Also known as: cantref · cantrefs · cantreds · hundred
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A historical administrative division of land consisting of one hundred villages or trefs.
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In 1280, Owain ap Rhys claims that his neighbor has encroached on fields belonging to the cantred of Penllyn. The local lord orders a survey of the one hundred villages to settle the line. The court awards the disputed pasture back to Owain's cantred.
Maredudd the reeve refuses to pay the annual render due from his village inside the cantred of Meirionnydd. The prince's officers seize livestock from three neighboring trefs to enforce collection. The dispute turns on whether the village still lies within the historic cantred bounds.
King Edward confirms a charter granting the cantred of Arllechwedd to the earl of Lincoln. The grant lists all one hundred villages and their attached mills. Tenants later challenge whether the charter accurately describes the cantred's extent.
After the death of Llywelyn, his sons divide the cantred of Llŷn among themselves. Each receives roughly twenty-five villages plus shared upland pasture. The youngest son sues when his brothers allocate him fewer trefs than the custom requires.
The sheriff demands forty armed men from the cantred of Caernarfon for the king's campaign. Village elders protest that the cantred traditionally supplies only thirty. The court examines old rolls to determine the cantred's historic obligation.
Merchants from outside the cantred of Anglesey refuse to pay tolls at the fair held in Aberffraw. The cantred's bailiff seizes their goods. The ensuing suit tests whether the market lies inside the cantred's jurisdiction.
A cantred refers to an old Welsh unit of land administration made up of one hundred villages.
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