Owain Glyndŵr were leaving their studies to join Owain, and Welsh labourers and craftsmen were abandoning their employers in England and returning to Wales. Owain could also draw on Welsh troops seasoned by the English campaigns in France and Scotland. Hundreds of Welsh archers and experienced men-at-arms left English service to join the rebellion. In 1404, Owain held court at Harlech and appointed Gruffydd Young as his Chancellor. Soon afterwards, he called his first Parliament (or or "gathering") of all Wales at Machynlleth, where he was crowned Prince of Wales and announced his national programme. He declared his vision of an independent
Owain T.J. Morgan). Julius Pokorny favored a purely Celtic origin, from Brittonic "*Ouo-genios"/"*Owi-genjos", "Born of Sheep", "Sheep kin" Linguists Holger Pedersen and Henry Lewis (who earlier linked the name to Gaulish *Esugenos), determined that both Jackson's and Pokorny's etymologies were phonologically impossible. Owain is one of the few Welsh names to be consistently popular over the last 100 years in England and Wales, particularly with the spelling Owen (and pronunciation //). Patronymics include "Bowen" (from "[a]b Owain") and "Owens". People with the name Owain include: Owain Owain () is a name of Welsh origin. variously written in Old Welsh as Ougein,