Ial

For other uses, see IAL.

Castell Dinas Bran, North Wales, also known as Castle of Yale

Ial or Yale (Welsh: Iâl) was a commote of medieval Wales within the cantref of Maelor in the Kingdom of Powys.[1] When the Kingdom was divided in 1160, Maelor became part of the Princely realm of Powys Fadog (Lower Powys or Madog's Powys), and belonged to the Royal House of Mathrafal. Yale eventually merged with another commote and became the Lordship of Bromfield and Yale, later a royal lordship under the Tudors and Stuarts.[2][3]

  1. ^ Rees, William (1951). An Historical Atlas of Wales from Early to Modern Times. Faber & Faber.
  2. ^ ALMER (AYLMER), Edward (by 1516-74 or later), of Denbigh and Gresford, Denb., The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
  3. ^ Jacob Youde, William Lloyd (1887). "The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient ..., Volume 1". p. 394.