38 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



tvveen the Englifn forces, under Henry 

 II. and the Welfh army, under Owen 

 Gwynedd, in which Henry was at 

 length routed with great lofs.* 



Roger Mortimer and John, Earl of 

 Warren, were appointed guardians to 

 the two Sons of Madoc ap GryfFydd, a 

 firenuous parti zan of H&nry III. and 

 JEdward I. Thefe two villains murder- 

 ed their wards, and feized their eftates 

 to their own ufe. Mortimer's fhare in 

 this robbery, was the lands of the 

 youngeft of them at Nan-heudwy and 

 Chirk,-f where he found it politic to 

 erect a place of defence. He did not 

 however enjoy his plunder long, for he 

 died in the tenth of Edward I. after hav- 

 ing been imprifoned in the tower four 

 years and a half, but without being 

 brought to trial for his injuftice. It was 



* Powel's Hiilory of Wa!fi;, p. 221, 

 t Pennants Tour, I. 217, 



