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Families covered: Lords of Nannau, Vaughan of Caerynwch

                               
Meurig Fychan, Lord of Nannau
m. Gwladus (or Generus) or Angharad (dau of Gruffydd ab Owain ap Bleddyn ab Owain Brogyntyn)
1. Hywel
  A. Angharad
  m. Rhys ab Ieuan, lord of Cymmer-yn-Edeirnion
2. Meurig Llwyd of Nannau (d 1399)
  m. Mallt (dau of Hywell Piccill ap Dafydd Hen)
A. Hywel Sele or Selyf of Nannau (d c1404)
  m. Mali (dau of Einion ap Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ap Cynwrig ap Osborn Wyddel, of Corseygedol)
  i. Meurig Fychan of Nannau (d 1460)
  m. Angharad (dau of Dafydd ap Cadwgan, of Llynwent (co. Radnor) ap Philip Dorddu ap Howel ap Madog ap Howel ap Gruffydd ap Goronwy ap Gwrgeneu ap Hoedliw Goch ap Cadwgan ap Elystan Glodrhydd, Prince of Fferlis)
a. Dafydd of Nannau (d 1490)
  m. Elen (dau of Hywel ap Rhys, of Rug)
  Elen is identified on (MGH (vol 1, 1868, p189) as Elliw, dau of Howell ap Rees ap David ap Howell ap Griffith ap Bleddyn ap Owen Brogyntyn of Porkington.
  (1) Hywel Nannau or Nanney of Nannau (d 1540)
BPGW2001 (Lloyd formerly of Blaenglyn) identifies Hywel's 1st wife as Elen Salusbury and then, without mentioning his 2nd wife, shows his children as Gruffydd, Richard & Dafydd (father of Robert). BPGW2001 (Lloyd-Roberts of Plas Glanafon) names both wives and then reports that his 3rd son by his 1st wife was Robert of Cym Bychan. We follow Griffith which allocates the children as follows (but does not follow the line of Dafydd). We show Robert as son of Dafydd.
  m1. Elen Salusbury (dau of Robert Salusbury of Plas Isa or Llywent 'of Llanrwst', ap Thomas Hen))
  (A) Gruffydd Nanney of Nannau (a 1541)
  m. Jane (dau of Humphrey ap Howel, of Ynys-y-Maengwyn)
  (B) Lowry Llwyd apparently of this generation
  m. Ieuan Lloyd of Hafodunos
  m2. Lowry (dau of William ap Gruffydd ap Ieuan, of Rhiwgoch)
  (C) Richard Nanney of Cefn Deuddwr or Cefndeuddwr (a 1552)
  m. Elizabeth Owen (dau of Lewis Owen of Peniarth or Dolgelly)
  (D) Daffydd Llwyd of Cwm-bychan (Cymbychan)
  m. Angharad (dau of Gruffydd ap Rhys, of Sylvaen)
  (E) Lewis Gwynneth
  (2) Angharad
  m. John ap Rhys ap Gruffydd ab Aron
  (3) Mary
  m. Gruffydd Llwyd of Rhagatt
  (4) Elizabeth
  m. Elis ap Gruffydd ap Hywel
  (5)+ other issue - Elen Llwyd, Catrin, Lowry
b. Gruyffydd
  m. Gwen (dau of Gruffydd ab Ednowain ab Aron)
  (1) Elen
  m1. Robert ap Rhys a[ Hywel Vychan
  m2. Hywel ap Rhys ap Hywel ap Madog
  c. Mary
  m. Gruffydd Lloyd of Rhagatt
  ii. Madog
  iii. Mallt
  m. Gruffydd ap Jenkin, of Llwydiarth
  iv. Gwladus
  m. Gruffydd ap Llywelny ap Gruffyd
  v. Lleuci
  m. Ieuan ap Meredith, of Ystumcegid (d 1403, Constable of Criccieth)
  vi. Mali
  m. Gruffydd ap Gwyn, of Gannllwyd
vii. daughter
  m. Meredith ap Iolo
  viii. daughter
  m. Ieuan Ddu
  B. Gruffydd Derwas (a 1451)
  The following comes from Griffith's Pedigrees (Caerynwch, p322).
i. Howel (a 1444)
  a. Gruffydd
  (1) Tudur Vychan 'of Rhyd y Garnedd'
  m. Elin (dau of Morys Gethin of Voelas)
  (A) Dafydd Lloyd (a 1546)
  m. Elin (dau of Lewis ap Owen, of Dolgelley)
  (i) Tudur Vychan
  m1. Elizabeth (dau of Ieuan ap Gruffydd ap John, of Llandderfel)
  (a) Robert Vaughan of Caerynwch (d 1693)
  m. Margaret Vaughan (dau of Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, relict of Rev. William Price)
  ((1)) Grace Vaughan of Caerynwch
  m. (09.11.1689) John Humphreys (son of Capt. William Humphrey of Maerdy by Dorothy, dau of Peter Meyrick of Ucheldre)
  (b) Dafydd Lloyd (a 03.1612)
  m. Elizabeth Edwards (dau of Robert Edwards of Llwyn du)
  (c) Ieuan
  m. Jane (dau of Reinallt)
  (d) Elin
  m. Thomas ap Howel ap John ap Dafydd, probably of Dolgelley
  m2. Annes (dau of Lewis ap Meredydd ap Dafydd ap Edmund ap Griffri ap Gwyn ap Madog)
  (e) Mary
  m. Owen ap John ap Gruffydd
  (f)+ other issue - Gruffydd, Catherine, Elizabeth, Jane
  (ii) Eliza
  m. Lowry (dau of Owen ap Ieuan ap Dafydd, of Llwyfain)
  (iii) Lewis
m. Elin (dau of Dafydd Lloyd ap Rhys ap Dafydd ap Ynyr)
  (iv) John
  m. Elizabeth (dau of Thomas ap Richard)
  (v) Edward
  m. Catherine (dau of Lewis ap Howel ap Ieuan Deg ap Ithel ap Dafydd ap Llowarch)
  (vi) Simwnt
  m. Mary (dau of Sir William ap Howel ap Y Bedo, rector of Llanfacreth)
(vii) Margaret
  m. John ap Ieuan ap Dafydd Lloyd ap Meredydd ap Dafydd Lloyd ap Llweleyn, of Mathafarn
  (viii) Ursula
  m. Gruffydd ap Lewis Gwyn ap Howel ap David ap Meyrick
  (ix) Mary
  m. Rhys ap Owen ap John ap Morys Gwyn
  (2) Goleubryd
  (3) Elliw probably of this generation
  m. William Lloyd of Rhiwgoch
  The following comes from Griffith's Pedigrees (Peniarth ucha, p374).
  ii. Gwilim of Cenmaes (a 1457, eldest son?) had issue
  m. Elizabeth (dau of David Lloyd ap David ap Einion, of Newton Hall)
iii. Ieuan (youngest son?)
  m. Margaret (dau of Thomas ap Rys ap Llewelyn)
  iv. Lowry
  m1. Humphrey Pughe of Aberffrydla
  m2. Howel (ap Robert Vaughan of Gwengraig)
  v. Mallt
  m. (c1429) Griffith ap Robert, of Cochwillan
  vi. Catherine or Gwenllian probably of this generation
  m. Morgan Llwyd of Penllech
  vii.+ other issue - Meredydd, Iorwerth
  C. Gwenhwyfar
  m1. Meredith ap Hywel ap Philip Dorddu
  m2. John (Evan or Ifan) Llwyd ap Gruffydd ap Gronw
  D. Nest
  m. Dafydd ap Cynan, of Tegaingl
  E. Lleuci
  m. Madog Overton
  F. daughter
  m. Tudor ap Gronw ap Gruffydd ap Madog
  G.+ other issue - Rhys, Llywelyn Goch (had issue), Ynyr (had issue)
3.+ other issue - Grufftdd Llwyd, Ieuan, Llewelyn Ddu, Ynyr Llwyd

Main source(s): BPGW2001 (Lloyd formerly of Blenglyn), Griffith's Pedigrees (Nannau, p200), with input as reported above
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