•JO HISTORY OF 



Flyiit 8th day of Stpteinher, in the twelfth year 



of" our reio-n. 



"1 



In the 18th year of his reign, he also granted 

 that the burgesses of Aberconwy should })e quit 

 of toll, throughout the kingdom. '^ 



In 1 290, the Welsh again rose up in arms against 

 the authority of Edward, under Madog a son of 

 prince Llywelyn. The cause of this rising was 

 the following ; Edward was engaged in a dispute 

 with the king of France, and he was determined 

 to avenge himself by force of arms; to obtain sup- 

 plies for the war he made the experiment of 

 taxation on his new subjects the Welsh, which 

 they resenting, hanged Roger de Pulesdon, who 

 had been appointed to collect the tax, and defeated 

 the English forces who first opposed them. 

 "Alarmed at a revolt which was now rising into 

 importance, and which menaced the safety of his 

 new dominions, Edward came into north Wales 

 to conduct the war in person. Having proceeded 

 in his march to Conwy, he crossed that arm of the 



> Editor's unpublished MS. spc original in the Appendix. 

 ••^ Avion.' 's Rofuli Wallia-. 



