Ellissau ap Gruffydd (abt. 1427 - 1489)

Born about 1427 in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales

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Died 1489 at about age 62 in Plas-yn-Yale, Denbighshire, Wales

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Biography

His birthdate was not recorded; however, he was a juror for the County of Merioneth in 27 Henry VI (1448/1449), so he was required to be above the age of 18 to be a juror. He would be born sometime before 1427.

Ellissau ap Gruffydd was the second son of Gruffydd ab Einion of Corsygedol in Merionethshire, Wales and Lowry, only daughter and heir of Tudor ap Gruffydd.

His name was also known as Elisau ap Gruffydd, Ellis ap Gruffydd, Elissey ap Gryffydd, Elissau ap Gruffydd, or Ellis ap Griffith.

He married Margaret, daughter and heir of Jenkin ab Ieuan. He became possessed of Plas yn Yale by his marriage with one of the coheirness of Jenkyn ab Ieaun of that place.

They had six sons and four daughters as follows:

• Dafydd ap Ellissau who married Gwenhwyfar ferch Richart Lloyd of Llwynymaen.
• John Wynn ap Ellissau who married first, Margaret ferch William Lloyd ap Madoc Vychan, of Llwyn Dyerys, and married second, Ann ferch Llewelyn Vychan, of Yale.
• Richard ap Ellissau who married Gwen ferch Ievan ap David, of Hendwr.
• Jenkyn ap Ellissau who married first, Janet, daughter of Robert Salusbury, of Rug, and married second, Lowry, daughter of John Wynn ap David.
• Tudor ap Ellissau who married Ellinor, daughter of John Conway, of Bodrhyddan.
• Gruffydd Lloyd ap Ellissau who married first, Mary, daughter of Meuric Vaughan, of Nanney, and married second, Lowry, daugther of Griffith ap Llewelyn, of Halkyn.
• Margred ferch Ellissau who married first, Ievan ap Howel, of Rug-yn-Edeirnion and married second, Howel Vychan ap Howel ap David.
• Angharad ferch Ellissau who married Moris ap Sion.
• Gwynhwyfar ferch Ellissau who married John Eytson.
• Lowry ferch Ellissau who married Reinallt ap Grufiydd ap Rhys, of Branas Uchaf.

Lloyd Manuscript says, "Elisau, who was a juror for the County of Merioneth in 27 Henry VI. [1448/1449] and held in farm the office of Raglot of the Comote of Penllyn at Michaelmas [29 September], 12 Edward IV., anno 1473. He became possessed of Plas yn Ial in right of his wife Margaret, only daughter and heiress of Jenkyn of Allt Llwyn, now called Plas yn Ial, ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn of Bodidris, ap Gruffydd Llwyd, of Gelli Gynan, and in right of his wife of Bodidris; she being Tangwystl daughter and heiress of Ieuaf ap Maredydd ap Madog of Bodidris. Gruffydd Llwyd was a son of Llewelyn ap Ynyr, Lord of Gelli Gynan, by Margaret daughter of Gruffydd ap Iorwerth ap Ieuaf of Llwyn On, in Maelor Gymraeg. He greatly distinguished himself in battle, and for his service had a grant of the Manor of Gelli Gynan, together with the grant of a new coat of arms, from Gruffydd Maelor, Prince of Powys Fadog."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Glenn, Thomas Allen, Lloyd Manuscripts: Genealogics of the Families of Awbrey-Vaughan, Blunston, Burbeck, Garrett, Gibbons, Heacock, Hodge, Houlston, Howard, Hunt, Jarman, Jenkin-Griffith, Jones, Knight, Knowles, Lloyd, Newman, Paschall, Paul, Pearson, Pennell, Pott, Pyle, Reed, Sellers, Smith, Thomas, Till, Williams, Wood. Welsh Records from the Collection of the Late Howard Williams Lloyd. Pennsylvania: The New Era Printing Co., 1912, p. 163 - 164.

• Yale, Rodney Horace. Yale Genealogy and History of Wales: The British Kings and Princes, Life of Owen Glyndwr, Biographies of Governor Elihu Yale, for Whom Yale University Was Named. Linus Yale, Sr. and Linus Yale, Jr. The Inventors of Yale Locks. Maurice Fitz Gerald; The Great Leader in the Conquest of Ireland. Roger de Montgomery The Greatest of the Norman Lords, and Other Noted Persons. Beatrice, Nebraska: Milburn & Scott Company: 1908, folding plate of The Yale Pedigree.

• Samuel Rush Meyrick, ed., "Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches; Between the Years 1586 and 1613, Under the Authority of Clarencieux and Norroy, Two Kings at Arms, By Lewys Dwnn, Deputy Herald at Arms," Vol. 2 (Llandovery, Wales: William Rees, 1846), 352.

• Glenn, Thomas A. Merion in the Welsh Tract: With Sketches of the Townships of Haverford and Radnor. Historical and Genealogical Collections Concerning the Welsh Barony in the Province of Pennsylvania, Settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682. Norristown Pa.: Herald, 1896. Print. Page 80.

• Hewitt, Frances Bailey. Genealogy of the Durand, Whalley, Barnes and Yale Families : with the Crests of the Durand and Yale. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1912, p. 51.

• Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852, Vol. I. United Kingdom, Colburn and Company, 1852, p. 606.

• Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852, Vol. II. United Kingdom, Colburn and Company, 1852, p. 1650, 1662, 1663, 1664.