The Welsh annals record a Welsh victory at Craig y Dorth near Monmouth in 1404, showing that Glyndwr's power extended into the far south-east at the height of the rebellion. Monmouth was a key English administrative centre and Richard II's birthplace. The ability to threaten it demonstrated how comprehensively English power had collapsed in Wales by 1404. Glyndwr's court at Harlech and Aberystwyth governed a genuinely independent principality.
Glyndwr rebels: c. 500–1,000 men. English (Monmouth garrison): c. 200–400 men.
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