Morfudd ferch Gronwy ap Tudur

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum (Marchudd 13) gives Morfudd a number of 11 in his generational dating system, implying a birth date of, very roughly, about 1370.

Date of Death: before 9 November 1406.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Carr (p. 8).

Relationships

Father: Gronwy ap Tudur ap Gronwy ap Tudur.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 13). It is given by Roberts (WBO; 1969, p. 274), by Davies (p. 211), and by Carr (1990, p.2, p. 6; ODNB).

Mother: Myfanwy ferch Iorwerth Ddu ab Ednyfed Gam.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 13). It is given by Carr (ODNB).

Spouse: Gwilym ap Gruffudd ap Gwilym. Married about 1390.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 13; Marchudd 6). It is given by Roberts (WBO; p. 1969, p. 274), by Davies (p. 314), and by Carr (1990, p.2; ODNB).

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.)

Tudur Fychan married Annes ferch Robert Puleston.

Angharad married Dafydd ab Ieuan.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Marchudd 13” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

[The sources that Bartrum cites for Morfudd are: Peniarth 129 (102, 125), copied about 1500 from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; Peniarth 127 (118), written by Syr Thomas ap Ieuan ap Deicws between about 1510 and 1523; and Peniarth 128 (137a, 672a), “Llyfr Edward ap Roger”, written before 1582. ]

Carr, A.D. “Gwilym ap Gruffydd and the Rise of the Penrhyn Estate” in Welsh History Review Vol. 15, no. 1 (June 1990), pp. 1-20.

Carr, A.D. “Tudor family, forebears of (per.c.1215-1404)”, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Davies, R.R. The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dŵr. (Oxford U.P., 1995).

Roberts, Glyn “GRIFFITH OF PENRHYN (Caerns.)” in Welsh Biography Online.

Roberts, Glyn. Aspects of Welsh History. (University of Wales Press, 1969).