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Machynlleth’s Parliament House is a Grade I listed building (Day 7)

Henry IV’s two expeditions of 1402 to quell the uprising, and the introduction of punitive laws, simply caused an escalation of the revolt. By 1403 Glyndŵr controlled much of Wales, and in 1404 he was crowned ruler of a free Wales in Machynlleth.

Glyndŵr, keen to form alliances with other sovereign nations, courted the allegiance of the French king and set out to demonstrate, in the Pennal Letter, his allegiance to the Pope in Avignon. But inexorably the Welsh were overcome, and by 1407 the rebellion was fading. Glyndŵr fled into hiding and died, it is believed, in Herefordshire in about 1416. He was unquestionably a man of vision, for had the rebellion succeeded some believe Wales could at that time have had its own church and university. However, the Welsh economy was left in a parlous state, and many churches and at least 40 towns had suffered significant damage.

This monument to Owain Glyndŵr stands in the park at Machynlleth (Day 8)