Padarn Beisrudd ap Tegid (abt. 305 - 402)

Born about 0305 in Yr Hen Ogledd, Wales

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Descendants

Died 0402 at about age 97 in Wales

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Biography

Research Notes

He appears in a pedigree of Pughe, of Mathavarn, in Cyveilog, reaching back to biblical Adam, presented by Lewys Dwnn. The pedigree illustrates the fondness of the Welsh for pedigrees as well as the difficulty of determining at what point the pedigree moves from history to legend. ^[1]

The pedigree also appears in a work by the Powys-land Club.^[2]

The complete pedigree is presented and discussed at Space: John Pughe's Descent from Adam

Birth

fl c. 0305 Paternus Pasrut (of the Red Robe) ap Tacitus

Place: Scotland, of the tribe Venicones (map)

Father Tacitus ap Cein Tegid (fl c.270) ^[3]

Wikipedia entry

Padarn Beisrudd ap Tegid literally translates as Paternus of the Scarlet Robe, son of Tegid. His father may have borne the Roman name of Tacitus. Padarn is believed to have been born in the early 4th century in the Old North (or Hen Ogledd) of Roman Britain. According to Old Welsh tradition, his grandson, Cunedda certainly came from Manaw Gododdin, the modern Clackmannanshire region of Scotland.

One traditional interpretation identifies Padarn as a Roman (or Romano-British) official of reasonably high rank who had been placed in command of Votadini troops stationed in Clackmannanshire in the 380s or earlier by the Emperor Magnus Maximus. Alternatively, he may have been a frontier chieftain in the same region who was granted Roman military rank, a practice attested elsewhere along the empire's borders at the time.

His command in modern Scotland likely lasted till his death and was then assumed by his son Edern. Edern was the father of Cunedda, founder of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.

The coat of Padarn Redcoat is one of the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain.^[4]

Name

Padarn Beisrudd

Patern Pesrut ap Tegig/Tecit

Paternus Pasrut (of the Red Robe) ap Tacitus^[5]

Family

(O)uen map (H)iguel map Catell map Rotri map Mermin map Etthil merch Cinnan map Rotri map Iutguaul map Catgualart map Catgollaun map Catman map Iacob map Beli map Run map Mailcun map Catgolaun Iauhir map Eniaun girt map Cuneda map Ætern map Patern Pesrut map Tacit map Cein map Guorcein map Doli map Guordoli map Dumn map Gurdumn map Amguoloyt map Anguerit map Oumun map Dubun map Brithguein map Eugein map Aballac map Amalach, qui fuit Beli magni filius et Anna mater eius quam dicunt esse consobrina Mariæ uirginis matris d’ni n’ri ih’u xp’i.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Lewys Dwnn. "Montgomeryshire Pedigrees: Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches Pughe, of Mathavarn, in Cyveilog, to Adam page 205. Accessed 25 March 2020 jhd
2. ↑ John Rhydderch. Pedigreees of Montgomeryshire Families selected about the yeare 1711-12 from Lewis Dwnn's Original Visitation. London: Powysland Club, 1888. [https://archive.org/details/pedigreesofmontg00rode/page/70/mode/2up/search/Clydno The Pedigree of Phghe of Mathavarn, in Cyveilog, to Adam. Pages 68-74. Archive.org. Accessed 27 March 2020 jhd
3. ↑ Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles: Celts of Britain: Venicones, added 2014-07-01, amb
4. ↑ Padarn Beisrudd article on Wikipedia
5. ↑ Celtic Kingdoms of the British Isles: Celts of Britain: Venicones
6. ↑ Harleian genealogies 1: Gwynedd part 1, amb

• Ford, David Nash, Details of the Ancestry of Cunedda Wledig, The Origins of Gwynedd