The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles.

by Ella Sophia Armitage

[854] Arch. Camb., iv., series 296 and 911.

[855] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle dates this expedition in 1114, and says that Henry caused castles to be built in Wales. The Brut mentions the large tribute, 1111.

[856] Brut, 1149. Madoc ap Meredith, with the assistance of Ranulf, Earl of Chester, prepared to rise against Owen Gwynedd, son of Griffith ap Cynan.

[857] D. B., i., 255a. Professor Lloyd says, “Maelor Saesneg, Cydewain, Ceri, and Arwystli came under Norman authority, and paid renders of money or kine in token of subjection.” “Wales and the Coming of the Normans,” Cymmrodor. Trans., 1899.

[858] Ibid.

[859] See [page 130].

[860] Brut, under 1107. The castle is called Dingeraint by this chronicler.

[861] “Ipse comes construxit castrum Muntgumeri vocatum.” D. B., i., 254.

[862] Montgomery Collections, x., 56.

[863] Close Rolls, i., 558b.