Qualla: Emlyn https://qualla.com/emlyn en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/emlyn-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Emlyn https://qualla.com/emlyn Emlyn: Introduction https://qualla.com/emlyn/ Photo credit LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Long before counties, parishes, or post codes, the land between the Preseli Hills and the Cambrian Mountains had its own name. Emlyn meant the country on both sides of the valley, am-glyn in old Welsh, and the valley in question was the Cuch, the small wooded river that runs north into the Teifi at Abercych. Emlyn was one of the seven cantrefi of Dyfed, the ancient Welsh kingdom that filled the south-western corner of Wales. It became part of Deheubarth around 950. The Normans took it in 1093. It was split in 1240, abolished as a unit in 1535, and yet its name still survives, attached to a small Carmarthenshire town and to the valley that gave the cantref its identity in the first place.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/emlyn-wp/gckb-emlyn-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Emlyn: Cantref and Commote https://qualla.com/emlyn/ Photo credit LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. A cantref in medieval Welsh law was an administrative district, literally a hundred farms or hundred townships, though in practice the numbers varied. Each cantref was usually divided into two or three commotes, smaller units used for justice and tax. Emlyn covered about 84 squar...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/emlyn-wp/gckb-emlyn-cantref-and-commote.mp3 0:06 2 full Emlyn: The Norman Crash https://qualla.com/emlyn/ Photo credit LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Following the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the ruler of Deheubarth was Rhys ap Tewdwr, who accepted the overlordship of William the Conqueror. When William died in 1087, Rhys took the view that his vassalage had been personal to William, not hereditary, and joined other Br...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/emlyn-wp/gckb-emlyn-the-norman-crash.mp3 0:06 3 full Emlyn: The Welsh Push Back https://qualla.com/emlyn/ Photo credit LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Arnulf de Montgomery did not enjoy his new lands long. In 1102, he joined his elder brother Robert of Belleme in an unsuccessful rebellion against Henry I in favour of Robert Curthose's claim to the English throne. As a rebel against his suzerain, Arnulf's lands were forfeit. Thr...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/emlyn-wp/gckb-emlyn-the-welsh-push-back.mp3 0:06 4 full Emlyn: Maredudd and the New Castle https://qualla.com/emlyn/ Photo credit LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. In 1241, Maredudd ap Rhys Gryg married Isobel, the illegitimate daughter of the late William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. The marriage was probably pre-arranged as part of the political settlement; Maredudd effectively acquired Emlyn Uwch Cuch as a dowry. To control his half of...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/emlyn-wp/gckb-emlyn-maredudd-and-the-new-castle.mp3 0:06 5 full Emlyn: Statute and Survival https://qualla.com/emlyn/ Photo credit LinguisticDemographer at English Wikipedia, Public domain. In 1282 the Statute of Rhuddlan formalised the conquest of Wales by Edward I, converting the king's Welsh lands into counties. Emlyn Uwch Cuch became part of the new Carmarthenshire, falling within the Elvet Hundred. Maredudd's son Rhys ap Maredudd inherited the family baronies, ...

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