Cantref_Aberffraw

Aberffraw (cantref)

Aberffraw (cantref)

Welsh medieval cantref

Aberffraw was one of the three medieval cantrefs on the island of Anglesey, north Wales, in the Kingdom of Gwynedd as a cadet branch, named the House of Aberffraw.[1] It lay on the western side of the island on Caernarfon Bay. Its administrative centre was Aberffraw, the ancient seat of the Princes of Gwynedd. In the 1300s, it was ruled by viceroys (Welsh: rhaglaw) from the lineage of Hwfa ap Cynnddelw who represented Anglesey in the parliament of 1327 regarding the deposition of Edward II of England.[2]

Kingdom of Gwynedd c.620, showing Anglesey cantrefi top left

The cantref consisted of the two cwmwds of Llifon and Malltraeth.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Rowlands, Henry (1766). Mona Antiqua restaurata: An archaeological discourse on the antiquities, natural and historical of the Isle of Anglesey. J. Knox. pp. 114–115.
  2. [2]
    Carr, Antony D. (12 October 2017). The Gentry of North Wales in the Later Middle Ages. University of Wales Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-1-78683-136-1.

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