I have just updated the 'House of Mathrafal' it should be uploaded to 'Paw Lew' shortly and includes 'New found Facts and Evidences' these to include the following:
In the late 1390s, a series of events occurred that pushed Owain Glyndwr into rebellion against the King of England, this action was to be later called the Welsh Revolt and in essence became the ‘Last War of Independence’. Owain Glyndwr’s neighbor was Baron Grey de Ruthyn who at the instruction of Henry IV seized control of some of Owain’s lands. The first response by Owain Glyndwr was to appeal to the English Parliament however his appeal fell on Bigotry and Prejudice.
Henry IV during this time period was desperately seeking new ways of raising revenue to fund his ever increasing debts and costs brought about by his wars of aggression against: France, Scotland in addition to putting down Civil unrest in both: England, Ireland and Wales; the cost of these wars crippling the English King along with his Parliament.
At this same time Owain Glyndwr was one of the most ‘Wealthy’ people in Britain and certainly in Wales; additionally it should be noted that Owain was a ‘Legitimate Heir’ to the ‘Crown of Britain’ whilst no Englishman could or can claim that title since they are ‘Foreign Invaders’ whom stand upon ‘Atrocity’ (Right by Conquest or Theft through Murder).
Owain Glyndwr represented the ‘Houses of: Deheubarth, Gwynedd and Powys’ in addition to the ‘Legitimate Welsh and British Peoples’; he held the last remnant of that claim in the form of: ‘Cynllaith and Glyndyfrdwy’ as part of his ‘Ancestral Inheritances’. This along with his eminent success and wealth made him a prime target for English greed with Henry plotting to murder through assassination then seize Owain’s Palaces, Estates and Resources an ‘Issue’ which is supported by the ‘Fact’ that it is this same ‘Tactic’ which was employed against ‘Edmund Mortimer’ whose lands, titles and resources were stripped from him by the King of England whilst Edmund was detained by Owain in 1402.
In 1400, Lord Grey whether under the instruction of the English King or not informed Owain Glyndŵr too late of a royal command to levy feudal troops for Scottish border service. That action allowed cronies of the usurping King Henry IV like Lord Grey to call the Welshman a traitor in London court circles.
{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.}
Two little known facts:
Owain Glyndwr’s brother Tudor mab Gruffyth Maylour had also supported Richard II rising to the rank of ‘Captain’ he was a seasoned soldier.
Henry 4th was virtually impoverished having squandered his wealth in perpetual warfare against ‘Wales, Scotland, Ireland and France’, the cost of maintaining armies to oppose the indigenous ‘Rights’ also the requirement to quash uprisings amongst his own people in order to continuously subdue and dominate his race becoming so costly that England was virtually bankrupt. Henry’s resolution to his problem being to ‘Steal’ or ‘Confiscate’ the ‘Wealth of Others’, Owain Glyndwr being Welsh fitted the bill perfectly since he was by any definition ‘Wealthy’ additionally he was classed as being ‘Welsh’ therefore not ‘Equal’ under ‘English Law’ in addition to this he was the last of the ‘Indigenous British Royals’ of significance holding ‘Lands, Titles and substantial Wealth’.
There is evidence to support this record within the ‘Fact’ that ‘Henry’ confiscated ‘Edmund Mortimer’s Wealth and Assets’.
Remember Englands responce: "What care we for barefoot rascalls".
At this juncture Owain Glyndŵr lost this legal case against De Grey and was under personal threat with De Grey and Talbot being instructed by Henry IV to assassinate Owain in September 1400AD (1st assassination attempt).
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 23rd September since on the 24th September 1400 Owain met a force of English troops led by Hugh de Burnell who defeated and scattered Owains forces. Whilst retreating Owain destroyed the Bishop of Bangor’s Palace on the Great Orm (Cyngreawdr Fynydd) overlooking the bay of Conwy, called: Plas Gogarth it was given as reward to Anian the Bishop of Bangor as a reward for services rendered to Edward Longshanks (Edward I) in 1284AD and for baptizing the ‘1st English Prince of Wales’ a newly born infant in Caernarvon to the ‘Usurpation of our Crowns, Titles and Territories’. As a result of Owain’s actions the English Crown and Parliament persecuted the people of Wales through ‘High taxation’ and to such a degree that by 1506/7 all the villages of Creuddyn had abandoned their homes.