Claim: Owain Fychan, Lord of Mechain Is Coed and one of the sons of Madog ap Maredudd, controlled Mechain, Cynllaith, Caereinion and Mochnant Is Rhaeadr, and was able to recapture the Carreghofa Castle in 1187.
Evidence: Styled Lord of Mechain Is Coed and one of the sons of Madog ap Maredudd. Owain Fychan now controlled Mechain, Cynllaith, Caereinion and Mochnant Is Rhaeadr. Carreghofa Castle was retaken by Henry II in 1165, but Owain Fychan had recaptured it again by 1187.