Sir Tudur was captured in Henry III’s campaign against Dafydd ap Llywelyn in September, 1245, and released in May 1247. He was one of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd’s leading advisers after 1256. He succeeded his brother Gronwy as seneschal. (Roberts, DWB).
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 1278.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Roberts (DWB; THSC 1959, p. 37) and by Carr (p. 2).
Relationships
Father: Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynwrig ab Iorwerth.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 5), and given by Carr (1990, p. 2), and by Roberts (DWB, “Teulu Penmynydd” p. 37).
Mother: Tangwystl ferch Llywarch ap Brân.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 5).
Spouse: Adles ferch Richard.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Marchudd 5)
Children:
Heilin married a daughter of Einion Wyddel; also married Annes ferch Owain.
References
Bartrum, Peter C., “Marchudd 5” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500. [The sources that Bartrum cites for Sir Tudur are: Peniarth 132 (255), written by Gruffudd Hiraethog and Lewys ab Edward; and Sotheby (96, 143).]
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.
Roberts, Glyn. “Ednyfyd Fychan” in Welsh Biography Online.
Roberts, Glyn “Teulu Penmynydd” in Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (1959).
Roberts, Glyn. “Wyrion Eden’: The Anglesey Descendants of Ednyfed Fychan in the Fourteenth Century” in Aspects of Welsh History. (University of Wales Press, 1969).