Gruffudd ap Nicolas

Abt 1400 - 1461  (61 years)

• Name	Gruffudd ap Nicolas   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Born	Abt 1400	of, Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  Christened	{Tribe: Einion ap Llywarch}
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Feb 1461	Battle of Mortimer's Cross, Herefordshire, England   [10]
  Person ID	I200005254	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 May 2014

  
  

  Family	Mabli Dwnn,   b. Abt 1400, of, Croesallgwn, Llangyndeyrn, Carmarthenshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Yes, date unknown
  	Type: Husband - 1st Marriage
  	STATUS: Husband's 1st marriage. (Buckley, Genealogies of the Carmarthenshire Sheriffs from 1539-1913, p. 3) DESCENDANTS: One son and two daughters. (Buckley, Genealogies of the Carmarthenshire Sheriffs from 1539-1913, p. 3)
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2007
  Family ID	F200004378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DISTINCTION: Esquire. (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 2 p. 57) POLITICS: Staunch supported of the House of York. (Rowland, Pedigree of the Ancient Family of Dolau Cothi, p. 10) POLITICS: Punishments> imprisoned with his brother-in-law Owain Dwnn as followers of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, when "the latter's sun set in 1447". (Society of Cymmrodorion, Dictionary of Welsh Biography, p. 533 Biography: Owain Dwnn) LIVING: 1422-1461. (Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies 300-1400, vol. 5 p. 330) RESIDENCE: Dynevor. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 1 p. 259) RESIDENCE: Newton. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 5 p. E1) RESIDENCE: Newton or Dynevor. (Evans, British Genealogist, book 8 p. H66) RESIDENCE: Dinefawr. (Rowland, Pedigree of the Ancient Family of Dolau Cothi, p. 10) REMARKS: "called the 'Eagle of Caermarthen'. (Rowland, Pedigree of the Ancient Family of Dolau Cothi, p. 10) REMARKS: Patron of the Bards. (Rowland, Pedigree of the Ancient Family of Dolau Cothi, p. 10) DEATH: Slain at Wakefield on the Yorkist side. (Buckley, Genealogies of the Carmarthenshire Sheriffs from 1539-1913, p. 3) REMARKS: "Lewys Dwnn addressed an Ode to Gruffydd ap Nicolas of Newton, near Llandeilo Vawr, Carmarthenshire. An anonymous poet says to him, "Saith gastell sy i'th gostlaw, A saith lys sy i'th law." - "Seven castles are maintained at thy expense, and seven palaces are in thy hands." He had great influence and fell fighting on the side of the Yorkists at the battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461. See a biograpical account of him in the Cambrian Register, vol. 1pp 54-64." (Dwnn, Heraldic Visitations of Wales, vol. 1 p. 98 fn. 2) (Research):KINSHIP: Investigate> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 1 page 20 gives him two more daughters who both died without issue: Mabli "Ianfag" and Gwenllian. KINSHIP: Investigate> Dwnn's 'Heraldic Visitations of Wales' volume 2 page 35 gives him a daughter who was married to Sir Thomas Newton of Penfro. KINSHIP: Conflict/Error> Evan's 'British Genealogist' book 1 page 106 omits this generation from the name string. DEATH: Conflict/Error> Rowland's 'Pedigree of the Ancient Family of Dolau Cothi' page 11 states he died at the Battle of Wakefield which took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, Yorkshire, 30 Dec 1460.

  
  

• Sources

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