. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ern and southern portionsof ^Vales were concpiered by the Norman adventurers. Hehad placed partisans of his own in power—the family ofBleddyn ap Cynfyn—and these could not hold their ownagainst the partisans of the great Gruffydds family withoutEnglish help. While this sti-uggle was at its height in \\ales,the Norman barons began to possess the valleys. Hugh ofAvranches was placed in (.hester, from the wall
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ern and southern portionsof ^Vales were concpiered by the Norman adventurers. Hehad placed partisans of his own in power—the family ofBleddyn ap Cynfyn—and these could not hold their ownagainst the partisans of the great Gruffydds family withoutEnglish help. While this sti-uggle was at its height in \\ales,the Norman barons began to possess the valleys. Hugh ofAvranches was placed in (.hester, from the walls of which hecould cast greedy eyes on Welsh laml to the west, just as hehad coveted Breton lands from the height of Avranches. AtRhudiUan, the tierce Robert, half Norman, half Dane, streugth- ^ Nc;ir Iarniartlieii, THE- STRUGGLE FOB WALES. 19 ened his position as the lord of the Vale of Chvyd, butcheringthe Welsh without mercy, slaughtering them like herds ofcattle wherever he came up with them. The wise Roger ofMontgomery obtained the castle and earldom of Shrewsbury,and his dominion was soon extended over the region of theUpper Severn and the Vyrnwy. From Hereford, its Norman. riCTOX OASTLK, IEMBKOKESIIIIIE. earls penetrated along the valleys of the Wye and Usk to theWelsh mountains. The Clares and other families conqueredthe pleasant plains of Gwent and Morgannwg, and built castlesalonij the south coast, and along the west coast as far asAberystwyth. About 1081 it seemed as if the whole of Waleswould become Norman. [ Welsh names are usually accented ou Morgdnuoog.] the penultimate syllable — 20 THE COXSOLIDATION OF THE KiyGDOM. ?WalesandHenry II. Walesand tbe EnglisliChurcli. What remained was tlie wild land guarded by Snowdon,the Berwyn, and Pliolimon. Before this land could be con-quered, two great AVelsh princes turned back tlie Normantide. In lOSl (iruftydd ap Oynan became prince ofNorth Wales, and lihys ap Tewdwr prince of South Wales,(jruttydd ap < yuan caugh
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