Aberffrawwas one of the three medievalcantrefson the island ofAnglesey,northWales,in theKingdom of Gwyneddas a cadet branch, named theHouse of Aberffraw.[1]It lay on the western side of the island onCaernarfon Bay.Its administrative centre wasAberffraw,the ancient seat of the Princes of Gwynedd. In the 1300s, it was ruled byviceroys(Welsh:rhaglaw) from the lineage ofHwfa ap Cynnddelwwho represented Anglesey in theparliament of 1327regarding the deposition ofEdward II of England.[2]
The cantref consisted of the twocwmwdsofLlifonandMalltraeth.[1]
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edit- ^abRowlands, Henry (1766).Mona Antiqua restaurata: An archaeological discourse on the antiquities, natural and historical of the Isle of Anglesey.J. Knox. pp. 114–115.
- ^Carr, Antony D. (12 October 2017).The Gentry of North Wales in the Later Middle Ages.University of Wales Press. pp. 118–119.ISBN978-1-78683-136-1.
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