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OUTLINE OF WELSH POLITICAL HISTORY
| (d) | 1240-1284. | The Wars of Independence. |
| 1241. | David II. does homage to Henry III. | |
| 1244. | Death of Griffith, in trying to escape from the Tower of London. | |
| 1245. | Fierce fighting on the Con way. | |
| 1254. | Edward (afterwards Edward I.) Earl of Chester. | |
| 1255. | Llywelyn ap Griffith supreme in Gwynedd. | |
| 1263. | Alliance with the English barons. | |
| 1267. | Treaty of Montgomery; Llywelyn Prince of Wales. | |
| 1274. | Llywelyn refuses to do homage to Edward I. | |
| 1277. | Treaty of Rhuddlan; Llywelyn keeps Gwynedd only. | |
| 1278. | Llywelyn marries Eleanor de Montfort. | |
| 1282. | Last war. Battle of Moel y Don. Llywelyn's death. | |
| 1284. | Statute of Wales. | |
| 3. | 1284-1535. | The rule of sheriff and march lord. |
| 1287. | Revolt of Ceredigion. | |
| 1294. | Revolts in Gwynedd, Dyved, Morgannwg. | |
| 1315. | Revolt of Llywelyn Bren. | |
| 1349. | The Black Death in Wales. | |
| 1400. | Rise of Owen Glendower. | |
| 1402. | Battles of the Vyrnwy and Bryn Glas. | |
| 1404. | Anti-Welsh legislation. | |
| 1455. | The Wars of the Roses. | |
| 1461. | Battle of Mortimer's Cross. | |
| 1468. | Siege of Harlech. | |
| 1469. | Battle of Edgecote. | |
| 1478. | Court of Wales at Ludlow. | |
| 1485. | Battle of Bosworth and accession of Henry VII. | |
| 1535. | Act of Union. All Wales governed by king through sheriffs. |
