The dissolution of Valle Crucis Abbey near Llangollen provoked local armed resistance from Welsh tenants and dependants of the abbey. Crown commissioners enforcing the dissolution faced hostile Welsh crowds who revered the Cistercian foundation as a centre of Welsh culture and bardic tradition. The confrontation required armed escorts to suppress, though no organised military action resulted.
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