Last Days of Owain Glyndŵr, The

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Astudiaeth o'r traddodiadau a ddatblygodd ynghylch dyddiau olaf Owain Glyndŵr, lleoliad ei farwolaeth a mannau posib ei gladdu. Edrychir o'r newydd ar yr honiadau, gan seilio'r ymdriniaeth ar ymchwil mewn llawysgrifau ac ar lawr gwlad.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Owain Glyndŵr is one of the most important figures in Welsh history. This examination of the traditions which have developed about the location of his death and where he might have been buried rigorously assesses claims, based on evidence in manuscripts and on the ground.

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Cynnwys / 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

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Gruffydd Aled Williams grew up in Glyndyfrdwy, Owain Glyndŵr’s own neck of the woods. Before retiring, he lectured in Welsh at University College, Dublin and Bangor University, and was Professor of Welsh and Head of the Welsh Department at Aberystwyth University. He delivered the British Academy’s Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture in 2010 on medieval poetry associated with Owain Glyndŵr, contributed to Owain Glyndŵr: A Casebook (2013) and was elected a member of the Gorsedd of Bards in 2002 and the Learned Society of Wales in 2014. He is President of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

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.