BattlefieldsGlyndwr Raids into Pembrokeshire 1405
Medieval

Glyndwr Raids into Pembrokeshire 1405

1405
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Also known as: Welsh attack English settlements in Pembrokeshire 1405
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
English Pembrokeshire settlements
Forces
English settlers/militia c.300–600.
VS
Victor
Glyndwr rebels
Forces
Glyndŵr rebels c.1,000–2,000
Outcome
Welsh raids terrorise English settler towns of Pembrokeshire; French forces assist
The Battle

History & Significance

In 1405 with 2,500 French troops available, Glyndwr mounted raids into the heavily English-settled south of Pembrokeshire, threatening the Little England Beyond Wales that the Flemish and English settlers had established there. The raids exploited the French alliance and demonstrated Welsh reach into the south-west that had previously been immune to the rebellion. However Pembroke Castle itself remained English and the raids could not convert Pembrokeshire to Welsh control.

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