Battle of Bryn Glas

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Battle of Bryn Glas
The village of Pileth with the church (2007)
The village of Pileth with the church (2007)
date June 22, 1402
place at Pilleth, Wales
output welsh victory
Parties to the conflict

Kingdom of England Kingdom of England

Principality of Wales Principality of Wales

Commander

Royal Arms of England.svg Edmund Mortimer

Principality of Wales Owain Glyndwr

Troop strength
unknown unknown
losses

unknown

high

The Battle of Bryn Glas , also known as the Battle of Pilleth , was a battle between a Welsh and English armies during the Owain Glyndŵr rebellion . The clear victory of the Welsh rebels over a significant English army led to the expansion of the uprising.

In June 1402 Owain Glyndŵr invaded Radnorshire with a Welsh force . On June 22, 1402 he opposed him at Pilleth near the towns of Knighton and Presteigne in Powys Edmund Mortimer , a son of the Earl of March , with an English force deployed in Herefordshire and the surrounding area. The English army also included a contingent of Welsh archers from Mortimer's holdings in Maelienydd.

The exact location of the battle is not clear, the fight presumably took place on the slopes of Bryn Glas south of the church of St Mary's of Pilleth. The course of the battle was described in several contemporary or timely reports, which, although differing in detail, describe a uniform course of the battle.

The Welsh army under Glyndŵr had taken up a position on the top of the hill where they were attacked by the English army. Suddenly the Welsh soldiers of the English army defected to the rebels, so that the Welsh were now clearly superior to the English. The English commander Mortimer was taken prisoner. According to contemporary information, between 200 and 1,100 English soldiers died. Allegedly, the victorious Welshmen banned the burial of fallen English soldiers, whose bodies were mutilated by Welsh women. West of the church, Welsh politician Richard Green-Price had six Wellingtonia planted in the 19th century , marking a mass grave where victims of the battle were suspected.

Since the English king refused to release Mortimer, he finally changed sides and married Owain Glyndŵr's daughter Catherine on November 30, 1402.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert R. Davies: The revolt of Owain Glyn Dŵr. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995. ISBN 0-19-820508-2 , p. 107

Coordinates: 52 ° 18 '27.9 "  N , 3 ° 5' 38.8"  W.