lO BEDDGELERT TO HARLECHi 



In the year 1 404, this caftle, along with that of 

 AberyflAV)-th in Cardiganfhire, was feized by the 

 great, but ambitious Owen Glyndwr, during his 

 rebellion againft Henrj' IV. They were both re- 

 taken about four years afterwards, by an army 

 which the king had difpatched into Wales again it 

 that turbulent chieftain *. 



Margaret of Anjou, the fpiiited queen of Henry 

 VI., after the king's defeat at Northampton in 1456, 

 Hed from Coventry, and, narrowly efcaping the 

 hands of lord Stanley, who difcovered and feized 

 her jewels and baggage, found in this fortrefs an 

 afylum from her enemies. She relided here but 

 a little while, when ilie proceeded into Scotland, 

 where collecting her friends, (lie marched towards 

 Wakefield. At the latter place ilie made an attack 

 on the army of her enemy, the duke of York, 

 which fhe routed; and ihe further fucceeded in 

 deftroyiiig the leader. 



Soon after Edward IV. attained the EngliHi throne, 

 he found means to make himfelf mafter of every 

 part of the kingdom, except this caftle and two or 

 three others in Northumberland. Thefe he did not 

 think it neceffary immediately to attack, in the ex- 

 pectation, probably, that when their governors faw 

 the whole country continue in quiet poffellion, they 

 would of their own accord fubmit. The idea, 

 however, proved groundlefs, for David ap Ivan ap 



* Carte, il. 661. and 669. 



Einion, 



