Morfudd ferch Gruffudd Llwyd ap Rhys

Also known as Deili, Teili, Marred, and Morvydd.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum gives her a generation number of 9 in his dating scheme, implying a birth date in about, very roughly, 1300.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Sir Gruffudd Llwyd.

This relationship is given by Carr (1970, p. 122; 1979, p. 139) and shown by Bartrum (Mabon Glochydd 2; Marchudd 17), who cites later heraldic pedigrees. According to Carr and Bartrum, Morfudd/Teili inherited Tregarnedd from her father.

(supposed) Mother: Gwenllian ferch Cynan.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 17), citing later heraldic pedigrees.

Spouse: Madog Gloddaith ap Madog Fychan ap Madog.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Mabon Glochydd 2; Marchudd 17) and given by Carr (1970, p. 122; 1979, p. 139).

Children:

Mallt married Dafydd ab Iorwerth.

Madog Fychan (living 1341).

Gruffudd married Gwenllian ferch Cynwrig Sais.

Efa married Madog ab Ieuaf.

A daughter married Picrin Eryr.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Mabon Glochydd 2”, “Marchudd 17” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The sources that Bartrum cites for Teili are: Peniarth 131 (100), written by Gutun Owain about 1480 (and which does not give Teili’s name); Peniarth 129 (119), copied from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; Peniarth 137 (30, 169), written by Syr Thomas ab Ieuan ap Deiews about 1510-1523; Peniarth 128 (679b, 830b) “Llyfr Edward ap Roger”, written before 1582, where she is called Morfudd.]

Carr, A.D. "An Aristocracy in Decline: The Native Welsh Lords After the Edwardian Conquest" in Welsh History Review Vol. 5, no. 2 (Dec. 1970), pp. 103-129.

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.