Cynwrig ap Gronwy ap Cynwrig

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum (Hwfa 2) gives Cynwrig a number of 8 in his generational dating system, implying a birth date of, very roughly, about 1270.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Gronwy ap Cynwrig ab Iorwerth.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Hwfa 1). Iorwerth was of Treiorwerth and Bodedern.

Mother: Laised, daughter of Sir William Tuchet of Cheshire.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Hwfa 1). Sir William Tuchet does not appear in Ormerod’s pedigree of Touchet.

Spouse: Alice, daughter of Robert Holland.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Hwfa 2). Robert Holland is said to have been the son of Sir Trystan Holland (who is said to have been constable of the castle of Cricieth) and of Tangwystl ferch Dafydd ap Gwrgeneu. Robert’s wife is said to have been Margaret, daughter of Sir Alan Norris.

Children (by Alice):

(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.)

Dafydd Llwyd married Angharad ferch Hywel Fychan; also married Margred ferch Tudur Fychan.

Children (mother unknown):

Gronwy.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Hwfa 3” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

[The sources that Bartrum cites for Cynwrig are: Peniarth 131 (100), written by Gutun Owain about 1480; Peniarth 131 (61), written early in the reign of Henry VIII; and Peniarth 127 (67, 121), written by Syr Thomas ap Ieuan ap Deicws between about 1510 and 1523.]