offended.

August 14 - 29, 1400 Henry went to Scotland and with him a great host.  While he was unoccupied there, one of his lords told him he had better have faithful men in Wales, for he said that Owain ap Gruffydd would wage war against him.  There with Lord Talbot and Lord Grey of Ruthin were sent to make sure of Owain and they understood the task but the man escaped into the woods; (they were sent by the king to murder Owain in late summer however Owain evaded assassination).

It is suggested that the time of the attempted assassination by Grey and Talbot was: the time was the feast of St. Matthew in autumn (21^st September 1400); however this is clearly incorrect since Owain was conducting a retaliatory attack upon Lord Grey in Ruthin on this day therefore the attempted assassination must have taken place prior to the 16^th September 1400 (probably 11^th/12^th September). At this point and believing no Welshman either noble nor peasant could expect justice or equality within English law Owain took the law into his own hands since ‘when there is no Justice, no Legitimacy within the law then there is no law or lawful authority and no Option’ – ag hyd bu ‘Cyfiawnder mewn Cyfiawnder’ (Justice within Justice or Legitimacy within the Law).

 [These events led to Owain being proclaimed Prince of Wales on 16 September 1400, by a small band of followers which included his eldest son, his brothers-in-law, and the Dean of St Asaph in the town of Corwen, in the church at Meivod.] (The genealogies presented here clearly support his Right in Law).

There is a clear ‘Issue’ here since either the assassination attempt was upon the 11^th or 12^th of September with that instigating Owains retaliation upon the 21st or Lord Grey deliberately instigated Owains revolt upon the 21^st September through a blatant attempt of murder publicly in the town of Ruthin.

16^th September 1400 Anno Dominii: Owain Glyndwr along with his eldest son Gruffydd, Owains brother Tudor, the dean of St Asaph, John Hanmer and his brothers also the ‘Prophet’ met in meeting along with other friends and relatives. This is when they agreed upon Owain being the ‘Rightful Heir to the Crown of Cambria’ with him being a direct descendant through the ‘Male bloodline’ to the ‘High Kings of Britain’. At this point they laid plans to attack Lord Grey within his lordships chief town of ‘Ruthin’ which was a century earlier the property of the ‘Princes of Powys’ that until the English Monarch murdered two young boys at the end of the so called ‘2^nd War of Wales’: Gruffydd and Llywelyn Maylour the sons of Madog Maylour ‘Lord of Dinas Bran’. Their cousin was Madog mab Gruffyth Maylour of ‘Overton Maylour’ who at nine months of age was thrown against a wall and crippled prior to the Knights of Eleanor of Aquitaine placing her banned and shield over him; he was hence forth called ‘Madog Crippell’ (Madog the Crippl).

Eleanor as a young girl was with the King of France and Maredudd mab Blethyn ab Cynfyn in the Holy land during the 2^nd Crusade, she greatly admired Maredudd who was a Valliant Knight and the Last King of the Britons, King of the White Lands from which shall usher and bring forth the ‘Prophesized One’.

These two small maps are hand drawn upon loose vellum pages and are included only as an indication relating to the Principalities of Owain’s immediate ancestors; the printed page highlights the divisions.

In retrospect the attempted assasination upon the 11^th/12^th September by Talbot and Grey along with the failure of the English parliament to stand without prejudice instigated Owain to position himself against the sheer depth of their Injustice both against himself and his Countrymen who were even before this Revolt being subjected to unfair and abusive Law. This caused him to be declared Heir Apparent upon the 16^th September with the 1^st response against English abuse being conducted upon the 21^st September 1400AD. The result of which was to cause immense casualties and substantial losses upon both sides most of whom were innocent bystanders who were caught in the middle with the actual crime being not upon the part of Owain Glyndwr who responded to an attack, but on the part of the Perpetrators of that attack with them being Henry IV the King of England and his Parliament with Lord Grey being instrumental as the Pawn or Catalyst.

The hand drawn map above is a replication highlighting some of Owain Glyndwr’s Castles, Residences and Palacial Homes, some like Dolyforwyn had been inherited generation after generation since the time of Blethyn map Cynfyn whilst others like Sycharth were probably directly due to the effort expenditure of Owain himself. Each and every one of them testify to the significance of this one Prince along with the importance he placed upon recovering all those territories stolen though acts of terror and Attrocity spaning 1,000 yeas at this point in time.

The 1^st actual attack by Owain was in Ruthin upon the 21^st September 1400 ‘St Mathew’s Fair Day’ ten days after the assassination attempt and five days after his acceptance as Heir Apparent; Owain Glyndwr had under his control several hundred men at this juncture.
Immediately after the attack upon Ruthin; Owain launched similar attacks upon other nearby English controlled towns these to include: Denbigh, Rhuddlan, Fflint, Hawarden, Holt, Oswestry and Welshpool. These attacks were all completed by 23^rd September since on the 24^th September 1400 Owain met a force of English troops led by Hugh de Burnell who defeated and scattered Owains forces. A letter written by Owain Glyndwr in 1401 supports this through the suggestion that it was his hope at that time to organize a general uprising throughout Wales. All these aforementioned towns along with their regions were once the property of Owain Glyndwr’s immediate ancestors the ‘Princes of Powys’ prior to the English Invasion and the abuse of English law which legalizes the ‘Crime of Conquest’ via the action of ‘Theft through Murder’ all of which is built upon Terror and Attrocity.

[In June, Owain scored his first major victory in the field at Mynydd Hyddgen in the Pumlumon mountain range; Henry IV retaliated by sacking and desecrating Strata Florida Abbey, killing monks and taking children hostages which was immediately opposed and eventually led to Henry's retreat.]

1401 - The following summer Owain rose with 120 reckless men and robbers and he brought them in warlike fashion to the uplands of Ceredigion; and 1,500 men of the lowlands of Ceredigion and of Rhos and Penfro assembled there and came to the mountain with the intent to seize Owain.  The encounter between them was on Hyddgant Mountain (Mynydd Hyddgen), and no sooner did the English troops turn their backs in flight than 200 of them were slain.  Owain now won great fame, and a great number of youths and fighting men from every part of Wales rose and joined him, until he had a great host at his back.

Issue: Were these 1,500 local men from Ceredigion, Rhos and Penfro who had assembled against Owain Glyndwr or an Army of English troops who had been stationed within these places since the latter suggests that Owain was under attack at this point; therefore the Defender and not the Perpetrator.

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Evidences exist proving that this was indeed an army of 1,500 Dutch (Flemmish) soldier’s whom were sent by the King of England Henry 4 th against Owain Glyndwr with Owain requesting Welshmen from Cerredigion to lead this army to Mynydd Hyddgen where he met them at the place of his choosing – This is the Truth – and within this Owain controlled the Battle which he won.

Additionally at  this juncture: Owain wrote a letter to Henry Don an Uchelwr of Kidwelly: ‘We inform you that we hope to be able, by God’s help and yours, to deliver the Welsh people from captivity of our English enemies, who, for a long time now elapsed, have oppressed us and our ancestors. And you may know from your own perception that, now, their time draws to a close and because, according to God’s ordinance from the beginning, success turns towards us, no one need doubt a good issue will result, unless it be lost through sloth or strife’.

In the same year the king passed into Scotland with a great and glorious host to tame the fierceness of the Scots But they, fleeing to places of refuge, laid waste and stripped their fields and houses and farms, lest they should profit our king; and, lurking in thickets and in hiding places of secret caves and woods, they withdrew before the king's face.  Yet did they often issue forth from these lairs, and in lonely deserts and by-paths they slew and took prisoners very many of our men, doing us more harm than we did to them. In actual fact this was a rabble army made up of Thieves, Murderers and Rapists who were driven through desperation to serve their King, the English people being oppressed and starved through High excessive taxation which left them all in a desperate plight – proof can be found in London; Englands Capitol City at this time was by any definition the shame of Europe – This is the Truth without Prejudice since History speaks for itself).

June 1401 King Henry IV came from Scotland to Worcester to organize an army however he was not able to mount an invasion into South Wales until October where he met little to no opposition since the Welsh refused to be drawn into an open pitched battle, there were a few skirmishes and in one Owains men carried away prince Henry V’s tents and belongings. During Henry IV’s incursion he executed two of Owain’s leading supporters and again looted and desecrated Strata Florida Abbey, carrying off captives (1,000 children as slaves and servants).

English – Non-Indigenous peoples comprising of: Danes, Saxons, Germans, Romans, Flemmish and Other Foreign Invaders all of whom stand upon, sanction and support Systematic acts of Genocide through the Right of Conquest all of which culminate within the Crime of Annihilation.

One may argue that Henry’s attempt to assassinate Owain instigated the revolt with Hugh de Burnells forces being evident and proof of both intent and forewarning since it suggests Henry knew in advance and was prepared to meet Owain; clearly the next passage highlights and expresses that deceit.

On the day of the Decollation of Saint John the Baptist (August 29th) the king returned to England; and hearing at Leicester how Owen (Owain), lord of Glendower (Glyndwr), along with northern Welsh who had raised him up to be their prince, had broken out into open rebellion and had seized many castles, and how he had burned on all sides the towns wherein the English dwelt amongst them, pillaging them and driving out the English, he gathered together the flower of his troops, and marched his array into North Wales.  And the Welsh being subdued and driven away, their prince with seven others lay hid for a year among rocks and caves.  With others who yielded peacefully the king dealt gently, slaying but very few of them, yet carrying away their chieftains captives to Shrewsbury.  But afterwards he set them free, on condition of pursuing and taking those who still held out in rebellion in Snowdon and elsewhere.

Clearly Hugh de Burnell met Owain a year earlier upon the 24^th September 1400, so the King was already aware wasn’t he of Oawain’s revolt since he instigated it through an attempt upon Owain Glyndwr’s life when he directed the assassins Grey & Talbot to commit murder? Henry then returned from his Scottish campaign in June 1401 to rally an army to meet Owain therefore he was in Worcester and aware of Owains Revolt in June 1401 and two months prior to the claim within the record above. (For the record the Battle of Reidswire took place October the 6^th 1401)

About the feast of Saint Faith (October 6th), the earl of Northumberland and his son, the lord Henry Percy, had a great battle with the Scots who were invading England after the king's withdrawal (Retreat); wherein they took one hundred knights and squires of the Scots and put the rest to flight [battle of Reidswire].  The victory was won thus: the English grooms in the rear, mounting their master's horses during the battle, did very craftily and with success use a stratagem of war, shouting with one voice: "The Scots flee! The Scots flee!", whereat the Scots who fought in the forefront of the battle were too sorely scared; and, while they looked behind them to find out the truth thereof, they fell stricken down by a storm of blows from maces about their ears and shoulders.

1401 - A little known but future impacting event took place at this point in time: Parliament panicking over the events unfolding in Wales and in vindictive mind passed ‘Savage laws’ with these including ‘Religious heretics’ and ‘Restrictions’ against ‘Alien Merchants’; additionally the King confiscating ‘Owain Glyndwr’s estates’. Compounding this the King passed laws restricting and preventing Welshmen from acquiring land or property or from holding office in English Boroughs in Wales or Chester, Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester nor other Merchant towns joining to the Marches of Wales. Additionally he increased Welsh taxes and passed a law that: ‘should any Englishmen be convicted at the suit of any Welshman they were to be tried only by Englishmen and English Justices’.

[After a number of initial confrontations between King Henry IV and Owain's followers in September and October 1400, the revolt began to spread and by 1401 much of northern and central Wales went over to Owain.  Henry IV appointed: Henry Percy the famous ‘Hotspur’ – to bring the country to order. Hotspur issued an amnesty in March which applied to all rebels with the exception of Owain and his nephew: Rhys mab Tudor (Rhys Ddu) also their cousins Rhys mab Tudor and Gwilym ap Tudur the sons of Tudur ap Gronw (forefather of King Henry VII of England). Both the latter Tudors were pardoned after their capture of Edward 1^st great castle at Conwy.] ? Where they??

William ap Tudor and Rhys ap Tudor, brothers, natives of the isle of Anglesey (Mona), because they could not have the king's pardon for Owen's rebellion (six months earlier in September therefore after August 29^th when Henry IV states he heard about the uprising ‘a month before it happened’), on the same Good Friday (April 1st) seized the castle of Conway, which was well stored with arms and victuals, the two warders being slain by the craftiness of a certain carpenter who feigned to come to his accustomed work; and, entering therein with forty other men, they held it for a stronghold.  But, straightaway being besieged by the prince and the country, on the twenty-eight day of May (28^th May 1401) next following they surrendered the same castle, cowardly for themselves and treacherously for their comrades; for, having bound nine of their number, who were very hateful to the prince, by stealth as they slept after the night watches, they gave them up, on condition of saving their own lives and the others' lives.  And the nine thus bound and yielded up to the prince they straightaway saw drawn, disemboweled, hanged, beheaded, and quartered (a common punishment under English law, continuing until at least the 1700’s).

In this autumn, Owen Glendower, all North Wales and Cardigan and Powis siding with him, sorely harried with fire and sword the English who dwelt in those parts, and their towns, especially the town of Pool. (Accepted)

Wherefore the English, invading these parts with a strong power, and utterly laying them waste and ravaging them with fire, famine and sword, left them a desert, not even sparing children and churches, nor the monastery of Strata Florida, wherein the king himself was being lodged, and the church of which and its choir, even up to the high altar, they used as a stable, and pillaged even the patens; and they carried away into England more than a thousand children of both sexes to be their servants.  Yet did the same Owen do no small hurt to the English, slaying many of them (Soldiers, who were grown invaders and child murderers and desecraters of churches), and carrying off the arms, horses, and tents of the king's eldest son, the (English) prince of Wales, and or other lords, which he bare away for his own behoof to the mountain fastnesses of Snowdon.

(Above is the aforementioned invasion which took place October 1401).

Throughout English history their policy has always been built upon atrocity with the depth and scale of that atrocity forcing a reaction to the attack; just one hundred and thirty years earlier they annihilated 280,000 people in cold blood after their surrender from a thousand years of abuse culminating into the ‘Wars of Wales’. To compound this they also murdered by foul deed the children of the Princes of Wales, only one survived through the kindness of one woman and the chivalry of her knights ‘Madog Cripell’. Madog the Cripple who at 9months of age was thrown against a wall and fought against the odds to survive and it is from that one child that Owain Glyndwr descended.

Henry IV and Henry V (pictured).

In those days, Southern Wales, and in particular all the diocese of Llandaff, was at peace from every kind of trouble of invasion or defense.

Among those slain by the above inroad of the English, Llewellyn ap Giffith Vaughan, of Cayo in the county of Cardigan, a man of gentle birth and bountiful, who yearly used sixteen tuns of wine in his household, because he was well disposed to the said Owen, was on the feast of Saint Denis (October 9th), at Llandovery, in the presence of the king and his eldest son, and by his command, drawn, hanged, and beheaded, and quartered.  

At this time, about Michaelmas, a quarter of wheat all of a sudden rose in price from one noble to two and in some parts of England to three nobles.

Throughout all Wales the strongholds were repaired in walls and ditches.
On the morrow of All Hallows (2nd November), Owen, seeking to lay siege to Caernarvon, there, in the midst of a great host, unfurled his standard, a golden dragon on a white field; but, being attacked by those within, he was put to flight, losing three hundred of his men.
Ŷ Côrn Ychys ar Ddraig Aûr. (Dâl î swnio y rhyddid gân).

Owen and his men cruelly harried the lordship of Ruthin, in North Wales, and the countryside with fire and sword, on the last day but one of January (1402), carrying off the spoil of the land and specially the cattle to the mountains of Snowdon; yet did he spare much the lordship of Denbigh and others of the earl of March, having at his beck the two counties of Cardigan and Merioneth which were favorable to him both for government and war. 

[In 1402, the English Parliament issued the Penal Laws against Wales, anti-Welsh legislation designed to establish English dominance in Wales, but actually pushing many Welshmen into the rebellion.]

[In the same year, Owain captured his arch enemy, Baron Grey de Ruthyn; he was to hold him for almost a year until he received a substantial ransom from Henry.]

1402 Battle of Bryn Glas - Owain and his host went and attacked in the neighbourhood of Ruthin and Dryffryn Clwyd and Reginald Grey, lord of that region, took the field against him.  There Lord Grey was captured and long held a prisoner by Owain in wild and rocky places; at last he was ransomed for: 11,000 marks. (Accepted).

 [It is also in 1402 that mention of the French and Bretons helping Owain was first heard; the French were certainly hoping to use Wales as they had used Scotland as a base to fight the English.]

[In June 1402, Sir Edmund Mortimer, the uncle of the Earl of March, was captured; Glyndŵr offered to release Mortimer for a large ransom but, in sharp contrast to his attitude to de Grey, Henry IV refused to pay. Mortimer's nephew could be said to have had a greater claim to the English throne than Henry himself, so his speedy release was not an option. In response, Mortimer negotiated an alliance with Owain and married one of Owain's daughters.]

 (1402) - On the day of Saint Alban (June 22nd), near to Knighton in Wales, was hard battle between the English under Sir Edmund Mortimer and the Welsh under Owen Glendower, with woeful slaughter even to eight thousand souls, the victory being with Owen.  And alas!, my lord the said Sir Edmund, whose father, the lord of Usk, supported me at the schools, was by fortune of war carried away captive.  And, being by his enemies in England stripped of all his goods and hindered from paying ransom, (Henry’s agents); in order to escape more easily the pains of captivity, he is known by common report to have wedded the daughter of the same Owen; by whom he had a son, Lionel, and three daughters, all of whom, except one daughter, along with their mother are now dead.  At last, being by the English host besieged in the castle of Harlech, he brought his days of sorrow to an end, his wonderful deeds being to this day told at the feast in song.

Edmund Mortimer being more eligible to the Crown of England through Right of Birth on the account he was descended from Edward III through his second son Lionel, he was therefore a clear threat to Henry and his son; in point of fact Henry sent Edmund against Owain in the hope that Edmund would be a casualty of war. Henry himself arranged for Edmund’s assets to be confiscated and misappropriated with this exposing Edmund to the realization that Owain Glyndwr was not his enemy. Furthermore unlike Lord Grey, Edmund Mortimer was not imprisoned but treated like a guest and as part of the family in one of Owains houses. This is where he met and built a close friendship and relationship with Catrin whom he later married, (we only record three daughters: Joan, Maud and Elizabeth); Owain released him without neither tribute nor ransom.

In this year also the lord Grey of Ruthin (2^nd time), being taken captive by the same Owen, with the slaughter of two thousand of his men, was shut up in prison; but he was set free on payment or ransom of sixteen thousand pounds of gold. (£ 16,000 + 11,000 marks =?)

It is not true that Grey married Owains daughter Jane she went mad after the capture and death of her mother, sisters, nieces and nephew who were taken and imprisoned within the ‘Tower of London’ where they died.

Concerning such an ill-starred blow given by Owen to the English rule, when I think thereon, my heart trembles;  For, backed by a following of thirty thousand men issuing from their lairs, throughout Wales and its marches he overthrew castles, among which were Usk, Caerleon, and Newport, and fired the towns.  In short, like a second Assyrian, the rod of God's anger, he did deeds of unheard-of cruelty with fire and sword (but not equal to English Atrocity, systematic acts of Genocide culminating within the act of Annihilation).

Everything Owain did was done in retaliation to Englishmen’s deeds and there is no escaping the depth of their cruelty or atrocity; during this time period he wrote a letter to the King of Scotland reminding him that they were both descended from the same ancient British Kings. “That the Welsh people had been brought under the ‘Tyranny and bondage of mine and your mortal foes, the Saxons’. From this tyranny he added: the prophecy saith that I shall be delivered by the aid and succour of your royal majesty”. He ended by asking for the help of Scottish men at arms. Meanwhile Henry IV’s Council considered the possibility of a Negotiated Peace at this point in time; but nothing came of it.

Owain sent a similar ‘Plea to the importance of the Prophesy’ to the Lords of Ireland – ‘ag er daethaest y rhyddid blaith’ (the prophesized one).

22^nd June 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury - Owain rose with a great host from Gwynedd, Powys, and the South, and made for Maelienydd; where the knights of Herefordshire gathered together against him.  The battle between them was fought near Pilleth, and there Sir Robert Whitney and Sir Kinard de la Bere were slain and Sir Edmund Mortimer and Sir Thomas Clanvow were captured and most of the English host slain. 

In the following August Owain came to Glamorgan and all Glamorgan rose with him; Cardiff and Abergavenny were burnt.

Henry raised and army here of 100,000 men and entered Wales to meet Owain who was heavily outnumbered but for the reinforcements of the elements which due to their severity forced the English army to beat a difficult and disastrous retreat whilst being attacked and harassed all the way.

Parliament and Henry passed laws against the Bards, and forbidding any Welshman from carrying weapons or defensive armor, or being allowed within merchant towns, churches or from congregating, they were stripped of their castles and offices.

Compounding this: ‘Any Englishman who married any Welsh woman of the amity of Owain Glindour (Glyndwr), traitor to our sovereign lord, was to forfeit his rights’.

Parliament was pressed for the (3^rd) ransom moneys for Lord Grey be raised, 6,000 marks at once and the rest to be paid later; 10,000 in total. (£ 16,000 + 11,000 marks + 16,000 marks = …….? “all this for one man?”)
Henry V’s failure here was when he refused to pay Edmund Mortimer’s ransom for a second time with this committing Edmund and Owain through the marriage of Catrin; this new alliance destabilized the Marches as a whole. Edmund now made arrangements for Owain to meet with Henry Hotspur who witnessing the same treachery of the crown and parliament as other established families against Mortimer and in favor of Grey; this was the catalyst which forged the greater alliance.

Prince Henry V at this time attacked, looted and burnt the palaces of Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy to the ground; sometime after 1422 he had the places removed stone by stone so as to remove from history any evidence of Owain Glyndwr.

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1403 (Summer) - Prince Henry V at this time set off from Shrewsbury with intent upon attacking, looting and burning Owain Glyndwr’s palaces of Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy to the ground. Furthermore and this is ‘admitted'; he was unable to find Owain Glyndwr and took over 200 Prisoners whom were considered by the English to be unworthy of being ‘Ransomed’ as it was: ‘Too Generous for captured Welshmen’ and with that they were all Killed’; Henry V then marched into Meirionydd (Meirionethshire) quote: ‘And there we lay waste a fair land with that being well inhabited’ it is estimated that well over 6,500 men, women and children were killed during this ‘Attack’ within which Henry expressed himself as an Englishman for whom and what they are as a Nation and a Race; none were spared the extent of English brutality and atrocity. Sometime after 1417 Henry V had the places of Sycharth and Glyndyfrdwy removed stone by stone so as to remove from history any evidence of Owain Glyndwr.

1403 (Autumn) – The castles of Llanstephan, Dryslwyn, Newcastle Emlyn and Carreg Cennen fell to Owens men as a result of Welsh sympathizers among their garrisons. Henry Don of Kidwelly was now being supported by ‘freebooters’ from Britany who attacked Bristol and other English sea Ports. Additionally a French squadron under Jean d’Espagne supported the Welsh in North Wales against the strongholds of Harlech, Caernarvon and Beaumaris whilst on the other side of Wales Cardiff was under a surprise attack, the town burnt and the castle forced to surrender.

 

[1403 marks the year when the revolt became truly national in Wales. Royal officials continued to report that Welsh students at Oxford University were leaving their studies to join Owain, and Welsh labourers and craftsmen were abandoning their employers in England and returning to Wales. Owain could also draw on Welsh troops seasoned by the English campaigns in France and Scotland. Hundreds of Welsh archers and experienced men-at-arms left English service to join the rebellion.]

1403 Thomas Carew whilst serving the English King Henry IV in Carmarthen and learning of Owain Glyndwr’s plan to convert merchant ships for war; using them to keep Englands fleet in a position of check (England fleet of ships at the time was mostly made up of Pirate ships) with Royal Naval ships ammassing only 20-40% of their sea power with the monarchy activly encouraging piracy against their enemies (pretty much everyone else).

In 1403, a Breton squadron of ships defeated the English in the Channel and devastated Jersey, Guernsey and Plymouth while the French made a landing on the Isle of Wight.

[By 1404 Thomas Carew was activly engaged in piracy on behalf of the English king in capturing ships from Spain, Gascony and La Rochelle

(Above) Senedd Dŷ Owain Glyndŵr's 1404 (parliament in Machynlleth) - Y Carchar yn Llansanffraidd, Glyndyfrdwy (The Jail House).

In 1404, to demonstrate his seriousness as a ruler, Owain held court at Harlech and appointed the brilliant Gruffydd Young as his Chancellor. (Owain Glyndŵr pictured upon the Seal)

[Things were improving on the international front and although negotiations with the Scots and the lords of Ireland were unsuccessful, Owain had reasons to hope that the French and Bretons might be more welcoming. Quickly Owain dispatched Gruffydd Young and his brother-in-law, John Hanmer, to negotiate with the French. The result was a formal treaty that promised French aid to Owain and the Welsh. The immediate effect seems to have been that joint Welsh and Franco-Breton forces attacked and laid siege to Kidwelly Castle. The Welsh could also count on semi-official fraternal aid from their fellow Celts in the then independent Brittany and Scotland. Scots and French privateers were operating around Wales throughout Owain’s war. Scottish ships had raided English settlements on the Llyn Peninsula in 1400 and 1401(a played down fact that the Scots had a fleet of ships). By 1404, they were raiding the coast of England, with Welsh troops on board, setting fire to Dartmouth and devastating the coast of Devon.]

Both the Spanish and French supplied ships and support in aid to Welsh Liberty, in addition to this we had started amassing ships of our own and all be it they were merchant and not fitted out for warfare. Despite that fact most merchant ships of the period carried cannon as to oppose piracy which the English Fleet mostly comprised of. It is also a fact that David Perrot a Welshman from Tenby with the support of Maredudd mab Owain Glyndwr was preparing ships for sea by fitting them out as War-Ships to oppose England and support Welsh Liberation, Maredudd’s vessels was one of those ships it is from where we acquired our ‘Fleet of Snows’.

As mentioned earlier: in 1403 Thomas Carew whilst serving the English King Henry IV in Carmarthen and learning of Owain Glyndwr’s plan to convert merchant ships for war; using them to keep Englands fleet in a position of check (Englands fleet of ships at the time was mostly made up of Pirate ships) with Royal Naval ships ammassing only 20-40% of their sea power with the monarchy activly encouraging piracy against their enemies (pretty much everyone else) this being done through ‘Crown Charter’ and a ‘Liscence to war upon any enemy of England’ with the ‘Crown’ taking a share of the spoils.

By 1404 Thomas Carew was activly engaged in piracy on behalf of the English king in capturing ships from Spain, Gascony and La Rochelle this disrupting support for our cause. However whilst Thomas Carew was operating out of Carmarthen; Owains ships were operating out of Pembroke and haverford West in South Wales also Anglesey, Harlech and Morfa Nefyn, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli and Porth Madog amongst other places in the North. In Ireland we established ourselves within Waterford, Wexford, Cork and other ports in fact Pembroke is the port used by Maredydd to leave Wales for Ireland after rejecting Henry the 5^th offer.

Meyler fitz Henry 2^nd was not the only person to leave Britain for Ireland through Pembroke; Meredydd Maylor with this surname and name spelling being officially associated to this family since at least the time of Gruffyth Maylor the Lord of Dinas Bran with Gruffyth spelling his surname as Maylour (Brythic) and we used the (Anglecised) spelling Maylor and not the (Cymbric) spelling of Maelor. (We appreciate this may upset some people however it is the Truth – Our name spelling is Maylor standing upon the Brythic Maylour.)

There is a great quote in relation to Owain Glyndwr: “Those that regard Owain Glyndwr as a traitor ought to keep in mind that his sword was only drawn against a userper; and whatever excesses mark his military career, may find ample palliation in the injustices that had provoked him”.

Ag êr cofnoddwch ‘ŷ Lluman noson ŷ Sêrên Wên’; “Y Sêrên Arian ŷ Sêrên Wên hiraeth mae ô yn sefyll golau uwchben fŷ mhen”. (There were two other flags one ‘Red’ baring the white star and one ‘Green’ baring the white star.)

Within one single period during the 1600’s England captured and held at least ‘5 Snows’ that we know of in London docks all bearing the same name; there were known to be between 16 and 22 Snows in use by the association in total at that time all called the: ‘Snow Flower De Lis’. In addition to this and as a point of ‘Fact’ there are also some very strong connections between the ‘Welsh Port Books’ (Y Porthfo Cymru), the ‘English Crown lists of captured Ships and Masters’ charged with ‘Smuggling and Piracy’, Other nations ‘Port Books’, the ‘Lists of Mayors’ in ‘Port Towns’ (amongst other) not forgetting the actual members of the ‘Free Merchant Association’; 90% of whom were never caught in fact some remnants of the association still exist even to this day.

A very good and important example of this is the ‘Seren Wen’ (White Star) bus company operating above Caernarvon in North Wales, which after the disolution of the association in 1676 became a ‘Legitimate Carriage Company’ transporting people and goods since that time; they kept the name so as to keep the association alive.

Soon afterwards, Owain called his first Parliament (or more properly Cynulliad or "gathering") of all Wales at Machynlleth where he was ‘officially’ crowned Prince of Wales and announced his national programme. He declared his vision of an independent Welsh state with a parliament and separate Welsh church. There would be two national universities (one in the south and one in the north) and return to the traditional law of Hywel Dda (which was built and founded upon the Laws of Dufnwal Moilmut).

Senior churchmen and important members of society flocked to his banner.
English resistance was reduced to a few isolated castles, walled towns and fortified manor houses.

(Please note: Within the above statement Owain declared his vision for a Welsh State and not Wales since Wales (Cymru) is only a fragment of Cambria which is the True Extent of Wales).
This unique map taken from the Mathrafal archive also highlights Cambria in relation to scale and location, Cambria being only a small fragment of Prydain (Britain corrupted) as a whole Britain is the property of the Indigenous Peoples of Britain (now called Welsh & Scots) every other person being foreign to Britain thereby standing upon the claim of: ‘Right by Conquest’ (Theft through Murder).

(1404) The crown of England claimed for the earl of March, as is said, a deadly quarrel arose between the king and house of Percy of Northumberland, as kin to the same earl, to the great agitation of the realm as it took part with one side or the other; and a field being pitched for the morrow of Saint Mary Magdalene (July 23rd), the king, by advice of the said earl of Dunbar of Scotland, because the father of the lord Henry Percy and Owen Glendower were then about to come against the said lord Henry and the lord Thomas Percy, then earl of Worcester. 

And, after that there had fallen on either side in most bloody slaughter to the number of sixteen thousand men, in the field of Berwick (where the king afterwards founded a hospice for the souls of those who there fell) two miles from Shrewsbury, on the eve of the said feast, victory declared for the king who had thus made the onslaught.  In this battle the said lord Percy, the flower and glory of chivalry of Christendom, fell, alas! and with him his uncle.  Whereby is the prophecy fulfilled: "The cast-off beast shall carry away the two horns of the moon."  There fell also two noble knights in the king's armour, each made conspicuous as though a second king, having been placed for the king's safety in the rear line of battle.  Whereat the earl of Douglas of Scotland, then being in the field with the said lord Henry, as his captive, when he heard victory shouted for king Henry, cried in wonder: "Have I not slain two king Henries (meaning the said knights) with my own hand?  Tis ab evil hour for us that a third yet lives to be our victor.
April 1404 - Owain won the castles, namely Harlech and Aberystwyth. 

In the same year was the slaughter of the Welsh on Campstone Hill and another of the English at Craig y Dorth, between Penclawdd and Monmouth town. Here the more part of the English were slain and they were chased up to the town gate.

Caernarvon was under siege and in such a desperate plight messages were sent to England through women and by word of mouth, ‘for neither man nor woman dare carry letters on account of the rebels of Wales and in town and castle there are not in all more than 28 fighting men, which is too small a force; so that the said castle and town are in imminent danger’.
This document on vellum is part of the Mathrafal archive collection.

David Perrot a Welshman from Tenby with the assistance of Maredudd map Owain were finishing preparing ships for sea to oppose England and support Welsh Liberation. At this point we had over 22 ships ‘all Snow’s’ with the continual re-capture of de Grey helping to fund the venture – Henry IV paying to refitting most of the fleet. At one point we had 47 vessels in the fleet, during the 1600’s when England was searching for a ship called ‘The Snow Flower De Lis’; 22 Snow’s with that name were reported trading in various French, Spannish, Portugees and Other ports even as far as Jamaica.

14^th July 1404 – A Treaty was signed between Owain Glyndwr’s Representative ‘John Hanmer’ and his Chancellor ‘Gruffydd Young’ as Allies with France.

 [Tripartite indenture and the year of the French]

[Owain demonstrated his new status by negotiating the "Tripartite Indenture" with Edmund Mortimer and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. The Indenture agreed to divide England and Wales among the three of them. Wales would extend as far as the rivers Severn and Mersey including most of Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire. The Mortimer Lords of March would take all of southern and western England and the Percy’s would take the north of England. Although most historians have dismissed the terms of the Indenture as being highly ambitious and fanciful, R. R. Davies noted that certain internal features underscore the rootedness of Glyndŵr's political philosophy in Welsh mythology: in it, the three men invoke prophecy, and the boundaries of Wales are defined according to Merlinic literature.] (‘Ignorant minds’ since the full extent of ‘Wales’ as a country was ‘Cambria’ which included the ‘Marches of Wales’)

In actual fact: All Owain Glyndwr was doing here at this juncture was attempting to regain most of Cambria which is Cymru (Wales extended) to include all the shires that were stolen by William the bastards descendants upon the death of ‘Maredudd ap Blethyn’. Maredudd was every bit Williams Counterpart and held him not only in checkmate but is recorded by many sources as being his counterpart; people in Wales need to examine the records of other people in greater detail. These shires formed Cambria so in retrospect those ignorant little uneducated minds who thought it a ‘fanciful idea’ are defined within their inability to perceive themselves as anything other than what they are told they are by those others seeking to usurp the true identity of the ‘Indigenous British people’.

Cambria was one of the Kingdoms which formed Prytain (Britain) and was relinquished by Macsen Guiletig (as Emperor of Rome) to Casnar Casner the brother of Guitheryn (Vortigirn 2^nd) as a reward for ‘Loyalty and Service to Rome’ for expelling the ‘Saxons’ from Gaul (France). For a very brief moment in time Casnar Casner held the High Crown of Cambria until his death from ‘Assassination’ at the hands of the Saxons in 383AD on Salisbury plain.

Both Harlech and Caernarvon fell in the spring of 1405 which gave Owain the rare opportunity of protecting his family from England. Along with this came the opportunity to establish a Welsh Parliament and Treaties with other countries like France, Scotland and Ireland whilst not forgetting Spain who also supported Owain with a Flotilla of Spanish ships.
Owains council consisted of: Gruffydd Young became Chancellor, John Hanmer as Representative, John Trevor the Bishop of St Asaph along with Lewis Byford bishop of Bangor were experienced and able administrators and civil servants capable of teaching and training others.

At this juncture Charles VI of France sent a Welsh knight: David ab Evan Goch to Scotland on behalf of Owain additionally Jean d’Espagne’s squadron of ships returned to help Wales.
What Owain hoped to Re-gain and achieve for his nation of people was Cambria as displayed upon this page taken from ‘An Historical Atlas of Wales’ by William Rees.

1405 – The Earl of Northumberland, Edmund Mortimer and Owain Glyndwr enter into a ‘three sided allience’(Tri-partite Indenture) which would ultimately have relinquished most of Cambria back to Owain Glyndwr and Wales; meanwhile in this year the Countess of Gloucester made a daring bid to bring the sons of Mortimer Earl of March to their uncle in Glamorgan.

1405 was the "Year of the French" in Wales and a formal treaty between Wales and France was negotiated. On the continent the French pressed the English as the French army invaded English Plantagenet Aquitaine. Simultaneously, the French landed in force at Milford Haven in West Wales. There they merged with Owain Glyndwr’s forces and marched through Herefordshire and on into Worcestershire where they met the English army just eight miles from Worcester. The armies took up battle positions daily and viewed each other from a mile without any major action for eight days. Then, for reasons that have never become clear, the English retreated, and so did the French shortly afterwards.

Not forgetting the fact that Harry Hotspur failed to arrive at the agreed rendezvous since he tried to take Henry IV on his own and was defeated, this fatal mistake upon the side of the Percy’s weakening the alliance significantly. Owain was left with an under strength army by which to take on the might of Henry, he was unable to guarantee supplies since he was no longer within his domain; furthermore it was never his intention to defeat Henry but to force him to negotiate the freedom of Wales forever.

Presented here and earlier is an old map which I modified so as to highlight to the Welsh people the importance of what Owain was trying to achieve along with the impact it would have had upon them since in essence it would have doubled the scale of Wales as it is today allocating for significant growth and security for the indigenous Britons; this region makes up a significant part of Cambria which was once the full extent of Wales.

This is nothing compared to the scale of Britain as a whole remembering Britain belongs to the legitimate and indigenous Britons, not the foreign invaders whom stand upon the crimes of Genocide and Annihilation (with the current size and their occupation of Wales expressing the depth and the scale of their Crimes).

1405 – Grosmont –Prince Henry (V) sent three leading Lieutenants against the Welsh and massacred between 800 to a 1,000 men, he showed no quarter and expressed a whole new depth of brutality.

(May) 1405 Battle of Pwll Melyn - A slaughter of the Welsh on Pwll Melyn Mountain, near Usk, where Gruffydd ab Owain was taken prisoner.  It was now that the tide began to turn against Owain and his men.  At this time Glamorgan made its submission to the English, except a few who went to Gwynedd to their master.

It is in fact here that Owain’s brother Tudor also fell with the English hacking his body apart with broad sword and battle axe, his armorials cast upon the floor out of utter contempt for a knight who fought so fiercely for Richard II and so strongly against them. He died buying Gruffydd (his nephew) a chance of escape, the resemblance between Owain and Tudor was so great that the English thought for a while it was Owain himself; (but for a wart).

On the feast of Saint Gregory (March 12th), Griffith, eldest son of Owen (Owain), with a great following made assault, in an evil hour for himself, on the castle of Usk, which had been put into some condition for defence, and wherein at the that time were the lord Grey, of Codnor, Sir John Greyndour, and many other soldiers of the king.  For those same lords, sallying forth manfully, took him captive, and pursuing his men even to the hill-country of Higher Gwent, through the river Usk, there slew with fire and the edge of the sword many of them, and above all the abbot of Llanthony, and they crushed them without ceasing, driving them through the monk's wood, where the said Griffin (Gruffydd) was taken.  And their captives, to the number of three hundred, they beheaded in front of the same castle near Ponfald; and certain prisoners of more noble birth they brought, along with the same Griffith, to the king.  The which Griffith, being held in captivity for six years, at last in Tower of London was cut off by a pestilence [Griffith died c.1411].  And from that time forth in those parts the fortunes of Owen waned.

Soon after the king of England raised another army for service in Wales however an Uprising in Northern England under the Archbishop Scrope of York caused it to be led there to put down that revolt. (Clearly the English attrocities committed against the Church and the general Population in putting down this uprising need greater investigation and scrutiny).

This unique hand drawn map of Britain lists some of the British (Bruthic / Cymric) also some Irish ports & towns prior to the Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman (Black Danes) and Flemish Invasions of our country.

1^st August Owain called a Parliament in Harlech and to it he summoned four leading men of every commote or administrative district under his control. He explained to them his plan for forcing England to Agree to make a lasting and long term Peace of the combined power of French and Welsh forces (this was in Frances interest also since they were also under constant attack from England). Within this Owain was able to raise 10,000 men and resources’ to meet the French who left Brest upon the 22^nd July with 140 ships carrying 800 men at arms, 600 cross bowmen and 1,200 lightly armed troops; they reached Milford Haven in early August. Here they quickly joined forces marched upon and took Haverford West along with the town and castle of Carmarthen before pressing Eastward. They crossed the English border and advanced upon Woodbury Hill just eight miles from Worcester where he stopped then retreated because he felt his army was not strong enough to complete the task.

September 1405 – Henry VI raised a very large army to meet and pursue Owain which he did into Wales where due to the weather he lost his baggage train containing provisions, precious jewels and other valuables. It is said: ‘that the men of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire brought the Welsh gifts of food and armour’. In November a large body of French returned to France leaving behind them solid corps of infantry.

1406 - Gower and Ystrad Twyi and most Ceredigion yielded and took the English side.
At this time Owain was in negotiations with France and Rome over the independence of the Welsh Church as at this time there were two Pope’s one in Rome and the other Benedict XIII at Avignon and this relates to the ‘Pennal letter’ which highlights interests in supporting Pope Benedict XIII; thus restoring St David’s to its former dignity since from the time of Saint David it was a Metropolitan church. The aforementioned negotiation would have allocated for the provision of two universities in Wales.

1406 – Owains second son Maredudd now takes a more obvious position in support of his father, Maredudd had been the Master of a ship named ‘Marget’ which Owain had purchased for him 4yrs earlier. He had been supplying Owains forces by sea and it was Maredudd who delivered Gruffydd Young and Edmund Mortimer to France, this is how the Welsh were so able to evade English restrictions and gaining support from the Scots, Irish and others. The ties and friendships Maredudd built up here were going to change everything for England within the imminent future.

Charles VI of France did not continue to support Glyndŵr's revolt

By 1406, most French forces had withdrawn after politics shifted in Paris toward the peace party. Owain's "Pennal Letter", in which he promised Charles VI of France and Avignon Pope Benedict XIII to shift the allegiance of the Welsh Church from Rome to Avignon, produced no effect due to the commitment of his senior aides to the conflict.

There were other signs the revolt was encountering problems. Early in the year, the Welsh forces suffered a series of defeats - which was a bad sign as to date, the rebellion had seen many easy defeats of the English forces. King Henry made a pact that allowed his armies to engage in more and more ruthless tactics. English forces landed in Anglesey from Ireland and would over time push the Welsh back, until the resistance in Anglesey formally ended toward the end of 1406. A regime of bloody atrocity against Welshmen, women and children that only defines that English Kings contempt for life.

This was immediately after the battle of Pwll Melyn where de Grey sent 120 soldiers to rape and hack women and children to pieces whilst they were alive (Limb from Limb); their body parts pressed on spikes and stakes above the ground as testament to English Authority.

1407 - The English prince (Henry V) came with a great host to lay siege to Aberystwyth castle, nor did he retire until he had received a promise of the surrender of the castle after a short interval, with four of the most puissant men in the castle as pledges of the bargain.  Before the day Rhys the Black (Rhys Ddu) went to Gwynedd to ask Owain's leave to surrender the castle to the English.  Owain kept Rhys with him until he had gathered his power around him and then went with Rhys to Aberystwyth, where he threatened to cut off Rhy's head, unless he might have the castle; whereupon the castle was given to Owain.

We have no record of Owain threatening to cut off his nephews head and the reason Rhys came to Gwynedd was to support and for the support of his uncle Owain. Rhys was the last surviving male heir of Tudor ap Gruffydd (Owains brother) who gave his life trying to save Owain’s son Gruffydd (clearly Owain did not threaten to cut off the head of Rhys) so clearly this is propaganda.

After the battle of ‘Pwll Felyn’ de Grey sent 120 roundhead soldiers to the house of Tudor ap Gruffydd, Lord of Gwyddelwern, where they commenced to loot and burn the place to the ground. Prior to this they raped six defenseless children and their mother ‘Maud’ she was 43yrs old, the six children: Madog 2 ½, Gruffydd 4, Margaret 7, Isobel 8, Elenor 9 and Catrin 11; Lauri the only surviving member of the family branch was almost 16yrs of age and away preparing to be married whilst her eldest brother Rhys was with Owain Glyndwr. The English dismembered their bodies whilst they were alive, limb from limb placing their body parts upon spikes and stakes in the ground as a warning to others; (This is the Truth without Prejudice).
Similar crimes were committed against other families throughout the marches of Wales who were thought to have helped or supported Owain.

Tudor’s body and shield were recovered from the field and buried with his family by Rhys along with his cousins Maredudd and John; Rhys himself was never the same after that which is why he acquired the name Rhys Ddu. His hatred for the English had no boundaries, he was the first into the battle and was hard to stop.

At the same time, the English were adopting a different strategy. Rather than focusing on punitive expeditions favored by his father, the young Prince Henry adopted a strategy of economic blockade. Using the castles that remained in English control he gradually began to retake Wales while cutting off trade and the supply of weapons. By 1407 this strategy was beginning to bear fruit, even though by this point Owain's rebel soldiers had concluded successful battles with the Kings men as far as Birmingham, where the English were in retreat. However, with Owain's eye off the real prize - the independence of Wales, one by one the lordships began to surrender. In the autumn, Owain’s Aberystwyth Castle surrendered - whilst he was out fighting for the land it stood on.

1408 - Now befell the second siege of the above castle and, without stirring from the spot, it was won; thence the host went to Harlech, where many gentlemen of Wales met their death; at last the castle was perforce given up to the English. (Conflicting report)

In 1409, it was the turn of Harlech Castle. Edmund Mortimer died in the final battle and Owain’s wife Margaret along with two of his daughters (including Catrin) and three of Mortimer's grand-daughters were taken prisoner and incarcerated in the Tower of London.

They were all to die in the Tower of London before 1415.

1409 - The men of Owain made an attack on the borders of Shropshire and there Rhys the Black (Rhys Ddu) and Philip Sudamore were captured.  The one was sent to London and the other to Shrewsbury to be drawn and quartered (as a point of fact: he was drawn, hanged, castrated, disemboweled, beheaded then quartered with his head and quartered parts being displayed publicly on spikes), henceforth Owain made no great attack until he disappeared.

Owain remained free but even though his campaign had been successful, and the English armies feared both him and the French - he had lost his ancestral home and was a hunted prince. Owain continued the rebellion, particularly wanting to avenge his wife.

In 1410, after a suicide raid into rebel-controlled Shropshire, which took many English lives, some of the leading rebellion figures were thought to have been captured.

1412 - Rhys ap Tudor of Anglesey and Ednyfed his brother were captured.  They were executed in Chester (This being the official English Pardon).

In 1412, Owain led one of the final successful raiding parties with his most faithful soldiers and cut through the Kings men, and consequently captured, and later ransomed, a leading Welsh supporter of King Henry's, Dafydd Gam (Crooked David), in an ambush in Brecon. This was the last time that Owain was seen alive by his enemies.

But by then things were changing. Henry IV died in 1413 and his son King Henry V began to adopt a more conciliatory attitude to the Welsh.

Royal pardons were offered to the major leaders of the revolt and other opponents of his father's regime.

As late as 1414, there were rumors that the Herefordshire-based Lollard leader, Sir John Oldcastle, was communicating with Owain and reinforcements were sent to the major castles in the north and south.

A fragment of the ‘Mathrafal Scroll’ listing some of Owain Glyndwr’s successes and failures.
1415 – Owain’s health was failing at this point with the King of France requesting support against England with Owain’s presence being seen as a token of friendship. His final response to Henry V was that his son: Maredudd bare his shield in his place and as a show of support for France over England which he did at Agincourt.

1415 - Battle of Agincourt - Owain went into hiding on St. Matthew's Day in Harvest (September 21), and thereafter his hiding place was unknown.  Very many said that he died; the seers maintain he did not, (the Agincourt shield)

On the sixteenth day of the month of June, in the third year of his reign, king Henry the fifth, after that he had first visited holy places with all devotion, set forth from London, in glorious chivalry, towards France, to subdue it in war, passing on his way to the seacoast at Portsmouth.  And there the envoys of the king of France coming to him and pretending to sue for peace bought for a great sum of gold, from certain his councillors, to wit, Richard, earl of Cambridge, the brother of the duke of York, and also the lords Scrope and Grey, consent to his death, or at least a hindrance of his voyage.  But they, being discovered by the earl of March, deservedly found a death worthy of such treason.  And there came solemn envoys from the king of Aragon offering his daughter to marry our king; in company with whom he sent over his own envoys thence. Then making fair sail he ploughed through the sea, and on the thirteenth day of August he landed on the coast of Normandy, near to Harfleur, with his host, according to his desire.  And pitching his camp he attacked the place, and he tormented its area with underground mines, and shook the city and the walls with his engines and cannons; and in the end he won the surrender, along with the inhabitants all stripped and having cords and halters about their necks, and all the goods of the place.  And presently he drove out the native inhabitants and placed therein his own Englishmen; and he chose the earl of Dorset to be captain.  Many perished in the siege by a flux of the bowels, among whom were the bishop of Norwich, and the earls of Arundel and Suffolk.  Likewise thousands departed to their homes; some discharged, because they deserted the field, to the indignation of the king.

The king, committing himself to God and to the fortune of the sword, brave and like a very lion, with scarce ten thousand warriors at his back, with caution led the march through the open country, yea, through the midst of France, for the bridges were broken down, towards Calais, to abide there.  And against him came his adversaries of France, to the number of sixty thousand of the nobles and men of rank, nigh Agincourt in Picardy.  Battle was joined, and, blessed be God!, the victory fell to our king, on whose die only seven and twenty were slain, among whom the men of noble birth who died were the duke of York, and the young earl of Suffolk, sir Richard Kyghley and Sir John Skidmore, knights, and David Gam, of Breconshire. On the side of the French, who were slain or captured or put to flight, and who brought with them their treasure and, although to their own confusion, the kings baggage train, the dukes of Orleans and Bourbon and six counts were made prisoners; and three dukes, six counts, three and twenty barons, ninety lords, and fourteen hundred gentlemen who bore coat armour, and seven thousand of the commons fell on the field.

Maredudd whilst supporting the King of France at Agincourt was not captured and returned via his own ship the ‘Marget’ where he sailed to Scotland, this is supported by the fact that he then engaged against the English with a force of Scotts and Welsh latter that year.

(Swniodd y Corn ychys arben Garth Maylour yn 1422)

“Dichon gael hyd yn Maylour  -   Drugain Mil, D’rogan Mawr”

Before Maredudd left Britain he sounded the ‘High Horn’ upon ‘Dinas Bran’
(this was a Gold two toned oscillating horn used by the High Kings of Britain from ancient times).

Disappearance and legacy

Nothing certain is known of Owain after 1412 despite enormous rewards being offered, he was never captured nor betrayed; he ignored royal pardons.

Tradition has it that he died and was buried possibly in Corwen church of SS Mael & Sulien close to his home, or possibly at his estate in Sycharth or on the estates of his daughters' husbands — Kentchurch in south Herefordshire or Monnington in west Herefordshire.

Question: If Henry V had legitimately offered ‘Pardons’ to the ‘major Leaders’ why were there still ‘Rewards on offer for Owain’s capture’?

Owain's daughter, Alys, had married, secretly, Sir John Scudamore, the King's appointed Sheriff of Herefordshire. Somehow he had weathered the rebellion and remained in office. It was rumored that Owain finally retreated to their home at Kentchurch. In his book The Mystery of Jack of Kent and the Fate of Owain Glyndŵr, Alex Gibbon argues that the folk hero Jack of Kent, also known as Siôn Cent – the family chaplain of the Scudamore family – was in fact Owain Glyndŵr himself. Gibbon points out a number of similarities between Siôn Cent and Glyndŵr (including physical appearance, age, education, character) and claims that Owain spent his last years living with Alys passing himself off as an aging Franciscan friar and family tutor. There are many folktales of Glyndŵr donning disguises to gain advantage over opponents during the rebellion.

Error within the above ‘Owain was Jack of Ceint’ whilst his son John was ‘Sion of Ceint’. John (Sion Ceint) wrote many years after Owain’s death and sometime between 1422 and 1440 the following.  (pictured)

A grandchild of the Scudamores was Sir John Donne of Kidwelly, a successful Yorkist courtier, diplomat and soldier, who after 1485 made an accommodation with his fellow Welshman, Henry VII. Through the Donne family, many prominent English families are then descended from Owain, including the De Vere family, successive holders of the title Earl of Oxford, and the Cavendish family as Duke of Devonshire. (No Comment)

In 2006, Adrien Jones, the president of the Owain Glyndŵr Society, said, "Four years ago we visited a direct descendant of Glyndŵr (Sir John Scudamore), at Kentchurch Court, near Abergavenny. "He took us to Monnington Straddel, in Herefordshire, where one of Glyndŵr's daughters, Alice (Alys), had lived. (He) told us that he (Glyndŵr) spent his last days there and eventually died there. It was a family secret for 600 years and even (Sir John's) mother, who died shortly before we visited, refused to reveal the secret. There's even a mound where he is believed to be buried at Monnington Straddel." (No Comment)

Adam of Usk, a one-time supporter of Glyndŵr, made the following entry in his Chronicle under the year 1415: After four years in hiding, from the king and the realm, Owain Glyndŵr died, and was buried by his followers in the darkness of night. His grave was discovered by his enemies, however, so he had to be re-buried, though it is impossible to discover where he was laid.

A record on Maredudd’s side states that Owain died of illness on the side of a mountain and was buried there by his four surviving sons along with their cousin in a temporary grave until a place could be arranged on church ground within which he was finally laid to rest with this ‘Befitting a person of his Stature’, furthermore that the ‘Cross of Christ was raised above him’.

His grave was not found by his enemies and is intact even to this day and that though they have searched for it relentlessly – he is buried with the ‘Powys Relinquary’ and is touched by Heaven.

It should be ‘Noted’ that England has not ceased searching for and persecuting the descendants of Owain Glyndwr even to this day, ancient churches and chapels along with our ancestors graves are desecrated in the name of archaeology. One of these places to included ‘Maylor’s Island’ upon which there is a church and graveyard in Ireland dating back to at least 1450AD. England applied political pressure upon the Irish into allowing them to investigate this island as they desperately search for the missing pieces of the ‘Cross of Christ’; (the desecration of our Graves will gain them Nothing and this is just ‘One Issue’  

This Golden Dragon painted on canvass by unknown artist is held as part of the archive.

Above is a fragment of the Brutus scroll painted on vellum highlighting the ancestors of Owain Glyndwr; the images of at least four of the Kings are taken from wooden carvings.

Y Ddraig Aûr                                      The Golden Dragon

Ŷ Côrn Ychys                                                 The High Horn

Y ddraig Aûr                                                   The Golden Dragon

Balch ei gân                                                   Proud its song

Balch ei gair                                                  Proud its word

Swniog awchus sefyllian pôb llê                  Sounding sharp lingering everywhere

Côrn ŷ Brenhin                                               Kings Horn

Prîf Côrn                                                         First Horn

Côrn Brenhinol                                              Royal Horn

Calon glân                                                      Clean hearted

Swnio cynhes arben y gwynt                        Sounding warm upon the wind

Adros ein Gwlad, pôb mân hŷn                   Across our land, everywhere

Ŷ Côrn Ychys                                                 The High Horn

Ddraig Aûr                                                     Golden Dragon

Hŷd î galw ŷ rhyddid cân                               Still to sound the freedom song

Ond ê’uwchben disgwil                                But there above waiting

Dichon gael hŷd yn Maylour                          It may be hither in Maylour

Drugain Mîl                                                     Three times twenty-thousand                      

Dragon Mawr                                                 Big Dragon   

                                               

                        Christopher 2011 © (All Rights Reserved)           

Whilst following from this there is a comprehensive section highlighting the scale and extent of the ‘Mathrafal Scroll’ with this section relating perhaps a quarter of the entire document. Recorded upon it are some early genealogies relating to the Jews, Scotland, Ireland, Rome, Greece, Britain and France; it records the genealogies of the Legitimate King Arthur along with the Graal Kings one of whose descendants was Owain Glyndwr.

Issue: The children of Owain Glyndŵr (Jack ô Ceint) held upon the Mathrafal Scrolls:

Sons:

1.      Gruffydd (ap) the eldest son and first in line he was captured at the battle of “Pwll Melyn” in 1406 where his uncle Tudor was killed and he himself was first imprisoned in Nottingham Castle then taken to the Tower of London in 1410 where he died from starvation, neglect and disease (bubonic plague). Gruffydd was born in July 1376 (MCCCLXXVI) being the eldest son he was tutored to take over from his father).

2.      Maredudd Maylor born 1379 was not captured and did not accept a pardon he chose exile instead, many other families joined him and this is supported by the fact that if a ‘Pardon’ had been granted he would not have left Britain thereby evading their King. ‘Henry IV by Royal Charter Forbade any English Family from marrying into the Descendants of Owain Glyndwr’, this is official and on record, it is therefore evidence that no ‘Pardon was offered’ nor was it ‘Accepted’; the fact that Maredudd left Wales and Britain supports this. (See Below)

3.      John Maylor (Sion Ceint) born 1387-1459 went to London in 1422AD where he practiced law taking his three children (his wife died of sickness in 1420AD); two daughters: Elizabeth and Margaret; and a son: John Maylor II along with his son after him John Maylor III. From this branch came George Maylor the actor 1490 – 1560AD and his brother John Maylor the printer and Publisher of Botolph Lane, London. Also from John came others who moved out of London to Herefordshire, Devon, Cornwall and Pembroke. John Maylor 1510 – 1595 and two of his sons were all Mayors of Hereford. Their families eventually moved to Haverford West remaining in public service or entering the church; we recorded some of them up until the 1800’s. (John was not captured).

We are in a similar plight my dear countrymen to the men of the ‘five epochs of the world’, who languished many ages in Hell long ago in ‘Limbo Patrum’. ‘The Vale of the Enslaved’, continually as ‘God Knows’ waiting the day they would see a brilliant light and when some ‘Liberation’ would come to them with the birth of the ‘Prophesised one’. From hour to hour ‘Cymru’ that once was ‘Great’ is expecting and learning; Day after day I may see it ‘My Hope is what is to Come’.

Written in 1422 by: Sion Ceint: (John map Owain Glyndwr) pwy nath symmyd i Llyndain i gweithio ar Cyfreithiur, fo oedd yr un pwy oedd ifod i sefyll ynerbyn y Saison: ‘Cyfiawnder mewn Cyfiawnder’ ag ef i enill ni ein ‘Rhyddid ag Gwrthsafiaid oddea’r Gorthrymder’.

Other branches of the family included John Maylor VII he was a sheriff and from him came Thomas Maylor the mayor of Southampton and from him Richard Maylor the Parliamentarian his cousin was James Maylor a Quaker who supported Cromwell, he was a captain in Cromwell’s army.

4.      Madog Maylor born 1395 his wife and three children hid out in what is now Liverpool between 1417 until 1422 when it is believed Robert Pulleston helped him acquire a small holding in Flintshire. At that time Liverpool was a marshland village fit only for the poor and smugglers who were able to navigate the treacherous marsh and mud islands; it was not a functional sea port to most ships at that time. During the period Madog lived in Liverpool he supported his brother Maredudd in setting up the ‘Seren Wen’ a ‘Free Merchant and Smuggling organization’ which was instigated with the help of six other merchant families of Scottish, Irish and Welsh origins. The organization was so successful between 1422 and 1676 (at which time it was infiltrated and destroyed) that it virtually bankrupted England with the King declaring war upon it. From the moment it was first conceived it expanded exponentially with traders and masters from near and far supporting and joining the association.

Their motto was ‘Rhyddid ag Gwysafiaid ô ddea’r Gorthrymder’ (Freedom and resistance against oppression); they first used the ‘common snowdrop’ to identify themselves to each other however as the association grew a more common form of identification was required; thus the ‘Three feathers’ were used with the emphasis being upon the color; they had to be ‘White’. It was not until the destruction of the association in 1676 that the English Monarch adopted the ‘Three White Feathers’ themselves along with the ‘Spirit of our Resistance’ with that giving birth to their motto: ‘Ich Dien’ (Never Surrender).

Madog returned and remained in Flintshire to work the land he loved; he had three sons David, Madog II and Maredudd the two later fought in the ‘Wars of the Roses’ with Madog II being granted land and Yeomanry status by the king of England. From Madog Maylor II descent land owners, victuallers and churchmen, we recorded this branch up untill 1890AD, the last contact we had with Madog I was at Maredudd’s funeral, his son David went into the Church of Wales, he was married and had three children and of his branch the last generation we record is Robert Maylor a minister for the Church of Wales c.1560AD. (he was not captured).

5.      Thomas Maylor born 1397 married Emma the daughter of Alexander and moved to Lincolnshire (hen Rheged) where he was widely liked, accepted and protected, they had six children, (he was not captured).

6.      Dafydd (ap) the youngest son (angry over his fathers death) refused to give up the fight and was killed in a brawl with an English sergeant at arms in Machynlleth soon after, he was buried in a shallow grave outside the town until his brothers retrieved and re-interred his body on hallowed ground (born August 1400 died September 1417).

The reason we have not recorded Gruffydd and David as Maylor is that they were not alive when we first started using the anglicized name spelling; however (and it is not yet confirmed) but we believe Gruffydd is listed as Maylour (Brythig) within the ‘Tower of London’.

Daughters:

1.       Alice married Sir John Scudamore, she was lady of Glyn Dyfrdwy and Cynllaith, and heiress of the Principalities of Powys, South Wales, and Gwynedd.

2.       Jane, who went mad with grief

3.       Janet, who married Sir John de Croft of Croft Castle, in Herefordshire.

4.       Margaret, who married Sir Richard Monnington of Monnington, in Herefordshire. (No record of this within the archive)

5.       Catrin, is recorded elsewhere. She married Edmund Mortimer, son of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, and died in 1413.

6.       Elisabeth was taken prisoner to the ‘Tower of London’

7.       Isobel was taken prisoner to the ‘Tower of London’.

It is claimed that Owain had additional illegitimate children: Gwenllian, Ieuan, and Myfanwy.

(None of the names are recorded upon the ‘Mathrafal Scrolls’ or within any of the other family’s records).

Note: Gruffydd fychan had a son Ieuan so perhaps this relates to Owains Nephew and Nieces?

(I) - Grippiud Maylour (VI) filliur Owain Glyndwr 1376 – 1411;

Farwodd yn y Twr Llyndain heb bwyd ag o saliad arol cael ei cipio ymysg yr rhyfail ‘Pwll Felyn’.

 (II) - Maredydd Maylor filliur Owain Glyndwr 1379 – 1465. Dechreuodd y brawdoliaeth ar trefniant marchnantwr rhyddid y Seren Wen yn Lerpwl. Nath y Seren Wen sefyll yn erbyn y Saison i achyb ag ategu pobl o ddia’r 1422 i 1676; y Tair Plu Wen ar Seren Wen oedd ei Emblums’. Priododd Joan fili Walternus o Castell Dir ag Plas Duncormuck yn Iwerddon.

Arwyddair: ‘Rhyddid ag Gwysafiaid ô ddea’r Gorthrymder’

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