Husband Owen Ap Hugh Owen of Bodeon, High Sheriff of Anglesey 1 2 3 4 5 6
AKA: Owen Ap Hugh
Born: Abt 1518 - Bodowen (Bodeon), Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, Wales
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Died: 1613
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Father: Hugh Ap Owen ( - ) 7
Mother: Gwenllian Maurice ( - ) 8
Marriage: Abt 1563
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Griffith ( - ) - 1537 - Anglesey, Wales
Events
• Member of Parliament: 1545.
Wife Sibill Griffith
AKA: Sibell Griffith, Sibyl Griffith, Sybil (Isabel) Griffith
Born: Abt 1530 - <Penrhyn, Llandegai, Caernarfonshire>, Wales
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Died: Abt 1580
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Father: Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales (Abt 1480-1531) 9 10 11 12 13 14
Mother: Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern (Abt 1479- ) 12 13 15
Children
1 F Jane verch Owen ap Hugh Owen
AKA: Jane Owen
Born: Between 1538 and 1550 - Bodowen (Bodeon), Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, Wales
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Spouse: Hugh Gwyn of Peniarth, High Sheriff of Carnaerfonshire (1538-After 1611) 16 17
Marr: 1565 - Peniarth, Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales
2 M Sir Hugh Owen Recorder of Caermarthen
AKA: Hugh ap Owen Recorder of Caermarthen
Born: 1550 - Orielton, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Died: 8 Feb 1614
Buried: - Monkton Church, [Orielton, Pembs?]
Spouse: Elizabeth Wyrriot (1551-1599)
Marr: 13 May 1571 - Bodowen (Bodeon), Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, Wales
3 M William Owen
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4 M John Owen
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5 M Jasper Owen
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6 M Randle Owen
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7 M Rowland Owen
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8 M Morris Owen
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9 M Edward Owen
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10 M Robert Owen
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11 F Gwen Owen
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12 F Elin Owen
Born: Cir 1560 - Anglesey, Wales
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13 F Catherine Owen
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Research Notes: Husband - Owen Ap Hugh Owen of Bodeon, High Sheriff of Anglesey
Per http://www.varrall.net/pafg12.htm#293
Born 1518 in Bodowen (Bodeon), died 1613. Bodowen was the orig name of Bodeon, so this may be the most authoritative source.
Notes:
Elected MP for Newborough.
High Sheriff 1563 and 1580 [or see below]
JP
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Archives Network Wales (www.archivesnetworkwales.com) lists Poole, solicitors, of Caernarfon, papers GS 0219 X/POOLE & states "...Poole acted as agents in North Wales for the Owen family of Orielton, Pembrokeshire, and Bodeon, Llangadwaladr, Anglesey." This was in reference to papers of Sir Hugh Owen (1550-1614), who is a son of Owen Ap Hugh.
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From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, p. 47:
"[Hugh Gwyn married] Jane, daughter of Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, Anglesey [see footnote 5, p. 47], and sister unto Sir Hugh Owen, Barrister-at-Law and Recorder of Caermarthen, ancestor to the Owens, Baronets, of Orielton, Pembrokeshire. Hugh Gwyn was High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire from 2 December 1599-1600, and was commissioned one of the Justices of the Peace for that county, 11 May, 1611.
"Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, Anglesey, was High Sheriff of Anglesey, 30 November, 1562-63, 1579-80 (30 November), and died 1613. His second wife, mother of Jane, who married Hugh Gwyn, was Sibill, youngest daughter of Sir William Griffith, Knt., of Penrhyn, Caernarvonshire, Chamberlain of North Wales, by his second wife, Jane, daughter of John Puleston, of Bers and Havod y Wern."
Footnote 5, p. 47:
"The MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, by mistake, makes her daughter instead of sister of Sir Hugh Owen. She was daughter of Owen ap Hugh, as above. Dwnn II, 199, 205."
From pp. 58-59:
"IX SIBELL GRIFFITH, youngest daughter, who married (as his second wife) Owen ap Hugh, Esquire, of Bodeon, Anglesey, High Sheriff of Anglesey, 30 November 1562-63; 1579-80 (30 November), and died 1613. They had a daughter:
"X. JANE OWEN..."
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From Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Browning, Philadelphia, 1912, p. 286, " Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, high sheriff of Anglesea in 1563, and 1580, d. 1613"
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-OWEN-BOD-1545.html) :
"OWEN family, of Bodeon (Bodowen ), Anglesey . Bodeon stands in the parish of Llangadwaladr, Anglesey, within easy distance of the mansion of Bodorgan. There was at times much political affinity between the two families but (curiously enough) hardly any marriage alliances. OWEN AP HUGH of Bodeon was quite a prominent man in Anglesey in the early age of Elizabeth, sheriff twice, and Member of Parliament in 1545 for Newborough (according to the old order)."
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From GenUKI - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/AGY/Llangadwaladr/index.html :
"LLANGADWALADR, (or Eglwysael), a parish in the hundred of Malltraeth, county Anglesey, 2 miles E. of Aberf-Fraw, its post town, 4 N.W. of Newborough, and 1 mile from the Bodorgan railway station. It is situated within a short distance of the S. coast. The village, which is small, is wholly agricultural. The principal residences are Bodowen, an ancient seat of the Owens, and Bodorgan, the seat of F. O. Meyrick, Esq., which at one period was celebrated for possessing the finest gardens in Wales. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bangor, value £245, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Cadwaladr, stands on the site of one built in the 7th century, and was formerly a sanctuary. Over the S. doorway is a very ancient inscribed stone, which has been thus deciphered: "Catamanus Rex sapientissimus opinatissimus omnium regum;" and in the church is a punning monument to Owen Wood. Adjoining the church are the Owen and Meyrick chapels, with an E. window of stained glass. A full account of this window, which has been restored by Wilmeshurst, is given by Browne Willis, in his History of Bangor Cathedral. The parochial charities produce about £16 per annum. There is a village school." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Birth Notes: Wife - Sibill Griffith
Birthdate given variously by different sources: abt 1510, abt 1520, abt 1530.
Research Notes: Wife - Sibill Griffith
2nd wife of Owen ap Hugh.
Where does Aberffraw come in? Was she born there or in Penrhyn or somewhere else?
Source: FamilySearch.org AFN: 1N83-QGB & AFN: 1VGP-2MF 1510? 1530?
Also Compact Disc #94 Pin #174742 b. abt. 1520? + parents
Per http://www.varrall.net/pafg12.htm#612 born c. 1530 in Penrhyn, died about 1580. 13 children.
From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, edited by Thomas Allen Glenn (Philadelphia, 1902), provided by books.google.com, p. 47:
"[Hugh Gwyn married] Jane, daughter of Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, Anglesey [see footnote 5, p. 47], and sister unto Sir Hugh Owen, Barrister-at-Law and Recorder of Caermarthen, ancestor to the Owens, Baronets, of Orielton, Pembrokeshire. Hugh Gwyn was High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire from 2 December 1599-1600, and was commissioned one of the Justices of the Peace for that county, 11 May, 1611.
"Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, Anglesey, was High Sheriff of Anglesey, 30 November, 1562-63, 1579-80 (30 November), and died 1613. His second wife, mother of Jane, who married Hugh Gwyn, was Sibill, youngest daughter of Sir William Griffith, Knt., of Penrhyn, Caernarvonshire, Chamberlain of North Wales, by his second wife, Jane, daughter of John Puleston, of Bers and Havod y Wern."
Footnote 5, p. 47:
"The MS. Pedigree of Rowland Ellis, by mistake, makes her daughter instead of sister of Sir Hugh Owen. She was daughter of Owen ap Hugh, as above. Dwnn II, 199, 205."
From pp. 58-59:
"IX SIBELL GRIFFITH, youngest daughter, who married (as his second wife) Owen ap Hugh, Esquire, of Bodeon, Anglesey, High Sheriff of Anglesey, 30 November 1562-63; 1579-80 (30 November), and died 1613. They had a daughter:
"X. JANE OWEN..."
Husband Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales 9 11 12 18 19 20 21
AKA: Sir William Griffith Hael (the Liberal), Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Born: Abt 1445 - Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, (Bangor), Caernarfonshire, (Gwynedd), Wales
Christened:
Died: Abt 1539 - Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, (Bangor), Caernarfonshire, (Gwynedd), Wales
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Father: Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales (Abt 1420-1483) 9 10 22 23 24 25 26
Mother: Alice Dalton (Abt 1425-1483) 12 24 27 28
Marriage: - Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Grey ( - ) 12 - After 1489
Events
• Created: Knight of the Bath, 1489.
Wife Joan Troutbeck
AKA: Jane Troutbeck
Born: Abt 1457 - Mobberly, Dunham, Cheshire, England
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Died: Abt 1485-1489
Buried:
Father: Sir William Troutbeck of Pyrns Castle in Worrill, Lord of Dunham (1434/1435-1459) 29 30 31 32
Mother: Margaret Stanley (Abt 1433-Abt 1492) 29 30 33
Other Spouse: Sir William Botler of Bewsey, Cheshire ( - )
Children
1 M Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales 9 10 11 12 13 14
AKA: Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Born: Abt 1480 - Penrhyn, <Llandegai, > Caernarfonshire, Wales
Christened:
Died: 1531
Buried:
Spouse: Jane Stradling of St. Donat's ( - )
Spouse: Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern (Abt 1479- ) 12 13 15
Marr: 2 Aug 1522 - <Penrhyn, Llandegai, Caernarfonshire>, Wales
2 M Edmund Griffith
Born: Abt 1480
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: Janet verch Maredydd ap Ieuan ( - ) 34 35 36
3 F Alice Griffith
Born: Abt 1482 - Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, (Bangor), Caernarfonshire, (Gwynedd), Wales
Christened:
Died:
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Death Notes: Husband - Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales
At least one source says he died 1506 in Penrhyn, but according to the Reifsnyder-Gilliam Ancestry, he was still living in 1520 and "survived, however, for many years, or until about 1539-40..."
Research Notes: Husband - Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales
2nd Chamberlain of North Wales
From Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Line 20-35 :
"JOAN TROUTBECK, b. 1459, m. (2) Sir William Griffith d. by 1509/10, of Penrhyn, co. Carnarvon, Chamberlain of North Wales, son of Fychan ap Gwilym and Alice Dalton, dau. of Sir Richard Dalton of co. Northampton. (Dwnn II: 167-168)."
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From Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, p. 57-58:
"VII. LADY JANE TROUTBECK, daughter of Sir William Troutbeck, married Sir William Griffith, Knight, of Penrhyn, in the county of Caernarvon, as appear of record in the Visitations of Lewis Dwnn, II, 154-5, Harl. MSS. No. 1424, fo. 135b., also MS. of the celebrated antiquary, Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt, Known as the Hengwrt MS. 96, p. 603 (vide Montgomeryshire Collections, by the Powysland Club), vol XXV., page 98. The translation of this MS. is as follows:
'Wm. Vaughan (Vychan) Chamberlain of No. Wales (son of Gwilym ab Gruffydd ab Gwilym ab Gruffydd ab Heilen, by his 2d wife Sioned (Jonet) D. of Sir W. Stanley of Hooton, Chamberlain of No. Wales and Chester), and had all the land of his father, and the lands also of Paris, (from whom Paris Mountain), by his mother's influence, and in the 18th year of Henry VI. (1440) he got himself made a denizen of England, under covenant that he should not marry any Welsh woman, so he married Alice, dau. and heir of Sir Richard Dalton, kt., by a daughter of Lord Clifford, his wife. Their son, Sir william Griffith, Hael (the Liberal), m. Jane, dau. of Sir Wm. Troutbeck, Kt., by his wife, a sister to Sir Thomas Stanley.'
"Sir William Griffith must, therefore, have been born subsequent to the year 1440, and succeeded his father as Chamberlain of North Wales, some time after 10th of August , 1466, for his said father was alive upon the last mentioned day.
"He was created a Knight of the Bath 1489. The record therefore being as follows:
'These XXI. followinge were made Knightes of the Bathe at the Creation of Prince Arthur and of his Bayne on St. Andrew's Eve in anno quinto of the king'
"Sir William Griffith was living 12 Henry VIII., 1520, and was then Chamberlain of North Wales. He survived, however, for many years, or until about 1539-40; he is mentioned in the Welsh records as Captain or Constable of Caernarvon Castle, and he is remembered by antiquarians on account of the pains he took to collect and preserve the official archives and records and manuscripts relating to Wales. There are some fine verses extant addressed to him by the leading Bards of his day.
"The Griffiths of Penrhyn were the owners of immense estates in Caernarvonshire, and had their seat at Penrhyn Castle, which then was, and continues to be, one of the finest seates in the Principality. At the time of Henry VII., and Henry VIII., they reached a height of splendor and power second only, perhaps, in Wales, to the family of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, of Dynevor.
"Their entertainments at Penrhyn were magnificent, especially at those times when the King tarried there; their retainers, a small army, and their tenants, bound by feudal tenure, placed an armed force at their command, at all times ready for instant service in the field. He had Issue:
"VIII. SIR WILLIAM GRIFFITH..."
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html):
"His son and heir by the first marriage, WILLIAM GRIFFITH (c. 1445-1505/6), is not always easy to distinguish from his father. He m. (1) Joan Troutbeck, widow of Sir William Butler of Bewsey, Ches.; her mother was Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley (c. 1406-1459), first baron Stanley; William Griffith was therefore nephew by marriage to Thomas, first earl of Derby (1435-1504) - another confirmation of the Stanley connection (Dwnn, Visitations, ii, 167; Penrhyn MSS. 12; D.N.B., liv., 76; Ormerod, Cheshire, ii, 42). In 1476 he is described as 'king's servant' and 'marshall of the King's Hall' (an office held by his father) in a grant to him by Edward IV of an annuity of £18 5s.; the annuity was renewed by Richard III in March 1484 (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1476-85, 18, 418). At Michaelmas 1483 he was appointed chamberlain of North Wales by Richard III; the appointment was confirmed by Henry VII within a month of Bosworth (Davies, Conway and Menai Ferries, 48; Owen , Manuscripts rel. to Wales in the Brit. Mus., ii, 147; Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1485-94, 5). His record suggests that he followed very closely the lead of his kinsman, the time-serving earl of Derby, and a poem by Lewis Môn (q.v.) proves that immediately before Bosworth he shared with lord Strange, Derby's heir, his perilous imprisonment at Nottingham as hostage for his father's all-too-uncertain loyalty; presumably, he shared, too, the same narrow escape from death on the eve of the battle. Tudur Aled (q.v.) also refers, more obscurely, to this crisis in William Griffith's career. (Gairdner, Richard III, ed. 1898, 227-38; Mostyn MSS. 148, 467; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 143.) His influential connections were not confined to the Stanleys.
"He appears to have m., as his second wife, Elizabeth Grey, grand-daughter of Reginald, 3rd baron Grey of Ruthin (the enemy of Owain Glyndwr ) and first cousin to John Grey, lord Ferrers of Groby (1432-1461) who was the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville, later queen of Edward IV. (D.N.B., xxiii, 193, 197; Williams , Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, 1802, 174.) The marriage must have brought him into personal contact with the powerful Greys and Woodvilles and it would explain the presence of a William Griffith as member of Edward IV's council on 8 Aug. 1482. (Gairdner, op. cit., 338-9.)
"Under Henry VII he continued to hold the chamberlainship of North Wales until 1490 when he was replaced by Sir Richard Pole (Davies, Conway and Menai Ferries, 48, 68.) He was knighted when Arthur was created prince of Wales in 1489 and he continued to serve on a number of North Wales commissions. (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1485-94, 86, 354.) He d. 1505/6. (Penrhyn MSS. 44-5.) Among poets (qq.v.) who sang to him are Tudur Penllyn , Dafydd Pennant , Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn , Lewis Môn , and Tudur Aled . (Mostyn MSS. 148, 467, 504, 532, 535; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 142.)"
Birth Notes: Wife - Joan Troutbeck
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has b. abt 1459.
Death Notes: Wife - Joan Troutbeck
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has d. abt 1485 thru 1489.
Research Notes: Wife - Joan Troutbeck
Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg55.htm#1122 has b Dunham, Ches
Rootsweb(?) has b. c. 1457 Mobberly, Cheshire, Eng.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 20-35 has "JOAN TROUTBECK, b. 1459, m. (2) Sir William Griffith d. by 1509/10, of Penrhyn, co. Carnarvon, Chamberlain of North Wales, son of Fychan ap Gwilym and Alice Dalton, dau. of Sir Richard Dalton of co. Northampton. (Dwnn II: 167-168)."
From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, edited by Thomas Allen Glenn (Philadelphia, 1902), provided by books.google.com, p. 57-58:
"VII. LADY JANE TROUTBECK, daughter of Sir William Troutbeck, married Sir William Griffith, Knight, of Penrhyn, in the county of Caernarvon, as appear of record in the Visitations of Lewis Dwnn, II, 154-5, Harl. MSS. No. 1424, fo. 135b., also MS. of the celebrated antiquary, Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt, Known as the Hengwrt MS. 96, p. 603 (vide Montgomeryshire Collections, by the Powysland Club), vol XXV., page 98. The translation of this MS. is as follows:
'Wm. Vaughan (Vychan) Chamberlain of No. Wales (son of Gwilym ab Gruffydd ab Gullym ab Gruffydd ab Heilen, by his 2d wife Sioned (Jonet) D. of Sir W. Stanley of Hooton, Chamberlain of No. Wales and Chester), and had all the land of his father, and the lands also of Paris, (from whom Paris Mountain), by his mother's influence, and in the 18th year of Henry VI. (1440) he got himself made a denizen of England, under covenant that he should not marry any Welsh woman, so he married Alice, dau. and heir of Sir Richard Dalton, kt., by a daughter of Lord Clifford, his wife. Their son, Sir William Griffith, Hael (the Liberal), m. Jane, dau. of Sir Wm. Troutbeck, Kt., by his wife, a sister to Sir Thomas Stanley.'"
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"[Sir William Griffith] m. (1) Joan Troutbeck, widow of Sir William Butler of Bewsey, Ches.; her mother was Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley (c. 1406-1459), first baron Stanley; William Griffith was therefore nephew by marriage to Thomas, first earl of Derby (1435-1504) - another confirmation of the Stanley connection (Dwnn, Visitations, ii, 167; Penrhyn MSS. 12; D.N.B., liv., 76; Ormerod, Cheshire, ii, 42)."
Husband Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales 9 10 11 12 13 14
AKA: Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Born: Abt 1480 - Penrhyn, <Llandegai, > Caernarfonshire, Wales
Christened:
Died: 1531
Buried:
Father: Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales (Abt 1445-Abt 1539) 9 11 12 18 19 20 21
Mother: Joan Troutbeck (Abt 1457-Abt 1485/1489)
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern (Abt 1479- ) 12 13 15 - 2 Aug 1522 - <Penrhyn, Llandegai, Caernarfonshire>, Wales
Events
• Knighted: 25 Dec 1513, Touraine, France.
• Made: Chamberlain of North Wales, 1520.
Wife Jane Stradling of St. Donat's
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Father: Sir Thomas Stradling of S. Donats, Glam. ( - )
Mother: Joan Mathew of Radyr, Glam. ( - )
Children
1 F Dorothy Griffith (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Died:
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Descended from Ednyfed Fychan, forebear of the TUDOR dynasty
From http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/hall.html :
"This Sir William Griffith was, I think, the third in succession in the office of Chamberlain of North Wales from the appointment to it of his grandfather, Sir William Griffith, a gentleman whose name has become famous in the history of the country for his contentions with John ap Meredydd of Istumcegid, chief of the descendants of Owen Gwynedd. The Sir William whose monument we are now viewing was married twice, had nineteen children, and died in 1587. His first wife was Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle in Glamorganshire; the second was Jane, the daughter of John Puleston, Esqr., Chamberlain of North Wales. By his numerous children the family became connected with the Stanleys of Hooton, the Bulkeley family, with the Phillips of Picton Castle, with the Mostyns, with the Myttons and the Thelwalls, besides numerous other families."
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From Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, p. 58:
"VII. SIR WILLIAM GRIFFITH, Knight, of Penrhyn, eldest son and heir. He was of the Court of Henry VIII, and accompanied the King into France, where he distinguished himself at the siege of Tourraine, where he was knighted, 25 December 5 Henry VIII, and was Chamberlain of North Wales. He married, secondly (marriage settlement 2 August, 1522), Jane, widow of Robert Meredith and daughter of John Puleston, of Bers, and Havod, y Wern, Caernarvonshire, constable of Caernarvon Castle, 16 April, 1506, 30 July, 1509, 1 October, 1423, Chamberlain of North Wales, High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1544; died about this date.
"The wife of John Puleston was descended from Edward III, King of England. Sir William Griffith had issue by Jane, his second wife:
"IX SIBELL GRIFFITH..."
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"His son, WILLIAM GRIFFITH (c. 1480-1531), does not appear in office until 1508 when he was described as 'King's Servant' and 'squire for the body,' and appointed chamberlain of North Wales; he continued to hold the office until his death, with the exception of a short break in 1509 when he made way for Charles Brandon, later duke of Suffolk. (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1494-1509, 569; Davies, Conway and Menai Ferries, 57; L. and P. Henry VIII, vol. I, part i, 257, 78, and vol. IV, part i, 1941; D.N.B., vi, 218.) There is some evidence of personal links between the two men. Both were squires of the body at the same time, and in 1516 Brandon appointed Griffith as one of his deputy justices of North Wales, describing him in the instrument of appointment as his 'blood relation.' (Penrhyn MSS. 48.) Griffith served under Brandon in the French campaign of 1513; he was at the siege of Thérouanne, the battle of the Spurs, and the siege of Tournai in Aug. 1513, and was knighted at Tournai 25 Sept. 1513. (L. and P. Henry VIII, vol. I, part i, 1176, 1496, part ii, 2301, 2480, 2575.) Poems by Lewis Môn , Huw Llwyd ap Dafydd , Tudur Aled , and Gruffydd ap Tudur ap Hywel (qq.v.) refer to his part in the campaign. (Mostyn MSS. 148, 233, 520, 523, 537, 585; Cardiff MSS. 2, 103; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 146.) He appears also to have maintained close relationships with Sir Rhys ap Thomas of Dynevor (q.v.) . His first wife was Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of S. Donats, Glam. , and his wife, Joan, daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, Glam. Sir Thomas Stradling d., 1480, and his widow m. shortly after Sir Rhys ap Thomas , as his second wife. Poems to William Griffith by Lewis Môn emphasize the links between him and Sir Rhys , whose son, Griffith ap Rhys (b. c. 1480 - see under Rice ) was a contemporary of William Griffith at Court. A Griffith of Penrhyn (almost certainly William Griffith) was present at the tournament held by Sir Rhys at Carew in 1507 (see articles Stradling and Mathew ; Mostyn MSS. 148, 470, 581; Cambrian Register, 1795, 49-144). His second wife was Jane, daughter of John Puleston 'Hen' (the Old) of Bersham (see article Puleston family ); William, his eldest son by this marriage, founded the family of Griffith of Trefarthen (Griffith , Pedigrees, 125, 185, and article Griffith, John, 16th cent. ). Apart from those named, the following poets (qq.v.) wrote to him: Mathew Brwmffild , Dafydd Pennant , Ifan Dylyniwr , Dafydd Trefor , Ifan ap Madog , Lewis Daron , and Tudur Aled . (Mostyn MSS. 148, 529, 532, 556, 559, 562, 566, 569, 572, 575; Cynfeirdd Lleyn, ed. Myrddin Fardd , 195; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 145.) He was one of three squires who were concerned with the Caerwys eisteddfod in 1523. (Llên Cymru, ii, 130.)" 15
Research Notes: Wife - Jane Stradling of St. Donat's
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 199-36 (Sir William Griffith). She was the first wife of Sir William Griffith.
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"His first wife was Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of S. Donats, Glam. , and his wife, Joan, daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, Glam. Sir Thomas Stradling d., 1480, and his widow m. shortly after Sir Rhys ap Thomas , as his second wife. Poems to William Griffith by Lewis Môn emphasize the links between him and Sir Rhys , whose son, Griffith ap Rhys (b. c. 1480 - see under Rice ) was a contemporary of William Griffith at Court. A Griffith of Penrhyn (almost certainly William Griffith) was present at the tournament held by Sir Rhys at Carew in 1507 (see articles Stradling and Mathew ; Mostyn MSS. 148, 470, 581; Cambrian Register, 1795, 49-144). "
Husband Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales 9 10 11 12 13 14
AKA: Sir William Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Born: Abt 1480 - Penrhyn, <Llandegai, > Caernarfonshire, Wales
Christened:
Died: 1531
Buried:
Father: Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn Castle, Chamberlain of North Wales (Abt 1445-Abt 1539) 9 11 12 18 19 20 21
Mother: Joan Troutbeck (Abt 1457-Abt 1485/1489)
Marriage: 2 Aug 1522 - <Penrhyn, Llandegai, Caernarfonshire>, Wales
Other Spouse: Jane Stradling of St. Donat's ( - )
Events
• Knighted: 25 Dec 1513, Touraine, France.
• Made: Chamberlain of North Wales, 1520.
Wife Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern 12 13 15
Born: Abt 1479 - Bersham, (Denbighshire), Wales
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Father: John Hên Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle (Abt 1462-Abt 1544) 35 37 38 39
Mother: Eleanor Whitney (Abt 1467- ) 37 40 41 42
Other Spouse: Robert ap Maredydd ap Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glyn llufon ( - ) 42 43
Children
1 M William Griffith 12
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2 F Elizabeth Gruffydd
Born: Cir 1508 - <Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire, > Wales
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Spouse: Sir John Philipps (Abt 1502-1562)
Marr: Abt 1528 - Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
3 M Edward Griffith
Born: 18 May 1511
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Died: 11 Mar 1540 - Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Buried:
Spouse: Jane Puleston (Abt 1520- )
4 M Sir Rhys Griffith of Penrhyn, High Sheriff for Caernarvon
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Died: 30 Jul 1580
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Spouse: Catherine of Talacre ( - )
Marr: Abt 1566
5 F Sibill Griffith
AKA: Sibell Griffith, Sibyl Griffith, Sybil (Isabel) Griffith
Born: Abt 1530 - <Penrhyn, Llandegai, Caernarfonshire>, Wales
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Died: Abt 1580
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Spouse: Owen Ap Hugh Owen of Bodeon, High Sheriff of Anglesey (Abt 1518-1613) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Marr: Abt 1563
Research Notes: Husband - Sir William Griffith Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Descended from Ednyfed Fychan, forebear of the TUDOR dynasty
From http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/hall.html :
"This Sir William Griffith was, I think, the third in succession in the office of Chamberlain of North Wales from the appointment to it of his grandfather, Sir William Griffith, a gentleman whose name has become famous in the history of the country for his contentions with John ap Meredydd of Istumcegid, chief of the descendants of Owen Gwynedd. The Sir William whose monument we are now viewing was married twice, had nineteen children, and died in 1587. His first wife was Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle in Glamorganshire; the second was Jane, the daughter of John Puleston, Esqr., Chamberlain of North Wales. By his numerous children the family became connected with the Stanleys of Hooton, the Bulkeley family, with the Phillips of Picton Castle, with the Mostyns, with the Myttons and the Thelwalls, besides numerous other families."
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From Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, p. 58:
"VII. SIR WILLIAM GRIFFITH, Knight, of Penrhyn, eldest son and heir. He was of the Court of Henry VIII, and accompanied the King into France, where he distinguished himself at the siege of Tourraine, where he was knighted, 25 December 5 Henry VIII, and was Chamberlain of North Wales. He married, secondly (marriage settlement 2 August, 1522), Jane, widow of Robert Meredith and daughter of John Puleston, of Bers, and Havod, y Wern, Caernarvonshire, constable of Caernarvon Castle, 16 April, 1506, 30 July, 1509, 1 October, 1423, Chamberlain of North Wales, High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1544; died about this date.
"The wife of John Puleston was descended from Edward III, King of England. Sir William Griffith had issue by Jane, his second wife:
"IX SIBELL GRIFFITH..."
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"His son, WILLIAM GRIFFITH (c. 1480-1531), does not appear in office until 1508 when he was described as 'King's Servant' and 'squire for the body,' and appointed chamberlain of North Wales; he continued to hold the office until his death, with the exception of a short break in 1509 when he made way for Charles Brandon, later duke of Suffolk. (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1494-1509, 569; Davies, Conway and Menai Ferries, 57; L. and P. Henry VIII, vol. I, part i, 257, 78, and vol. IV, part i, 1941; D.N.B., vi, 218.) There is some evidence of personal links between the two men. Both were squires of the body at the same time, and in 1516 Brandon appointed Griffith as one of his deputy justices of North Wales, describing him in the instrument of appointment as his 'blood relation.' (Penrhyn MSS. 48.) Griffith served under Brandon in the French campaign of 1513; he was at the siege of Thérouanne, the battle of the Spurs, and the siege of Tournai in Aug. 1513, and was knighted at Tournai 25 Sept. 1513. (L. and P. Henry VIII, vol. I, part i, 1176, 1496, part ii, 2301, 2480, 2575.) Poems by Lewis Môn , Huw Llwyd ap Dafydd , Tudur Aled , and Gruffydd ap Tudur ap Hywel (qq.v.) refer to his part in the campaign. (Mostyn MSS. 148, 233, 520, 523, 537, 585; Cardiff MSS. 2, 103; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 146.) He appears also to have maintained close relationships with Sir Rhys ap Thomas of Dynevor (q.v.) . His first wife was Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of S. Donats, Glam. , and his wife, Joan, daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, Glam. Sir Thomas Stradling d., 1480, and his widow m. shortly after Sir Rhys ap Thomas , as his second wife. Poems to William Griffith by Lewis Môn emphasize the links between him and Sir Rhys , whose son, Griffith ap Rhys (b. c. 1480 - see under Rice ) was a contemporary of William Griffith at Court. A Griffith of Penrhyn (almost certainly William Griffith) was present at the tournament held by Sir Rhys at Carew in 1507 (see articles Stradling and Mathew ; Mostyn MSS. 148, 470, 581; Cambrian Register, 1795, 49-144). His second wife was Jane, daughter of John Puleston 'Hen' (the Old) of Bersham (see article Puleston family ); William, his eldest son by this marriage, founded the family of Griffith of Trefarthen (Griffith , Pedigrees, 125, 185, and article Griffith, John, 16th cent. ). Apart from those named, the following poets (qq.v.) wrote to him: Mathew Brwmffild , Dafydd Pennant , Ifan Dylyniwr , Dafydd Trefor , Ifan ap Madog , Lewis Daron , and Tudur Aled . (Mostyn MSS. 148, 529, 532, 556, 559, 562, 566, 569, 572, 575; Cynfeirdd Lleyn, ed. Myrddin Fardd , 195; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 145.) He was one of three squires who were concerned with the Caerwys eisteddfod in 1523. (Llên Cymru, ii, 130.)" 15
Research Notes: Wife - Jane Puleston of Bers and Hafod y Wern
2nd wife of Sir William Griffith (c. 1480-1531).
From: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/hall.html
"...I return to what is undoubtedly the glory of the church, the alabaster monument of Sir William Griffith and his lady. The tomb upon which the figures are recumbent as large as life is raised about three feet above the two steps, or rather plinths, upon which it stands. They lie on a mat of very good execution, one end of which is rolled up in several convolutions to serve as pillows for the lady and the knight. The same is done, with some variety of shape, at the latter's feet, which rest upon it, while those of the former repose against a lion couchant. At the west end of the tomb three compartments are distinguished, divided by pilasters, and have a sort of architrave about. Five groups of figures facing each other and in the attitude of prayer are seen with much blazonry, among which, as might be expected in the Griffith family, are the Saxons' heads and the heads of stags caboshed. A cross, a crescent and a spear's head were, however, new to me in their combinations with the other bearings. I venture to suppose them the arms of Sir William's first wife, a South Walian. On the north of the tomb are three groups of females praying, all facing towards the east, and these are again separated from each other by the three lions passant and the three eagles in fess, each being twice and in alternate order exhibited upon the pilasters. On the south side we have three compartments separated by four coats on as many pilasters. The 1st compartment shows a warrior armed and one in the weeds of peace, the second a warrior and a lady, the 3d a priest and, I think, two females. All these figures, which are in tolerable preservation and execution, are in prayer and looking towards the east. the arms are' in the following order: 1, Saxons' heads; 2, stags' heads caboshed; 3, three mullets; and 4, stags' heads caboshed with a chevron between. the knight is fully armed, except that he is bare headed and has his hand clasped upon his breast; but these have been broken off. Upon the whole, however, we may feel obliged to the barbarism of the country (some few degrees less, it must be confessed, than that of the English) for having left us so much of this most precious remain without doubt (at least in my opinion) within the country.
"This Sir William Griffith was, I think, the third in succession in the office of Chamberlain of North Wales from the appointment to it of his grandfather, Sir William Griffith, a gentleman whose name has become famous in the history of the country for his contentions with John ap Meredydd of Istumcegid, chief of the descendants of Owen Gwynedd. The Sir William whose monument we are now viewing was married twice, had nineteen children, and died in 1587. His first wife was Jane, the daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle in Glamorganshire; the second was Jane, the daughter of John Puleston, Esqr., Chamberlain of North Wales. By his numerous children the family became connected with the Stanleys of Hooton, the Bulkeley family, with the Phillips of Picton Castle, with the Mostyns, with the Myttons and the Thelwalls, besides numerous other families."
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"His second wife was Jane, daughter of John Puleston 'Hen' (the Old) of Bersham (see article Puleston family ); William, his eldest son by this marriage, founded the family of Griffith of Trefarthen (Griffith , Pedigrees, 125, 185, and article Griffith, John, 16th cent. ). Apart from those named, the following poets (qq.v.) wrote to him: Mathew Brwmffild , Dafydd Pennant , Ifan Dylyniwr , Dafydd Trefor , Ifan ap Madog , Lewis Daron , and Tudur Aled . (Mostyn MSS. 148, 529, 532, 556, 559, 562, 566, 569, 572, 575; Cynfeirdd Lleyn, ed. Myrddin Fardd , 195; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T. Gwynn Jones , i, 145.) He was one of three squires who were concerned with the Caerwys eisteddfod in 1523. (Llên Cymru, ii, 130.)"
Notes: Marriage
Verify marriage date. Varies from 1505 to 1520. According to Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, they were married in 1520. (Dwnn II: 154-159)
Death Notes: Child - Edward Griffith
Died "of the flux."
Birth Notes: Child - Sibill Griffith
Birthdate given variously by different sources: abt 1510, abt 1520, abt 1530.
Husband Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales 9 10 22 23 24 25 26
AKA: William Griffith Fychan, Gwilym Fychan ap Gwilym ap Gruffydd, William Fychan ap Gwilym of Penrhyn, 1st Chamberlain of North Wales, William Vaughan ab Gwilym Chamberlain of North Wales, Gwilym Fychan ap Gwilym ap Gruffydd of Penrhyn, 1st Chamberlain of North Wales, William Vaughan 1st Chamberlain of North Wales
Born: Abt 1420 - Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, (Bangor), Caernarfonshire, (Gwynedd), Wales
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Died: 1483 - Austria-Hungary
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Father: Gwilym ap Gruffydd Lord of Penrhyn (Abt 1365-1431) 9 12 44 45
Mother: Jonet Stanley of Hooton (Abt 1380-1466) 9 46 47 48 49 50 51
Marriage: Abt 1483
Other Spouse: Alice Dalton (Abt 1425-1483) 12 24 27 28 - 1444 - Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Events
• Appointed: Chamberlain of North Wales, 1439.
Wife Gwenllian verch Iorwerth ap David
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Birth Notes: Husband - Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has b. abt 1420, as does Welsh Biography Online. Another source has 1415.
Research Notes: Husband - Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales
From The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd, Vol. IV, p. 342:
"William Fychan of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales. He was made a denizen of England, 18 Henry VI, upon the condition of his not marrying a Welshwoman. He was living 10th August 1466."
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From Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, Vol. I, p. 362:
"William Gruffydd, or Gwilym Vychan, ancestor of the Griffiths of Penrhyn, Plasnewydd, Carreglwyd, Pencraig, and Carnarvon."
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From Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, pp. 57-58:
"VII. LADY JANE TROUTBECK, daughter of Sir William Troutbeck, married Sir William Griffith, Knight, of Penrhyn, in the county of Caernarvon, as appear of record in the Visitations of Lewis Dwnn, II, 154-5, Harl. MSS. No. 1424, fo. 135b., also MS. of the celebrated antiquary, Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt, Known as the Hengwrt MS. 96, p. 603 (vide Montgomeryshire Collections, by the Powysland Club), vol XXV., page 98. The translation of this MS. is as follows:
'Wm. Vaughan (Vychan) Chamberlain of No. Wales (son of Gwilym ab Gruffydd ab Gullym ab Gruffydd ab Heilen, by his 2d wife Sioned (Jonet) D. of Sir W. Stanley of Hooton, Chamberlain of No. Wales and Chester), and had all the land of his father, and the lands also of Paris, (from whom Paris Mountain), by his mother's influence, and in the 18th year of Henry VI. (1440) he got himself made a denizen of England, under covenant that he should not marry any Welsh woman, so he married Alice, dau. and heir of Sir Richard Dalton, kt., by a daughter of Lord Clifford, his wife. Their son, Sir william Griffith, Hael (the Liberal), m. Jane, dau. of Sir Wm. Troutbeck, Kt., by his wife, a sister to Sir Thomas Stanley.'
"Sir William Griffith must, therefore, have been born subsequent to the year 1440, and succeeded his father as Chamberlain of North Wales, some time after 10th of August , 1466, for his said father was alive upon the last mentioned day."
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"Some time after 1405 he m. Joan, daughter of Sir William Stanley of Hooton, Ches., thus beginning a long and profitable connexion with the rising star of that family. His son by his first wife inherited only his mother's property at Penmynydd, and he was the ancestor of the later Theodores of that place (see Tudor family, of Penmynydd ). Gwilym ap Griffith d. in 1431, leaving his great possessions in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire to his son by the second marriage. (Penrhyn manuscripts, passim; Trans. Angl. Antiq. Soc., 1951, 34-72; J. R. Jones, 'The development of the Penrhyn estate to 1431', University of Wales M.A. thesis, unpublished.)
"From 1431 to 1531 the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Gwilym ap Griffith (each named Gwilym) held the estate and added to it. (During the 15th cent. the surname 'Griffith' became established and 'Gwilym' became 'William' in non-Welsh records.) All three showed outstanding skill in steering a safe and profitable course through the dangerous waters of 15th cent. politics; in particular, they allied themselves with prominent English houses, especially the pliant Stanleys - a process which began with the marriage of Gwilym ap Griffith to Joan Stanley of Hooton. The son of that marriage, GWILYM FYCHAN (c. 1420-1483), was under the tutelage of his Stanley kinsmen until he came of age (Penrhyn MSS. 17-18). In 1440 he received letters of denization, freeing him from the operation of the penal laws passed against Welshmen during the Glynd revolt, on condition that he did not marry a Welsh-woman or hold office; the ban on holding office was raised in 1443 on the ground that his mother was a Stanley (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1436-41 (416), 1441-6 (164). He m., before 1447, Ales, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Dalton of Apthorp, Northants.; the marriage almost certainly reflects the Stanley connection, for Ales Dalton was grand-daughter by her second marriage of Isabel de Pilkington whose daughter by Thomas de Lathom, her first husband, brought Lathom and Knowsley to the Stanleys. (Dwnn, Visitations, ii, 155; Penrhyn MSS. 1-4, 7-9, 13; G.E.C., Complete Peerage, iv, 205 n. c.; D.N.B., liv., 75.) He m. (2) Gwenllian, daughter of Iorwerth ap David; ROBERT, his eldest son by this marriage, was the ancestor of the family of Griffith of Plasnewydd, Anglesey, and Llanfairis-gaer, Caerns.; EDMUND, the second son, founded the estate of Carreg-lwyd, Anglesey . See Griffith , Pedigrees, 47, 56, 57, and articles Griffith of Carreg-lwyd and Griffith, George, 1601-1666 . In 1451 he was member of a commission appointed to examine the reasons why the revenues of Merioneth were in arrear (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1446-52, 480) and between 1457 and 1463 he was deputy to various chamberlains of North Wales (Davies, Conway and Menai Ferries, 47; P.R.O. Min. Acc., 1154/3, 1180/3). He does not appear to have held the office of chamberlain. He was probably the William Griffith who, as 'marshall of the King's Hall,' received grants from Edward IV in 1462 and 1464, and he served on a number of North Wales commissions during Edward's reign (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1461-7 (117, 293, 329), 1467-77 (54, 490), 1476-85 (121)). He was d. by 13 Sept. 1483 (Penrhyn MSS. 38-9). A number of contemporary poets (qq.v.) sang his praises - Cynwrig ap Dafydd Goch , Dafydd ab Edmwnd , Guto'r Glyn , Rhys Goch Eryri , and Robin Ddu (Mostyn MSS. 148, 493, 495, 498, 542; Llanst. MSS. 118, 78; Gwaith Dafydd ab Edmwnd (ed. T. Roberts ), 107; Gwaith Guto'r Glyn (ed. J. Ll. Williams and I. Williams ), 52, 55; Iolo Goch ac Eraill (ed. H. Lewis , T. Roberts and I. Williams ), 307; H. T. Evans , Wales and the Wars of the Roses, 14)."
Research Notes: Wife - Gwenllian verch Iorwerth ap David
2nd wife of Gwilym Fychan
From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"He m. (2) Gwenllian, daughter of Iorwerth ap David; ROBERT, his eldest son by this marriage, was the ancestor of the family of Griffith of Plasnewydd, Anglesey, and Llanfairis-gaer, Caerns.; EDMUND, the second son, founded the estate of Carreg-lwyd, Anglesey . See Griffith , Pedigrees, 47, 56, 57, and articles Griffith of Carreg-lwyd and Griffith, George, 1601-1666 ."
Husband Ednyfed ap Llewelyn of Llangelynin, Merionethshire 52 53
AKA: Ednyfed ab Llywelyn of Peniarth
Born: Bef 1343
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Died: - <Llangelynin, Talybont, Merionethshire, Wales>
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Father: Llewelyn "the Terrible" ap Tudor Lord of Talybont, Merionethshire (Bef 1283-Bef 1343) 52 54
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Wife Gwenllian verch Griffith ap Adda of Dolgôch, Merionethshire 52 53
Born: - <Dolgôch, Merionethshire, Wales>
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Father: Griffith ap Adda of Dolgôch (Bef 1333- ) 52 53
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1 M Aron ap Ednyfed of Llangelynin, Talybont 55 56
AKA: Aron ab Ednyfed of Peniarth
Born: - <Llangelynin, Talybont, Merionethshire, Wales>
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Died: Bef 1397 - <Llangelynin, Talybont, Merionethshire, Wales>
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Spouse: Gwenllian verch Gruffydd Ddu ap Ievan of Llanvendigaild, Llangelynin ( - ) 55 57
Research Notes: Husband - Ednyfed ap Llewelyn of Llangelynin, Merionethshire
From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, edited by Thomas Allen Glenn (Philadelphia, 1902), provided by books.google.com, p. 38:
"II. EDNYFED AP LLEWELYN of the parish of Llangelynin, Merionethshire, is named, under the designation of 'Edneved ap Leuelyn,' in a list of persons who performed fealty to the officers of Edward, Prince of Wales (the Black Prince), upon his receiving, from his father, a grant of the Principality. The grant was executed 12 May 17 Edward III (1343), and fealty was performed 9 August, of the same year (1343), at Harlech, in merionethshire. He married Gwenllian, daughter and co-heiress of Griffith ap Adda ap Griffith, of Dolgôch, Merionethshire. Griffith ap Adda, of Dolgôth, was Raglor of the Comôt of Estimaner, at Michaelmas, 1333 (7 Edward III), and his tomb remains in the Church of Towyn.
"Issue:
1. Aron ap Ednyfed; of whom presently.
Other issue."
Research Notes: Wife - Gwenllian verch Griffith ap Adda of Dolgôch, Merionethshire
Daughter and co-heiress of Gruffydd ap Adda ap Gruffydd of Dôl Goch.
From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, edited by Thomas Allen Glenn (Philadelphia, 1902), provided by http://books.google.com, p. 38:
"[Ednyfed ap Llewelyn] married Gwenllian, daughter and co-heiress of Griffith ap Adda ap Griffith, of Dolgôch, Merionethshire. Griffith ap Adda, of Dolgôth, was Raglor of the Comôt of Estimaner, at Michaelmas, 1333 (7 Edward III), and his tomb remains in the Church of Towyn."
Husband Methusalem ap Hwfa ap Cynddelw
Born: Cir 1160 - Llifon, <Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales>
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Father: Hwva ap Cynddelw Lord of Llifion (Cir 1130- )
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Wife Agnes ferch Griffith ap Conan 58
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1 M Maredudd ap Methusalem Lord of Cwmwd Lhivon, Caernarvonshire
Born: Cir 1190
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Spouse: Angharad ( - )
Research Notes: Husband - Methusalem ap Hwfa ap Cynddelw
Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg45.htm#977
Husband David Gôch ap Griffith ap Ednowain 59
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1 M Adda ap David Gôch ap Griffith 52 59
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2 M Ieuan ap David Gôch ap Griffith
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Husband Ellis ap Griffith ap Einion 60
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Father: Griffith ap Einion ( - )
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1 F Angharad verch Ellis ap Griffith ap Einion 60
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Spouse: Maurice ap John ap Maredudd of Llanvroden, Merioneth ( - ) 60 61
Research Notes: Husband - Ellis ap Griffith ap Einion
Source: Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-MAUR-OWE-1450.html)
Husband Lewis ap Griffith ap Howel Lord of Yshute
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Father: Griffith ap Howel ap Einion ( - )
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1 M Robert ap Lewis ap Griffith Lord of Rhiwlas
AKA: Robert Lewis Lord of Rhiwlas
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Research Notes: Husband - Lewis ap Griffith ap Howel Lord of Yshute
Source: Welsh Settlement of Pensylvania by Charles H. Browning (Philadelphia, 1912), p. 282
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