: Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence With a Brief Sketch of Welsh History by Bradley A G Arthur Granville - Glendower Owen approximately 1354-1416; Revolutionaries Wales Biography; Nationalism Wales History; Princes Wales Biography; Wa

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INTRODUCTION 1

BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE, 1359-1399 82

GLYNDWR AND LORD GREY OF RUTHIN, 1400-1401 110

Lord Grey of Ruthin--Anglo-Welsh Towns--Owen's Unsuccessful Lawsuit--Contemptuous Treatment by the English Court-- Bad Faith of Grey towards Owen--Griffith ap David--Grey Appeals for Aid against Welsh Insurgents--Grey's Attempt to Capture Owen--Owen Assumes the Leadership--Iolo Goch--Owen Raids Ruthin--The King Invades Wales but to no Purpose--The Prince of Wales Left in Command at Chester--Owen Winters at Glyndyfrdwy.

OWEN AND THE PERCYS, 1401 135

Hotspur in North Wales--Prince Henry--Conway Taken by the Welsh--Retaken by the English--Percy Acts against the Welsh--Owen Goes to Plinlimmon--War Carried to the South--Flemings of Pembroke Defeated by Glyndwr--Owen Triumphs in South Wales--King Henry again Invades Wales--The King in Cardigan--Invasion without Result-- The English Army Retires to Shrewsbury--Owen and the Percys--Welsh Social Divisions--Owen Captures Grey at Ruthin--Grey Held to Ransom.

THE KING AND HOTSPUR, 1402 163

Portents--Bishop Trevor--Howel Sele--Mortimer Defeated at Pilleth, and Taken Prisoner--The King Refuses to Ransom Mortimer--Glyndwr in Carnarvonshire--Great Invasion of Wales by King Henry--Magic and Tempests Overwhelm the English Advance--Defeat of the Scots at Homildon--Hotspur and the King Dispute about Scottish Prisoners--Mortimer Invites His Radnor Tenants to Join Glyndwr.

THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY, 1403 185

The King in Need of Money--Prince Henry at Shrewsbury-- He Destroys Owen's Property--Letter from the Prince Concerning this--Glyndwr in the Vale of Towy--Victory of Anglo-Flemings near Carmarthen--Urgent Appeal for Royal Assistance from Brecon--Petitions for the Same from Herefordshire--The Welsh Overrun Western Herefordshire-- Glyndwr at Carmarthen--He Consults a Soothsayer--The Plot of the Percys--Battle of Shrewsbury--Glyndwr's Connection with the Movement--He Appears in Flint--The King Prepares for the Invasion of Wales.

OWEN AND THE FRENCH, 1403-1404 212

Beleaguered Castles--The King Invades Wales--He Reaches Carmarthen and Hurries Home Again--Glyndwr Takes more Castles and harries Herefordshire--The French Land at Carmarthen--Anglesey--Carnarvon--Glyndwr Captures Harlech--He Calls a Parliament at Machynlleth--Davy Gam--Glyndwr Sends Ambassadors to Paris--Bishop Trevor Joins the Welsh--Herefordshire and the English Borders Ravaged--Urgent Appeals for Succour to the King--The Earl of Warwick Defeats Glyndwr--Glyndwr Gains a Victory--He Forces Shropshire to Make Terms--Owen's Court at Harlech--Iolo Goch.

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