Yr Hen Ddafydd ap Gronwy ab Iorwerth

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Bartrum (Sandde Hardd 3) gives Ddafydd 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.

Relationships

Father: Gronwy ab Iorwerth ab Hywel.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Sandde Hardd 1).

Mother: Gwenllian ferch Rhys ap Dafydd ap Maredudd Hen.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Sandde Hardd 1).

Spouse: Annes ferch Iorwerth Goch ap Madog ap Mabon Glochydd of Gloddaith.

This relationship is shown by Bartrum (Sandde Hardd 3).

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.)

Iorwerth (living 1315) married Gwenllian ferch Ithel Fychan; also married Alice ferch Iorwerth.

Efa married Gruffudd Grach.

Efa married Madog Foel.

Angharad married Madog ap Llywelyn.

Evidence

Rees (p. 183) gives an abstract of a petition from David ap Grono to the King dated to about 1316 regarding a hundred solidates of land in Rudry and Llanfedwy. I am not sure that it is the David of this page.

References

Bartrum, Peter C., “Sandde Hardd 3” in An Electronic Version of Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1500.

[The sources Bartrum cites for Ddafydd are: Peniarth 131 (46), written early in the reign of Henry VIII; Peniarth 127 (36, 178), written by Syr Thomas ap Ieuan ap Deicws between about 1510 and 1523; Peniarth 128 (132a, 133a, 143b, 151a), “Llyfr Edward ap Roger”, written before 1582; Peniarth 133 (31) by Gruffudd Hiraethog (died 1564); and Peniarth 176 (260) and Peniarth 177 (180) by Gruffudd Hiraethog (died 1564).]

Rees, William ed. Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Century) (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1975).