Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence With a Brief Sketch of Welsh History

CHAPTER VII

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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.