▁Wel sh ▁war l ords : ▁the ▁F lem ings ▁were ▁reported ly ▁un pop ular ▁wherever ▁they ▁settled . ▁The ▁prec ari ous ▁position ▁of ▁Norm ans ▁and ▁F lem ings ▁was ▁demonstrated ▁in ▁ 1 1 3 6 ▁when ▁the ▁Norm ans , ▁having ▁already ▁lost ▁ 5 0 0 ▁men ▁in ▁battle ▁at ▁L ough or , ▁re - rec ru ited ▁from ▁Lord ships ▁from ▁all ▁over ▁South ▁Wales ▁and ▁led ▁by ▁Robert ▁f itz ▁Martin ▁at ▁C rug ▁M aw r ▁near ▁Card igan ▁attacked ▁O w ain ▁G w yn ed d ▁and ▁his ▁army . ▁Rout ed , ▁they ▁fled ▁over ▁the ▁Te ifi ▁Bridge ▁which ▁col lapsed ; ▁the ▁retre ating ▁Norm ans ▁d row ning ▁under ▁the ▁weight ▁of ▁their ▁arm our . ▁Their ▁leader ▁Richard ▁de ▁Cla re ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁intercept ed ▁and ▁killed ▁by ▁I or wer th ▁ab ▁O wen . ▁W ist on ▁and ▁the ▁castle ▁were ▁over run ▁in ▁ 1 1 4 7 ▁by ▁H yw el ▁S ais , ▁son ▁of ▁Lord ▁Rh ys . ▁Ran ulf ▁H ig den ▁in ▁his ▁Pol ych ron icus ▁records ▁the ▁F lem ings ▁as ▁ext inct ▁in ▁P embro kes hire ▁by ▁ 1 3 2 7 ▁but ▁F lem ish ▁mer cen aries ▁re app ear ▁in ▁ 1 4 0 0 ▁when ▁at ▁the ▁beh est ▁of ▁Henry ▁IV ▁they ▁joined ▁an ▁army ▁of ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁English ▁sett lers ▁who ▁march ed