On 16 September 1400, Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales by his supporters at Glyndyfrdwy. Two days later, his forces attacked and sacked the town of Ruthin — the stronghold of his enemy Reginald de Grey, whose land dispute had triggered the rebellion. Denbigh, Rhuddlan, Flint, Hawarden and Holt were also attacked. Though a temporary English force under Hugh Burnell dispersed the Welsh at Vyrnwy on 24 September, the rebellion had begun. Owain would not be captured or killed and the rising continued for fifteen years.
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