Carr (2017, p. 87) describes Tudur as the "real founder of the estate," who "had been rewarded for his services by the grant of the bond townships of Penrhwnllys and Twrgarw in the commote of Dindaethwy on very generous terms."
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Bartrum (Iarddur 2) gives Tudur a number of 7 in his generational dating system, implying a birth date of, very roughly, about 1230.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Stephenson (p. 113) notes that Tudur "is last seen in 1258", but it may be that he was out of favour with Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.
Relationships
Father: Madog ab Iarddur ap Cynddelw.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Iarddur 2), and given by Stephenson (p. 112), by Carr (1990, p. 2), and by Roberts.
Mother: a daughter of Iorwerth ab Owain Brogyntyn.
This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Iarddur 2).
(possible) Spouse: Morfudd ferch Rhys ap Maredudd ap Rhys o’r Deau.
Bartrum (Iarddur 2) attaches a question mark to this relationship.
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.
Rhys.
Dafydd married Annes ferch Cynwrig; also married Jonet ferch Ieuan.
Hywel.
Angharad married Dafydd Goch.
Gruffudd of Penhwnllys (died about 1310).
(possibly) Gwenllian married Adda Fychan ab Einion.
References
Bartrum, Peter C., “Iarddur 2” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.
[The sources that Bartrum cites for Gruffudd are: Peniarth 131 (93), written by Gutun Owain about 1480; Peniarth 131 (62), written early in the reign of Henry VIII; Peniarth 129 (62), copied about 1500 from a 1497 MS by Gutun Owain; and Peniarth 127 (121), written by Syr Thomas ap Ieuan ap Deicws between about 1510 and 1523.]
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. The Gentry of North Wales in the Later Middle Ages. (University of Wales Press, 2017).
Roberts, Glyn “GRIFFITH OF PENRHYN (Caerns.)” in Welsh Biography Online.
Stephenson, David. The Governance of Gwynedd. (University of Wales, 1984).