DAVID POWEL Welsh Tudor Historian - Father of Cambrianism?

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Powels claim to fame is being seen as a founding father of Welsh Historiography, in so far as his work and presentation of what is regarded as the first fully published History of Wales until Lloyd's 1911 History of Wales. However, Powel's Historie of Cambria, now called Wales first published in 1583 was very much presented in the ''Welsh Anglo - Saxon Protestant'' spirit, as you will see from the extract on David Powel in the National Biography of Wales. See link at end, suffice now to present some quotes:

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''He rejoiced in the union with England, and averred that under it Wales was well ordered — lacking only a Bible in its own tongue. Yet he has no great love for the English people. If the Welsh fought with the English, ‘is it not natural to defend your purse against robbers ?’ — and he expatiates upon the wrongs done by March lords and royal officials in Wales. He has little to say on behalf of Owain Glyn Dwr, ‘who lived in a fool's paradise,’ and whose claim to the princely title was ‘altogether frivolous’ — indeed, he can spare Owain only a page'' .

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Thus Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, 1282 and Owain Glyndwr came to be conveniently set aside and in time forgotten, much suiting those 'Taffy West Britons' who in 1715 and 1745 desired to perpetuate ''WASPism''. The later 19th century Cymru Fydd Anglo Politic Brit Imperialist aka ''Welsh Cultural Nationalists'' would see virtue in resurrecting Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, 1282 and all that! as means to advance their rather moderate devolutionist aspirations. However, Owain Glyndwr would not achieve his full resurrection until much later, post 1911 and publication of Lloyds History of Wales and in our own times by virtue of the writings of the Patriotic Bard Harri Web and of Gwynfor Evans in Aros Mae. Not least in our own times we also must appreciate the work of Cofiwn and Embassy Glyndwr to make of Owain Glyndwr the more fully recognised National Hero of Wales. As you will see from the quote below Powel set in stone centuries of confused Welsh thinking on their history. Nationalists today would reject Powels 'Cambrianism' and see as the true destiny and direction of Welsh Nationhood, not as Powel and other ''WASP CAMBRIANISTS''. The followers of Powel's ''Cambrianism'' sought Union with England but still wanted to retain some cosy Religious/Cultural Dimension now also associated with Political Devoluiton! For these reasons we may see this Welsh Tudor Historian as the Founding Father of Cambrianism, although it's my oppinion but open for discussion and debate, so think on it and talk about it. EDUCATE TO BE FREE! But first read more of Powel's ''Cambrianism''.

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''Writing as he did in the age of Elizabeth, he goes out of his way to show that Owain Tudur was no plebeian adventurer but a man of ancient and noble lineage. Yet, interestingly enough, it is not upon the Penmynydd ancestry that he bases his queen's and her father's right to the principality of Wales. To him, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's heir was Dafydd ap Llywelyn to Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and his sons, Llywelyn and Dafydd, to Powel, were not in the legitimate succession; accordingly, on the death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, his heir was his sister, Gwladus Ddu, whose rights descended to the Mortimer family (qq.v.). In other words, the claim of Henry VIII (and of Elizabeth) to the principality arose not from Henry VII, but from his queen, Elizabeth (Mortimer) of the house of York''.
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All those Pro - Union Taffy Tossers, no doubt would agree with those sentiments which is why we must 'Cofia 11 Rhagfyr 1282' but really first and foremost it's to our national hero Owain Glyndwr and 'Cofia 21 Mehefin 1404' which in reality we must see as more worthy of our patriotic priorities. For Owain Glyndwr made sure that despite the attempts by such as Powel to bury him, we remember Owain Glyndwr as the great Liberator who on the 21 June 1404 not only restored our Sovereign Independence but also established a united CENEDL GLYNDWR - CENEDL CYMRU RYDD. For further information check out Owain Glyndwr Communicates Blog, but first make yourself more aware of ''Tudor Taff'' Historian David Powel via following link:
.The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography
POWEL, DAVID ( 1552? - 1598 ), cleric and historian. POWEL, JOHN or SION (d. 1767 ), a weaver-poet. POWELL family, of Nanteos (and anciently of ...yba.llgc.org.uk/en/P/list.html - 56k - cached - related

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Gethin.

Cambrianism - Begins Here: The Statute of Rhuddlan 1284.

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PATRIOTS RALLY OF REJECTION OF THE STATUTE OF RHUDDLAN

1284 - 2009. 725th Anniversary Commemoration.

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A proposal but who would organise? perhaps this is a matter for Gwynedd Patriots to consider. An effective ''Rally of Rejection'' would require good organisation and need to perhaps at it's core be localy based but able to draw upon wider active working organisation support from the immediate area of Northern Wales., not least Gwynedd - The heartland of Pura Walliae at time of Llywelyn III, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd 'Tywysog Cymru'. So, Gwynedd Patriots and others think on it? there is over a year to organise, but as for date of such a proposed Mass Mobalisation of Patriots, I am not in position to suggest, as I have not been able to find a date for the Statute of Rhuddlan. anyone know?
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Whatever, some background History and why not start by linking into Wikapedia: Rhuddlan Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rhuddlan Castle is a Welsh castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire. It was erected by King Edward I beginning in 1277, but was not completed until 1282. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhuddlan_Castle - 20k - cached - related Information in here will link you to the Statute of Rhuddlan but also do a Google Search on the web, much comes up.

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Below is photo of a building in Rhuddlan, in which local history records that therein was held a Parliment of Anglo - Norman Magnates and traitor Welsh Chiefs to give their approval of Edward's Statute of Rhuddlan of 1284.

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Below is a good link to an Historically/Patriotic Correct interpretation of the ruthless 'take over' of the Principality of Gwynedd and Pura Walliae, making of them English Crown Lands. It is here at Rhuddland in 1284 that not only is the Sovereignty of Gwynedd cast into the dustbin of Anglo-Welsh History but it is here that are established the foundations for the later 1536 complete annexation of Cymru/Wales - Incorperated as a ''Principlality'' as part of the Realm of England and present English State. Check out the below:

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GO BRITANNIA! Wales: Wales History Timeline - 1284-1409 AD
The Statute of Rhuddlan (The Statute of Wales), confirmed Edward's ruthless ...these masterpieces of dialogue and emotional story telling may date back to ...
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See Picture below: Another awful example of ''Cambrianism'', the plaque set upon this aforementioned building in Rhuddlan which not only commemorates the Statute of Rhuddlan 1284 but actually celebrates that Statute as ''Securing to the Principality of Wales, it's justice and Independence''. Now just how could that be? I can just imagine ''Vichyist French'' more or less saying the same thing about their pact with Hitler. So how come the Welsh can come up with this? maybe it was not the Welsh who were responsible for this plaque (anyone got info on this?) but I just know that 'WASPs' had an hand in this somewhere along the line. Whatever, it smacks awfully of a perfect piece of double talk that is usual of ''Cambrianism'' and ''Cambrianist'' versions of Welsh History, see O.M. Edwards, Wales - In Story of Nations with its final salute to the English Princes of Wales 'Ich Dein'. NB: The year given on this plaque is 1283, it's wrong of course, as is their interpretation of the Edwardian final conquest of Wales 1282 -83. There is a very interesting reason why Edward allowed the ''Old Chiefs'' to keep certain older Welsh Laws, as it actually put them at a disadvantage economically compared to English Settlers useing English Laws. I will return to this theme else where at another time, possibly in my Welsh Remembrancer Blog http://welshremembrancer.blogspot.com/

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To conclude, I would imagine that if the event I proposed is carried out, why not make it a long weekend event in time of good weather, with Conference on Sovereignty issues and struggle for Independence. Not least the organisation of Social entertainment, making the weekend a Patriotic Folk Festival plus 'Pop Cymraeg' as well. As for the Rejection Rally, I suggest assembling in area of Castle with march through Town past that offending plaque back to the Castle for the Rejection Rally with loads of speeches. Followed maybe by a Patriots Picnic in the Castle. Sounds great to me, two years almost to organise, so get cracking making loads and loads of national and Patriotic Flags and Banners, if no one organises an event as I describe. I suggest Patriots just get up to Rhuddlan for a patriotic ''Autonomous Action'' gathering, some time next year I hope to be able to propose a good date upon which to hold such an event. If anyone out there is interested in helping to organise or attend, let me know: gethin.apgruffydd@ntlworld.com

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G.ap Gruffydd.

A Cracker of Contemporary Cambrianism!

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Is Adam Price Plaid MP Serious? Guess he is! Why should I not be suprised? After all plenty of Welsh Speaking MPs in the English Parliament and soon many more Welsh Speaking Lords in the English House of Lords, number of them soon will be PLAID LORDS. It would be hopeless to think they could be as the Irish Republicans and call for our MPs not to take their seats in the English Parliament, nor scramble to get into the English House of Lords? As for Welsh Speaking Welsh Mercenaries or should that be ''Colonial Conscripts?'' in the British Army, really who cares what language they get their orders in to fight and die for England's Queen and Country. Obviosly Adam Price left Wing Plaid MP does or is he just taking the P***! for the sake of point scoring or getting himself some self promoting publicity? I have noticed of late he's been spouting off about all sorts of things as 'Asylum Seeekers/Economic Migrants' and S4C removing itself from Cardiff to Pura Walliae. But is he serious about any of it? If he wants to make a really big noise and get acres of coverage, why does he not be so bold as to call upon the Welsh/English Speakers and the Cymry/Cymraeg Speakers not to join the British Army, Full Stop! See below another good ''Cambrianism Cracker'', follow the Dragon, some interesting connection made between 11 Rhagfyr - Cofia 1282 and the Welsh Regiments Parade in Caerdydd on 11 December 2007. I have made the same connection over at Cilmeri Commemoration Blog http://cofadcilmeri.blogspot.com/ but I have proposed that Patriots in Caerdydd on 11 Rhagfyr 2007 take them selves over to City Hall that day to leave floral & Ivy Cross tributes at the Statue therein, of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd 'Tywysog Cymru' killed by an Anglo/Norman Army, for the most part made up of Welsh ''Colonial Conscripts'' (Cymric Speaking) that represented the ''Rest of Wales/Cymru'' against Gwynedd and the struggle to retain it's Independance and that of Pura Walliae, and a Cymru/Wales that might have been if history had been kinder.

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Maybe if ''Cymraeg Speaking Fellow Countrymen'' had not been so quick to run to the "English Colours" Llywelyn III may have won that Second War of Welsh Independence but no, it was not to be so. Although, it was Edward enforcing a ''Colonial Conscription'' upon the Cymry/Welsh that contributed to the 1294 Rebellion. Afterwards apart from the bitter fight between the Welsh and English Soldiers (over issues of food and wine distribution, see web) pre the bigger Battle of Falkirk 1298. However, the last great war of Independence led by Owain Glyndwr, seen a near enough proper Welsh National Liberation Army come into existance but many Cymry/Welsh still fought on the side of the English and have been doing so since from time of the AZINCOURT to Battle of Rourkes Drift and following down to our own times. Myself personally, do not think it a good thing that ''Welsh Nationalists'' make any statements that might encourage Cymry/Welsh to join the British Army. I wonder what the oppinion is of all the CND Pacifists & Left Femme Fatales of PLAID got to say about this business? anyway, another good topic to raise at the annual Rali Cilmeri 2007 around the National Rememberance Service there, and also at Aberedw, Abaty Cwm Hir and in Caernarfon and at Llys Rhosyr, Ynys Mon.

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The day we cast away this sort of ''Cambrianism'', is the day we will start running towards Welsh Independence, at the moment it seems as if we are really running backwards towards full Colonialism rather than the Neo - Colonial Devolution Wales we are stuck in. What a mess!!!! NB: Cuttings from Western Mail 8/12/07.

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Gethin ap Gruffydd.

Cambrianism Wins! West Britons Rule?

Yes! Might well he can laugh, he, Dafydd Wiggley and other PLAID PINK PACTERS Elfyn Llwyd, Cynog Dafis and Sian Lloyd??? are going to do well out of PLAID lifting it's ban on entry into the English House of Lords, I note the PLAID LEFT made all the correct radical mumblings. As with Oaths to the English Queen and visits of the English Royalty to the ''Sham Senedd'', the so called PLAID REPUBLICAN LEFT they mumble a lot but then there is little Radical Republican Action? As for the ''Peripheral Patriots", the collective brands of diverse ''Welsh Republicanisms'' and the debris of ''Alternative Welsh Nationalism'' have heard little from they, apart from it seems a 'PUKE Republican/ Nationalist FACTION' threatening me for speaking my mind as to what is wrong with so much in the national struggle. I want bore you with repeating all this again now as I have said much on this already, and no doubt will again but elsewhere as in THE WELSH REMEBRANCER http://welshremembrancer.blogspot.com/ and THE WELSH PATRIOT http://welshpatriot.blogspot.com/ also in PWCA POWER http://pwcapower.blogspot.com/ Anyway back to the on going success of ''Cambrianism'', it really does appear that the rule of the West Briton mentality is back. It of course was born in the buy out of the Bards by Elizabeth I at two Eisteddfod's at Caerwys in the 16th century but really matured between 1715 and 1745 in the main amongst the London Welsh as a cowardly Cymric response to Jacobitism. These 18th century "Welsh Taffies" aka "Welsh Anglo - Saxon Protestants'' to prove their loyalty to the English Crown established a Society of Ancient Britons, established on Saint Davids day (birthday then of an English Princess of Wales) complete no doubt with leek eating and royal toasts, these ''Crachach Collaborators'' also adopted the three feathers and it's motto 'ICH DIEN' as their badge. In 1745 they reorganised themselves as the Honourable Society of the Cymrodorion, the age of "Cambrian Romanticism'' and ''Cultural Nationalism" had arrived and in it's wake would develope and be institutionalised in Wales the virus of ''Cambrianism'' which makes the prevailing disease of Devolutionism so acceptable to present day 'Welsh Nationalism' with it's roots in rural revivalism and 'Cymric Cultural Identity' rather than a true all embracing National Identity and National Consciousness. If the latter had been the case, I doubt if we would see so called 'Welsh Nationalists' becoming PLAID PINK PACTERS and voting to participate in the English House of Lords, not only a place of Patronage and Privellege but also very much a BASTION of ENGLISH SOVEREIGNTY over the Celtic Nations as is the ENGLISH PARLIAMENT. Well that's all I got to say on that subject at the moment, I will let others take it from there in some D&D, possibly at Rali Cilmeri 2007. I fear that the day may come when Cilmeri becomes a focus and font of ''Cambrianism'', after all this whole ''Llywelyn the Last'' thing was founded as an expression of rampant ''Cambrianism''. If you doubt that just take a look at the last chapter XXVII of Wales - In the Story of Nations by Owen M.Edwards, see the Conclusion, note in particular the last line, after he's glossed over the partnership between ''National Intensity" and "Imperial Sympathy'', he ends with this declaration: The Motto of Wales is to be that of it's Prince - ''Ich Dien".

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I had been radically hostile to the Plaid Pact and castigated in particular the so calle '18' who had opposed it but then accepted it, I thought how typical of ''fence sitters'', scratch em and you will see their no more than ''Moderate Devolutionists" despite a few of them posing as "Radical Rebels" as and when it suits them in certain circles. However, in the early days of this Plaid Pink Pact, Ieuan Wyn and Rhodri Glyn started mouthing some positive patriotism, re a North - South Highway and making S4c ino a truelly Welsh National TV Channel with programmes in both of our languages for all of our people (a matter I shall deal with again some time). On top of all that Adam Price MP seemed to be talking a lot of sense, and I began to soften and think well, this is as good as it is ever going to get. I reminded myself that Phil Williams had said to me once, "Gethin - No matter what Plaid Cymru does you will critcise us", HHHhhhmmm!!! He was of course spot on, so as I said I began to soften (maybe an age thing) and thought lets go along with this 'Real Politik' after all being a ''Peripheral Patriot'' as Robert ap Steffan calls those on the fringe of his Pragmatic Plaid Realism, has achieved little? (self doubt, an age thing too, maybe?). Thus, I backed off from pushing my ideas through Embassy Glyndwr of promoting the idea of the need for a PLAID GLYNDWR - Welsh National Sovereignity Party. I pulled down an item I had written and posted in Owain Glyndwr Communicates, subsequently I have resigned from Embassy Glyndwr, not on this issue as my resignation had more to do with my retirement from Embassy work and not differences of political oppinion, although Sian is softer on "Plaid Cymru" that I. Whatever, for a while I was softening up on all this going down in Wales but then along comes this vote and acceptance of the ENGLISH HOUSE OF LORDS. Thus my attitude is radically hardening again but what about you? is there any Nationalist Dissent at all? or is all just accepting or is it a case of the Patriotic Bottle as been broken? Maybe we will see at this years Rali Cilmeri, if Patriots are going to voice their disapproval or just fear to say boo to a goose!!! Meanwhile, Plaid Glyndwr? I understand that Embassy Glyndwr has not entirely shelved the idea but I now have moved beyond that to even more radical ways and means forward, seriously considering that maybe there is need to see matters as the way forward being through an Adfywiad Newydd but as of yet, I cannot really make up my mind if that should be an ADFYWIAD GWLADGAROL or possibly an ADFYWIAD GOCH, it goes with out saying both would be a REPUBLICAN RESURGENCE but of the Mazzini or the Garibaldi brand and path that's the big question?

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Whatever, I look more to Europe of the 1848 'Year of Revolution' and not Wales 1848 and the ''Cambrian Outrage'' over the ''Infamouse'' BLUE BOOKS that followed to help in time create the ''Cambrian Cultural Bourgeouise Nationalism" of Cymru Fydd Liberalism. It is from this tradition that Plaid Cymru essentially has it's roots planted within, although Saunders Lewis Catholic Radicalism and a dash of "Hwntw Leftism" would get into the mix along the way. Of course the ''Catholic Radicalism'' was greatly moving in direction supportive of ''Language Nationalism'' partly motivating the Language Struggle to some extent in the 60's. The ''Hwntw Leftism'' twisted and turned in a verity of diverse ways in and outside Plaid Cymru, out side in thrice failed ''Welsh Radical Republicanism" . There has always been ''Left Influence'' in Plaid Cymru, from the days of Dr D.J.Davies, to Emrys Roberts and the New Nation Group to present day ascendent ''Femme Fatale'' led left of PLAID. It is all ratherc ironic that the present day PLAID so dominated by ''Left Influence'' goes and votes for "Entryism" into the English House of Lords. This underlines what I am getting at, that it's the success of ''Cambrianism'' which will always nuetralist any attempt at giving rise to a real Welsh Nationalist Philosophy and Theory of radical Welsh Nationalist Political Struggle of National Liberation and Independence, that's my oppinion but what's yours?, noting I would rather see it in RADICAL NATIONALIST ACTION than just blogging along or ''My Spacing Facing'' and all this endless navel gazing and Posing and Posturing Peripheral Patriotism. If you have something sensible to write on these subjects let me know other wise if you are going to send me threatening letters, can you please try not to be so childish, try hard to be politically sensible, if that is possible as you know people who write this sort of "gibberish" have lost the arguement, FULL STOP!!!!!

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Yn Ffyddlon, Hwyl!

Gethin 'Iestyn' ap Gruffydd.

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