In 1284 the Statute of Rhuddlan enforced the use of English law for all criminal cases in Wales. However, the Laws of Hywel Dda continued to be used for civil cases until 1540. The laws set out a ...

The existence of the principality and the March perpetuated Wales' geographical division, and the king's legal settlement the Statute of Rhuddlan ensured that the country also continued to be ...