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| | GENUKI: Bettws, Montgomeryshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 |
 | | The name is supposed to allude to the traditionary story of Havren, daughter of Locrinus, the son of Brutus, first king of Britain, by Essylt, daughter of the king of Germany, whom Locrinus had taken captive in his wars against Humyr, king of the Huns. |
 | | Locrinus, having espoused Essylt, in violation of a former pledge given to Gwenddolau, daughter of Corineus, who had accompanied Brutus into Britain, was compelled by a threat of hostilities to fulfil his engagement to the latter; and, concealing Essylt, whom he pretended to have banished from the kingdom, married Gwenddolau, according to his engagement. |
 | | On the death of Corineus, which followed soon after, Locrinus divorced Gwenddolau, and declared Essylt queen ; but, on the death of Locrinus, GwenddoIau assumed the government, and in retaliation caused Essylt and her daughter Havren to be drowned in the river Severn. |
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