Published
Historical
Books
A
Political
Chronology of Wales from 1066 to 1282: Part 1: 1066 to 1199 (ISBN 1-899376-15-1) [1995]. Part
2:
1200 to 1246 (ISBN 1-899376-25-9) [1995]. Part
3: 1247 to 1275 (ISBN 1-899376-26-7) [1995]. Part
4 1276 to 1282 (ISBN 1-899376-27-5) [1995].
These
booklets cover the events relevant to Wales in the period from
the Norman Conquest to the fall of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in 1282.
In summary form the struggle between Welsh, English and Normans
is displayed with reference to the founding of castles, sieges,
deaths, conquests and battles. Many maps and an index help
to chronicle the maelstrom of changing alliances and political
power structures. A must to understanding the turbulent history
of Wales.
Previously
Out of Print. Now replaced by one volume
as detailed below
New
Series!
- A
Political Chronology of Wales, 1066 to
1282
- An Annual
Breakdown of Events
- (ISBN
1-899376-46-1) [2003]
- is now
available as a single volume at £24.95
-
From
Banff to Plymouth: The Memorabilia of a Nineteenth Century Sailor (ISBN 1-899376-31-3) [1997] covers the known
history
of John Bremner (1779-1871) from his impressment into the Royal
Navy in 1803 through many Napoleonic campaigns including Copenhagen,
Trafalgar, Lisbon and Sumatra to his retirement in 1835. Printed
in full are his many letters and several poems written by him
during the era and which have been passed down to the Remfry family
as John's direct descendants. The picture opposite is of Hong
Kong where
John's son, John James Manly Bremner served in the early 1850's.
Available at
£4.95.
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Castles
of Radnorshire
(Logaston Press, ISBN 1-873827-54-7) [1996]. This book covers
the political history of the now defunct county from its origins
as part of the now largely forgotten kingdom of Cynllibiwg to
its overrunning by Parliamentary forces in the Civil War of 1642-46.
Detailed are the struggles between the kings of Cynllibiwg and
their princely successors and the Normans of Herefordshire,
occasionally
led by the kings of England. Into this treacherous web is minutely
woven the building, destruction and rebuilding of the 45 castles
in the county. The history is followed by a gazetteer of all the
castles giving a brief history and the current preservation and
state of access to the site. A major strength of the book is that
all the castle sites have been visited by the author. Their convoluted
history and as far as possible their chronology has been disentangled.
Includes New Radnor Castle,
Twyn y Garth, Barland
Castle,
Burfa
Castle, Womaston Castle, Evenjobb Castle, Knapp Farm mound, Kinnerton
Castle, Newcastle, Dinieithon Castle, Cymaron
Castle, Cefnllys
Castles, Knucklas
Castle, Castell y Blaid, Tinboeth
Castle, Buddugre
Castle, Tomen Castle, Knighton Castle, Bryn y Castell, Norton
Castle, Bleddfa Castle, Pilleth Castle, Rhaeadr Castle, Rhaeadr-gwy
Castle, Colwyn Castle,
Penarth Castle, Fforest Wood Castle, Guanceste,
Painscastle,
Llandeilo Graben Castle, Llanstephan Castle, Dolbedwyn Castle,
Cwrt Evan Gwynne Castle, Cae Maerdy Castle, Llowes Castle, Clyro
Castle, Glasbury Castle,
Aberedw Castles,
Boughrood Castle and
Trewern Castle.
Available at
£7.95. Please contact
Logaston Press directly.
Twelve
years after this first
edition a second edition has now been published in 2008, The Castles and History of
Radnorshire (ISBN 1-899376-82-8).
This massively expanded book consists of 309 pages of A4 and
examines in greater detail the history and castles of Radnorshire and Rhwng Gwy a Hafren.
Starting in the early eleventh century the book covers the
age of the castles up to the Civil War of 1642-46.
Each castle description is buttressed by numerous photographs
and plans of the earthworks and remains where they survive. A
new look is also taken at the battlefield of Pilleth and the evidence
for the course of the battle is scrutinised. The book also
contains genealogical family trees of the major historical Radnorshire
families and a full index.
Available for £29.95.
The
Castles
of
Breconshire (Logaston Press, ISBN 1-873827-80-6) [1998] .
This book follows the same format as its predecessor for Radnorshire.
The many smaller baronial families who made up the aristocracy
of the county are explored in some depth from their arrival in
the eleventh century to their extinction many generations later.
Much of the history dwells on the policies and campaigns of the
two Llywelyns of Gwynedd in the thirteenth century. Once more
all the castle sites have been visited by the author and once
more they are described in detail. Includes Brecon Castle, Aberyscir
Castle, Alexanderstone Castle, Castle Madog, Cilwhybert Castle,
Clawdd British, Cwm Camlais Castle, Llanddew Castle, Llandefaelog-Fach
Castle, Llanigon Castle, Llanthomas Castle, Pencelli Castle, Pont
Estyll Castle, Sennybridge Castle, Trecastle, Ty'n-y-Caeau Castle,
Vaynor Castle, Ystradfellte Castle, Castell Coch, Bronllys Castle,
Aberllynfi Castle, Blaenllyfni Castle, Crickhowell Castle, Garn
y Castell, Hen Castell, Maescelyn Castle, Scethrog Tower, Talgarth
Tower, Tredustan Castle, Trefecca Castle, Tretower Castle, Twmpan
Castle, Builth Wells Castle, Caer Beris Castle, Caerau Castle,
Treflis Castle, Llanafan-fawr Castle, Llysdinam Castle, Forest
Twdin, Castell Dinas, Crickardarn Castle, Waun Gunllwch and Llyswen.
Available at £8.95.
Alternatively please contact
Logaston Press directly
Annales Cambriae
New
Series!
The translation of the Latin Welsh Annals
known collectively as Annales
Cambriae has finally been published in 335 A4 pages at
£29.95. The three annals
published by the Rolls Series,
and edited by the Rev. John Williams ab Ithel in 1860, have long needed
an
English translation. To these three annals I have added translations of
the Cronica
de Wallia and the Welsh chronicle found in the Ms Exchequer
Domesday Book which was apparently made at Neath abbey.
Together all five works add details to English and Welsh history from
the days
of King Arthur to 1298.
The introduction looks at the provenances
of all five
annals and discusses various problems of chronology and even the actual
date of their compilation. The book contains many
footnotes and cross-references that will be of interest to all students
of
history as well as numerous descriptions of the vagaries of climate,
like
flood,
snow, earthquakes and eclipses.
The entry for 1197 concerning the death of
the Lord Rhys ap Gruffydd reads:
Prince Rhys ap Gruffydd
of South
Wales, the most noble, annihilator of the English, shield of the Welsh,
died on 27 April; his noble body was interred with all due honour at St
David's; to whose honour these verses, according to our little worth,
we have composed, to parody between him and tyrants through contrast.
When he wished to prepare to strike the rains of Busiris,
Rhys refused to the ethereal water by blood;
And as often as the citizens of Phaleris were scorched in debt (parched
in the air),
Rhys became accustomed to being envied by the nearby nations.
He was not Antiphates, nor the false conqueror Ulysses,
He brought horses rapidly to fodder, not men,
But was slow to punish a prince, but quick to reward.
Everything which he gathered he gave away to be bold.
He was not inferior to his ancestors, he was an offshoot of a noble
family,
He arose from kings, Rhys has fallen, and to the heavens he returns.
Immediately on the death
of his
father, Gruffydd ap Rhys went to visit the king's court, and was there
made heir and returned home. Maelgwn ap Rhys about August
captured his brother Gruffydd and gave his custody to Gwenwynwyn ab
Owain, who after a while swopped him with the king for Carreghofa
(Carrec Huwa). Rhys Gryg and Maredudd ap Rhys were released
from
the prison of their brother Gruffydd.
Annales
Cambriae. A Translation
of Harleian 3859; PRO E.164/1; Cottonian Domitian, A 1; Exeter
Cathedral Library MS. 3514 and MS Exchequer DB Neath, PRO E.164/1
(ISBN 1-899376-81-X) is available at £29.95
Listed on the Annales Cambriae page are
the contents table of the
book and the index.
Monumental Brasses in Shropshire By Mill Stephenson, B.A., F.S.A.
[Reprinted from The ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, March, 1895]
With additions and corrections by Paul Martin Remfry
Described here, and excellently illustrated, are the 21 extant
brasses to be found in Shropshire. This paper was
first published in 1895. Further information has since become
available on two of the earliest brasses, those for Elizabeth Cornwall
in Burford and William Vernon with Margaret Swinfen. This
information is printed as two addenda.
The book, 84 A4 pages long is available for £9.95 via the
button below.