Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

PART I: THE BACKGROUND
1. The course of the Glyndŵr revolt
2. ‘A fair nestful of chieftains’
3. The ‘History of Owain Glyndŵr’
4. The death of Owain Glyndŵr

PART II: HEREFORDSHIRE
1. Herefordshire: general
2. Croft Castle
3. Lawton’s Hope
4. Kentchurch Court
5. Monnington-on-Wye
6. Monnington Straddle
7. Haywood Forest
8. The Vern
9. Kimbolton
10. Herefordshire: summary

PART III: WALES
1. Wales: general
2. Unlikely death and burial places
3. Maelienydd
4. Wales: summary

PART IV: PROPHECY
1. ‘A great many say he died; the seers say he did not’

APPENDIX: The Kentchurch Court painting
(i) ‘The Face of Owain Glyndŵr’: the case of the misplaced wart
(ii) Siôn Cent/John of Kent?

Bibliography

Index

Reviews

Owain Glyndŵr is one of the most important figures in Welsh history. Winner of the 2016 Welsh Book of the Year award for the original Welsh-language version of this book, Gruffydd Aled Williams here examines the traditions which have grown up in the 600 years since Glyndŵr’s death around the last days of his life. Although some attention has been given to these issues in popular books about Glyndŵr, many accounts have been rather misleading or fantastical. In this book, Williams rigorously assesses claims made about the location of Glyndŵr’s death and where he might have been buried, based upon evidence in manuscripts and on the ground, and sifts through the truth and the fiction. He also investigates Glyndŵr family history and, based on new research, brings to light information available in English for the first time, for example about Glyndŵr’s illegitimate daughter from Tal-y-bont.
*Publisher: Y Lolfa*