In 1400, Reginald de Grey, Marcher Lord of the Ruthin area, laid claim to some of Owain’s land. The King sided with Lord Grey. Had Richard II still been king when Glynd?r appealed to Parliament against the theft of his land by Reginald de Grey, he might well have won the case. The unfairness of this judgement was compounded when Henry IV proclaimed his son Prince of Wales.
The response of Glyndwr’s supporters’ was to proclaim him Prince of Wales, on September 16th 1400. Legend has it that this took place on the mound between Llangollen and Corwen that is, to this day, called Glyndwr’s Mound.
Prince Hal described how he and his forces arrived at ‘Glyndourdy’ and burnt ‘a fine lodge in his park’. The moated site, seen clearly on the tithe map in the field adjacent to the mound, is possibly the site of Glyndwr’s lodge and ancestral home.
