Goronwy (ap Tudur) ap Tudor Hen (abt. 1275 - bef. 1338)

Born about 1275 in Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 1338 before about age 63 in Friary Chapel, Bangor, Anglesey, Wales

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Biography

Goronwy "Lord of Penmynydd" was the son of Tudur ap Goronwy (d. 1311) also known as Tudur Hen (Tudur the Elder), and Angharad ferch Ithel Fychan.

• Goronwy ap Tudur ap Goronwy ab Ednyfed Fychan. ^[1]

• Goronwy ap Tudur Hen (d.1338), Lord of Penmynydd was a member of the noble Tudor family of Penmynydd, Anglesey, North Wales and a descendant of Marchudd ap Cynan, Lord of Rhos, Lord Protector of Rhodri Mawr, King of Gwynedd and the ancestor of Owen Tudor and thereby of the Tudor dynasty.^[1]

• His tomb is in St Gredifael's Church, Penmynydd, alongside his wife.^[2] Whether he died in Bangor or not is unsure. He was initially buried at Llanfaes Franciscan friary opposite Bangor across the Menai Strait.^[3]

House of Tudor

The house of Tudor, which gave five sovereigns to England, is derived by all the Welsh genealogists from Ednyfed Vychan of Tregarnedd in Anglesey, who is named in 1232 as steward of Llywelyn, prince of North Wales, and seven years later as an arbitrator in a convention to which Davydd , the son of Llywelyn, was a party. His pedigree has been traced from Marchudd ap Cynan and beyond him, according to the veracious Lewys Dwnn, from Brutus, the great grandson of Aeneas. Gronw, or Gronwy, one of his younger sons had Trecastell for his portion. Tudor, son of Gronw, who lived to be called Tudor Hen or the old Tudor founded the Carmelite friary in Bangor and was grandfather of Tudor Vychan ap Gronw of Trecastell, who is said to have assumed the style of a knight, and to have had that rank confirmed to him by Edward III. ^[4]

This Tudor Vychan was the father of four sons, of whom the eldest, Gronw Vychan, was in favour with the Black Prince and with Richard II. He was forester of Snowdon and steward of the bishop of Bangor's lordship in Anglesey. He died in 1382, an infant son being heir to his lands in Penmynydd, whose sister carried them to her husband Gwylym ap Gmffydd of Penrhyn. Gronw Vychan, whom a bard calls a pillar of the court the ardent pursuer of France, was probably the warrior whose effigy remains in the church at Penmynydd. ^[4]

Marriage to Gwerfyl

He married Gwerfyl ferch Madog, daughter of Madog ap Dafydd, Baron of Hendwr.

He married Gwerful ferch Madog o'r Hendwr (living 1293) ab Iorwerth ap Madog ap Cruffudd ab Owain Brogyntyn ap Madog ap Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. ^[1]

Cawley, however, indicates that the name of Gronwy's wife is not known and that Goronwy had only one child. ^[5]

Issue

1. Hywel, d. c. 1367 ^[1] Hywel, who gained position as a canon of Bangor Cathedral (and later as Archdeacon of Anglesey);
2. Tudur,d. 1367; m. (1) Mallt ferch Madog, m. (2) Margred ferch Thomas ^[1] Tudur, who was influential in North Wales and was the grandfather of Owen Tudor.
3. Gwerful, m. Madog Gochy o'r Grugnant ab Iorwewrth ^[1]
4. Gwenllian, m. Iorwerth Goch ap Madog ap llywelyn ap Griffri ^[1]
5. Gwenllian, m. Iorwerth ap Llywelyn.^[1]

Research Notes

Gronwy ap Tudur died in 1331 An elegy was written to him by Bleddyn Ddu. He was buried at Bangor.

He served as a soldier in Scotland and may well have fought at Bannockburn in 1314.

He was an official. ^[6] There is a Table of Lineage, which may be viewed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goronwy_ap_Tudur_Hen

The table has been removed from the bio to clear the following errors: Duplicated named Inline citations, Not recommended tag SPAN CLASS, Multiple duplicated lines, Not recommended tag SPAN STYLE

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Carl Boyer, 3rd. Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. Generally follows Bartrum. By the Author. Santa Clarita, California, 2004. Gronwy ap Tudur is #20 on page 249
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Gredifael%27s_Church,_Penmynydd
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goronwy_ap_Tudur_Hen
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Hugh Chisholm, editor. Tudor Family The Encyclopædia Britannica]; volume 27, page 362. entered 2013-12-09 by Michelle
5. ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website England. Goronwy ap Tudor Accessed 17 Jan 2020 jhd
6. ↑ Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 180