Gwilym
"William"
ap Gruffudd
aka ap Griffith
Born in Cochwillan, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Ancestors 
Son of Gruffudd (ap Robin) Williams
and Mall ferch Derwas
Brother of
Richard (Pengruffwnd) Griffin [half]
Husband of
Angharad (David) ferch David
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 80
in Cochwillan, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jul 2011
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Biography
Gwilym ap Gruffudd ap Robin[1] / William ap Gruffydd[2]
William ap Gruffydd of Cochwillan, Sheriff of Caernarvonshire[3]
- His parents were Gruffudd ap Robin and Mallt,[1] also spelled Mali and Malt,[3] daughter of Griffith Derwas ap Meurig of Nannau.[4][5]
- His children included several daughters, including Alice, and sons by Angharad: William, died 1559; Dafydd; Robert; and Thomas Gethin, died December 1556.[1][6]
- In 1485, he was appointed Sheriff of Caernarfonshire for life; he died about 1500.[4]
Research Notes
Location: Removed "Madryn Issa" from birth location (not supported in text). He was probably born and died at Cochwillan. The biography of his son William Williams by P.S. Edwards says that the Williams family of Cochwillan was founded by his great-grandfather,[7] which would be Robin, the grandfather of this William.
Birth Date Estimate: "about 1420" splits the difference of dates in duplicate profiles of 1429 (certain) and 1416, neither with an explanation in the text, although thepeerage has circa 1429, citing Burke.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Darryl Lundy. Gwilym ap Gruffudd ap Robin, entry in thepeerage.com database, "#609964" (accessed 4 March 2022). Note that this is not considered a reliable source, as it is based on Burkes. "Burke’s Peerage and other Burke reference works are not reliable sources: they have many errors. Any 19th century Burke reference work should be regarded with particular caution. thepeerage.com can be helpful in identifying possible relationships and lines of enquiry, but its use as a source in its own right should be avoided as far as possible." ~ Magna Carta Project Reliable Sources page.
- ↑ Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members): http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13232476&pid=-31017401
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thomas Nicholas. Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales (1991), page 362.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Roberts, G., (1959). WILLIAMS family, of Cochwillan. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 4 Mar 2022, from https://biography.wales/article/s1-WILL-COC-1389
- ↑ Wikipedia: Sheriff of Caernarvonshire (accessed 3 March 2022).
- ↑ Lundy (op.cit.) notes that Alice and a son Morgan were illegitimate.
- ↑ History of Parliament Online's biography by P. S. Edwards: William Wynn Williams (by 1500-59), accessed 4 March 2022.
- WikiTree profile Ap Gruffydd-28 created through the import of 2010-09-14.ged on Jul 28, 2011 by Bob Carson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and this Changes page for the details of edits of the profile created by John Thompson.
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Categories: Sheriffs of Caernarvonshire
Built by William in 1465, and essentially unchanged over time, having been unused, then converted to a barn and warehouse. Considered by several poets to be a place at the time of fine hospitality there, one vowing to stay there for the rest of his life. Poems are written about this manor.
A few of the links: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/26298/ https://medievalheritage.eu/en/main-page/heritage/wales/cochwillan-house/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochwillan
Intel from link #1 above, which has some fantastic photography of the home:
"See the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies' on-line resource Guto'r Glyn.net poem 55 for Guto'r Glyn's poem in praise of Wiliam ap Gruffudd of Cochwillan. From the notes to Poem 55:
This is a poem of praise to Wiliam ap Gruffudd of Cochwillan in the parish of Llanllechid in Gwynedd which Guto composed when he was an old man. Wiliam's hospitality is thoroughly praised in the first 34 lines and Guto states his intention to stay in Wiliam's court for the rest of his life. It seems that the existing house at Cochwillan was built during the second half of the fifteenth century by Wiliam himself, although the poet Gwilym ap Sefnyn clearly states in a poem to Wiliam's grandfather, Rhobin ap Gruffudd, that there was a house at Cochwillan at the beginning of the century (see Williams 1997: 91). Smith (1975: 102) argues that Wiliam renovated or rebuilt the house sometime after 1485 when he was appointed sheriff of Caernarfonshire following the support he gave to Henry Tudor at Bosworth: `It is fair to surmise that Gruffydd [that is to say, Wiliam] built his great hall to support his newly exalted position in society, and he built it in the latest fashion for a great gentleman, with an outstanding hammer-beam roof, glazed windows and a side-chimney?".
Thought I would share, having researched the issue a bit. Cheers! Braxton
Griffith-1459 and Ap Gruffudd-59 appear to represent the same person because: per Wales Project guidelines, "ap" should be included in LNAB. I found this duplicate when looking for a profile of his wife. Please merge. Thanks!
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Source: Burke's Peerage, 2003, volume 3, page 4183, cited in The Peerage, http://www.thepeerage.com/p60997.htm#i609964
Son of Griffith ap Robin. He was a firm supporter of the Tudors. He married Angharad, daughter of Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Einion the Lancastrian defender of Harlech between c. 1460-8. He is said to have brought a troop of horse to support Henry of Richmond at Bosworth, was appointed sheriff for life of Caernarvonshire in 1485, received letters of denization in 1486 and probably died 1500 (Breeze, Kalendars, 50; Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1485-94, 55).
Source: Roberts, G., (1959). WILLIAMS family, of Cochwillan.. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 24 May 2020, from https://biography.wales/article/s1-WILL-COC-1389
Source: Thomas Nicholas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, 1991, page 362, https://books.google.fr/books?id=WQ6wkDw8DnUC&pg=PA362