PREFACE. THIS work, which is merely a compilation of facts taken from ancient records, charters, the Cue Cyriog, and Harleian MSS., the Bruts, and other ancient authorities, lays claim to no originality, but contains matter literally transcribed and translated from the original docu ments. Such a work as this purports to be, must naturally be very dry and uninteresting to the general public; and, as the area of the district is so small, I fear that its annals will not interest many persons who live beyond the limits of Powys Fadog, more than the annals of an English county would interest the inhabitants of the Hebrides. I much regret that the ancient Welsh poems and elegies remain untranslated, but I am sorry to say that I am not a sufficiently good Welsh scholar to attempt to do it myself. I have tried, however, to make this history as generally interesting as my very scanty information would allow me to do, and, therefore, I hope that the courteous reader may be induced to pardon and overlook its many deficiencies. "Goreu arf, arf Dysg." CLOCHFAEN, May 8th, 1881. CONTENTS. Vortigern elected King of Britain Destruction of the Citadel of King Benlli and the Cities of Maredudd ab Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd goes to Prince Gwen- The Devil causes war in Gwynedd Llywelyn ab Gruffydd takes Meirionydd and Tegeingl Abertanad, pedigree of Rhos y Garreg, pedigree of Madog ab Maredudd begins his reign The Barons de Mont Alto The Castles of Oswestry and Iâl built The Castles of Caer Einion and Overton built Battle of Coed Ewlo Marwnad Iorwerth Goch Prince Henry slain Panegyric of Madog ab Maredudd Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr Prince Madog taken prisoner to Winchester Death of Llywelyn ab Madog, Lord of Mechain Owain ab Madog, Lord of Mechain Is y Coed Assassination of Owain ab Madog at Careg Hwfa Castle Elissau ab Madog, Lord of Edeyrnion Owain Brogyntyn, Lord of Dinmael and Edeyrnion |