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Medieval Wales: everything you wanted to know

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The Treaty of Montgomery - Is That Correct?

There's no formal relationship between the two sides. The problem is, acknowledging it exists doesn't actually set any lines around it. And soarenap grate takes advantage of the next big civil war in england to claim lordship over all the welsh lords of wales. In exchange for that, he has to pay 25 thousand marks. That's equal to about two weeks wages for every single household in wales every year for ten years. This is the sticking point of h montgomeryd and that's what leads, really famously, ah, to the construction of carfilly castle.

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