Jenkin Awbrey, lord of Brecon and Abercynfrig^[1]

1416 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Jenkin Awbrey
  Suffix	lord of Brecon and Abercynfrig
  Birth	1416	Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown	Ystradgyriais, Powys, Wales
  Person ID	I24540	Master
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Morgan Awbrey,   b. 1385, Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales d. Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales
  Mother	Alice Ferch Watkin,   b. 1392, Brecknockshire, Wales d. 1460, Brecknockshire, Wales (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1412	Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales
  Family ID	F6371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gwendoline Verch Owen,   b. 1412, Glyn Taway, Wales d. 1449, , , Wales (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	1440	Brecknockshire, Wales
  Children	+ 1. Hopkin Awbrey,   b. 1439, Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales d. 1504, Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F6370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1416 - Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales Death - Yes, date unknown - Ystradgyriais, Powys, Wales Marriage - 1440 - Brecknockshire, Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Jenkin Awbrey m�d Gwendoline dau of Owen {Thomas} Griffith ap Owen Gethyn of Glyn of Glyn Tawe. �Azure , a Stag trippant argent, between his tynes a crown or� Found this in another book *Jenkin Awbrey, esquire married Gwenlliam, daughter of Owain ap Griffith, Esquire, of Tay y Lyn and Jenkin Awbrey (bc 1416 Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales, 2nd son of Morgan Awbrey) marr. Gwendoline Verch Owen (bc 1421 Glen Tawe, Wales). Gwendoline was the dtr of Owen Griffith & Mawd Morgan. Jenkin & Gwendoline's children were Hopkin (bc 1439),Dafydd (bc 1441), Richard (1443), Anne (bc1445), Thomas (bc 1447) & Cissil (bc 1449). The House of Griffith About the year 1113, "there was a talke through South Wales, of Gruffyth, the sonne of Rees ap Theodor, who, for feare of the king, had beene of a child brought up in Ireland, and had come over two yeares passed, which time he had spent privilie with his freends, kinsfolks, and affines; as with Gerald, steward of Penbrooke, his brother-in-law, and others. But at the last he was accused to the king, that he intended the kingdome of South Wales as his father had enjoied it, which was now in the king's hands; and that all the countrie hoped of libertie through him; therefore the king sent to take him. But Gryffyth ap Rees hering this, sent to Gruffyth ap Conan, prince of North Wales, desiring him of his aid, and that he might remaine safelie within his countrie; which he granted, and received him joiouslie for his father's sake." He afterwards proved so troublesome and successful an antagonist, that the king endeavoured by every possible means to get him into his power. To Gruffyth ap Conan he offered "mountaines of gold to send the said Gruffyth or his head to him." And at a subsequent period, he sent for Owen ap-Cadogan said to him, "Owen, I have found thee true and faithful unto me, therefore I desire thee to take or kill that murtherer, that doth so trouble my loving subjects." But Gruffyth escaped all the snares which the king had laid for him, and in the year 1137 died a natural and honourable death; he is styled in the Welsh chronicle, "the light, honor, and staie of South Wales;" and distinguished as the bravest, the wisest, the most merciful, liberal, and just, of all the princes of Wales. By his wife Gwenllian, the daughter of Gruffyth ap Conan, he left a son, commonly called the lord Rhys, who met the archbishop at Radnor, as is related in the first chapter of this Itinerary. [Moore_from ancestry_09262007.FTW] Jenkin Awbrey m�d Gwendoline dau of Owen {Thomas} Griffith ap Owen Gethyn of Glyn of Glyn Tawe. �Azure , a Stag trippant argent, between his tynes a crown or� Found this in another boo k *Jenkin Awbrey, esquire married Gwenlliam, daughter of Owain ap Griffith, Esquire, of Tay y Lyn and Jenkin Awbrey (bc 1416 Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales, 2nd son of Morgan Awbrey) marr. Gwendol ine Verch Owen (bc 1421 Glen Tawe, Wales). Gwendoline was the dtr of Owen Griffith & Mawd Morgan. Jenkin & Gwendoline's children were Hopkin (bc 1439),Dafydd (bc 1441), Richard (1443), Anne (bc1445) , Thomas (bc 1447) & Cissil (bc 1449). The House of Griffith About the year 1113, "there was a talke through South Wales, of Gruffyth, the sonne of Rees ap Theodor, who, for feare of the king, had beene of a child brought up in Ireland, and had come over two ye ares passed, which time he had spent privilie with his freends, kinsfolks, and affines; as with Gerald, steward of Penbrooke, his brother-in-law, and others. But at the last he was accused to the king , that he intended the kingdome of South Wales as his father had enjoied it, which was now in the king's hands; and that all the countrie hoped of libertie through him; therefore the king sent to tak e him. But Gryffyth ap Rees hering this, sent to Gruffyth ap Conan, prince of North Wales, desiring him of his aid, and that he might remaine safelie within his countrie; which he granted, and receive d him joiouslie for his father's sake." He afterwards proved so troublesome and successful an antagonist, that the king endeavoured by every possible means to get him into his power. To Gruffyth ap Co nan he offered "mountaines of gold to send the said Gruffyth or his head to him." And at a subsequent period, he sent for Owen ap-Cadogan said to him, "Owen, I have found thee true and faithful unto m e, therefore I desire thee to take or kill that murtherer, that doth so trouble my loving subjects." But Gruffyth escaped all the snares which the king had laid for him, and in the year 1137 died a na tural and honourable death; he is styled in the Welsh chronicle, "the light, honor, and staie of South Wales;" and distinguished as the bravest, the wisest, the most merciful, liberal, and just, of al l the princes of Wales. By his wife Gwenllian, the daughter of Gruffyth ap Conan, he left a son, commonly called the lord Rhys, who met the archbishop at Radnor, as is related in the first chapter o f this Itinerary.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=82294308&pid=94