BattlefieldsWelsh Glyndwr Suppression Campaign 1415
Medieval

Welsh Glyndwr Suppression Campaign 1415

1415
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
scattered Glyndwr remnant bands
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Crown commissioners with armed retinues
Outcome
English suppression successful; last open Glyndwr bands dispersed across Powys by 1415
The Battle

History & Significance

English crown forces conducted systematic pacification of Powys following the collapse of the Glyndwr rebellion. Royalist commissions toured Montgomery and Welshpool areas seizing rebel lands, executing holdouts, and extracting fines. Small armed parties of unreconstructed Glyndwr supporters were hunted across the uplands.

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