'Wales17'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Lords of Merthyr

                               
Commoners reports that "Descended from the line of the ancient British princes was Teon, who, at the close of his life, in the fifth century, became ... bishop of Caer Loew (now called Gloucester), and afterwards bishop of London ..... Twelfth in descent from Teon was Gwaethvoed, whose father " was ...
Gwlydden ('Cloddien')
m. Morfydd (dau/heir of Owain ap Teithwalch, lord of Cardigan)
1. Gwaethvoed (a temp King Edgar who r. 959-975)
  m. Morfydd (dau/coheir of Ivor, lord of Gwent)
  A. Cedrych
  m. Nest (dau of Tangno ap Cadvael, lord of Ardudwy)
  i. Cedivor, lord of Llancayach in Morganwg (Glamorganshire)
  m. Myfanwy (dau of Gwrgant, lord of Glamorgan)
a. Meurig
  m. Gwladys (dau of Arthen, lord of Gwent)
  (1) Ivor 'Bach', lord of Sainghenydd (St. Kenyth's) (a temp Henry II who r. 1154-1189)
  m. Nest (dau of Madoc ap Cradoc)
  (A) Griffith
  m. _ (dau of William Consul)
  (i) Howel Melyn
  m. Sarah Le Soer (dau of Sir Mayo le Soer of St. Fagan's)
  (a) Madoc of Merthyr
  m. Ewerydd (dau/coheir of Lewis ap Rys ap Rosser)
  ((1)) Llewelyn of Merthyr
  m. Joan (dau of Rys ap Grono, lord of Glyn Nedd)
  ((A)) Llewelyn - continued below
  m. Anne (dau of Evan ap Einion of Pryscedwyn)

 

 

Llewelyn - continued above
m. Anne (dau of Evan ap Einion of Pryscedwyn)
1. Rys
  m. Margaret Bassett (dau of Thomas Bassett of St. Hilary)
  A. Llewelyn Anwyl
  m. Anne (dau of Howel Gam ap Cadogan, lord of Penrhos)
  i. Richard Gwyn
  m. Joan (dau of Evan Trahaern ap Meyrick of Merthyr)
  a. Lewis
  m1. _ (dau of Lewis ap Rosser ap Llewelyn)
  (1) Richard ancestor of the Prichards of Llancayach
  m2. Gwladys (dau/heir of Evan John Philip of Llanvrynach, widow of John Walbeoffe)
  (2) Edward Lewis of the Van
  m. Anne Morgan (dau of Sir WIlliam Morgan of Pencoed)

Main source(s): Commoners (vol III, Lewis of Greenmeadow)
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