The ancient Welsh
cantref of Llŷn in north-west
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
was part of the kingdom of
Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of
Caernarfonshire
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, together with
Arfon and
Arllechwedd
The ancient Welsh cantref of Arllechwedd in north-west Wales was part of the kingdom of Gwynedd for much of its history until it was included in the new county of Caernarfonshire, together with Arfon and Llŷn under the terms of the Statute ...
under the terms of the
Statute of Rhuddlan
The Statute of Rhuddlan (12 Edw 1 cc.1–14; cy, Statud Rhuddlan ), also known as the Statutes of Wales ( la, Statuta Valliae) or as the Statute of Wales ( la, Statutum Valliae, links=no), provided the constitutional basis for the government of ...
in 1284.
Trahain Goch ap Madoc, died 1325, was described as "of Llŷn".
References
Llyn
Commotes of Gwynedd
13th century in Wales
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