Rhun Emlyn
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Also, a series of arbitrary taxations.
The lords could come into their lordships and demand various payments.
So we know, for example, three years before the rebellion in 1397, Henry Bolingbroke had become lord of Brecon and Haye.
and he became Henry IV in two years.
And as he came into his lordship for the first time, he demanded a payment, a gift, from the people of Brecon and Hay, and they had to pay 2,000 marks for the privilege of having him as their lord.
So you could imagine some tensions that could arise from that.
So all of this caused tensions, and I suppose...
People across Europe were exploited by the Lords at the time.
Wales was no different to elsewhere.
But I suppose in Wales, you had that ethnic dimension as well.
They were living in the shadow of conquest.
In a way, the Welsh had someone to blame.
for how they were treated, and the March of Lords were those often who were blamed.
And Helen has also mentioned prophecy, and I suppose prophecy was very important as well, talking about a brighter future that the Welsh could have if they followed a man who would appear and lead them to victory, the son of prophecy, and Owen Glyndwr seemed to be that man.
Yes, I suppose they had no chance to do anything but to accept the situation in the 11th and 12th century.
I suppose by the 15th century, they accepted this was the situation they found themselves in.
And really, when we see then the end of the marches in the 16th century, the people who had been in the shadows really disappeared.
ruling the roost under the March of Lords, now had the opportunity to openly to govern their areas, to become MPs, to become sheriffs, to become justices of the peace, to build large estates with the lands that now became available following the closure of the monasteries that Helen has mentioned.
Over the whole period, really, people found a way to accommodate, found a way to work within this system and to make it work for them.
You mentioned Ceredigion, and we can forget really that actually Ceredigion was one of the first areas to be conquered, and the original Norman lords there had their stated aim of turning Ceredigion, and I quote, into a second England.
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