Husband Edwart Trevor ap Daffyd ap Ednyfed Gam, of Bryncinallt
AKA: Edwart ap Daffyd of Bryncinallt, Iorwerth Trevor ap Daffyd ap Ednyfed Gam of Bryncinallt, Edward ap David ap Ednyfed Gam of Brynkynallt, co. Denbigh, Edward Trevor of Bryncinallt
Born: Abt 1382
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Father: Daffyd ap Ednyfed Gam ap Iorwerth Voel
Mother: Gwenhwyfar verch Adda Goch
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Wife Angharad Puleston 1 2 3 4 5
Born: Abt 1384
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Father: Robert Puleston, Esq., of Emral (Abt 1358-Aft 1415) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Mother: Lowry Fychan verch Gruffydd Fychan (Abt 1367- )
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1 M John ap Edward ap David, of Brynkynallt, co. Denbigh (details suppressed for this person)
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2 M Richard-Trevor ap Edward ap David (details suppressed for this person)
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3 F Rose Trevor ferch Edwart ap Daffyd (details suppressed for this person)
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Spouse: Otewell Worsley, of Calais (Abt 1435-1470)
Research Notes: Husband - Edwart Trevor ap Daffyd ap Ednyfed Gam, of Bryncinallt
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 249-36 (Angharad Puleston).
Also Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872118
From A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland" by John Burke & John Bernard Burke, vol. I (London, 1847), p. 506 "EDWARD AP DAVID, who m. Angharad, dau. (by Lowrie, sister of OWEN GLENDOWER, and dau. of Griffith Vychan, Lord of Glyndwrdwy, co. Merioneth; see HUGHES or GWERCLAS) of Roibert Puleston, of Emrall, co. Flint, Esq. (see BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage, PULESTON or EMRALL,) and dying in 1448, had issue, I. JOHN, II. Richard-Trevor, progenitor of the TREVORS OF OSWESTRY, co. Salop.
Husband Philip Hanmer (details suppressed for this person)
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1 M David ap Philip Hanmer
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Husband Jenkin Hanmer (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Angharad ferch Gruffudd
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1 M John Hanmer, of Llac and Hamilton (details suppressed for this person)
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Husband Jenkin Hanmer (details suppressed for this person)
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1 M Gruffudd Hanmer (details suppressed for this person)
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Husband Madog Puleston, of Bers
AKA: Madoc Puleston of Bersham
Born: Abt 1390 - Emral, Flintshire, Wales
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Father: Robert Puleston, Esq., of Emral (Abt 1358-Aft 1415) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Mother: Lowry Fychan verch Gruffydd Fychan (Abt 1367- )
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Wife Angharad verch Dafydd ap Gronwy 6 11 13
AKA: Angharad verch David, Ankarett verch David ap Grono
Born: 1392 - Burton, <Somerset>, England
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1 M John Puleston, of Bers and Hafod y Wern 7 12
AKA: John Puleston of Plas-ym-mers, John ap Madog Puleston of Bers and Havod-y-wern
Born: Cir 1425 - Hafod-y-Wern, Berse (Bersham), (Wrexham, Denbighshire), Wales
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Spouse: Alswn Fychan ferch Hywel ap Ieuan, of Havod y Wern, Bersham, Co. Denbigh ( - ) 7 14 15 16
Marr: Abt 1462
2 F Angharad Puleston (details suppressed for this person)
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3 M Edward Puleston (details suppressed for this person)
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Birth Notes: Husband - Madog Puleston, of Bers
Sources differ in approximate birth year from abt 1390 to abt 1414. This source, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=youngwolf&id=I786, has b. 1414 in Emrell, Wales. Another source has b. abt 1390 in Bersham, [Wrexham, ] Denbighshire, Wales. Since he was Robert Puleston's second son, he was probably born after 1380, but not as late as 1414.
Research Notes: Husband - Madog Puleston, of Bers
Second son of Robert Puleston of Emral
Source: http://www.varrall.net/pafg60.htm#1197
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. II (London, 1882) has from Cae Cyriog M.S.; Lewys Dwnn, vol ii: "John Puleston of Bers and Havod y Wern, son of Madog of Bers, 2nd son of Robert Puleston of Emrall, ab Richard ab Sir Roger Puleston. Argent on a bend sable, three mullets of the field for Madog Puleston."
From Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas, Vol. I (London, 1872), p. 455: "Robert Puleston, Esq., of Emral... By his wife Lowri he was father of--1. John Puleston, Esq., of Emral. 2 Madog, who m. Angharad, dau. and co-h. of David ap Gronwy (some say David ap Llewelyn--Dwnn, ii, 151), and became the progenitor of the Pulestons of Havodywern, Bersham (Dwnn, ii, 359), Llwynycnotie (ibid., 361) and Carnarvon (ibid., 150)...."
Source: Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire, and its Borders, Vol. XIII. (London, 1880), "The Tanat Pedigree", p. 123 - "Madoc Puleston of Havolywerne, 2nd son. (The like diff. with a crescent.) = Ankarett, dau. and co-heir of David ap Grono ap Ierwerth. (Vert, a lion ramp. or.)
Research Notes: Wife - Angharad verch Dafydd ap Gronwy
From Annals and Antiquities, Vol. I, p. 455:
"Madog, who m. Angharad, dau. and co-h. of David ap Gronwy (some say David ap Llewelyn--Dwnn, ii., 151), and became the progenitor of the Pulestons of Havodywern, Bersham (Dwnn, ii, 359), Llwynycuotie (ibid., 361), and Carnarvon (ibid., 150)."
From Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire, and its Borders, Vol. XIII, "The Tanat Pedigree", p. 123 - "Madoc Puleston of Havolywerne, 2nd son. (The like diff. with a crescent.) = Ankarett, dau. and co-heir of David ap Grono ap Ierwerth. (Vert, a lion ramp. or.)
Birth Notes: Child - John Puleston, of Bers and Hafod y Wern
Sources differ in birthdate from abt 1425 to abt 1438. This source http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=youngwolf&id=I783 has b. abt 1438, with his father (Madoc Puleston) b. abt 1414. The 1414 date for Madoc is probably too late (see Madog Puleston).
Husband Sir Roger Vaughan 17
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Wife Gwladys verch Dafydd Gam (details suppressed for this person)
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Other Spouse: Sir William ap Thomas, of Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire ( -1445) 18 19
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Death Notes: Husband - Sir Roger Vaughan
Died at the Battle of Agincourt.
Husband Sir William ap Thomas, of Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire 18 19
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Other Spouse: Sir Roger Vaughan ( -1415) 17
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1 M Sir William Herbert, First Earl of Pembroke 20 21
AKA: Sir William "Black William" Herbert First Earl of Pembroke
Born: Abt 1423
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2 M Richard ap William ap Thomas, of Coldbrook (details suppressed for this person)
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3 F Elizabeth verch William ap Thomas (details suppressed for this person)
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Research Notes: Husband - Sir William ap Thomas, of Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire
Second husband of Gwladys verch Davy Gam.
From Wikipedia - William ap Thomas :
William ap Thomas (died 1445) was a member of a minor Welsh gentry family and was responsible for beginning the construction of Raglan Castle one of the finest late medieval Welsh castles .
Marriage
He obtained Raglan through his marriage to Elizabeth Bloet , widow of Sir James Berkeley shortly after 1406. When Elizabeth died in 1420, ap Thomas retained Raglan as a tenant of his stepson James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley , and in 1425 Lord Berkeley agreed that he could continue to hold Raglan for the duration of his life.
2nd Marriage
William married for a second time, and chose another heiress, Gwladus , described by a Welsh poet as 'The Star of Abergavenny' for her beauty. She was the daughter of Sir Dafydd Gam and the widow of Sir Roger Vaughan . Both these men had been part of the Welsh contingent that fought with King Henry V of England in France, and both were at the battle of Agincourt , where William ap Thomas had also fought.
The Blue Knight of Gwent
In 1426, ap Thomas was knighted by King Henry VI , becoming known to his compatriots as "Y marchog glas o Went" (the blue knight of Gwent). Gradually he began to establish himself as a person of consequence in south Wales .
Important Offices In Wales
As early as 1421 William held the important position of Steward of the Lordship of Abergavenny , and later became Chief Steward of the Duke of York's estates in Wales, 1442-1443. Other positions held by Sir William included that of Sheriff of Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire , to which he was appointed in 1435, and his position as Sheriff of Glamorgan followed in 1440. Although he became one of the followers of Richard, Duke of York , and a member of the Duke's military council, Sir William's sphere of influence was largely confined to south Wales.
Raglan Castle
By 1432 William was in a position to purchase the manor of Raglan from the Berkeleys for about L667 and it was probably from this time that he began to build the castle as we know it. His building programme eventually swept away most of the original structures. The principal buildings surviving from this time are the Great Tower (left) a self-contained fortress in its own right, together with the south gate, both equipped with gunloops. He also raised the hall, though later largely rebuilt, and part of the service range beyond. Two sources indicate that William ap Thomas was the builder of the keep. One of which is a contemporary poem praising ap Thomas, mentioning the tower at Raglan Castle which "stands above all other buildings." There is also a reference to Sir William Thomas' tower from a family chronicle written by Sir Thomas Herbert of Tintern .
Death & Burial
William ap Thomas died in London in 1445, and his body was brought back to Wales to be buried in the Benedictine Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny [1] . His wife Gwladus, died in 1454 and her tomb and effigy can also be seen in Abergavenny in the Priory Church of St Mary. William was succeeded by his eldest son, William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1423-1469) who took the surname Herbert.
Death Notes: Child - Sir William Herbert, First Earl of Pembroke
Beheaded after his defeat at the battle of Edgecote Moor near Banbury.
Husband Ludwig von Dagsburg 22
Born: Abt 940 - <Dabo, Moselle, France>
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1 F Heilwig von Dagsburg 22
Born: Abt 964 - <Dabo, Moselle, France>
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Spouse: Hugo VI , Count in Nordgau (Abt 0960-Bef 1049) 22
Marr: Abt 987 - Dabo, Moselle, France
Husband Halfdan "the Mild" Eysteinsson, King of Vestfold and Romerike [Semi-legendary] 23 24
AKA: Halfdan Eysteinsson, Halfdan "the Meek" Eysteinsson King in Vestfold
Born: Abt 704 - <Vestfold, (Norway)>
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Mother: Hild , of Vestfold 25
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1 M Gudrød "the Hunter" Halfdansson, King of Vestfold [Semi-legendary] 27 28
AKA: Gudrød Halfdansson, Gudrød "Jaktkonge" Halfdansson King of Vestfold
Born: Abt 738 - <Holtum, Vestfold, (Norway)>
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Spouse: Alfhild Alfarinsdatter (living)
Spouse: Asa Haraldsdatter (Abt 0794- ) 29
Marr: Abt 821 - Vestfold, (Norway)
Research Notes: Husband - Halfdan "the Mild" Eysteinsson, King of Vestfold and Romerike [Semi-legendary]
From Wikipedia - Halfdan the Mild :
Halfdan the Mild (Old Norse : Hálfdan hinn mildi) was the son of king Eystein Halfdansson , of the House of Yngling and he succeeded his father as king, according to Heimskringla . He was king of Romerike and Vestfold .
He was said to be generous in gold but to starve his men with food. He was a great warrior who often pillaged and gathered great booty.
His wife was Liv, the daughter of king Dag of Vestmar . Halfdan the Mild died of illness in his bed.
He was succeeded by his son, Gudrød the Hunter .
Husband Agne Dagsson, King in Sweden [Mythological] (details suppressed for this person)
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1 M Alrik Agnesson, King in Sweden [Legendary] (details suppressed for this person)
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2 M Eirík , King of Sweden [Legendary] (details suppressed for this person)
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