THE CAPTURE OF DAFYDD III IN AREA OF
ABERGWYNGREGYN MEHEFIN 1283 AND HIS EXECUTION BY MEANS OF BEING HUNG, DRAWN AND
QUARTED ON 3 HYDREF 1283 IN SHREWSBURY IS VERY MUCH ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIRE
OF EDWARD I TO NOT ONLY CONQUOR GWYNEDD AND SUBDUE IT’S NATIVE PRINCES BUT ALSO
TO LOOT THE ROYAL TREASURES OF GWYNEDD. AT START OF THE WAR OF 1282 – 83
LLYWELYN III HAD THE ROYAL TREASURES STORED AT CASTELL MADRYN ON THE LLEYN
PENINSULAR IN KEEPING OF HIS ELDER BROTHER OWAIN. SUBSEQUENTLY WITH DEATH OF LLYWELYN III (ABEREDW 11 RHAGFYR
1282) ANDLATER HIS BROTHER DAFYDD III.
DAFYDD III HAD TAKEN TITLE TYWYSOG CYMRU AND CONTINUED TO MOUNT MILITARY
RESISTENCE TO THE ENGLISH ARMIES
ADVANCING ON GWYNEDD FROM THE SOUTH TOWARDS CASTELL Y BERE AND FROM THE EAST
TOWARDS CASTELL DOLWYDDELEN. FOR A SHORT
WHILE DAFYDD III WITH HIS FAMILY AND LOYAL FOLLOWERS HAD USED BOTH CASTLES IN A
RETREAT THAT WAS TO CONCLUDE WITH HIS
CAPTURE IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE ABERGWYNGREGYN ON OR ABOUT 28 MEHEFIN 1283 . AT
THIS TIME DAFYDD III HAD WITH HIM THE SAID ROYAL TREASURES WHICH UPON HIS
CAPTURE WERE DELIVERED UP TO EDWARD I
ALONG LATER WITH ‘Y CROES NAID’ HANDED OVER TO EDWARD I BY WELL REWARDED
TREACHEROUS WELSH MONKS INTO WHOSE KEEPING THIS HOLY RELIC HAD BEEN GIVEN ON
DEATH OF LLYWELYN III. PRIOR TO THIS EDWARD HAD BEEN BASED IN NEFYN WHILST HIS
MEN SEARCHED FOR THE ROYAL TREASURES THEY THOUGHT WERE AT CASTELL MADRYN.
PRESENT DAY ‘CASTELL MADRYN’ IS A CARAVAN PARK THE CASTLE ALONG WITH AN
INDEPENDENT GWYNEDD AND THE ROYAL TREASURES LONG GONE. THERE IS NO PUBLIC
DISPLAY OF THIS STORY AT THE SAID CARAVAN
PARK
GETHIN AP GRUFFYDD Y PASG 2018.
BELOW: ROYAL STANDARD OF LLYWELYN III NOW MADE THE ROYAL STANDARD OF THE ENGLISH PRINCES FOR WALES.
