Great Britain -- History -- Henry III, 1216-1272; Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
[807] According to the _Brut_, p. 309, “young Rhys” (of South Wales;
see above, p. 90) “became angry with the Lord Llywelyn and separated
from him, and went to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, because
Llywelyn had given Caermarthen to Maelgwn ap Rhys, and would not
give Aberteivi” (_i.e._ Cardigan) “to him [Rhys], which fell to his
share when South Wales was divided. Then Llywelyn with his army came
to Aberystwith, and obtained possession of it.... Rhys repaired to
the court of the King and complained ... and the King assembled
Llywelyn and the earls and barons of the Marches to Shrewsbury. And
in that council young Rhys and Llywelyn were reconciled, and Llywelyn
relinquished Aberteivi in his favour, as he had given Caermarthen
to Maelgwn.” On 23rd June a safe-conduct was issued to Llywelyn to
come and speak with the King “de negociis Angliae et Walliae” (_Pat.
Rolls_, vol. i. p. 294). On 10th July the Legate wrote to Hubert
from Shrewsbury that Llywelyn “et alii Wallenses et Marchiones, et
Reginaldus de Brahus,” had come thither on the 7th (“die Mercurii
proxima post octavas Apostolorum Petri et Pauli,” _Roy. Lett._, vol.
i. p. 136. Dr. Shirley dated this letter 11th July, 1220; but the
“Wednesday after the octave of SS. Peter and Paul” in that year was the
morrow of the translation of S. Thomas, when Pandulf cannot possibly
have been at Shrewsbury. On the corresponding day next year, 1221, he
may very well have been there; and we know from the _Close Rolls_, vol.
i. pp. 463–465, that Hubert had been there in the preceding week, but
had left on 2nd July, and was at Windsor on the day on which Pandulf’s
letter was written. The entry in p. 464 which makes Hubert appear “apud
Westm., ii die Jul.,” obviously contains a clerical error as to either
place or date). On 30th April, 1222, Llywelyn was desired to prolong
his truce with the Marshal and Reginald de Breuse until Easter “in
forma qua treugae illae captae fuerunt apud Salopesbiry coram nobis et
domino Pandulfo Norwicensi electo, tunc legato” (_Pat. Rolls_, vol. i.
pp. 331, 332); whence it seems that the _Brut_ is right in asserting
the King’s presence at the Shrewsbury meeting in July, 1221. The
settlement, whatever its character, was clearly the work of Pandulf,
not Hubert.
[808] W. Cov., vol. ii. p. 250; _Chron. Melrose_ and _Chron. Lanercost_,
a. 1221.
[809] _Close Rolls_, vol. i. pp. 476, 477 b; 17th July, 1221.
[810] 3rd July; _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 295.
[811] _Ib._ pp. 316, 317.
[812] _Ib._ pp. 275, 276.
[813] See his agreement with the King, _ib._ p. 306, and Note VI.
[814] _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 304.
[815] _Ib._ p. 303.
[816] _Ib._ Cf. _Ann. Dunst._, p. 75: “Et statim” (after resigning the
legation) “pro domino rege profectus in Pictaviam, treugas inter nos et
Pictavenses prorogari impetravit.”
[817] The custody of all these lands was committed to Richard de Rivers
on 29th September; _Pat. Rolls_, vol. i. p. 302.
[818] _Ib._ pp. 303, 304.
[819] _Ib._ p. 315.
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