Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Conwy is in Carnarfonshire.
On 22nd March 1582 Archbishop John Williams was born to Edmund Williams in Conwy [Map].
In May 1645 John Owen [aged 45] forcibly took Conwy [Map] whose defences had been arranged by the native Archbishop John Williams [aged 63].
On 19th February 1650 Richard Bulkeley was killed in a duel with Thomas Cheadle, or was murdered by Thomas Cheadle, on Lavan Sands, Menai Straits [Map] on for which the latter executed at Conwy [Map].
Colonel John Whitley was killed at the defence of Conwy [Map].
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales: Book 2 Chapter 10. Having crossed the river Conwy,162 or rather an arm of the sea, under Deganwy [Map], leaving the Cistercian monastery of Conwy [Map]163 on the western bank of the river to our right hand, we arrived at Ruthlan [Map], a noble castle on the river Cloyd, belonging to David, the eldest son of Owen164 where, at the earnest invitation of David himself, we were handsomely entertained that night.
Note 162. The travellers pursuing their journey along the sea coast, crossed the aestuary of the river Conway under Deganwy, a fortress of very remote antiquity.
Note 163. At this period the Cistercian monastery of Conway was in its infancy, for its foundation has been attributed to Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, in the year 1185, (only three years previous to Baldwin's visitation,) who endowed it with very extensive possessions and singular privileges. Like Stratflur, this abbey was the repository of the national records, and the mausoleum of many of its princes.
Note 164. [David was the illegitimate son of Owen Gwynedd, and had dispossessed his brother, Iorwerth Drwyndwn.]
Chronicle of the Princes of Wales. 1230. One thousand two hundred and thirty was the year of Christ, when king Henry, having with him a vast armed host, sailed for France, with the intention of obtaining his right as to Normandy and Anjou and Poictou. And soon after that, on account of a storm and mortality, being disappointed of his purpose, he returned to England. That year, William Canton of Cemaes died. Then young Llywelyn, son of Maelgwn, died, on his estate in Gwynedd, and was honourably buried at Aberconway [Map].
After 25th February 1246 Dafydd ap Llewellyn Prince of Wales [deceased] was buried at Aberconwy Abbey [Map].
In 1248 Gruffydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw was buried at Aberconwy Abbey [Map].
Deganwy Castle is also in Castles in Carnarfonshire.
The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales: Book 2 Chapter 10. Having crossed the river Conwy,162 or rather an arm of the sea, under Deganwy [Map], leaving the Cistercian monastery of Conwy [Map]163 on the western bank of the river to our right hand, we arrived at Ruthlan [Map], a noble castle on the river Cloyd, belonging to David, the eldest son of Owen164 where, at the earnest invitation of David himself, we were handsomely entertained that night.
Note 162. The travellers pursuing their journey along the sea coast, crossed the aestuary of the river Conway under Deganwy, a fortress of very remote antiquity.
Note 163. At this period the Cistercian monastery of Conway was in its infancy, for its foundation has been attributed to Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, in the year 1185, (only three years previous to Baldwin's visitation,) who endowed it with very extensive possessions and singular privileges. Like Stratflur, this abbey was the repository of the national records, and the mausoleum of many of its princes.
Note 164. [David was the illegitimate son of Owen Gwynedd, and had dispossessed his brother, Iorwerth Drwyndwn.]
On 19th June 1790 John Gibson was born at Gyffin. He moved with his family to Liverpool aged nine.
In 1246 Ednyfed "Fychan aka Younger" Tudor [aged 76] died. He was buried at Llandrillo yn Rhos Church.
Maen y bardd Burial Chamber is also in Prehistoric Wales Neolithic Burials.
August 1896. Godfrey Bingley [aged 54]. Maen y bardd Burial Chamber [Map].
1795. John Ingleby [aged 46]. Upper Gate, Conway [Map].
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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Before 1809. Paul Sandby [aged 77]. 'South Gate Conway Castle. & Town'. Appears to be the south side of the Upper Gate, Conway [Map].
Before 1809. Paul Sandby [aged 77]. "Upper Gate, Conway [Map]".