Shifting Sands

       Waves tossed sporadically upon the shorelines of the ocean of troubles. My Jones family would have certainly been bounced about many times during this corridor of time. No dry land around this place and, it would be hard to find a dry spot anywhere. Walking in any direction would be a challenge. 

       Let's see now, Llywelyn "The Great" died 11 April 1240 A.D. He lost his head after a few title waves hit his sands of time. Then his son Dafydd, lost even more of his body parts 25 February 1246. Treaty of Woodstock arrived 1247 giving some respite to the height of waves. Then, Henry III granted Llywelyn "The Last" some respect with the Treaty of Montgomery 1267 AD. Then after that fellow named "Longshanks" (Edward I) Tsunami'd his way on shore, the first war wave 1276-1277 A.D. began. Then, the Treaty of Aberconway (Conway) 1277 A.D. was followed by the second tsunami of war 1282-1283 A.D., giving rise to The Statute of Rhuddlan 1284. [Llywelyn "The Last" died 11 December 1282] "Divine Providence" old Longshanks would write. Little did he realize, he was just part of the shifting sands.

       Reference for the above events can be found in the first text used in many of my tree climbing adventures and, a copy still lives in one of the most useful research notebooks numbered #1. [For a discussion of my research notebooks see [ https://tjgresearchnotebooks.blogspot.com ]. 

Llywelyn The Great 1234 (plate 39), Treaty of Woodstock (plate 40), Treaty of Montgomery 1267 (plate 36), First War Welsh Independence 1276-1277 (plate 42), Treaty of Aberconway 1277 (plate 43), Second War Independence (plate 44), and The Statute Rhuddlan 1284 (plate 45).

From The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed, by Cenydd Morus, Illustrations by R. Machell published 1914.