The conquest and acquisition of the Welsh cantref of Maelienydd (the heart of modern Radnorshire) was at the core of the Mortimer family’s rise to dominance in the Welsh Marches and was a crucial stepping stone to power and influence across England and Wales. However, it was a long drawn-out process! Starting in the 1090s, it took 180 years for Mortimer possession of Maelienydd to be secure, a period during which bitter personal feuds developed between the Mortimers and the dynasty of the native Welsh rulers. This talk will explore how control passed back and forth, and the importance of Abbey Cwm Hir.
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Philip Hume is the author of On the Trail of the Mortimers’ (Logaston Press, 2016), On the Trail of the Mortimers in the Welsh Marches (Logaston Press, 2022), The Welsh Marcher Lordships I: Central and North (Logaston Press, March 2021; and editor of the Marcher Lordship series), co-author of The Ludlow Castle Heraldic Roll (Logaston Press, 2019), and author of articles in various journals. Philip is the Chair of the Mortimer History Society and has started a part-time PhD at Swansea University researching Roger Mortimer (d.1282) and aspects of mid-thirteenth century lordship, baronial advancement, governance, patronage and friendship
A minimum donation of £1 is required to book your ticket. The money raised by this talk will contribute towards Abbey Cwmhir Heritage Trust’s fund raising to allow further research of the Abbey and its environment.
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