Llannerch

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'''Llannerch''' (sometimes spelled Llanerch) was a commote in the cantref of Dyffryn Clwyd which later became the Marcher Lordship of Ruthin.<ref name=Rusu>{{cite journal |last=Rusu |first=R. |title=The evolution of administrative organization in Wales. Case study: The former Glyndŵr District |url=http://studia.ubbcluj.ro/download/pdf/605.pdf |page=151 |journal=Studia Ubb Geographia |volume=61 |issue=2 |year=2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Davies |editor1-first=John |editor2-last=Jenkins |editor2-first=Nigel |editor3-last=Baines |editor3-first=Manna |editor4-last=Lynch |editor4-first=Peredur I. |title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales |year=2008 |page=220 |isbn=978-0708319536}}</ref> Situated in an area south of Ruthin the commote covered an area of {{convert|9000|acres|sqmi ha}} which included the parishes of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd and Llanelidan and 19 townships.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Llinos Beverley |title=Family, land and inheritance in late medieval Wales: a case study of Llannerch in the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd |journal=Welsh History Review |issue=3 |volume=27 |year=2015 |page=428 |url=http://cyfraith-hywel.cymru.ac.uk/uploads/case_of_llanerch.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14179 |title=Lordship of Ruthin (Denbighshire): Court and Constables' Records |via=The National Archives |accessdate=13 November 2019}}</ref> Much of the land within the commote was owned by the Bishopric of Bangor.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://journals.library.wales/view/1277425/1285452/51 |title=Notes on the rural deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd to 1859 |journal=National Library of Wales Journal |page=50 |volume=XX |issue=1 |year=1977}}</ref>

The commote was abolished when the English system of counties was introduced to north Wales under the provisions of the Act of Union 1536 and the area became part of the county of Denbighshire.<ref name=Rusu/> The name was maintained with the building of Llannerch Hall in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ward and Lock's (late Shaw's) illustrated guide to and popular history of North Wales |year=1884 |page=59}}</ref>

Llannerch is known as the home of the poet, Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN ap LLYWELYN FYCHAN (c. 1485 - 1553), bard and member of a Welsh landed family {{!}} Dictionary of Welsh Biography |url=https://biography.wales/article/s-GRUF-API-1485 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=biography.wales}}</ref> He had four children including the poets Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan<ref>{{Cite DWB |title=CATRIN ferch GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN [ap LLYWELYN?] FYCHAN (fl. 16th century), poet |id=s-CATR-FER-1545 |access-date=2022-10-08}}</ref> and Alis ferch Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, known as Alis Wen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ALICE verch Griffith ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (fl. 1540-1570), a poetess {{!}} Dictionary of Welsh Biography |url=https://biography.wales/article/s-ALIS-FER-1520 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=biography.wales}}</ref>

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Category:Geography of Denbighshire Category:Commotes of Gwynedd Category:Medieval history of Wales