Events after the conquest of Wales by Edward Longshanks
Upon the death of Llywelyn, longshanks did all he could to get rid of any sign of A Welsh nation. Firstly, he dismantled most of llywelyn's halls and took over his castles. He then tried to kill off the lineage by ensuring Llywelyn's only child Gwenllian along with the daughters of her uncle Dafydd ap Gruffudd, were all confined for life in remote priories in Lincolnshire and never allowed freedom. Dafydd ap Gruffudd was dragged through the streets of Shrewsbury by a horse, hanged, revived and then disembowelled, He was the first recoded noble to be hung drawn and quartered. Edward also took from the Welsh Llywelyn’s coronet, the matrix of his seal, the crown of Arthur and the most sacred a cross that contained a piece of the t rue Cross known as Y Groes Naid. It is recorded that ''Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales and Lord of Aberffraw had deposited this crown (Welsh: Talaith) and other items (such as the Cross of Neith) with the monks at Cymer A