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The next steps in the journey of Sir Fynwy are a little muddled, in that whilst no legislation was ever passed annexing the county into England individuals began to express
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1204AD: Gerallt Cymro failed to achieve the position of Archbishop of Tyddewi, despite five years of lobbying. Beginning at the end of the 1100s, the chapter of Tyddewi had nominated
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1039AD: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll and great-great-grandson of Hywel Dda took the throne of Gwynedd and Powys. Soon after, he defeated a Mercian army at Rhyd-y-Groes
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Elizabeth Phillips Hughes (1851-1925)1/6: Born in Carmarthen, Hughes had little formal education as a child, although she did later attend private school in Cheltenham, which led her to becoming a
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