Cantref
Cantref A Cantref (pronounced roughly as Kan-trev) was a ... themselves divided into smaller commotes. The name "cantref" is derived from "Cant" ("a hundred") and ... formerly used for much smaller settlements). The cantref is thought to be the original unit ... or three commotes but the largest, the "Cantref Mawr" or "Great Cantref" in Ystrad ...
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Commote
... In theory, 100 trefi made up a cantref (literally, "one hundred settlements"), and half or a third of a cantref was a commote. The actual numbers varied ... of the commote court rather than the cantref court. Owain Glyndwr called representatives from the ... 1400-1409. List of commotes, organised by cantref The Red Book of Hergest (1375-1425 ... late 14th and early 15th century. Gwynedd Cantref Teigyl: Commot Insel Commot Prestan Commot ...
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Welsh law
... in the administration of the law. Each cantref had its own court, which was an ... the "uchelwyr", the main landowners of the cantref. This would be presided over by the ... he happened to be present in the cantref, or if he was not present by ... usher and sometimes two professional pleaders. The cantref court dealt with crimes, the determination of ... over most of the functions of the cantref court. The judges (Welsh ynad) in ...
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Rhys Gryg
... between them, with Rhys Grug getting the Cantref Mawr . By 1211 Rhys had fallen out ... Aberdovey in 1216, Rhys Gryg was allocated Cantref Mawr and Cantref Bychan and other lands. Rhys supported Llywelyn ...
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Deheubarth   (translated from French)
... family recurent the authorization to reign on Cantref Mauwr and Ystrad Towi until in 1283 ... do not reign any more that on Cantref Mawr and do not have any more ...
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Hugh the younger Despenser
... the castle and town of Dryslwyn , and Cantref Mawr , Carmarthenshire, Keeper of the castle and ... castles, manor, and lands of Brecknock, Hay, cantref Selyf , etc., co. Brecon, and Huntington , Herefordshire ...
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Ugo Despenser the young person   (translated from Italian)
... and the city of Dryslwyn, and of Cantref Mawr (Carmarthenshire), Chancellor of the castle and ... castles, ways, and lands of Brecknock, Hay, cantref Selyf and Huntington (Herefordshire). In the May ...
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Maelienydd
Maelienydd Maelienydd, sometimes spelt Maeliennydd, was a cantref and lordship in east central Wales covering ...
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Talk:Maelor
... by J. Beverley Smith Maelor is a Cantref divided in to two Commotes. James Frankcom
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List of hundreds of England and Wales
... known as "wapentakes", "cantrefs" or "wards". The cantref and some wapentakes later became known as ...
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