Richard De Crispin, De Clare

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de Clare

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The de Clare family of Norman lords were associated with the Welsh Marches, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent (especially Tonbridge) and Ireland. They were descended from Richard fitz Gilbert, who accompanied William the Conqueror into England during the Norman conquest of England. In the paternal line they were illegitimate descendants of the House of Normandy, through one of Richard I, Duke of Normandy's sons.

Origins

The Clare family descends from Gilbert Crispin, Count of Brionne and Eu, whose father Godfrey was the eldest of the illegitimate sons of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Gilbert was one of the guardians of William II, who became Duke of Normandy as a child in 1035. When Gilbert was assassinated in 1039 or 1040, his young sons Baldwin de Meules et du Sap and Richard de Bienfaite et d'Orbec fled with their guardians to Baldwin V, Count of Flanders; they returned to Normandy when William married Baldwin's daughter in 1053, and William took them into high favour.

After the conquest of England Richard received huge estates including Clare and Tonbridge, the estate whose name was normally coupled with his. According to Richard Mortimer, he was "the founder of the English, Welsh, and Irish baronial family which historians usually call ‘of Clare’." [1]

Historical sources are vague and sometimes contradictory about when the name de Clare came into common usage, but Richard fitz Gilbert (of Tonbridge) is once referred to as Richard of Clare in the Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey.[2] Baldwin de Meules was left in charge of Exeter on its submission (1068) and made sheriff of Devonshire. Large estates in Devonshire and Somersetshire are entered to him in Domesday as "Baldwin of Exeter" or "Baldwin the Sheriff". [3]

On his death, Richard's English estates passed to his son Gilbert Fitz Richard (died 1114/7). Gilbert's eldest son Richard (died ca. 1136) was the ancestor of the earls of Hertford and Gloucester. Gilbert's younger son Gilbert, establishing himself in Wales, acquired the earldom of Pembroke or of Striguil. The elder line obtained (probably from King Stephen)[4] the earldom of Hertford, and were thenceforth known as earls of Hertford or of Clare.

John Horace Round suggested that it was probably because[Gilbert] and the Clares had no interests in Hertfordshire that they were loosely and usually styled the earls of (de) Clare.[3]

In the Dictionary of National Biography he stated that investigation showed that the claim that they were "styled earls of Clare" before they were earls of Hertford was not true; they were alternately called Hertford or of Clare.[5] On the other hand, Frank Barlow places Gilbert de Clare as Earl of Hertford in the group of barons given earldoms between 1138 and 1142, and states that they all had "substantial local interests".[6] Ralph Henry Carless Davis states that Gilbert was a witness as Earl of Hertford at Christmas 1141, and it is generally believed that he had been Earl since 1138; but that there is no prospect of clarifying the matter because of the others of the same name. He notes also that "In a military capacity earls figure largely in the capacity of defenders of their counties in the chronicles of Stephen's reign." He therefore argues against the title as a personal dignity at that period.[7] The general scholarly view is now that the title earl of Clare was self-assumed.

In 1217–20 Gilbert de Clare, earl of Hertford or Clare (died 1230), inherited the estates of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (died 1183), including the earldom and honour of Gloucester and the lordship of Glamorgan. Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1176), known as Strongbow, had no sons and with his death this line came to an end, his many Irish and Welsh possessions passing to his daughter Isabel, who married William Marshal, (c. 1146 – 14 May 1219) who then became known as William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[5]

Bibliography

J. C. Ward, "Fashions in monastic endowment: the foundations of the Clare family, 1066–1314", Journal of Ecclesiastical History, vol. 32 (1981), p. 427-451

J. C. Ward, "Royal service and reward: the Clare family and the crown, 1066–1154", Anglo-Norman Studies, vol. 11 (1988), p. 261-278.

Michael Altschul, A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1965. See online summary.

References

^ Richard Mortimer, Clare, Richard de [Richard fitz Gilbert] (1030x35–1087x90), magnate, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online by subscription.

^ Suffolk return of the Domesday Survey (c. 1086) (ed. A. Rumble, Suffolk, 2 vols (Chichester, 1986), 67 ~ 1^ a b Chisholm 1911.

^ John Horace Round, 1911 Britannica article Clare (Family), http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Clare_%28Family%29.^ a b Round 1887.

^ Frank Barlow, The Feudal Kingdom of England, 1042-1261 (4th edition 1988), p. 213.

^ R. H. C. Davis, King Stephen (1977), p. 136, and p. 129.

^ The Archaeological Journal, Article 51, pg 43- published under the direction of The Council of The Royal Archaeological Insutute of Great Britain and Ireland, available at Google books online at http://books.google.com/books?id=yZg8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA48

Attibution

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Clare (family)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Round, John Horace (1887). "Clare, de". In Leslie Stephen. Dictionary of National Biography 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 375–376.

External links

• de Clare Family History

Richard married Rohese de Longueville Giffard in 1054 in France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France. Rohese was born on 13 Apr 1034 in Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; died in 1117 in Warwick Parrish, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Adeliza Clermont. Adeliza was born in 1074 in Clermont, Beauvais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilbert married Adeliza De Clermont in 1076 in Clare, Suffolk, England. Adeliza was born in 1058 in , Northamptonshire, England; died in 1117 in London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare (c. 1100 – 6 January 1147/8), son of Gilbert Fitz Richard and Alice de Claremont, was sometimes referred to as "Strongbow", although his son is better remembered by this name, was the first Earl of Pembroke from 1138.
Born at Tonbridge, Gilbert de Clare became a Baron, that is, a tenant-in-chief, obtaining the estates of his paternal uncles, Roger and Walter, which included the baronies and castles of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy, the lordship of Nether Gwent and the castle of Striguil (later Chepstow). King Stephen created him Earl of Pembroke, and gave him the rape and castle of Pevensey. Gilbert de Clare decided to live near the roof in the Great Hall so he could see what was going on at all times.
After Stephen's defeat at Lincoln on 2 February 1141, Gilbert was among those who rallied to Empress Matilda when she recovered London in June, but he was at Canterbury when Stephen was recrowned late in 1141. He then joined Geoffrey's plot against Stephen, but when that conspiracy collapsed, he again adhered to Stephen, being with him at the siege of Oxford late in 1142. In 1147 he rebelled when Stephen refused to give him the castles surrendered by his nephew Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, whereupon the King marched to his nearest castle and nearly captured him. However, the Earl appears to have made his peace with Stephen before his death the following year.
He married Isabel de Beaumont (ca. 1102 – ca. 1172), around 1130, daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, and Elizabeth de Vermandois. Isabel had previously been the mistress of King Henry I of England. By her he had two daughters (Agnes and Basilia) and two sons (Baldwin and Richard.

Gilbert fitz Gilbert de Clare (c. 1100 – 6 January 1148), was created Earl of Pembroke in 1138. He was nicknamed Strongbow[a] for his skilled use of the long bow.





Life

Born at Tonbridge, Gilbert de Clare was a son of Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare and Alice de Claremont.[1] He started out without land and wealth of his own but was closely related to very powerful men, specifically his uncles Walter de Clare and Roger de Clare.[2]



In 1136 Gilbert fitz Gilbert led an expedition against Exmes and burned parts of the town, including the church of Notre Dame, but was interrupted by the forces of William III, Count of Ponthieu and escaped the resulting melee only after suffering heavy losses.[3] Gilbert was a Baron, that is, a tenant-in-chief in England, and inherited the estates of his paternal uncles, Roger and Walter, which included the baronies and castles of Bienfaite and Orbec in Normandy. He held the lordship of Nether Gwent and the castle of Striguil (later Chepstow). King Stephen created him Earl of Pembroke, and gave him the rape and castle of Pevensey.



After Stephen's defeat at Lincoln on 2 February 1141, Gilbert was among those who rallied to Empress Matilda when she recovered London in June, but he was at Canterbury when Stephen was recrowned late in 1141.[4] He then joined Geoffrey's plot against Stephen, but when that conspiracy collapsed, he again adhered to Stephen, being with him at the siege of Oxford late in 1142. In 1147 he rebelled when Stephen refused to give him the castles surrendered by his nephew Gilbert, 2nd Earl of Hertford, whereupon the King marched to his nearest castle and nearly captured him. However, the Earl appears to have made his peace with Stephen before his death the following year.[5]



Family

He married Isabel de Beaumont, before 1130, daughter of Sir Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Count of Meulan, and Elizabeth de Vermandois.[6] Isabel had previously been the mistress of King Henry I of England.[7]



By her Gilbert had:



Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke[b][8]

Basilia who married Raymond FitzGerald.[9]

a daughter who married William Bloet.[10]

Notes[edit]

Jump up ^ He was called 'Strongbow' but his son Richard is much more readily associated with that nickname.

Jump up ^ William Dugdale had credited Gilbert, the first Earl of Pembroke, with a second son who was named Baldwin fitz Gilbert; but Round showed that this Baldwin was really his brother. See: CP: X, Appendix H, p. 100.

References

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), p. 348

Jump up ^ David Walker, Medieval Wales (Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 40

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), p. 348, & footnote (a)

Jump up ^ J. H. Round, Geoffrey de Mandeville (Longmans, Green, 1892), p. 158

Jump up ^ Paul Dalton, Graeme J. White. King Stephen's Reign (1135-1154)King Stephen's Reign (1135-1154) (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2008), pp. 88-89

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), p. 351

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. VII, Eds. H. A. Doubleday & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1929), p. 526, footnote (c)

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), p. 352-57, Appendix H, pp. 102-04

Jump up ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage; or, A History of the House of Lords and All its Members from the Earliest Times, Vol. X, Eds. H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Howard de Walden (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1945), Appendix H, p. 100

Jump up ^ David Crouch, William Marshal; Court, Career and Chivalry in the Angevin Empire 1147-1219 (London & New York: Longman, 1990), p. 139

Gilbert married Isabel Elizabeth de Beaumont in 1130 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. Isabel was born in 1102 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died in 1147 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Eva Aoife - Countess Pembroke Princess Of Leinster Mcmurrough on 26 Aug 1171 in Waterford, Waterford, Ireland. Eva was born on 26 Apr 1141 in Leinster, Dublin, Ireland; died in 1188 in Leinster, Dublin, Ireland; was buried in Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Reginald de Sacto Awbrey Alberico. Reginald (son of Saunders De Sancto Alberico) was born in 1170 in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales; died in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The book "COLONIAL FAMILIES OF PHILADELPHIA" Philadephia, PA by John W Jordan Published by Lewis Publishers of New York in 1911 VOL II
Has two families that are related to Aubrey/Awbrey family by marriage; Bevan and Thomas. In that family history they give the history of the Aubrey family. The Thomas family gives the same lineage lines as Bevan but there are some names that are different.

Stiant Awbrey, founder of the Aubrey family in Great Britain was " second brother to the Lord Awbrey, Earle of Bullen and Earle Marechal of France and came to England with William ye Conqueror in Anno 1066"

Sir Rinalt Awbrey son of Stiant, married a daughter of the Earle of Clare and Priany. Reginald (Rinalt) de St. Awbrey (de Sancto Alberico)born: abt 1175 died ?.Reginald wife was Isabel de Clare and their second son

St. Almedha, though not included in the ordinary lists, is said to have been a daughter of Brychan, and sister to St. Canoc, and to have borne the name of Elevetha, Aled, or Elyned, latinised into Almedha. The Welsh genealogists say, that she suffered martyrdom on a hill near Brecknock, where a chapel was erected to her memory; and William of Worcester says she was buried at Usk. Mr. Hugh Thomas (who wrote an essay towards the history of Brecknockshire in the year 1698) speaks of the chapel as standing, though unroofed and useless, in his time; the people thereabouts call it St. Tayled. It was situated on an eminence, about a mile to the eastward of Brecknock, and about half a mile from a farm-house, formerly the mansion and residence of the Aubreys, lords of the manor of Slwch, which lordship was bestowed upon Sir Reginald Awbrey by Bernard Newmarche, in the reign of William Rufus. Some small vestiges of this building may still be traced, and an aged yew tree, with a well at its foot, marks the site near which the chapel formerly stood.



William de Sto Alberico or Awbrey , of Abercynfrig, county Brecknock, Wales, married Joan Gunter , daughter of Sir William Gunter, Knight. �Sable a ~chevron between 3 gauntlets or�
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The book "COLONIAL FAMILIES OF PHILADELPHIA" Philadephia, PA by John W Jordan Published by Lewis Publishers of New York in 1911 VOL II
Has two families that are related to Aubrey/Awbrey family by marriage; Bevan and Thomas. In that family history they give the history of the Aubrey family. The Thomas family gives the same lineage li nes as Bevan but there are some names that are different.

Stiant Awbrey, founder of the Aubrey family in Great Britain was " second brother to the Lord Awbrey, Earle of Bullen and Earle Marechal of France and came to England with William ye Conqueror in Ann o 1066"

Sir Rinalt Awbrey son of Stiant, married a daughter of the Earle of Clare and Priany. Reginald (Rinalt) de St. Awbrey (de Sancto Alberico)born: abt 1175 died ?.Reginald wife was Isabel de Clare and th eir second son

St. Almedha, though not included in the ordinary lists, is said to have been a daughter of Brychan, and sister to St. Canoc, and to have borne the name of Elevetha, Aled, or Elyned, latinised into Alm edha. The Welsh genealogists say, that she suffered martyrdom on a hill near Brecknock, where a chapel was erected to her memory; and William of Worcester says she was buried at Usk. Mr. Hugh Thomas ( who wrote an essay towards the history of Brecknockshire in the year 1698) speaks of the chapel as standing, though unroofed and useless, in his time; the people thereabouts call it St. Tayled. It wa s situated on an eminence, about a mile to the eastward of Brecknock, and about half a mile from a farm-house, formerly the mansion and residence of the Aubreys, lords of the manor of Slwch, which lor dship was bestowed upon Sir Reginald Awbrey by Bernard Newmarche, in the reign of William Rufus. Some small vestiges of this building may still be traced, and an aged yew tree, with a well at its foot , marks the site near which the chapel formerly stood.



William de Sto Alberico or Awbrey , of Abercynfrig, county Brecknock, Wales, married Joan Gunter , daughter of Sir William Gunter, Knight. �Sable a ~chevron between 3 gauntlets or�

William married Joan Gunter in 1240. Joan (daughter of Sir William Gunter) was born in 1223; and died in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Awbrey born: in Abercynfrig, Wales md Joan/Dorothy Carew father John Lord Carew. Joan/Dorothy Carew dau of John Carew Baron of Carew son of Sir Edgar Carew Lord of Cayrowe. Son of Edmond Cayrowe and Elizabeth Tudor. Son of Rhys ap Tudor Mawr Prince of South Wales (-1093) and Gwladus. per: Glenn, Thomas Allen, Merion in the Welsh Tract, _____, Norristown, PA, 1896, pp. 308. and Thomas, Lawrence Buckley, The Thomas Book, Henry T. Thomas Co./Heritage Books, NY/Bowie, MD, 1896/___, pp. 4

Thomas married Anne Carew in 1269. Anne (daughter of Cayrawe) was born in 1254; died in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was an officer under the Duke of Buckingham Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecknock.


Thomas Aubrey and his wife Nest ferch Owain Gethin are at the top of table "Aubrey 1" on p. 44 of volume 1 of Bartrum's *Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500* [Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983]. This table and the following tables (through "Aubrey 6") are their descendants down to those born in or a little after 1500

He was an officer under the Duke of Buckingham
Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecknock

Thomas "Fychan" Awbrey (bc 1234 Breck- nockshire, Wales) marr. Nest Verch Owen Gethyn (b 1250), dtr of Owen Gethyn & Gwennllian Godwin. Owen was paternally descended from Blethin Mayarnch, Lord of Brecknock. Thomas, ranger of Breckneck Forest, was often called "The Red Constable". Children of Thomas & Nest were Richard Thomas (bc 1268) & Gruffydd (bc 1270

Thomas Awbrey (Red-haired) ; sometimes called �Thomas Awbrey hen and also Y.Constabl Coch. Abt in Abercynfrig, Wales. He was an officer under the Duke of Buckingham Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecknock. *Thomas wife was Nest verch Owain Gethyn of Glyn Tawe;ap Maenarch. She bore �Azure, a buck springing forward argent, attired or� The Parliamentary Writs make mention of two Awbrey of co. Hereford, possibly related to or identical with the Awbreys of Brecknock. John Awbrey was a lord of the township of Much-Cowaren, co. Hereford 9 Edward II and manucaptor the Adam de Halnake, M.P. for that shire. Also Thomas Awbrey was a lord of the township of Thorndon Roudon and Waocton co. Hereford 9 Edward II.
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He was an officer under the Duke of Buckingham Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecknock.


Thomas Aubrey and his wife Nest ferch Owain Gethin are at the top of table "Aubrey 1" on p. 44 of volume 1 of Bartrum's *Welsh Genealogies AD 1400-1500* [Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1983] . This table and the following tables (through "Aubrey 6") are their descendants down to those born in or a little after 1500

He was an officer under the Duke of Buckingham
Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecknock

Thomas "Fychan" Awbrey (bc 1234 Breck- nockshire, Wales) marr. Nest Verch Owen Gethyn (b 1250), dtr of Owen Gethyn & Gwennllian Godwin. Owen was paternally descended from Blethin Mayarnch, Lord of Bre cknock. Thomas, ranger of Breckneck Forest, was often called "The Red Constable". Children of Thomas & Nest were Richard Thomas (bc 1268) & Gruffydd (bc 1270

Thomas Awbrey (Red-haired) ; sometimes called �Thomas Awbrey hen and also Y.Constabl Coch. Abt in Abercynfrig, Wales. He was an officer under the Duke of Buckingham Constable and Ranger of the Fo rest of Brecknock. *Thomas wife was Nest verch Owain Gethyn of Glyn Tawe;ap Maenarch. She bore �Azure, a buck springing forward argent, attired or� The Parliamentary Writs make mention of tw o Awbrey of co. Hereford, possibly related to or identical with the Awbreys of Brecknock. John Awbrey was a lord of the township of Much-Cowaren, co. Hereford 9 Edward II and manucaptor the Adam de Ha lnake, M.P. for that shire. Also Thomas Awbrey was a lord of the township of Thorndon Roudon and Waocton co. Hereford 9 Edward II.























Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecon.

Thomas married Nesta Ferch Owain Gethyn, , Wales. Nesta (daughter of Owain Gethyn) was born in 1302 in Glyn Taway, Wales; and died in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Joan Trahearn about 1295 in Trahearne, Wales. Joan (daughter of Trakarene Enion) was born in 1274 in Trahearne, Wales; and died in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Crusilla Verch Phillip. Crusilla (daughter of Philip Eledr) was born in 1330 in Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales; died in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Joan Morgan about 1382 in , Powys, Wales. Joan (daughter of Rees Morgan Enion) was born about 1367 in , , Wales; and died in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Morgan Awbrey of Aberkynfrig married [Elizabeth] Alice Wenllian Lloyd daughter and co h of Watkin ap Thomas ap David Lloyd from Einon Sais �Sable, a chevron between 3 spears heads argent.� [other accounts call his wife Alice]Morgan Awbrey (also called "Morgan the Old" who was Lord of Brecon & Abercynfrig (bc 1410 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales) marr. (1) Alice Verch Watkin (bc 1392, dtr of Thomas Watkin & Margred Hywell, & (2) Unknown Verch Roger Vaughn (bc 1400 in Wales). Children of Morgan & Alice, all born in Abercynfrig, were John (bc 1413), Jenkin (bc 1416), Maud (bc 1418), Dafydd (bc 1420), Thomas (bc 1425, d in Ystradgyrlais, Wales), Margred (1427) & Jane (bc 1429).

Morgan married Alice Ferch Watkin in 1412 in Abercynfrig, Brecknockshire, Wales. Alice (daughter of Watkin Thomas David Lloyd) was born in 1392 in Brecknockshire, Wales; died in 1460 in Brecknockshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Jenkin married Gwendoline Verch Owen in 1440 in Brecknockshire, Wales. Gwendoline (daughter of Esq. Owain Griffith) was born in 1412 in Glyn Taway, Wales; died in 1449 in , , Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]