Tegeingl , also known as Englefield , was a cantref in north-east Wales during the mediaeval period. It was incorporated into Flintshire following Edward I of England 's conquest of northern Wales in the 13th century.
6-570: The region's name was derived from the Deceangli , an Iron Age Celtic tribe which had inhabited the region and attested since the 1st century BC. The cantref formed the eastern part of Perfeddwlad (or Y Berfeddwlad ) on the northern coast of Wales between the River Clwyd and Deeside . The territory is roughly equivalent to the modern county of Flintshire today. Comprising the three commotes of Rhuddlan , Prestatyn and Coleshill (Cwnsyllt),
12-571: The Anglo-Normans ' invasion of North Wales in the 1090s. The family remained powerful in North Wales until Owain's sons were killed in 1125 by a son of Gruffudd ap Cynan , Prince of Gwynedd. It then changed hands several times between England and Gwynedd, but was eventually seized by Edward I as part of his conquest of the Principality of Wales between 1277 and 1283. It was then incorporated into
18-597: The adjacent part of Cheshire or whether it extended further west. They lived in hill forts running in a chain through the Clwydian Range and their tribal capital was Canovium . Assaults on the British tribes were made under the legate Publius Ostorius Scapula who attacked the Deceangli in 48 AD. No Roman town is known to have existed in the territory of this tribe, though the auxiliary fort of Canovium ( Caerhun )
24-601: The county of Flintshire by the Statute of Rhuddlan . Deceangli The Deceangli or Deceangi (Welsh: Tegeingl ) were one of the Celtic tribes living in Britain , prior to the Roman invasion of the island. The tribe lived in the region near the modern city of Chester but it is uncertain whether their territory covered only the modern counties of Flintshire , Denbighshire and
30-621: The territory originally formed part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd until, in the late 8th century, it was conquered by the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia . It remained under Mercian (or English) control for over three centuries until Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd recovered it in the 12th century. Edwin of Tegeingl (d.1073) was in the 11th century described as "lord" or "prince" of Tegeingl. He was succeeded as lord of Tegeingl by his son Owain who supported
36-514: Was probably in their lands and may have had a civilian settlement around it. Roman mine workings of lead and silver are evident in the regions occupied by the Deceangli. Several sows of lead have been found in Chester , one weighing 192 lbs bears the markings: IMP VESP AVGV T IMP III DECEANGI. Another, found near Tarvin Bridge, weighing 179 lbs is inscribed: IMP VESP V T IMP III COS DECEANGI and
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