Rhaglaw of Creuddyn
Sheriff of Anglesey (1355-1358)
Between 1373 and 1378 Gruffudd farmed the office of steward of the commote of Menai.
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Bartrum gives him a generation number of 10 in his dating scheme, implying a birth date in, very roughly, the first half of the 1300s.
Living: 1352, 1373-90. 1396.
The first dates are given by Bartrum (Mabon Glochydd 2), citing the Dictionary of Welsh Heraldry. Carr (1979, p. 147) states that Gruffudd was still alive in 1396.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Madog Gloddaith ap Madog Fychan ap Madog.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Mabon Glochydd 2). It is given by Carr (1979, p. 146).
Mother: Morfudd ferch Gruffudd Llwyd.
This relationship is given by Carr (1979, p. 139). It is shown by Bartrum (Mabon Glochydd 2), who names her Teili.
Spouse: Gwenllian ferch Cynwrig Sais.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Mabon Glochydd 2; Edwin 15). Carr (1979, pp. 146-147) states that "according to some pedigrees" Gruffudd was married to a daughter of Cynwrig Sais, citing Bartrum. Carr (1975, p. 129), calling her Lleucu, states that "there must be some doubt about this since there is a good deal of confusion about Cynwrig's daughters."
Children:
(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. Carr (1975, p. 129) notes that only Rhys's existence is confirmed by record evidence.)
Angharad married (1) Llywelyn ap Hywel; married (2) Rhys ab Ieuan; married (3) Dafydd ap Maredudd.
Rhys married Gwerful ferch Dafydd Fychan; also married Catrin ferch Robin Llwyd.
Efa married Hwleyn ap Llywelyn Moel.
Mallt married Hywel ap Dafydd; also married Cwnws ap Dafydd Fychan.
References
Bartrum, Peter C., “Mabon Glochydd 2” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The sources that Bartrum cites for Gruffudd are: Peniarth 131 (97, 100) -- by Gutun Owain c. 1480; Peniarth 129 (63), copied from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; Peniarth 137 (20) -- written in the early 1500s by ‘Syr’ Thomas ap Ieuan ap Deiews; and Peniarth 133 (29), Peniarth 176 (139), and Peniarth 177 (296) - MSS by Gruffudd Hiraethog (d. 1564).]
Carr, Antony David. The Mostyn Family and Estate, 1200-1643 (PhD thesis, University of Wales, 1975).
Carr, A.D. “The Making of the Mostyns: the Genesis of a Landed Family” in Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (1979), pp. 137-157.