Brut y Tywysogion, or Chronicle of Princes: Peniarth MS 20 Version

Thomas Jones

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781783163519
• eBook ISBN: 9781783163533
• Edition: 2
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

Brut y Tywysogion or The Chronicle of the Princes was described by Sir J. E. Lloyd as 'the greatest monument of Welsh historiography in the Middle Ages'. It has long been recognised as a source of prime importance for the history of medieval Wales and as one which supplies details of interest about contemporary events in England and elsewhere. Of the original thirteenth-century Latin text no copy has survived, but three independent Welsh translations are extant. In this volume, Professor Thomas Jones (1910–72) gives an English translation of the Peniarth MS. 20 version, which is the most complete of the three and which was published in full for the first time in 1941. In his Introduction, Professor Jones surveys the work of earlier scholars. He discusses the contents, origin, and sources of the chronicle and describes the special characteristics of the Peniarth MS. 20 version. The detailed notes show the many discrepancies in the three Welsh versions as compared with one another and, used in conjunction with the text, they supply the combined substantial evidence of three Welsh versions and so of the lost Latin chronicles that underlie them.

INDEX

[The numbers refer to pages. Under each item and sub-item the references are in textual, and therefore chronological order except where, in a few cases, alphabetical order was preferable. Names of the type ‘X ap Y’ are listed under ‘X’, and those of the type ‘A fitz B’ under ‘fitz.’ N = Note.]

A.

Aber

Dafydd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth dies at.

Aberafan, castle

attacked by Maredudd and Rhys, sons of Gruffudd ap Rhys.

Aberconwy, castle

commenced;

——, monastery

Gruffudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd dies in;

Hywel ap Gruffudd ap Cynan buried in;

Llywelyn ap Maelgwn Ieuanc buried in;

Llywelyn ap Iorwerth dies and is buried in;

Dafydd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth buried in;

Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth reburied in;

abbot of, see Gruffudd, abbot of Strata Florida.

Abercorram, castle

entrusted to Bleddyn ap Cedifor,;

taken by Rhys ap Gruffudd;

and town, burnt by Welsh.

Aberdaron, church

Gruffudd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr seeks refuge in.

Aberdovey

see Aberdyfi.

Aberdyfi

ship from Ireland in;

castle built at;

apportionment of lands at, between sons of Lord Rhys and sons of Gruffudd ap Rhys.

Abereinion, castle

built by Maelgwn ap Rhys.

Aberffraw

ravaged.

Abergavenny

Seisyll ap Dyfnwal and son Ieuan seized at;

Seisyll ap Dyfnwal and son Geoffrey slain at;

castle of, taken by Reginald de Breos;

castle of, destroyed by Richard Marshal and Owain ap Gruffudd.

Abergelau

Ionathal of, dies.

Abergwili

Rhain defeated in battle at.

Aber-llech

French defeated at.

Aberllwchwr, castle

burnt by Maredudd and Rhys, sons of Gruffudd ap Rhys.

Abermenai

Cadwaladr ap Gruffudd ap Cynan lands at.

Aber-miwl

barn of, English slain in;

——, burnt by John Lestrange, ib.

Aber-rheidol, castle

taken by Rhys ap Gruffudd.

Aberriw.

Abertawe

see Seinhenydd, Swansea.

Aberteifi

see Cardigan.

Aberystwyth, castle

attacked by Gruffudd ap Rhys;

burnt by Owain and Cadwaladr, sons of Gruffudd ap Cynan;

burnt by Hywel ab Owain;

burnt by Maelgwn ap Rhys;

rebuilt by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth;

built by Falkes de Breauté;

destroyed by Maelgwn ap Rhys and brother Rhys Fychan;

subdued by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth;

built by Edmund, brother of Edward I;

and town of, taken by Gruffudd ap Maredudd ab Owain and Rhys Fychan ap Rhys ap Maelgwn.

see Llanbadarn-fawr.

Abraham, bishop of Menevia

succeeds Sulien;

dies.

Abraham, bishop of St. Asaph dies.

Achilles.

Acre

Christians escorted to, by Saracens;

Louis IX, king of France, goes to, from Damietta.

Adam, bishop of St. Asaph dies at Oxford.

[Adomnán]

see Damnani, N.

Aedd, son of Mell

dies, N.

Aeddan ap Blegywryd

with four sons, slain by Llywelyn ap Seisyll...

Table of contents

• BRUT Y TYWYSOGYON
• PREFACE
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• ABBREVIATIONS
• Brut y Tywysogyon
• NOTES
• APPENDIX LIST OF SAINTS’ DAYS, WITH DATES
• INDEX