Husband Thomas Powel Prichard, of the Goytre 1
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1 F Catherine Prichard 1
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Spouse: Walter Herbert, of Skenfrith Castle, Monmouthshire (Abt 1525- ) 2
Husband David ab William ab Ednyved, of Llanwddyn
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Wife Gwen Pryse
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Father: Rhys ab David, of Trev Brysg ( - )
Mother: Elen verch David ab Howel ab Gruffydd ( - )
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Research Notes: Husband - David ab William ab Ednyved, of Llanwddyn
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 124
Research Notes: Wife - Gwen Pryse
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, Vol. 6, by J. Y. W. Lloyd, London, 1887, p. 124 - "Gwen, ux. David ab William ab Ednyved of Llanwddyn."
Husband John Puleston, of Bradenheath and Pickhill
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Mother: Ellen verch David ap Rhys, of Bradenheath ( - )
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Wife Ermin verch Robert ap Madoc, of Pickhill
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1 M Thomas Puleston
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Research Notes: Husband - John Puleston, of Bradenheath and Pickhill
Source: Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, Vol. VII. 5th Series (London, 1890), p. 124
Research Notes: Wife - Ermin verch Robert ap Madoc, of Pickhill
Source: Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, Vol. VII. 5th Series (London, 1890), p. 124
Husband Sir John Puleston, of Bers, Chamberlain of North Wales 3 4 5 6
AKA: Sir John Puleston of Bersham
Born: Abt 1483 - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, (Wrexham) Denbighshire, Wales
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Died: 1551 - Bersham, Denbighshire (Wrexham), Wales
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Father: John Hên Puleston, of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle (Abt 1462-Abt 1544) 5 7 8 9
Mother: Eleanor Whitney (Abt 1467- ) 7 10 11 12
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Other Spouse: Janet verch Maredydd ap Ieuan ( - ) 4 5 13
Noted events in his life were:
• Served as, Constable of Caernarvon Castle, 1 Oct 1523 to 8 Jul 1550
• Served as, M.P. for Carnarvonshire, 1541-1544
• Appointed, High Sheriff of Denbig, 1543
• Appointed, High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, 1544
• Elected, M.P. for Carnarvonshire, 7 Jan 1545
• Served as, High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, 1545-1547
• Knighted, Betw 1545 and 1547
• Appointed, Chamberlain of North Wales, 1547
• Elected, M.P. for Carnarvonshire, 12 Oct 1547
• Died in office, M.P. for Carnarvonshire, 1550 or 1551
Wife Gaynor verch Robert ab Maredudd
AKA: Gaenor verch Robert ap Meredith
Born: Abt 1487 - Glynllifon, Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire (Gwynedd), Wales
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1 M Robert Puleston, of Bers
Born: - Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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2 M Rowland Puleston
Born: - Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
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Spouse: Agnes verch Rowland Griffith ( - ) 14
3 F Jane Puleston
Born: Abt 1520 - Bersham, (Denbighshire), Wales
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Spouse: Edward Griffith (1511-1540)
4 M John Puleston
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5 M William Puleston
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6 F Elizabeth Puleston
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7 F Sybil Puleston
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8 F Elin Puleston, of Bers
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Research Notes: Husband - Sir John Puleston, of Bers, Chamberlain of North Wales
Constable of Carnarvon Castle and Chamberlain of North Wales. Son of John Puleston of Havod y Wern and Bers by his first wife, Eleanor Whitney. Second husband of Jonet verch Meredith.
From Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, p. 455:
Great greandson of Madog Puleston, Constable of Carnarvon Castle and Chamberlain of North Wales.
From The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd, Vol. II:
From Cae Cyriog M.S.; Lewys Dwnn, vol ii: "Sir John Puleston of Bers, Knt., Chamberlain of North Wales, and Constable of Caernarvon Castle, ob. 1551." This source lists two wives for Sir John:
1 Gaynor, d. of Robert ab Maredudd ab Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glyn Llifon.
2 Janet, d. of Maredydd ab Ieuan ab Robert of Cesail Gyfarch, who purchased Gwydir.
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From The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Online - http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-PULE-EST-1283.html :
"(3) A cadet branch of the Pulestons of Hafod-y-wern flourished at Caernarvon for part of the 16th cent., its founder being the son by his first marriage (to Elin, daughter of Robert Whitney), of John Puleston ('Hen'), Sir JOHN PULESTON (d. 1551), who was sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1543-4, Member of Parliament for Caernarvon, 1541-4, and for Caernarvonshire, 1545-7 and 1547-51, chamberlain of North Wales, 1547, and constable of Caernarvon castle, 1523-51. He m. (1) Gaynor, daughter of Robert ap Meredydd ap Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glynllifon , and (2) Sioned, daughter of Meredydd ap Ieuan ap Robert, of Cesail Gyfarch and Gwydir . From HUGH PULESTON, his son by his second wife, who m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Hugh Lloyd, of Llwynycnotiau, near Wrexham, were descended the Pulestons of that place. There is evidence that the Rev. EDWARD PULESTON (d. 1621/2), second son of this Hugh, who became rector of Burton Latimer, Northants, in 1592, and ultimately inherited Llwynycnotiau from his childless elder brother, was a confidant of captain John Salisbury of Rûg (see Salusbury of Rûg ), one of the principal conspirators in the Essex revolt of 1601; while his younger brother, RICHARD PULESTON, had served under the captain in Ireland. On the death, without issue, March 1677/8, of Edward's grandson, JOHN PULESTON, Llwynycnotiau came into possession of his wife's brother, Simon Thelwall, of Plas-y-ward (see Thelwall of Plas-y-ward ), by virtue of a settlement made in 1672. "
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From Welsh Biography Online (http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s1-GRIF-PEN-1300.html) :
"[Edward Griffith] m. Jane, daughter of Sir John Puleston of Bersham . (L. and P. Henry VIII, viii, 122, 644, 925, xii, part i, 539 (14), 655, 1154, xiii, part i, 384 (91), 1289, xiv, part i, 732, 802, 803, 816, part ii, 40, 616, 759, 782, 1539; xv, 74, 82, 199, 327, 342, 355.) His death precipitated a long dispute between RHYS GRIFFITH his younger brother, who claimed the estates as heir male, and John Puleston, Edward Griffith's father-in-law, acting for his daughter and her three children (Jane, Catherine, and Ellen). Puleston asked Cromwell for the wardship of the children, and offered him £40 for his good offices; Rhys Griffith complained that during his absence in Ireland 'on the king's service,' his sister-in-law and her father had ransacked Penrhyn, leaving 'nothing but the bare walls.' The lord chancellor and the master of the court of wards made an arbitration in 1542, but the problems involved were still unsettled in 1559. Even after the death of Rhys Griffith in 1580, Sir Edward Bagnall, who had m. one of Edward Griffith's daughters, was still pursuing his wife's claims in the court of wards. (Penrhyn MSS. 50, 2197; N.L.W. Jnl., iii, 40; Lewis , Early Chancery Procs., 21, 22, 288, 290; Lewis and Davies, Augmentation Recs., 51; L. and P. Henry VIII, v, no. 724 (10), xv, 433, 661, xvii, 466, xix 812 (16), Addenda, i, part ii, 1462; Cal. Pat. Rolls, Edward VI, iv, 36; Acts Privy Council, 1580-1, 289; P.R.O., Court of Requests Procs., bundle iv, no. 258; bundle vi, no 210.)"
Research Notes: Wife - Gaynor verch Robert ab Maredudd
First wife of Sir Robert Puleston of Bers.
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 lists two wives for Sir John Puleston of Bers:
1 Gaynor, d. of Robert ab Maredudd ab Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glyn Llifon.
2 Janet, d. of Maredydd ab Ieuan ab Robert of Cesail Gyfarch, who purchased Gwydir.
Also Source: RootsWeb Williams Latham Tomlin Charlier (Kenneth Williams) (from J. E. Griffiths - Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire Families)
Husband Sir John Puleston, of Tir Môn and Havod y Wern 5 15 16
Born: Abt 1480 - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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Father: John Hên Puleston, of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle (Abt 1462-Abt 1544) 5 7 8 9
Mother: Alice Lewis, of Persaddfed in Tir Môn (Abt 1450-1480)
Marriage: 1510 - Denbighshire, Wales
Wife Catherine Stanley
Born: - Ewlo Castle, Flintshire, Wales
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1 M Piers Puleston, of Burras
Born: Abt 1510 - Ynys Môn (Anglesey), Wales
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Spouse: Catherine Hanmer (Abt 1510- )
Marr: 1531 - Denbighshire, Wales
2 F Jane Puleston 16
AKA: Jonet Puleston
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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Spouse: John ap David ap Howel, of Bersham ( - )
Marr: 31 Oct 1541 or 1542
3 F Elin Puleston, of Hafod y Wern
AKA: Eleanor Puleston, Elen Puleston
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4 M Richard Puleston
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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5 M Roger Puleston
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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6 F Elizabeth Puleston
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7 F Lili Puleston
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8 F Emmeline Puleston
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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9 F Catherine Puleston
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Research Notes: Husband - Sir John Puleston, of Tir Môn and Havod y Wern
Dates from RootsWeb World Connect (Linda Neely) - b. abt 1480, d. 1551.
Source: History of the Town of Wrexham, Its Houses, Streets, Fields, and Old Families by Alfred Neobard Palmer (Wrexham, 1893), pp. 137-138:
"It is true that in the Puleston pedigree at Gwysaney, compiled in 1665, John Puleston, the grandson of Madoc Puleston, is described as of Hafod y wern, but I have almost invariably found this John Puleston's son (also called John Puleston), described as of Tir Môn, and his grandson, Piers Puleston, as of Burras. There is no doubt, however, that Piers Puleston's son and successor, John Puleston, not merely owned Hafod y wern, but lived there. And as to John Puleston Tir Môn himself, he is described in the marriage settlement, dated October 31st, 1541/2, of his daughter Jane, as 'John Puleston, the elder, esquire, of Wrexham.'.As the provisions of the marriage settlement... are very peculiar, it may be well to summarize, and in part, quote them. The agreement is between John ap David ap Howel (son and heir of David ap Howel, of Bersham), gent, and the above named John Puleston, Esq., in anticipation of the marriage of the said John ap David with Jane Puleston, daughter of the said John Puleston. 'The said John Puleston covenaunteth and graunteth to brynge the said Jane his dochter to the churche dure in ye same state as she is nowe, and ther wed and take to her husband the said John ap David and also to arey hir to hir wedyng accordyng to hir degree, and also to pay the said John ap David the somme of six and thirtty poundes xiiis iiiid. . . . and also to fynd the said John ap David and Jane his wiffe meates and drinkes and logyng the space of oon yere immedyatly following the marriage, and at the yeres yende to delyver and geve to the said John and Jane reasonable Beddyng' (Arch Camb. 1878 vol., p. 70). Mr. John Puleston ( the son of Mr. Piers Puleston), indubitably lived at Hafod y wern, and was followed by his son Robert Puleston, who was succeeded by his son of the same name, as the annexed pedigree shows."
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From The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Online - http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-PULE-EST-1283.html :
Before the middle of the 15th cent. a branch of the family had settled at Berse, near Wrexham, and by the end of that century Hafod-y-wern, in the same area, had come into possession of the Pulestons through the marriage of JOHN PULESTON of Plas-y-mers, a grandson of the Robert and Lowry, previously mentioned, and Alswn, daughter and heiress of Hywel ap Ieuan ap Gruffydd of Hafod-y-wern.
JOHN PULESTON ('HEN'), of Hafod-y-wern, the eldest son of this John Puleston, fought at Bosworth, and for his services on that occasion received a grant for life from Henry VII of an annuity of twenty marks out of the tithes of the lordship of Denbigh (6th Report Royal Commission on Historical MSS., 421), and was appointed a gentleman usher of the king's chamber. In 1502 he was made deputy-lieutenant to the chief steward of Bromfield and Yale (ibid.), and seven years later, in 1509, Henry VIII granted him the receivership of the town of Ruthin and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd (Cal. L. & P. Henry VIII, i, 1, 67), and in 1519 that of the lordship of Denbigh and Denbighland (ibid., iii, 1, 146). Like his kinsman, Sir Roger Puleston, he served in the French campaign of 1513, as also did his two sons, both named John, the one by his first, and the other by his second marriage.
JOHN PULESTON, of Hafod-y-wern ('John Puleston of Tir Môn,' as he is sometimes described), son of John Puleston ('Hen') by his second wife, Alice, daughter of Hugh Lewis of Presaddfed, was sheriff of Denbighshire, 1543-4. During the latter years of Elizabeth I, two of these Pulestons were presented for recusancy at the Denbighshire Great Sessions: EDWARD PULESTON, of Hafod-y-wern, in 1585, 1588, and 1592, and Anne, wife of JOHN PULESTON, of Berse, in 1587. The last of the Hafod-y-wern family was Frances, daughter of PHILIP PULESTON (d. 1776); she m., in 1786, Bryan Cooke, of Ouston, Yorks (see Davies-Cooke, Gwysaney ).
Research Notes: Wife - Catherine Stanley
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I79893
Husband John Puleston, of Hafod y wern
Born: Abt 1540 - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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Father: Piers Puleston, of Burras (Abt 1510-Aft 1554)
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1 M Robert Puleston, of Hafod y wern
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Buried: 21 Nov 1621 - Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
Research Notes: Husband - John Puleston, of Hafod y wern
Source: History of the Town of Wrexham, Its Houses, Streets, Fields, and Old Families by Alfred Neobard Palmer (Wrexham, 1893), pp. 137-138:
"There is no doubt, however, that Piers Puleston's son and successor, John Puleston, not merely owned Hafod y wern, but lived there."
Husband John Hên Puleston, of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle 5 7 8 9
AKA: John Puleston of Bers, and Havod, y Wern, High Sheriff of Carnar, John "Hen" Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle, John "the Elder" Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle
Born: Abt 1462 - Hafod-y-Wern, Berse (Bersham), (Wrexham, Denbighshire), Wales
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Father: John Puleston, of Bers and Hafod y Wern (Cir 1425-1461) 4 5
Mother: Alswn Fychan ferch Hywel ap Ieuan, of Havod y Wern, Bersham, Co. Denbigh ( - ) 4 16 18 19
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Other Spouse: Alice Lewis, of Persaddfed in Tir Môn (Abt 1450-1480)
Wife Eleanor Whitney 7 10 11 12
AKA: Elen Whitney, Elin Whitney, Ellen Whitney
Born: Abt 1467 - Whitney, Herefordshire, England
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Father: Sir Robert Whitney (Abt 1436-Aft 1473) 20 21
Mother: Constance Touchet (Abt 1443- ) 20 21 22
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1 F Jane Puleston, of Bers and Hafod y Wern 6 23 24
Born: Abt 1479 - Bersham, (Denbighshire), Wales
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Spouse: Robert ap Maredydd ap Hwlcyn Llwyd, of Glyn llufon ( - ) 12 25
Spouse: Sir William Griffith, Lord of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales (Abt 1480-1531) 6 23 26 27 28 29
Marr: 2 Aug 1522 - <Penrhyn, Llandegai, Caernarfonshire, > Wales
2 M Sir John Puleston, of Bers, Chamberlain of North Wales 3 4 5 6
AKA: Sir John Puleston of Bersham
Born: Abt 1483 - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, (Wrexham) Denbighshire, Wales
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Died: 1551 - Bersham, Denbighshire (Wrexham), Wales
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Spouse: Gaynor verch Robert ab Maredudd (Abt 1487- )
Spouse: Janet verch Maredydd ap Ieuan ( - ) 4 5 13
3 M Hugh Puleston, Vicar of Wrexham
Born: - Hafod-y-Wern, Bersham, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
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4 M Richard Puleston
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5 M Lancelot Puleston
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Birth Notes: Husband - John Hên Puleston, of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle
Sources differ in approximate birthdate. Some have abt 1449, others abt 1462, etc. This source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=youngwolf&id=I778 has abt 1462. If his father died about 1461, however, a birth date of 1462 seems questionable.
Death Notes: Husband - John Hên Puleston, of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle
Per Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry d. abt 1544. Another source says aft. 1519. The earlier year (1519) may have been his father.
Research Notes: Husband - John Hên Puleston, of Hafod-y-Wern, Constable of Caernarfon Castle
From The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Online - http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-PULE-EST-1283.html :
Before the middle of the 15th cent. a branch of the family had settled at Berse, near Wrexham, and by the end of that century Hafod-y-wern, in the same area, had come into possession of the Pulestons through the marriage of JOHN PULESTON of Plas-y-mers, a grandson of the Robert and Lowry, previously mentioned, and Alswn, daughter and heiress of Hywel ap Ieuan ap Gruffydd of Hafod-y-wern.
JOHN PULESTON ('HEN'), of Hafod-y-wern, the eldest son of this John Puleston, fought at Bosworth, and for his services on that occasion received a grant for life from Henry VII of an annuity of twenty marks out of the tithes of the lordship of Denbigh (6th Report Royal Commission on Historical MSS., 421), and was appointed a gentleman usher of the king's chamber. In 1502 he was made deputy-lieutenant to the chief steward of Bromfield and Yale (ibid.), and seven years later, in 1509, Henry VIII granted him the receivership of the town of Ruthin and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd (Cal. L. & P. Henry VIII, i, 1, 67), and in 1519 that of the lordship of Denbigh and Denbighland (ibid., iii, 1, 146). Like his kinsman, Sir Roger Puleston, he served in the French campaign of 1513, as also did his two sons, both named John, the one by his first, and the other by his second marriage.
JOHN PULESTON, of Hafod-y-wern ('John Puleston of Tir Môn,' as he is sometimes described), son of John Puleston ('Hen') by his second wife, Alice, daughter of Hugh Lewis of Presaddfed, was sheriff of Denbighshire, 1543-4. During the latter years of Elizabeth I, two of these Pulestons were presented for recusancy at the Denbighshire Great Sessions: EDWARD PULESTON, of Hafod-y-wern, in 1585, 1588, and 1592, and Anne, wife of JOHN PULESTON, of Berse, in 1587. The last of the Hafod-y-wern family was Frances, daughter of PHILIP PULESTON (d. 1776); she m., in 1786, Bryan Cooke, of Ouston, Yorks (see Davies-Cooke, Gwysaney ).
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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), p. 138, lists as wives of John Puleston "of Havod y Wern and Bers" (from Cae Cyriog M.S.; Lewys Dwnn, vol ii):
1 Elen, d. of Robert Whitney ab Sir Robert Whitney, Knt.
2 Alice, d. of Hugh Lewis of Persaddfed in Tir Mon ab Llywelyn ab Hwlcyn.
Source: The Seize Quartiers of the Family of Bryan Cooke, Esq. of Owston, Hafod-y-Wern, and Gwysaney, and of Frances his Wife, Daughter and Heir of Philip Puleston, Esq. of Hafod-y-Wern, by Mary his Wife, Sister and Coheir of John Davies, Esq. of Gwysaney and Llanerch, London, 1857, has "John Puleston of Hafod-y-Wern, Esq., High-Sheriff of the County of Denbigh, A.D. 1544..." If this is so, he died after 1544.
From the book Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, edited by Thomas Allen Glenn (Philadelphia, 1902), provided by books.google.com, p. 58:
"[Sir William Griffith] married, secondly (marriage settlement 2 August, 1522), Jane, widow of Robert Meredith and daughter of John Puleston, of Bers, and Havod y Wern, Caernarvonshire, constable of Caernarvon Castle, 16 April, 1506, 30 July, 1509, 1 October, 1423 [1523], Chamberlain of North Wales, High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1544; died about this date."
Source: The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, Vol. II., (London, 1830), p.171, "[Sir Roger Puleston's] descendant, John Puleston Hen, (senior,) chamberlain of North Wales, was more popular, and a great favorite with the bards: one of them must have flattered him by saying, in his complimentary ode: "Di waed sais ydyw Sion," John has not a drop of Saxon blood in him."
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. IV, London, 1884, p. 342.
"Argent, on a band sable, three mullets of the field."
The book Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles H. Browning, Philadelphia, 1912, p. 286, calls him "lord of Caernarvan Castle," but that appears to be in error.
Source: History of the Town of Wrexham, Its Houses, Streets, Fields, and Old Families by Alfred Neobard Palmer (Wrexham, 1893), pp. 137-138:
"It is true that in the Puleston pedigree at Gwysaney, compiled in 1665, John Puleston, the grandson of Madoc Puleston, is described as of Hafod y wern, but I have almost invariably found this John Puleston's son (also called John Puleston), described as of Tir Môn, and his grandson, Piers Puleston, as of Burras. There is no doubt, however, that Piers Puleston's son and successor, John Puleston, not merely owned Hafod y wern, but lived there. And as to John Puleston Tir Môn himself, he is described in the marriage settlement, dated October 31st, 1541/2, of his daughter Jane, as 'John Puleston, the elder, esquire, of Wrexham.'..."
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From Welsh Biography Online (
"[The death of William Griffith in 1540] precipitated a long dispute between RHYS GRIFFITH his younger brother, who claimed the estates as heir male, and John Puleston, Edward Griffith's father-in-law, acting for his daughter and her three children (Jane, Catherine, and Ellen). Puleston asked Cromwell for the wardship of the children, and offered him £40 for his good offices; Rhys Griffith complained that during his absence in Ireland 'on the king's service,' his sister-in-law and her father had ransacked Penrhyn, leaving 'nothing but the bare walls.' The lord chancellor and the master of the court of wards made an arbitration in 1542, but the problems involved were still unsettled in 1559. Even after the death of Rhys Griffith in 1580, Sir Edward Bagnall, who had m. one of Edward Griffith's daughters, was still pursuing his wife's claims in the court of wards. (Penrhyn MSS. 50, 2197; N.L.W. Jnl., iii, 40; Lewis , Early Chancery Procs., 21, 22, 288, 290; Lewis and Davies, Augmentation Recs., 51; L. and P. Henry VIII, v, no. 724 (10), xv, 433, 661, xvii, 466, xix 812 (16), Addenda, i, part ii, 1462; Cal. Pat. Rolls, Edward VI, iv, 36; Acts Privy Council, 1580-1, 289; P.R.O., Court of Requests Procs., bundle iv, no. 258; bundle vi, no 210.)"
Research Notes: Wife - Eleanor Whitney
First wife of John Hên Puleston.
The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd, Vol. II, p. 138, lists as wives of John Puleston "of Havod y Wern and Bers" (from Cae Cyriog M.S.; Lewys Dwnn, vol ii):
1 Elen, d. of Robert Whitney ab Sir Robert Whitney, Knt.
2 Alice, d. of Hugh Lewis of Persaddfed in Tir Mon ab Llywelyn ab Hwlcyn.
Mother probably Constance Touchet, but also sometimes listed as daughter of his first wife, Alice Vaughan, according to Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group 2006. Has birthplace as Whitney, Herefordshire and has husband as Thomas Vaughan of Bredwardine.
According to www.whitneygen.org/archives/biography/rmnixon.html, President Richard Milhous Nixon was a descendant of John Puleston (1485-1523) and Eleanor Whitney (1467-).
From Reifsnyder-Gillam Ancestry, p. 58:
"The wife of John Puleston was descended from Edward III, King of England."
Husband Sir Richard Puleston, of Emral
AKA: Sir Richard de Pyvelisdon of Emral
Born: Abt 1281
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Sir Roger Puleston, of Emral, Maelor Saesneg, Flintshire (Bef 1262-1294) 3 5
Mother: Jane le Clerk, of Malpas ( - )
Marriage:
Wife Angharad de Warenne, of Warren Hall, Salop 3 30
AKA: Angreta de Warren of Warren Hall, Salop
Born: Abt 1294
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Sir William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey (1256-1286) 31 32
Mother: Joan de Vere (Abt 1258-1293) 33 34
Children
1 M Sir Roger Puleston, of Emral 3 4 35 36
Born: Abt 1308
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Margaret verch Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, of Iâl ( - ) 3
Research Notes: Husband - Sir Richard Puleston, of Emral
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593881439
Source: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas, Vol. I, London, 1872, p. 455, which has "Sir Richard de Pyvelisdon, or Puleston, Kt., of Emral, who m. Angharad (whom Dwnn modifies from the Latin into Angreta), dau. of a Warren of Warren Hall, Salop, and had by her eight sons and a dau. William, the eldest, d. s. p., and the succession was in the 2nd son,--Sir Roger Puleston, Kt., of Emral..."
Research Notes: Wife - Angharad de Warenne, of Warren Hall, Salop
From Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, Vol. I, p. 455: "Sir Richard de Pyvelisdon, or Puleston, Kt., of Emral, who m. Angharad (whom Dwnn modifies from the Latin into Angreta), dau. of a Warren of Warren Hall, Salop, and had by her eight sons and a dau. william, the eldest, d. s. p., and the succession was in the wne son,--Sir Roger Puleston, Kt., of Emral..."
Husband Robert Puleston, of Hafod y wern
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Buried: 21 Nov 1621 - Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
Father: John Puleston, of Hafod y wern (Abt 1540- )
Mother:
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Wife
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Children
1 M Robert Puleston, of Hafod y wern
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Research Notes: Husband - Robert Puleston, of Hafod y wern
Source: History of the Town of Wrexham, Its Houses, Streets, Fields, and Old Families by Alfred Neobard Palmer (Wrexham, 1893), pp. 139
Husband Rowland Puleston
Born: - Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales
Christened:
Died: Betw 1588 and 1604
Buried:
Father: Sir John Puleston, of Bers, Chamberlain of North Wales (Abt 1483-1551) 3 4 5 6
Mother: Gaynor verch Robert ab Maredudd (Abt 1487- )
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• Served as, High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, 1575
Wife Agnes verch Rowland Griffith 14
AKA: Agnes Griffith, Annes verch Griffith
Born: - <Plas Newydd>, Wales
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Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Jane Puleston 37
Born: - Caenarvonshire, Wales
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Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Sir Thomas Jones ( - ) 38
Research Notes: Husband - Rowland Puleston
Source: RootsWeb Williams Latham Tomlin Charlier (Kenneth Williams)
Source: The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Present Day 1541-1895, by W. R. Williams (Brecknock, 1895), p. 58 - Implies that his mother was Gaenor
Source: Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales by Thomas Nicholas, Vol. I (London, 1872), p. 455 - Does not specify mother
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