The Ridlan Statute ( Wall. Statud Rhuddlan ), also known as the Statute of Wales ( lat. Statuta Vallie ) provided the constitutional foundations of the government of the Kingdom of North Wales from 1284 to 1536. The charter was adopted on March 3, 1284 [1] and promulgated on March 19 at Ridlan Castle in North Wales [2] , after the approval of Edward I.
Background
In 1267, the English crown recognized King Gwynedd as Prince of Wales , a vassal of the English king. When relations between Llewelyn up Grifid and King Edward I deteriorated, the Prince of Wales was declared a rebel. In 1282–1283, Edward captured Wales. In accordance with this, the kingdom "united and joined" the English crown [3] .
New Counties
The Ridlan Statute was adopted at Ridlan Castle in North Wales, one of the “iron rings” of fortresses built by Edward I to control its conquered lands [4] . He provided the constitutional foundations of the government of the “Welsh Land”, later called the “Principality of Wales” [5] . The charter divided the principality into the counties of Anglesey , Merionetshire , Carnarvonshire , and Flintshire, which were created from the remnants of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in North Wales [6] . Flintshire was created from the Teiging, Hope Dale and Maelor Sesneg districts. It was led by the Cheshire Palatinate [7] .
The other three counties were controlled by the Justiciary of North Wales and the provincial treasury in the city of Carnarvon , run by Chamberlain of North Wales, who ran the treasury in Westminster . Under their authority were royal officials, sheriffs , coroners and bailiffs , collecting taxes and administering justice. Commits turned into hundreds , but their borders and administrations basically remained unchanged.
Notes
- ↑ Francis Jones. The Princes and Principality of Wales . - University of Wales Press, 1969.
- ↑ GWS Barrow. Feudal Britain: the completion of the medieval kingdoms, 1066-1314 . - E. Arnold, 1956.
- ↑ Davies, RR (2000), The Age of Conquest: Wales 1063-1415 , Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-820878-2
- ↑ Davies, Age of Conquest , pp. 357-60.
- ↑ Davies, Age of Conquest , p. 356.
- ↑ J. Graham Jones. The history of Wales: a pocket guide . - University of Wales Press. - P. 32. - ISBN 978-0-7083-1076-2 .
- ↑ Davies, Age of Conquest , p. 364.