Cynwrig ab Iorwerth ap Gwgon

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum gives him a generation number of 4 in his dating scheme, implying a birth date in about, very roughly, 1130. Cynwrig had a daughter who married Einion ap Gwalchmai, who flourished 1217-1223 (Guy p. 306).

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Iorwerth ap Gwgon ab Idnerth.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 3). Bartrum (Marchudd 1) continues the line: Idnerth ab Edryd ab Inethan ab Iasedd ap Carwed ap Marchudd ap Cynan of Uwch Dulas. Sources in Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts take the line back further, to Coel. Roberts (p. 182) cites evidence that in 1334 descendants of Cynwrig and his father, Iorwerth ap Gwrgan, claimed that Llywelyn the Great had granted the privilege to the descendants of Iorwerth ap Gwrgan of holding their lands free of all dues and services, apart from paying suit at the prince's court and the obligation of following the prince in time of war (Roberts, p. 182).

Mother: Gwenllian ferch Rhirid.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 3). Bartrum (Trahaearn ap Tangwel) continues the line: Rhirid of Tref Rhirid ap Pasgen of Arllechwedd Isaf ap Trahaearn ap Tangwel. Bartrum (Tables: Early Series p. 51) continues: Tangwel ap Lludd ap Llew ap Llyminod Angel ap Pasgen (ab Urien). Bartrum (Tables: Early Series, p. 11) continues: Pasgen ab Urien Rheged (and Modron ferch Afallach) ap Cynfarch oer (and Nyfain ferch Brycan) ap Meichion Gul, and the line is continued on other pages. I am not sure at which point it becomes clearly unreliable.

Spouse: Angharad ferch Hwfa.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 3).

Children (presumably by Angharad):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Bartrum.)

Ednyfed Fychan (died 1246) married (1) Tangwystl ferch Llywarch ap Brân; married (2) Gwenllian ferch Yr Arglwydd Rhys.

Gronwy Foel.

Heilin Sais.

Gwenllian married Einion ap Gwalchmai.

Gwenllian married Iorwerth ap Hwfa.

Children (illegitimate):

Einion Ddu.

Evidence

Grants to Cynwrig and his descendants are discussed in the 1334 Survey of Denbigh (lv, p. 228, p. 261, p. 265, p. 297, and p. 303).

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Marchudd 3” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The source that Bartrum cites for Cynwrig is his own Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts.]

Bartrum, Peter C (ed.) Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1968).

The sources Bartrum gives for Cynwrig are:

Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru (probably based on 15th century MSS):

9a. “Ednyved vychan ap Kynwrig ap Iorwerth ap Gwgawn ap Idnerth ap Edryd ap Inethan ap Iasseth ap Karwed ap Marchudd ap Kynan ap Eiluyw ap Mor ap Mynan ap Yspwys ap Mwyntyrch ap Yspwys ap Kadrawd Kalchvynydd ap Kynwyd Kynwydiawn ap Kynvelyn ap Mar ap Kenev ap Koel godebawg.”

Hen Lwythau Gwynedd a’r Mars.

7c. “1. Ednyfet vychan m. Kenwrik m. Ierwerth m. Gwgawn m. Idnerth mab Edryt m Inethan.

Guy, Ben. Medieval Welsh Genealogy. (The Boydell Press, 2020).

From Guy’s critical edition of the Llywelyn ab Iorwerth genealogies, which were based on an archetype created no later than the first half of the fourteenth century from an original compilation dating to the early thirteenth century, partly based on earlier written sources (Note that Guy is striving for textual rather than genealogical accuracy):

54 Gwyr Ros Nerfynyawn. Pedwar gwely llwyth Edryt.

54.1 Ednyfet Vychan m. Kenwrik m. Ierwerth m. Gwgawn m. Idnerth mab Edryt m. Inethan.

Roberts, Glyn. “Wyrion Eden’: The Anglesey Descendants of Ednyfed Fychan in the Fourteenth Century” in Aspects of Welsh History. (University of Wales Press, 1969).

Survey of the Honour of Denbigh 1334 (Paul Vinogradoff and Frank Morgan eds.) (British Academy, 1914).