Christmas in Wales - The One in Ten 62

Under welsh law, the king's military was allowed to leave his service right after christmas. It was basically a legal holiday allowing the soldiers to travel and carouse every year. And then once their post christmas vacation was over, they would return to the king and wouldn't leave him for the rest of the year. The english were well aware of this rule, and used this same christmas holiday exception to carry out the capture and execution of the brother of the king of dehibarth in ten 52. But at a round boxing day, earl harold rode out of gloucester accompanied by a cavalry force, and he headed straight for rythen, which was king