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nmdt' a disgraceful rdnat to I'^niilaud, leaving 

 to Liywelyn the task of hurving- the great number 

 of their (lead, who had been starved in the expe- 

 dition. We find that in the following August, 

 king John, eager to wipe off the stain of his igno- 

 minious retreat, entered Wales a second time; and 

 in this expedition he crossed the Conwy, and en- 

 camped in Arvon; he sent part of his forces to 

 Bangor, which they burnt to the ground, and took 

 the bishop prisoner. A reconciliation however 

 took place through the instrumentality of the 

 princess Joan, who was king Johns daughter, 

 and was married to Liywelyn ; the English king- 

 then retired to England with honour, and greater 

 success than he had gained before. 



In 1213, Owen, the son of David ab Owen 

 Gwynedd, had a grant from King John of the 

 three cantrevs of Rhos, Rheveiniog, and Dyffryn 

 C'lwyd, excepting the castle of Gannock, or l)y- 

 o-anwy, and the territory of Creiddyn, where the 

 castle stood. But Owen, together with his father 

 David, soon after met the reward of his ingratitude 

 and treason, being killed by prince Uywelyn at 

 Conwy." 



» Sir .Idlm Wynne's Gvvydir History. 13. 



