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CHAPTER XXII - THE ANGLO-NORMANS AND THE CYMRY, A.D. 1276—1282

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2011

Jane Williams
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Why then doth Flesh, a bubble glass of breath,

Hunt after honour and advancement vain,

And rear a trophy for devouring death

With so great labour and long lasting pain,

As if his days for ever should remain?

Sith all that in this world is great or gay,

Doth as a vapour vanish and decay.

Spenser: Ruines of Time.

§ 1. The next summons addressed to the Prince of Wales ordered him to appear at Winchester on January 20, 1276, to do homage, and it was answered only by repetitions of the reasons formerly assigned for non-attendance.

King Edward then proceeded to summon him to appear at Westminster within three weeks after the festival of Easter. On April 19, therefore, the Dean and Chapter of Bangor wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury intended to exculpate the Prince of Wales from a charge of contumacy, and to impress upon the primate the truth and importance of the statements made by that prince six months before. The dean and chapter in their letter detail the particulars of Prince Dafydd's conspiracy, the temperate measures taken by Llewelyn on that occasion, the defection of the Prince of Powys Isaf, and the confession of his son Owen.

This letter affected the archbishop so much that, together with several bishops and earls, he obtained the king's permission to endeavour to persuade Llewelyn to do homage, and they consequently sent the Archdeacon of Canterbury on repeated missions to him.

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A History of Wales
Derived from Authentic Sources
 , pp. 396 - 417
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1869

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