Thereupon the Welsh man

being unable to obtain redre from the Hnglish king, took up arms in his own cause, and in 1400 commenced operations by seizing the estates of Lord Grey. The king ordered his subjugation, and granted his estates to his brother, the Earl of Somerset. Then for two years Glen dower carried on a a warfare against the Engish marches. In 1402 he drew Lord Grey into an ambush, and took him prisoner. In this.same year Sir Edmund Mortimer, the uncle of the Earl of March, was also captured by Glen dower. Both Grey and Mortimer married daughters of the Welsh chieftain and with him formed the coalition with Harry Percy (Hotspur) against Henry of England. That coalition ended in the battle of Shrews bury in July, 1403. in which the English king es a decisive victory, Hotspur beng among the slain. In June of the following year Glen dower entered into a treaty with Charles VI. of France, who in 1405 sent a force to Wales to act against the English.