After the Norman conquest of South Wales, the southern parts of Penychen, on the Bristol Channel, came under the direct rule of the Norman Marcher Lords and their descendants, ond arosodd y blaenau — sef cymydau Glyn Rhondda a Meisgyn — dan reolaeth arglwyddi Cymreig lleol. Talai'r arglwyddi hyn wrogaeth i'r arglwyddi Normanaidd grymus ond cadwent raddau helaeth o annibyniaeth er hynny a buont yn barod iawn i amddiffyn yr annibyniaeth honno .
After the Norman conquest of South Wales, the southern parts of Penychen, on the Bristol Channel, came under the direct rule of the Norman Marcher Lords and their descendants, but the rest (the commotes of Rhondda Valley and Miskin) remained under the rule of local Welsh lords, who paid homage to the powerful Norman lords but still retained a degree of independence, which they were very ready to defend .
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ond arosodd y blaenau — sef cymydau Glyn Rhondda a Meisgyn — dan reolaeth arglwyddi Cymreig lleol. Talai'r arglwyddi hyn wrogaeth i'r arglwyddi Normanaidd grymus ond cadwent raddau helaeth o annibyniaeth er hynny a buont yn barod iawn i amddiffyn yr annibyniaeth honno
but the rest (the commotes of Rhondda Valley and Miskin) remained under the rule of local Welsh lords, who paid homage to the powerful Norman lords but still retained a degree of independence, which they were very ready to defend