Sir Gruffudd "Llwyd" ap Rhys, Knight

Abt 1270 - 1335  (65 years)

• Name	Gruffudd "Llwyd" ap Rhys   [1, 2]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Knight
  Nickname	Llwyd
  Born	Abt 1270	of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Christened	{Tribe: Marchudd}
  Gender	Male
  Died	1335
  Person ID	I200003800	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	Rhys ap Gruffudd,   b. Abt 1230, of, Henglawdd, Cilcen, Betws-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire, Wales ,   d. 1284  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Margaret le Strange,   b. Abt 1230, of, , Shropshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F200003146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gwenllian ferch Cynan,   b. Abt 1270, of, Trêgaron, Cardiganshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd "Llwyd",   b. Abt 1300, of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ieuan ap Gruffudd "Llwyd",   b. Abt 1300, of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Teili ferch Gruffudd "Llwyd",   b. Abt 1300, of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Philippa ferch Gruffudd "Llwyd",   b. Abt 1300, of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elsbeth ferch Gruffudd "Llwyd",   b. Abt 1330, of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Crisli ferch Gruffudd "Llwyd",   b. Abt 1300, of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Lleucu ferch Gruffudd "Llwyd",   b. Abt 1300, of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Cecily ferch Gruffudd "Llwyd",   b. Abt 1300, of, Dinorwig, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvonshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2005
  Family ID	F200003145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Griffith's 'Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families' page 219 inserts an extra generation between Gruffudd "Llwyd" and Rhys called Gruffydd. KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Lloyd's 'History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog' volume 5 page 87 gives him a daughter Mali who was married to Cadwgon "Ddû" ap Cadwgon "Gôch", Arglwydd of part of Iâl. KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Griffith's 'Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families' page 389 gives him a daughter named Alice who was married to "Gwion Lloyd of Hendwr", but this Alice is Elsbeth who on this page has two marriages, the first to "Hugh Lloyd" (who is "Gwion Lloyd") and second "Sir David Dutton, Knt.". TITLES: Sir Gruffudd, a chieftain of Caernarvonshire, is said to have been the first to convey to Edward I the tidings of his Queen's accouchement in the Castle of Caernarfon, for which he received knighthood, 25 Apr 1284. LIVING: Questionable> 1232. (Griffiths, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvon, p. 162) LIVING: 1283. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 9 p. 684) RESIDENCE: Ryvel. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 81) RESIDENCE: Tregarnedd. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 121) PROPERTY: Did homage for his lands in Wales to the Edward at Chester. PROPERTY: Arglwydd Dinorwig and Tregarnedd. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 9 p. 684) PUNISHMENT: "Indignant at the manner in which his countrymen were treated by their new masters, he meditated a revolt by forming an alliance with Edmund Bruce who claimed the crown of Scotland." (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 1 p. 194 fn. 3) This not proving effectual he took arms in 1322 against the English government and, after some struggles, was taken prisoner, confined for a time at Rhuddlan, and at length executed. DEATH: Beheaded for High Treason. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 162 fn. 2) REMARKS: He was a warlike man and an especial favourite with the King. (Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, p. 162 fn. 2)

  
  

• Sources

  [S200000712] #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. 121*, 161*, 162*, 183, 219, 231*, 233*, 245*, 389. [S200001800] #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. 2 p. 132; vol. 4 p. 344, 344 fn. 1.