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Gwilym ap Gruffudd

Male Abt 1370 - 1431  (61 years)


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  • Name Gwilym ap Gruffudd   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Born Abt 1370  of, Port Penrhyn, Llandygái, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened {Tribe: Marchudd} Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1431  [21, 22] 
    Buried Priory of Llan-faes, Llan-faes, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 24] 
    Person ID I100007436  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2010 

    Father Gruffudd ap Gwilym, lord of Penrhyn and Cwchwillan,   b. Abt 1330, of, Port Penrhyn, Llandygái, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1405  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Generys ferch Madog,   b. Abt 1330, of, Trecastell, Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1352  (Age 23 years) 
    Family ID F100003944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Morfudd ferch Gronwy,   b. Abt 1370, of, Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Yes, date unknown 
    Type: Husband - 1st Marriage 
    • STATUS: Husband's 1st marriage. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 9 p. 673)
    • STATUS: Husband's 1st marriage. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 9 p. 673)
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2005 
    Family ID F100006240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jonet Stanley,   b. Abt 1400, of, Hooton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1466  (Age 66 years) 
    Married Yes, date unknown 
    Type: Husband - 2nd Marriage 
    • STATUS: Husband's 2nd marriage. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 9 p. 673)
      STATUS: Wife's 2nd marriage. (Bartrum, WG - Additions and Corrections 1400-1500, 2nd List, p. 111)
      STATUS: Widow of Robert Paris. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 195)
    • STATUS: Husband's 2nd marriage. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 9 p. 673)
      STATUS: Wife's 2nd marriage. (Bartrum, WG - Additions and Corrections 1400-1500, 2nd List, p. 111)
      STATUS: Widow of Robert Paris. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 195)
    Children 
     1. William "Fychan" ap Gwilym,   b. Abt 1415, of, Port Penrhyn, Llandygái, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1483  (Age 68 years)
     2. Elen ferch Gwilym,   b. Abt 1400, of, Port Penrhyn, Llandygái, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. St. Mary and St. Nicolas, Biwmares, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elsbeth ferch Gwilym,   b. Abt 1400, of, Port Penrhyn, Llandygái, Caernarvonshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2010 
    Family ID F100006241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • KINSHIP: 2nd son. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 4 p. 342)

      OFFICE: High Sheriff of Anglesey, 1396-1407. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
      OFFICE: Ringild of Dyndeathwy, Anglesey. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
      OFFICE: Seneschal of Menai Hundred. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      DISTINCTION: Esquire. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 131)

      RESIDENCE: Penrhyn. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 93)
      PROPERTY: He purchased the estate of Llwyn y Moel, alias Plâs Newydd, which was formerly part of the estate of Maredudd "Ddû" of Porthamel, from the sons of Hwlcyn ap Dafydd. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 56)
      PROPERTY: Lord of Penrhyn. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 6 p. 427)
      PROPERTY: Crown lessee of the vills of Nantmawr and Cemais. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      RELIGION: Rebuilt the Church of Llandegai at his own cost. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      DEATH: Died before 1439. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
      MARWNAD {FUNERAL ELEGY}: Rhys Gôch of Eryn: "Great was the lamentation when he was laid in the chancel under Marble in God's Court at Llanvaes in Môna...the aged lion of the hosts of Gwynedd". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      REMARKS: He refused to join Owain "Glyndwr". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
      REMARKS: "There is a very incorrect sketch of Gwilim ap Gruffydd in Archaelogis Camb. He was never knighted, and the tomb in Llandegai Church of which we give an illustration, is ot is; but undoubledly that of his son William, and the latter's first wife, Alice Dalton as proved by the armour, collar and the head-dress of the lady". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
    • (Research):KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 pages 191 and 248 reverse him with his father, so it read thus 'Gruffudd ap Gwilym'.
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 131 gives him a son named Stanley, who in turn marries a Jonet and has a son named William "Fychan". This Stanley does not exist as it referres to himself as he married a Jonet Stanley.
    • KINSHIP: 2nd son. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 4 p. 342)

      OFFICE: High Sheriff of Anglesey, 1396-1407. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
      OFFICE: Ringild of Dyndeathwy, Anglesey. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
      OFFICE: Seneschal of Menai Hundred. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      DISTINCTION: Esquire. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 131)

      RESIDENCE: Penrhyn. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 93)
      PROPERTY: He purchased the estate of Llwyn y Moel, alias Plâs Newydd, which was formerly part of the estate of Maredudd "Ddû" of Porthamel, from the sons of Hwlcyn ap Dafydd. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 56)
      PROPERTY: Lord of Penrhyn. (Lloyd, History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, vol. 6 p. 427)
      PROPERTY: Crown lessee of the vills of Nantmawr and Cemais. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      RELIGION: Rebuilt the Church of Llandegai at his own cost. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      DEATH: Died before 1439. (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
      MARWNAD {FUNERAL ELEGY}: Rhys Gôch of Eryn: "Great was the lamentation when he was laid in the chancel under Marble in God's Court at Llanvaes in Môna...the aged lion of the hosts of Gwynedd". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)

      REMARKS: He refused to join Owain "Glyndwr". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
      REMARKS: "There is a very incorrect sketch of Gwilim ap Gruffydd in Archaelogis Camb. He was never knighted, and the tomb in Llandegai Church of which we give an illustration, is ot is; but undoubledly that of his son William, and the latter's first wife, Alice Dalton as proved by the armour, collar and the head-dress of the lady". (Glenn, Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, p. 208 b)
    • (Research):KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 pages 191 and 248 reverse him with his father, so it read thus 'Gruffudd ap Gwilym'.
      KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 131 gives him a son named Stanley, who in turn marries a Jonet and has a son named William "Fychan". This Stanley does not exist as it referres to himself as he married a Jonet Stanley.

  • Sources 
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    14. [S2434] #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. 1 p. 112, 324; vol. 2 p. 89*, 131*, 133, 134, 135, 137, 142, 144, 148, 155*, 191*, 192*, 193, 199, 246, 248, 266, 291*.

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    19. [S326] WG 1400-1500 - 2nd List, Bartrum, Peter C., (Aberystwyth. Llyfregell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales. 1999.), FHL 942.9 D2bw supp. 2., p. 111.

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    23. [S100002318] #1210 The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, as Registered in the College of Arms from the Beginning of the XIth Century (1934), Glenn, Thomas Allen, (London: Harrison, 1934), FHL book 929.2429 G875g; FHL microfilm 994,040 ite., p. 208 b.

    24. [S2318] #1210 The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of Denbigh, as Registered in the College of Arms from the Beginning of the XIth Century (1934), Glenn, Thomas Allen, (London: Harrison, 1934), FHL book 929.2429 G875g; FHL microfilm 994,040 ite., p. 208 b.


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