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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: s on the subject,that there existed at Rhuddlan a castle much earlier than the present, and its mound, called Tut Hill, is still visible at a furlongs distance to the south. It was the fortress built byLlewelyn ap Sitsyllt in the early part of the eleventh century ; surprised by Harold the Saxonin 1063 ; taken, restored, and fortified by Robert de Rotheland, who, with some writers, hasthe reputation of having built it; gave shelter to Henry II., 1154 ; was taken and destroyedby Owain Gwynedd (assisted by Cadwaladr and Rhys, of South Wales) in 1167, and after-wards restored by him ; offered hospitality in 1188 to Giraldus Cambrensis, who says, Wearrived at Ruthlan, a noble castle on the river Cloyd, belonging to David, the eldest son ofOwain [Gwynedd], where, at the warm invitation of David himself, we were handsomelyentertained that night; relieved by Roger de Lacy, when Ranulph, Earl of Chester, wasbesieged there by Llewelyn ap lorwerth in 1209; taken by Llewelyn ap lorwerth in 1214;

Text Appearing After Image: Rhuddlan Castle {fnvii a pJioto. by Bedford). We do love these ancient ruins;We never tread upon them but we setOur foot upon some reverend history. given in 1254 to Prince Edward, along with the castles ct Dyserth and Diganwy, and thewhole country between Flint and Conway ceded by Llewelyn ap Gruffydd ; occupied byEdward when, soon after his coronation, he invaded North Wales (1276); and furiouslyattacked, but not taken, by Llewelyn and his brother Dafydd in the last great and fatalinsurrection of 12S2. This is the last we hear of the o/d castle of Rhuddlan. Edward I. now set to work to build the great castle, whose venerable ruins are longdestined to testify of those stirring times. When Eldward was building Conway Castle, a.d.1283, he sent for masons, &c., from Rhuddlan (see p. 333), where works had been pro- 432 FLINTSHIRE. gressing, and were now perhaps completed {^Bag of Wales No. 46, Westm. Chapterho.).This was, therefore, beyond doubt, the time when Rhuddlan Castle was bui

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