Robert Fitz Hamon conquered Glamorgan in a rapid campaign, establishing Cardiff Castle as the centrepiece of his new lordship. The conquest was accompanied by the dispossession of Welsh lords and the installation of Norman sub-tenants. Fitz Hamon divided Glamorgan into marcher lordships and began the pattern of Norman castle-building that would transform south Wales. The Welsh inhabitants were pushed into the upland areas — the "Welshry" — while Normans occupied the lowland "Englishry."
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