Battle of Pwll Melyn

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Battle of Pwll Melyn
Castle Pond on the former battlefield
Castle Pond on the former battlefield
date May 5, 1405
place at Usk, Wales
output English victory
Parties to the conflict

Kingdom of England Kingdom of England

Principality of Wales Principality of Wales

Commander

Royal Arms of England.svgRichard Gray, 4th Baron Gray of Codnor, John Oldcastle , Dafydd Gam

Principality of Wales Gruffydd ap Owain

Troop strength
unknown unknown
losses

unknown

high

The Battle of Pwll Melyn was a battle between a Welsh and English armies during the Owain Glyndŵr Rebellion . It ended in a heavy Welsh defeat.

After the Welsh defeat in the Battle of Grosmont in March 1405, Gruffydd, the eldest son of Owain Glyndŵr , attacked Usk Castle with a Welsh army , probably in May 1405 . The castle's unexpectedly strong garrison, led by Lord Richard Gray of Codnor , John Oldcastle and the Welsh nobleman Dafydd Gam, drove the attackers back in the event of a failure. Before the Welsh could bring their army into order, there was a battle north of the castle at Pwll Melyn ( Welsh for yellow pond ), in which the Welsh suffered a crushing defeat. The Welsh army was broken up and driven into the forest of Monkswood by the pursuing English.

Owain Glyndŵr's brother Tudur fell in battle while his son Gruffydd and brother-in-law John Hanmer were captured. Gruffydd was taken to the Tower of London , where he remained in captivity until his death in 1411. After the battle, 300 Welsh prisoners are said to have been executed outside the walls of the castle.

The former battlefield is now built over with residential buildings. To mark the 600th anniversary of the battle in 2005, the Usk Civic Society placed a memorial stone on the battlefield.

literature

  • John Edward Lloyd: The Battle of Pwll Melyn . In: Archaeologia Cambrensis, 88 (1933), pp. 347-348

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Edward Lloyd: Dafydd Gam (Welsh Biography Online). Retrieved August 12, 2014 .
  2. ↑ John Edward Lloyd: Owen Glendower. Clarendon, Oxford 1931, p. 96
  3. ↑ Owain Glyn Dŵr and Gwent: a reappraisal of his campaigns in, the level of support he obtained from and the effects of his rebellion upon the region historically known as Gwent (Gwent local History, 95 (2003)). Retrieved August 12, 2014 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 54'53.8 "  N , 2 ° 51'59.3"  W.