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- GRIFFITH, who married Angharard, Daughter to Tegwared y Bais wenn (i.e. White Mantle), natural Son of Llewelyn, the great Prince of Northwales; by whom he had, 1. Howel. 2. Einion. 3. Rhys, Ancestor to Madryn, of Madryn Llannerch, and Carnguwch.
source: Pennant, Thomas. A Tour in Wales. MDCCLXX. London, UK: Henry Hughes, 1778.
- GRIFFITH AP IEVAN, m. Angharard, dau. of Tegwared-y-Baiswen, son of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales, and had issue,
I. Sir Howel-y-Fwyall, who distinguished himself at Poitiers, and is said to have been the person who took the French king prisoner. On this occasion he received the honour of knighthood, and still further to commemorate his services, his sovereign conferred on him a mess of meat, to be served before his pole-axe forever. This mess, upon his death, was carried down to be distributed among the poor for his soul’s sake, till the reign of ELIZABETH, when the custom was abolished. (History of Gwydyr family.)
II. EINION AP GRIFFITH.
III. Rhys ap Griffith, of Madryn, Llanerch Carnguwch, and Plas-ddu.
source: Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Twenty-Seventh Edition. London, UK: Harrison, 1865.
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