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Gwrgeneu ap Gollwyn, arglwydd of Penllyn, The Bryn and Pennant Melangel

Male Abt 1130 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Gwrgeneu ap Gollwyn   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Suffix arglwydd of Penllyn, The Bryn and Pennant Melangel 
    Born Abt 1130  of, Mochnant Is Rhaeadr commote, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I100001390  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2006 

    Family Haer ferch Cynfyn "Hirdref",   b. Abt 1130, of, Nefyn, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Arthen ap Gwrgeneu,   b. Abt 1170, of, Mochnant Is Rhaeadr commote, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Gwrgeneu "Fychan" ap Gwrgeneu,   b. Abt 1170, of, Oswestry, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Rhirid "Flaidd" ap Gwrgeneu, arglywdd of Penllyn, Efionydd, and PennantMelangel,   b. Abt 1170, of, Neuaddau, Rhiwaedog, Llanfor, Merionethshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1207  (Age 37 years)
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2002 
    Family ID F100000888  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DISTINCTION: Esquire. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 94)

      PROPERTY: Lord of Penllyn, the Bryn, Pennant Melangell, etc. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 4 p. 45)
      PROPERTY: He obtained the lordship and lands of Penllyn from his wife's half-brother Maredudd ab Bleddyn. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 6 p. 65)

      REMARKS: In Wales till the middle of the 12th century individuals were styled 'Arglwydd' meaning lord or master.
    • (Research):PROPERTY: Conflict/Error> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 4 pages 45 and 117 state he obtained the lordship of Penllyn from his wife's half-brother, Maredudd ap Bleddyn.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100000712] #1039 Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families: with Their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire (1914), Griffith, John Edwards, (Horncastle, England: W.K. Morton, 1914), FHL book Folio 942.9 D2gr; FHL microfilm 468,334., p. 253, 280*, 324.

    2. [S100001800] #771 The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fodog and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd (1881-1887), Lloyd, Jacob Youde William, (6 volumes. London: T. Richards, 1881-1887), FHL book 942.9 D2L; FHL microfilms 990,213-990,214., vol. 1 p. 326*; vol. 4 p. 45*, 117*; vol. 6 p. 65*, 119*.

    3. [S100002416] #12627 Genealogy of Shropshire [by Joseph Morris] (filmed 1966), Morris, Joseph, (10 volumes. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966), vol. 1-2 FHL microfilm 504,551; vol.3-4 FHL microf., vol. 3 p. 1129*.

    4. [S100002434] #2105 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches Between the Years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn (1846), Dwnn, Lewys; transcribed and edited with notes by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, (2 volumes. Llandovery: William Rees, 1846), FHL book 942.9 D23d; FHL microfilm 176,668., vol. 2 p. 94*, 229, 247.

    5. [S100002437] #4568 Welsh Genealogies, AD 300-1400 (1980), Bartrum, Peter C. (Peter Clement), (25 volumes, with supplements containing additions and corrections. [Wales]: University of Wales Press, 1980), FHL book 942.9 D2bp; FHL microfiche 6025561., vol. 1 p. 50*; vol. 10 p. 747, 756.

    6. [S100002674] #2813 Pedigree of the family of Myddelton of Gwaynynog, Garthgynan, and Llansannan, all in the county of Denbigh . . . (1910, reprint 1965), Myddelton, W. M., (Horncastle, England: [s.n], 1910), FHL microfilm 441,498 item 2., p. 29.