Rhys ap Robert ap Gruffudd

Sheriff of Flintshire 1351-1360

Rhys was of Cinmel.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum (Marchudd 16) gives Rhys a number of 10 in his generational dating system, implying a birth date of, very roughly, about 1330.

Date of Death: 19 September 1377.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Carr (1991, p. 44).

Relationships

Father: Robert ap Gruffudd ap Hywel.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 16). It is given by Carr (1991, p. 42; 2003, p. 75).

Mother: Lleucu ferch Robert ab Iorwerth.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 16). It is given by Carr (2003, p. 75).

Spouse: Margred ferch Llywelyn.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 16).

Spouse: Gwladus Drahaus ferch Madog Llwyd ab Iorwerth Foel.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 16).

Children (by Margred):

(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.)

Robin married Jonet ferch Llywelyn.

Children (by Gwladus Drahaus):

A daughter married Llywelyn Fychan.

Nest married Ieuan ap Maredudd.

Gwenllian married Hywel Coetmor.

Lleucu Llwyd married Hywel ap Tudur.

Angharad married Dafydd ap Hywel.

Children (mother uncertain):

Angharad married Dafydd ap Hywel Fychan.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Marchudd 16” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

[The sources Bartrum cites for Hywel are:Peniarth 129 (104), copied about 1500 from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; Peniarth 127 (123), written by Syr Thomas ap Ieuan ap Deicws between about 1510 and 1523; and Peniarth 128 (621b, 896a, 941a), “Llyfr Edward ap Roger”, written before 1582.]

Carr, Antony David. The Mostyn Family and Estate, 1200-1643 (PhD thesis, University of Wales, 1975).

Carr, A.D. “Lineage, Power, and Land in Medieval Flintshire” in Flintshire Historical Society Journal Vol. 36 (2003), pp. 59-81.

Carr, A. D. Owen of Wales: The End of the House of Gwynedd. (University of Wales Press, 1991).

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