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ibidem_fw-la take_v the_o government_n upon_o he_o 299._o excommunicate_v 300._o refuse_v to_o deliver_v his_o brother_n out_o of_o prison_n ibidem_fw-la he_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o king_n 304._o he_o complain_v to_o the_o pope_n upon_o king_n henry_n 308._o make_v the_o principality_n of_o wales_n tributary_n to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 309._o put_v king_n henry_n army_n to_o flight_n 310._o he_o die_v 313._o david_n ap_fw-mi gruffyth_fw-mi 319._o forsake_v his_o brother_n 326.335.350_o his_o answer_n to_o the_o king_n offer_v 370._o he_o be_v take_v and_o put_v to_o death_n 374._o david_n fitz_n gerald_n bishop_n of_o menevia_fw-la 201.237_o denbigh_n d_o 10._o the_o owner_n of_o it_o sithence_o the_o david_n ap_fw-mi gruffyth_fw-mi 377._o give_v to_o henry_n lacie_n earl_n of_o lincoln_n 377._o dial_n rodri_n 38._o dinerth_n 45._o dinevowr_n d_o 6._o and_o 17._o the_o castle_n win_v 269._o donwalhon_n prince_n of_o stratclwyd_n 64._o dyffryn_n clwyd_n d_o 10._o dyganwy_n 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law_n 53._o he_o go_v to_o rome_n 54_o he_o die_v 58._o howel_n ap_fw-mi jevaf_fw-mi 62._o use_v his_o brother_n meyric_n cruel_o 63._o rule_v north-wales_n 64._o he_o be_v slay_v 66._o howel_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n 88_o he_o be_v slay_v 93._o howel_n ap_fw-mi grono_n lord_n of_o stratywy_n cydewen_n and_o gwyr_n 159._o he_o be_v traitorous_o slay_v 161._o howel_n ap_fw-mi ithel_n lord_n of_o ros_n &_o ryvonioc_n 183._o howel_n ap_fw-mi owen_n gwyneth_n a_o valiant_a captain_n 199._o howel_n ap_fw-mi jevaflord_n of_o arust_o 240._o hubert_n de_fw-fr burgh_n keep_v the_o castle_n of_o dover_n 275._o give_v the_o french_a navy_n a_o overthrow_n 277._o some_o of_o the_o baron_n conspire_v against_o he_o 283._o owner_n of_o montgomerie_n 284._o his_o folly_n 285._o commit_v to_o prison_n 288._o escape_v out_o of_o prison_n 289._o reconcile_v to_o the_o king_n 292._o huganus_n lord_n of_o westwales_n 47._o hugh_n lupus_n earl_n of_o chester_n 151.155_o he_o die_v 157._o hugh_n de_fw-fr montgomerie_n earl_n
of_o salope_n 155._o he_o be_v slay_v 156._o hugh_n earl_n of_o chester_n win_v mehenyth_n 197._o hugh_n lacie_n 151._o i._o iago_n ap_fw-mi edwal_n 59.62_o jago_n ap_fw-mi edwal_n 87._o jestyn_n ap_fw-mi gurgant_n lord_n of_o glamorgan_n 119._o jevaf_fw-mi ap_fw-mi edwal_n 59.60.70_o igmond_n come_v to_o anglisey_n 41._o john_n king_n of_o england_n make_v knight_n go_v to_o ireland_n &_o return_v again_o 240._o lose_a normandy_n anjou_n mayne_n and_o poytiers_n 258._o go_v to_o ireland_n 261._o go_v to_o wales_n 264._o and_o again_o 265._o make_v his_o kingdom_n tributary_n to_o the_o pope_n 270._o he_o destroy_v the_o march_n of_o wales_n 275._o he_o die_v 276._o john_n le_fw-fr fleming_n 125._o his_o heir_n 136._o john_n de_fw-fr cremona_n a_o cardinal_n 186._o john_n scot_n earl_n of_o chester_n 288.293_o john_n of_o monmouth_n 290.310_o john_n peckam_n archbishop_n of_o canturburie_n 338._o john_n uoisye_n bishop_n of_o excester_n 393._o john_n sutton_n alias_o dudley_n earl_n 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turberuile_n 125_o his_o issue_n and_o heir_n 132._o parliament_n when_o it_o first_o begin_v 182._o penant_fw-fr bachwy_fw-fr 173._o pembroke_n d_o 18_o the_o castle_n build_v 154._o the_o same_o castle_n build_v again_o 163._o peter_n le_fw-fr soore_n 125._o his_o heir_n 135._o polydor_z virgil_n reprehend_v d_o 23._o poole_n take_v by_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canturburie_n 248._o the_o castle_n overthrow_v 288._o powy_n d_o 11.35_o the_o partition_n of_o it_o 211._o priest_n forbid_v to_o marry_v 162._o prophecy_n cause_n of_o much_o hurt_n 5._o pwlhgwitie_n 113._o q._n quo_fw-la warránto_fw-la 336._o r._n radnor_n destroy_v 71._o rees_n ap_fw-mi owen_n ap_fw-mi edwin_n 111._o he_o obtain_v the_o rule_n of_o southwales_n 112._o he_o be_v slay_v 113._o rees_n ap_fw-mi theodor_n prince_n of_o southwales_n 113._o he_o join_v with_o gruffyth_n ap_fw-mi conan_n 114._o overthrow_v and_o put_v to_o flight_v the_o child_n of_o blethyn_n ap_fw-mi convyn_n 117._o overcom_v his_o enemy_n at_o lhandydoch_n 119._o he_o be_v slay_v ibid._n rees_n ap_fw-mi gruffyth_fw-mi call_v the_o lord_n rees_n 204._o make_v peace_n with_o the_o king_n 208._o lay_v siege_n to_o caermardhin_n 210._o do_v his_o homage_n to_o the_o king_n 220._o make_v war_n upon_o the_o earl_n of_o clare_n ibid._n win_v the_o castle_n of_o aberteivi_fw-la and_o cilgerran_n 223._o come_v with_o a_o power_n to_o powy_n 230._o come_v to_o the_o k._n at_o pembroke_n 231._o come_v to_o the_o court_n 235._o his_o feast_n 237._o he_o win_v the_o castle_n of_o s._n clere_n abercorran_n and_o lhanstephan_n 242._o likewise_o the_o castle_n of_o dinevowr_n &_o lhanhayaden_a 243._o take_v prisoner_n by_o his_o son_n 244._o he_o take_v caermarthin_n ciun_n radnor_n the_o castle_n of_o payne_n in_o eluel_n 247._o he_o die_v 249._o rees_n ap_fw-mi meredyth_n knight_n 378_o reginald_n de_fw-fr sully_n 125._o his_o heir_n 135._o reginald_n graylord_n of_o ruthyn_n 377._o richard_n de_fw-fr granuile_n or_o greenféeld_v 125._o his_o issue_n 131._o richard_n de_fw-fr syward_n 125._o his_o heir_n
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