“Llantrisant today slumbers through time on its hilltop, but its heart still beats to the martial drum of history.”

In 1346 the archers of Llantrisant serving under Edward Prince of Wales rendered invaluable service to the English King in his wars against the French. At the battle of Crecy, it was the superior range of the Welsh longbow which allowed the archers to destroy the French army and a grateful King Edward III then granted a charter to the men of Llantrisant and their descendants giving them the right to graze cattle on Llantrisant Common free of all taxes inperpetuity, a right which still exists today under the watchful eye of the Llantrisant Town Trust. But for Llantrisant, 1346 is but a land mark in a much longer history, the town being one of the oldest in Wales.

Ym 1346 rhoddodd saethwyr Llantrisant, dan arweiniad Edward, y Tywysog Du, wasanaeth clodwiw i frenin Lloegr yn ei ryfeloedd yn erbyn y Ffrancod . Ym mrwydr Crecy, bwa hir y Cymry oedd yr allwedd i’r oruchafiaeth dros fyddin Ffrainc. Yn arwydd o’i werthfawrogiad, cyflwynodd y Brenin Edward III siarter i wˆyr Llantrisant a’u disgynyddion - gan roi iddyn nhw’r hawliau iadael i’w gwartheg bori ar Gomin Llantrisant yn ddidreth byth bythoedd. Mae’r hawl hwnnw’n dal hyd y dydd heddiw, dan lygad barcud Ymddiriedolaeth Tref Llantrisant. Ond dim ond cyfnod yn hanes Llantrisant ydy 1346, a hithau’n un o’r trefi hynaf yng Nghymru.