William Salusbury

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Living: 1332.

The date is given by Dwnn (2:331).

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Henry Salusbury.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Salesbury 1). It is given by Dwnn (2:331), and by Owen (p. 155). Lewys Dwnn (2:331) gives Henry’s parents as John Salsberi and Catherin, daughter to Lord Semer (presumably Seymour). I am not sure about the reliability of this, but it is probably questionable.

Mother: Nest ferch Cynwrig Fychan ap Cynwrig Sais.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Salesbury 1). It is given by Dwnn (2:331). Owen (p. 155) states that “One genealogical source refers to the marriage of Sir Henry Salusbury and Nest, daughter and heiress of Cynwrig Fychan ap Cynwrig Sais, and Edward I’s grant to him of Lleweni, described as ‘a hunting seat of the princes of Wales.’ Cynwrig was probably the representative of the Marchweithian clan whose sons were prominent landholders in the post-conquest period…” Smith (p. 4) states that the grant from Edward I “is so entirely inconsistent with the evidence of the 1334 survey, where the Salusburys are only three among scores of tenants, that we are obliged to dismiss it at once.”

Spouse: Margred ferch Dafydd ap Cynwrig.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Salesbury 1 ; Yswatan Wyddel). It is given by Dwnn (2:331) and by Owen (p. 155). Bartrum shows Dafydd as the son of Cynwrig, the son of Philip Ffychdan of Bychton, the son of Philip, the son of Yswatan Wyddel.

Children:

Ralph (Rawling) Salusbury married Margred ferch Ieuan.

Evidence

Salusburys and Swynmours in the 1334 Survey of Denbigh:

Bovate de Lewenny (among other tenants):

[p. 63] Alicia que vxor Thome de Salbury tenet eodem modo vnam bovatam terre continentem x. acr. redd. per annum term. pred. vjs. viijd.

[p. 64] Willelmus de Swynemor tenet in feodo per cartam Comitis Lincolnie clx. acr. terre in Lewenny redd. per annum term. Nativitatis Domini viijd. Et faciet Wardam Castri tempore guerre per xl. dies sumptibus suis. Et debet sectam Curie &c.

Idem Willelmus tenet eodem modo octavam partem villate de Thloyn que continet lxvij. acr. j.rod. in terris, boscis et vastis redd. per annum term. pred. ijd. Et faciet cetera servicia vt supra.

[p. 65] Johannes de Swynemor tenet eodem modo lx. acr. terre in Kylkedyk’ redd. per annum term. pred. jd. Et faciet cetera servicia vt supra.

[p. 66] Henricus filius Ade de Salesbur’ tenet iiij. acr. terre precium acre xijd. et v. acr. [precium acre] viijd. redd. per annum term. pred. viijs. iiijd.

[p. 69] Johannes de Salesbury tenet xv. acr. iij. rod. terre vnde xj. acr. j. rod. precium acre xijd. redd. per annum term. pred. xiiijs. iiijd.

[p. 80] Willelmus Swynemour tenet x. acr. terre precium acre xijd. redd. term. pred. xs.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Salesbury 1” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

[The sources that Bartrum cites for Ralph/Rawling are: Peniarth 128 (255a, 926aa) “Llyfr Edward ap Roger” (written before 1582); Lewys Dwnn (2:311); BM. Add. 28033 - 4 (159) by Peter Ellis (died about 1637); and Peniarth 287 (1221) (written by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt (died 1667)).]

Dwnn, Lewys. Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the marches between the years 1586 and 1613 by Lewys Dwnn. (Llandovery: William Rees, 1846).

Owen, D. Huw. "Clans and gentry families in the Vale of Clwyd 1282-1536" in Wales and the Welsh in the Middle Ages (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2011).

Survey of the Honour of Denbigh 1334 (Paul Vinogradoff and Frank Morgan eds.) (London, 1914).