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    Buellt or Builth was a cantref in medieval Wales, located west of the River Wye. Unlike most cantrefs, it was not part of any of the major Welsh kingdoms...
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    conquered Buellt around 1095. The area then changed hands between multiple Norman and Welsh figures. In November 1282, Edward I overran Buellt as part of...
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    590) Morudd ab Eldad (c. 630) Pasgen Buellt ap Gwyddaint (c. 700) Tewdwr ap Pasgen (c. 730) Gloud ap Pasgn Buellt (c. 730) Ffernfael ap Tewdwr (c. 760...
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    Commote (section Buellt)
    Swyd Uudugre Kymwt Swyd Yethon Kymwt Llwythyfnwc Cantref Buellt Kymwt Penn Buellt (Cwmwd Pen Buellt) Kymwt Swydman (Cwmwd Swyddfan(?) : Cwmwd Dinan) Kymwt...
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    Gwrtheyrn). For most of the medieval era, it was associated with the cantref of Buellt and then Elfael, small regional kingdoms whose rulers operated independently...
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  • or Avon or Avan, a river in southwest Wales Saint Afan (Welsh: Sant Afan Buellt), Welsh bishop and saint of the 6th century The Lords of Afan, Lordship...
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    Saint Afan (redirect from Afan Buellt)
    Afan of Builth (Welsh: Sant Afan Buellt; Latin: Avanus) was an early 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint. His feast day is generally placed on...
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    Powys Wenwynwyn Arwystli Cedewain Cyfeiliog Caereinion Mechain Mochnant Gorfynydd Gwynllwg Gŵyr Penychen Senghenydd Gwrtheyrnion Elfael Maelienydd Buellt...
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  • son of Tewdwr; Old Welsh: Fernmail map Teudur; fl. c. 830) was a king of Buellt and Gwrtheyrnion in medieval Wales. Little is known of him besides a pedigree...
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    of Brecknockshire, which corresponds roughly to Hereford's lordship of Brecon (the bulk), together with the Lordship of Buellt (the northwest corner)....
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    population of 2,568. Builth is a longstanding anglicization of the Old Welsh Buellt/Buallt, which combines bu ([bɨː]) "ox" and gellt (later gwellt) "lea or...
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    for the manuscript has been identified as Hywel Fychan fab Hywel Goch of Buellt. He is known to have worked for Hopcyn ap Tomas ab Einion (c.  1330–1403)...
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  • merged into Deheubarth through inheritance. Powys Brycheiniog Gwrtheyrnion Buellt Pengwern Elfael Maelienydd Morgannwg Glywysing Gwent Ergyng Dumnonia (Located...
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    Llywelyn pursued his interests internally by dislodging Roger Mortimer of Buellt. This would be an act of war which would be followed by an English decree...
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  • Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber, who already possessed the adjacent Lordship of Buellt. Years later, when Sibyl died, the rest of the Lordship of Brecknock was...
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  • village. Treflys, in the Middle Ages was a "Cwmwd" within the Cantref of Buellt. For elections to Powys County Council, Treflys is covered by the Llanwrtyd...
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    his father in his various lordships in 1227, including Abergavenny and Buellt.[citation needed] William married Eva Marshal, daughter of William Marshal...
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    tracts, the founder of the fifth Royal Tribe of Wales. He was the Prince of Buellt, and later also of Fferreg (also known as Ferlix); in the century after...
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  • Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae gives the following lineage: "Afan Buellt son of Cedig son of Ceredig son of Cunedda Wledig by Degfed ["Tenth"] daughter...
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    independent state of Buellt; the town of Rhayader is on the Gwrtheyrnion side of the river. Rhys had recently conquered Buellt, hitherto ruled by William...
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  • Brother of Saint Ederyn Aelrhiw 9 September (trad.) Afan of Builth or Afan Buellt 6th century Llanafan Fawr Llanfechan Llanafan 17 or 16 November (trad.)...
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    that Pascent, the son of Vortigern, was granted rule over the regions of Buellt and Gwrtheyrnion by Ambrosius. Finally, in Chapter 66, various events are...
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  • next day. There is another marvel in the region which is called Buelt (≈Buellt). There is a mound of stones there and one stone placed above the pile with...
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  • Idnerth (Mauric/Meuruc, [son] of Idnerth) was an early 6th-century king of Buellt, a medieval Welsh kingdom. Little is known of King Meurig, who ruled circa...
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  • uprising. The scribe has been identified as Hywel Fychan fab Hywel Goch of Buellt, who worked for Hopcyn ap Tomas ab Einion (fl. 1337–1408) near Swansea....
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    Church of England. Born in 1804 at Llanllywenfel (Llanlleon-vel), in the Buellt district of Brecon, the son of Isaac Price, a shopkeeper and prominent Calvinistic...
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    either the Ffinnant near Soar in Brycheiniog, or the Ffinnant near Duhonw in Buellt); the cause and participants of the battle are not otherwise reported, but...
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    Llanfair-ym-Muallt Both English and Welsh names derive from the original Welsh Buellt, meaning "cow pasture", with the Welsh name mutating with the additional...
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    England. In 1525, he was appointed High Steward of Sutton Coldfield and Buellt, Steward of the Household and Counsellor to Mary, Princess of Wales, Chief...
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    eighth century. There are mentions of Brycheiniog and Gwrtheyrnion (near Buellt) in that era, but for the latter it is difficult to say whether it had either...
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