# Llannerch

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{{Short description|Welsh medieval commote}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

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'''Llannerch''' (sometimes spelled Llanerch) was a [commote](/source/commote) in the [cantref](/source/cantref) of [Dyffryn Clwyd](/source/Dyffryn_Clwyd) which later became the [Marcher Lord](/source/Marcher_Lord)ship 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](/source/Ruthin) the commote covered an area of {{convert|9000|acres|sqmi ha}} which included the parishes of [Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd](/source/Llanfair_Dyffryn_Clwyd) and [Llanelidan](/source/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](/source/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)) |accessdate=13 November 2019}}</ref> Much of the land within the commote was owned by the [Bishopric of Bangor](/source/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](/source/Act_of_Union_1536) and the area became part of the [county](/source/county) of [Denbighshire](/source/Denbighshire).<ref name=Rusu/> The name was maintained with the building of [Llannerch Hall](/source/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](/source/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
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