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The Welch Prince
Brochwyll |
| Back in
the late 1960's this author searched all current telephone books for
England and located a dozen Broughalls. Letters to them yielded
replies from Fred and Frank Broughall, brothers living in Birmingham,
England. Frank wrote |
I am now age 64,
but well remember going many times for holidays to my father's birthplace
at Preesgweene near Oswestry... The local clergyman was a Welshman, the
Rev. Hughes, who was what we would now call very much a nationalist. All
things appertaining to Wales, the songs, poetry and history were of
passionate interest to him.
Like most country clergy he had plenty of spare
time and as a matter of interest he had delved into the background of the
Broughall family. He stoutly maintained that we were descendants of the
Welsh Prince Brochwyll, who fought alongside Owen Glendower against the
English. This was around 1403, and it is of interest to realize as a
historical fact that the wars in which Glendower fought were indeed border
wars and very likely took place in the area of which we are speaking. Two
miles from Preesgweene at Chirk stands a well preserved castle, indicative
of fighting here. (Sept. 29, 1968).
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In 2006, I
researched this on the Internet. I could find no references to
the name Brochwyll. Wikipedia has a comprehenisve article on
Owain Glyndŵr, sometimes
anglicised as Owen Glendower. |
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