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Treatment of the Welsh at the start of Glyndwrs wars, where all of Wales had enough.

Treatment of the Welsh at the start of Glyndwrs wars, where all of Wales had enough. This treatment of the Welsh only added numbers to Glyndwrs armies. A mistake often made by England over the years.  In 1400 Henry IV, on his way back from invading Scotland, heard of an uprising in Wales, he soon  turned his army towards Wales. Henry led his army around North Wales. He was harassed constantly by bad weather and the attacks of Welsh guerrillas. When he arrived on Anglesey, he harried the island, killing anyone they come across, burning villages and monasteries, including the Llanfaes Friary.  Rhys ap Tudur led an ambush of the king's forces at Rhos Fawr. After they were engaged, the Englishmen fled back to the safety of Beaumaris Castle. In 1401 Henry IV   marched across Wales again but this time it was through south Wales to Strata Florida Abbey. Here his troops camped in the abbey, robbing its relics, mocking and killing monks and stabling their horses at the high altar. Monks alo