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Jenkin Awbrey, lord of Brecon and Abercynfrig[1]

Male 1416 - Yes, date unknown


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

    Father Morgan Awbrey,   b. 1385, Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Alice Ferch Watkin,   b. 1392, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1460, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 1412  Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gwendoline Verch Owen,   b. 1412, Glyn Taway, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1449, , , Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 1440  Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Hopkin Awbrey,   b. 1439, Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1504, Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F6368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1416 - Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Yes, date unknown - Ystradgyriais, Powys, Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1440 - Brecknockshire, Wales Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.
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      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 
    1. [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.
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