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on 5 June. A confused running battle developed, in which Owen initially had the upper hand but failed to break
Twisleton's reserves; a Parliamentarian trooper, Captain Edward Taylor, took on Owen in single combat, pulled him from his horse, and took him prisoner, after which the remaining Royalists
614:, who had also led local rebellions in 1648. At trial in February 1649 he was condemned to death; he is supposed to have commented that "it was a very great honour to a poor gentleman of Wales to lose his head with such noble lords" and swore "that he was afraid they would have hanged him".
648:, Owen was rewarded for his previous service by being appointed to the Vice-Admiralty for North Wales, but took relatively little further part in public life: Owen had little interest in or aptitude for politics, being "fundamentally a soldier". He died in 1666 and was buried at
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Royalist officers; his former superior Byron also arrived in Anglesey from France. Throughout the spring he managed to avoid local Parliamentarian forces under Mytton and
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Williams, for which he was personally rebuked by Charles. The relationship between Williams and Owen broke down completely in 1646 after the latter requisitioned cattle and stores from Williams' relations at
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Griffith Vaughan of Cors-y-gedol, Merioneth: they had one son, William (1624–1677), through whom Owen was the ancestor of the Owen and (later) Ormsby-Gore families of
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After a brief siege Owen received news that
Twisleton was marching towards Caernarfon with a relief force. Raising the siege, Owen decided to intercept Twisleton, confronting him at
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Clenennau; he was fined heavily by Parliament but rejected an offer from Rupert to lead a Welsh brigade in French service.
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may have been responsible for the reprieve, although there is no obvious reason for his interest in Owen's case. By July he was at liberty in London, where he entertained
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