King of England :
Henry III 1216-72
Background information :
The execution of William Braose in 1230 brought the male line of that family to an end. His estates were initialy taken by vassals of the Crown although later they passed as dowry through his daughters. Before any of that Llywelyn was back on the warpath, invading Radnorshire, then part of Crown territory in 1231 after some of his envoys were executed at Montgomery. New Radnor was sacked and burnt. Henry responded by advancing into Elfael where he rebuilt Painscastle. The Welsh counter attacked by-passing this new fortress and invading the S of Elfael. Shortly afterwards it was given to the de Tony family. In 1233 Richard Cornwall, brother of the King, led a force which regained New Radnor

and he proceeded to rebuild the castle at his own expense. By 1235 New Radnor had passed into the guardianship of Ralph Mortimer who was married to Matilda, one of William Braose's daughters. Peace was briefly acheived towards the end of Llywelyns life with the Treaty of Brockton in 1234 which tacitly allowed Llywelyn to keep most of his conquests, but did not recognise that he had any legal right to hold these territories. Henry was planning war to retake these lost areas after Llywelyns death. For the next six years until that happened Llywelyn, who knew or had guessed about Henrys plans, tried to prepare for the succession of his son Daffyd. In the late 1230's he tried to get all the Welsh Princes and leaders under his influence to swear loyalty to Daffyd. Henry forbade this move which put the Welsh in an awkward situation.