Sir
Thomas
ap Gwilym
Born about in Wernddu, Monmouthshire, Wales
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ann ferch Gwilym [half], Dafydd ap Gwilym, Jane (ferch Gwilym) Lewis, Gwladis ferch Gwilym, Gwenllian Ferch (Jenken) Meurig, Janet ferch Gwilym, John ap Guillem, Howel ap Guillem, Philip Jenkyn and Wenllion ferch Gwilym
Husband of
Maud ferch John
— married
1392 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mawd ferch Thomas, Ieuan ap Thomas, Gwilym ap Thomas, Howel ap Guillem, David ap Guillem and Unknown ap Guillem
Died
at about age 78
in Monmouthshire, Wales
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Biography
Lord of Perthyre Thomas ap William (1356-1438), Lord of Perthyre & Llansaintfraed manors, Gwent
Thomas, fourth and youngest son of Gwilym ap Jenkin ab Adam, was "of, Perth-hir, Rockfield, Llangatwg Feibion Afel, Monmouthshire, Wales."[1]
He "made a great addition to his fortune by marriage to Maud, daughter of Sir John Morley,[2] Lord of Raglan. She was "of, Llansanffraid, Llan-arth Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales," where she is buried.
Second, he married a daughter of Watkin of Llanddewi Rhydderich ap Henry. Her name is not known. She was "of, Llanddewi Rhydderch, Llanofer Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales."
He had 11 legitimate children:
- Sir William Thomas of Raglan was the son of Mawd
- a daughter, who married Thomas ap Llywelyn Gunter, was the daughter of his second wife - probably their only child[3]
- Philip of Llansanffraid
- Robert, rector of Llanfihangel Cwm Du and Llanwenarth
- Mawd, (possibly m. Gwilym of Tyle-glas ap Philip)
- Hywel
- Hywel Fychan
- Margred, m. William Wroth
- Tudful, m. Gwilym ap Hywel Hen
- Hywel y Bwlch
- Dafydd
- Ieuan, m. Margred ferch Gwilym ap Jenkin Grant was an illegitimate son by an unknown mistress.
He died in 1438[4] and is buried at Llansanffraid, Llan-arth Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales (Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouth).
Research Notes
One profile create for William (since merged) had his birth in Caerphilly and his death in Llansantffread, Powys, Wales.
According to "Genealogies of Virginia Families", part of Maud's dowry "was Ragland Castle." Text apparently attributed to the same source continues: "Bradney says (vol 2, pt 2, p 3) that Thomas' son Gwillam, Sir William Herbert, bought it from his stepson, James, Lord Berkeley. The widow, Berkeley, Sir William's first wive, was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Bluett. Bradney says Ragland Castle was given to Bluett by a De Clare who built it."[2] However, Thomas's son William "was able to buy Raglan Castle from the Lord Berkeley, his first wife's son, the deed, which remains among the Beaufort muniments, refuting the pedigree-maker's statement that he inherited the castle as heir of his mother Maude daughter of Sir John Morley."[5]
- "Raglan manor, attained [by William ap Thomas] through marriage [to the] heiress Elizabeth Bluet, was greatly expanded by William and his son, William Herbert, into the well-fortified Raglan Castle, one of the finest late medieval Welsh castles."[6]
Birth Years: One of the profiles for Thomas had the following list of children with birth years, attributed to Burke's Peerage:
- Phillip 1376[4]
- William 1377[4]
- Elizabeth 1383[4]
- Evan 1393[4]
- David 1397[4]
- John 1399[4]
- Hywel 1410[4]
Sources
- ↑ Profile text, citing Burke's Peerage, said "of Perth-hir, Rickfield, Mon" (Rickfield instead of Rockfield - needs research). The statement attributed to Burke also said that Mawd's father Sir John Morley was "of Llansanffraid, near Abergavenny".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Genealogies of Virginia Families" III:110-111.
- ↑ Boyer does not assign his other legitimate children to a mother, but the FamilySearch Welsh database assigns them all to Mawd.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Burke's Peerage, pg 271.
- "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883
- ↑ Unattributed text added by Dallas Riedesel to William's profile.
- ↑ Geni: William ap Thomas (accessed 28 October 2023).
- The Bartrum Project, digitization of "Welsh Genealogies AD 300- 1500" by Peter C. Bartrum (mirrored from the defunct Cadair site by Geni: Bartrum Genealogical Project - free login required to access the charts). See additional information about Cadair in G2G.
- Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. (Santa Clarita, CA: n.p., 2004). Page 167.
- Wikipedia: William ap Thomas (his son, aka Sir William Herbert)
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