Note 895 — Chapter V · THE ANGEVIN EMPIRE. 1175–1183.
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Ann. Cambr. a. 1166 (i.e. 1165; Williams, p. 50). Brut y Tywys., a. 1164 (Williams, p. 201). Gir. Cambr. Itin. Kambr., l. ii. c. 10 (Dimock, vol. vi. p. 138). According to the Brut (as above) Henry first “moved an army with extreme haste, and came to Rhuddlan, and purposed to erect a castle there, and stayed there three nights. After that he returned into England, and collected a vast army,” etc. Following this, Mr. Bridgeman (Princes of S. Wales, p. 48) and Mr. Eyton (Itin. Hen. II., pp. 79, 82) divide the Welsh campaign of 1165 into two, one in May and the other in July. Neither the Ann. Cambr. nor Gerald, however, make any mention of the Rhuddlan expedition.