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Title: Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ... with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families Year: 1872 (1870s) Authors: Nicholas, Thomas, 1820-1879 Subjects: Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, Reader Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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Text Appearing Before Image: Ruthin Castle : the Seat of W. Cornwallis West, Esq.{from a photograph by Bedford).

Text Appearing After Image: Ruthin Castle—Side View {from a photograph by B.djora). PHYSICAL DESCRirTION OF DENBIGHSHIRE. 373 It is believed that the town of Ruthin had its cradle in the great fortress built here,either by Edward I., or Reginald de Grey, the kings justiciary in the four cantrefs, towhom he gave the lordship, or by both. The Welsh gave it the name Rhiidd-ddi/i, thebrown or red hill, or fortress—a name the reason of which was found in the colour of thenew red sandstone on which it stood, of the stone of which it was built, and, possibly,emblematically to the minds of the natives, in the sanguinary measures adopted by theirconqueror, its builder. That a British place of strength had existed here before theEdwardian conquest is probable, but not certain, while evidence is strong in favour of theopinion that the CastcII Cock (Red Castle), expressly so called, was the stronghold inwhich De Grey established himself. The castle of Ruthin passed successively into severalhands, was purchased by Henry

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