The Fifteen Tribes of North Wales; from a MS. in the Poffeffion of the "Reverend L. Owen. I. HWFA* * AP CYNDDELW (the firft of the fifteen tribes) lived in the time of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales. Some books of pedegrees allege that he was fteward to the faid Prince t. His office, by inheritance, was to bear the Prince's coronet, and to put it upon his head when the Bishop of Bangor anointed him, (as Nicholas, Bishop of Bangor, affirmeth). His houfe, I believe, was Prefaddfed, in Anglefey. What lordships he had befides that, are mentioned, in the Extent of North Wales, to be divided among his five fons, viz. Methufalem, Cyfnerth, feuan, Jorwerth, and Blettres. Many of the gentlemen of Anglesey hold lands from him by lineal descent, but who his heir is, I know not. Sir Howel-y-Pedolau ‡ was a famous man in his time, and defcended from him, being the fon of Griffith ap forwerth ap Meredydd ap Methufalem ap Hwfa ap Cynddelw. Sir Howel's mother was King Edward the Second's Commonly called Lord of Llys Llifon, in Angleey. † Mun. Ant. p. 131. Or, of the horse Shoes. nurfe; nurfe; and he being the King's fofter-brother, was in great favor with him, who knighted him. He was a very strong man, infomuch that he could break or ftraiten horfe-fhoes with his hands. His arms he beareth gules between three lioncels rampant, a cheveron or. OWEN, DESCENDANTS EXTANT IN THE MALE LINE. of Bodeon, Anglefey; and Orielton, Pembrokeshire, of Penrhos, Montgomeryshire. * LLOW ARCH AP BRAN, (the fecond of the fifteen tribes) lived in the time of Owain Gwynedd, and was the Prince's brother-in-law, for both their wives were fifters, the daughters of * Llewarch was Lord of Cwmmwd Menai, in Anglefor. 002 Grona Grono ap Owain ap Edwyn, Lord of Tegaingle, (as Griffith Hirae thog, and Sir Thomas op Jevan ap Deicws, and alfo an old parchment MS. written about four hundred years ago, do testify.) What office he bore under the Prince, I do not know. Some fay he was Owain's fteward, as in a book of Sir Thomas ap Williams of Trefriw, I found. I believe he dwelled in the township which from him is called Tref Llowarch, which hath in it Caer Gybi, (or Holyhead) and three parcels of land, bearing the name of his three fons, viz. Gwely Jorwerth ap Llowarch, Gwely Cadwgan ap Llowarch, and Gwely Madoc ap Llowarch, as in the Extent of North Wales is manifeft. He had a grand-child by his fon forwerth, called Meredydd, who, for his good fervices, had the freehold of the township of Efkynick given him and his heirs for ever, by Prince Llewelyn ap Jorwerth; whofe pofterity, viz. Jeuan Wyddel, and Tudur ap Howel ap Tudur, held the fame by the grant aforefaid, in the twenty-fixth year of King Edward the Third, as is to be seen in the Extent Book of North Wales. Jeuan Wyddel's mother was the daughter of the Lord Cywchwr in Ireland, defcended of the Earl of Kildare, of whom the gentlemen of Mofoglen, Bodowyr, Porthamal, and many others are defcended. He beareth argent, between three crows with ermine in their bills, a cheveron fable. DESCENDANTS EXTINCT, OR IN THE FEMALE LINE. |