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REF: "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: April 5 1264 Bran de
Montfort leads defense of St. Andrew's Priory within the town &
fights with suicidal bravery. The walls had been undermined by
the Prior who was secretly in league with Prince Edward, & Bran
was captured by some common soldiers. At that point William de
Lusignan & Ralph de Mortimer rode up. Bran had just before
taken part in the looting of de Mortimer's lands in
Radnorshire. de Lusignan ordered his nephew Bran killed on the
spot, but Dafydd ap Gruffydd rode up & intervened telling them
Edward would be displeased to see his cousin Bran killed. de
Lusignan attempts to argue but Philip Basset (who commanded the
attackers) then rode up & commanded Bran be taken to Edward,
and not to be escorted by de Lusignan or de Mortimer, as they
would arrange an "accident" for Bran. Bran was congratulated
for his gallant bravery by Edward & then sent to King Henry who
moved him to Windsor Castle. In November 1264, the Marchers
Roger de Mortimer & Roger de Clifford rebelled again (had done
so in July 1264). Again Llywelyn ap Gruffydd allied with Simon
de Montfort & the rebels surrendered at Worcester Dec 12 1264.
Mortimer & Clifford were exiled to Ireland for a year. At the
Battle of Evesham (Aug 4 1265) de Mortimer helped to trap
Montfort by converging with Prince Edward upon Montfort's
vastly outnumbered force. Before the battle began, several
thousand Welsh troops loaned to Montfort by his ally Llywelyn
ap Gruffydd deserted Montfort; de Mortimer & his men
methodically hunted them down throughout the surrounding
countryside & cold bloodedly murdered almost all of them.
Mortimer sent Montfort's head back to Wigmore Castle to his
wife as a gift.

REF: Sharon Kay Penman "The Reckoning" : King Edward launched
his war on Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the Last Prince of Wales on 12
Nov 1276. He did not personally take part in the campaign
until the following summer, but de Mortimer scored a mjaor
success in the early phases of the war, who in April 1277
siezed Llywelyn's castle at Dolforwyn & restored Gruffydd ap
Gwenwynwyn to power in Powys (ap Gwenwynwyn had sconspired with
Llywelyn's brother Dafydd to murder Llywelyn and upon discovery
had fleed to England). Mortimer ultimately made an alliance
with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd against Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn.
When Llywelyn was goaded by his feckless brother Dafydd into
Wales' last fatal war with England & Edward "Longshanks" on
Palm Sunday 1282, Roger de Clifford was made Edward's warlord
for mid-Wales, one of three Welsh commands; however, he died
before the war could successfully be prosecuted.

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