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damage done, Maredudd was one of the hostages given for the performance of the agreement. It is stated by Lewys Dwn, vol. ii, p. 284, that Prince Llywelyn gave Maredudd this Lordship, "Mam Llewelyn at lerwerth, Tywysog, oedd Gwladys v. Llywarch ab Trahaurn ab Caradawg ab Gwyn ab Collwyn, aq filly'r oedd Maredudd ab Rotpert Arglwydd Cydewen Ynai vab Eevnder i Llywelyn y Tywysog; a Llewelyn a roddes Arglwyddiaeth Cydewen yw Nai Maredudd ab Rotpert ab Llywarch ab Trahauarn. Yn ol marw Maredudd heb etifedd gwrryw o briod yr aeth yr Arglwyddiaeth yn ol i'r Tywysog, Llywelyn ab Iorwerth. Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, died in 1240. In 1241, however, Maedudd did homage for his lordship to Henry III, who confirmed him in it, but according to the Brut y Tywysogion, Henry gave the lordship to him as a reward for his treachery to Prince Llywelyn, by doing homage to himself at Shrewsbury. In this same year, 25th Henry III (1241), he was one of the intercessors with the King for the release of Gruffudd ab Llywelyn, from his brother Prince David's custody. Lewys Dwn states in vol. i, p. 136, that after the death of Maredudd in 1244, the lordship fell to the crown, and that Madog ab Samwel afterwards became possessed of it in 1257; but he only kept it for a short time, as it was taken from him at the conquest of Wales by Edward I.

Maredudd was a great benefactor to the nunnery of Llanllugan, as we find from a charter in the possession of Thomas Farmer Duke, Esq., of Shrewsbury, the author of The Antiquities of Shropshire, and published in the Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. ii, p. 305, of which the following is a copy.

"Universis Sanctæ Matris Ecclesiæ filiis tam presentibus quam futuris, notum sit quod ego Maredud filius Roberti ex consensu et bona voluntate filiorum meorum Oweni et Gruffud et

1 Lewys Dwn, vol. i, 136.

2 History of the Princes of South Wales, by the Rev. and Hon. George T. O. Bridgeman, M.A., p. 126, note.

Howel, similiter fratris mei Trahaiarn et nepotum meorum Cadugaun et Maredud et Howel et Owini pro salute animæ meæ et animarum illorum necnon et parentum et successorum nostrorum dedi et confirmavi Deo et Beatæ Mariæ et Sanctis Monialibus de Llanlugan in puram et perpetuam elemoisinam et ab omni exactione et consuetudine seculari liberam et quietam totam villam quæ dicitur Llanlugan cum omnibus pertinentibus et usibus et utilitatibus suis et commodis in bosco et in plano, in pascuis et in aquis, bereft in pace, plenarie et integre et honorifice in his termini, usque resi in illa pay rs to put him in sei din que unrud et et usque hal bren ety for the said 300 maren usque reu arall a iisdem libertatibus dedi supradict). He married Margidiam totius terræ olit usque Cust et son of Maelgwn, Lofliter dedi iisdem totam terram quæ dillegitimate son of Yr is terminis et pertinentiis suis. Et use of South Wales, bet inconcussa permaneat eam sigilli heirs-Angharad w proborum virorum Tegwaret, Decanus Grain ab Gruffydeylin filius Hoidlitt, Llewelyn filius Griffin, Dance of Southi Rufus, Idanwit filius Gorowin, Caduganus filius Ioho mariffinus filius Owini, Ann (Einion?) filius Iago, Lewellyn Lu, et multis aliis."

attestatione signavi.

hii-Johannes filius

(Seal, green wax; a warrior on horseback, charging sword in hand.)

Transcript made by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart :

To all the sons of Holy Mother Church as well present as to come, be it known that I, Maredud, son of Robert, with the consent and goodwill of my sons Owen, and Gruffud, and Howel, likewise of my brother Trahaiarn, and my nephews Cadugan, and Maredud, and Howel, and Owen, for the salvation of my soul and their souls, as also of my parents and our successors, have given and confirmed to God and the Blessed Mary and the holy nuns of Llanlugan, in pure and perpetual alms, free and secure from all exactions and secular customs, the whole ville which is called Llanlugan, with all its appurtenances, uses, advantages, and conveniences, in wood, in plains, in pastures, and in waters, well and in peace, fully and wholly, and honourably within these boundaries, and as far as Resi on that side, but on the other side, Oren, as far as the Reu Arrall, and as far as Hal Bren, and as far as Redenock; besides, with the same liberties, I have given to the above-mentioned nuns, the half of the whole land of Olit as far as Cust, and as far as Crig Urno. Likewise I have given to the same nuns all the land which is called Tahalun, in all its boundaries and appur

tenances.

And that this my donation may continue ratified and undisturbed, I have sealed it with the impression of my seal, and by the testimony of honest men. are the witnesses-John ab Tegwaret, etc.

Therefore, these

Maredudd ab Rotpert bore, argent, a lion salient sable, crowned or, armed and langued gules.

vol. i, pp. 15, 45.)

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(Lewys Dunn,

Maredudd ab Rotpert, the chief counsellor of Wales, took the religious habit at Strata Florida Abbey and died and was buried there in 1244.' He married Eva, daughter of Maredudd Fychan of Abertanad in Mechain Is y Coed, and Lucy his wife, daughter of Hwfa ab Iorwerth of Hafod y Wern in the parish of Wrexham. This Maredudd Fychan, was the son of Maredydd ab Hywel ab Maredudd ab Bleddyn ab Cynfyn, Prince of Powys. By this lady, Maredudd ab Rotpert had issue five sons. 1. Owain, of whom presently; 2. Gruffydd; 3. Hywel; 4. Llywelyn, who according to the Golden Grove MS., married Margaret, daughter of Maelgwn Fychan ab Maelgwn, Lord of Ceredigion Uwch Aeron, illegitimate son of Yr Arglwydd Rhys ab Gruffydd, Prince of South Wales, by whom he had two daughters co-heirs--1. Angharad, ux. Owain ab Maredudd ab Owain ab Gruffydd ab Yr Arglwydd Rhys, and 2. Catherine, ux. Sir Gilbert Pool, Knight; and 5. Trahaiarn ab Maredudd. Alson, one of

1 Myvyrian Archaiology, vol. ii.

the daughters of Maredudd ab Rotpert, married Einion. ab Cynfelyn ab Dolphwyn, Lord of Manavon, descended from Cadwgwan of Nannau, Prince of Powys.

OWAIN AB MAREDUDD, Lord of Cydewen, which he obtained as his right in 1248; for in that year, on July 30th, Oweyn Fil. Mereduc paid 300 marks to the King, that he might hold the land of Kedewy, which had belonged to the said Meredith; and the Bailiff of Montgomery had orders to put him in seizin thereof, after taking his security for the said 300 marks (Rot. Fin. 32, Henry III. m. 3). He married Margaret, daughter of Maelgwn Fychan, son of Maelgwn, Lord of Ceredigion Uwch Aeron, an illegitimate son of Yr Arglwydd Rhys ab Gruffudd, Prince of South Wales, by whom he had two daughters co-heirs-Angharad who married Owain. ab Maredudd ab Owain ab Gruffydd ab Yr Arglwydd Rhys ab Gruffydd, Prince of South Wales (Lewys Dwn, vol. ii, p, 54); and Janet who married Einion ab leuaf ab Goronwy, Lord of Cefn y Llys, ab Ivor ab Idnerth ab Cadwgan ab Elystan Glodrudd, Prince of Fferlis, ancestor of the Baronet family of Pryce of Llanfair Ynghydywaun, or Newtoun Hall, the Pryces of Glanmeheli in Ceri, now represented by the Lord Mostyn of Mostyn, the Lloyds of Ceri, and several other families whose genealogies are given in the History of the Parish of Llangurig, pp. 336-358, and pp. 364-6. (Lewys Dwn, vol. i, p. 314.) Margaret, the wife of Owain, died in

1255.

2

After the death of Gruffydd ab Llewelyn in 1062, his half brothers, Bleddyn and Rhiwallawn, obtained the sovereignty of Gwynedd and Powys, through the influence of the Saxon King Edward. Rhiwallawn, however, was slain in 1068, at the battle of Mechain, as before stated in the previous chapter, and Bleddyn became sole monarch. He was the son of Cynvyn, ab Gwrystan, Lord of Cibwyr in Gwent, ab Gwaeth voed ab Gloddieu ab Gwrydyr Hir ab Caradawg ab Llew

1 History of the Princes of South Wales.

2 See p. 71.

1

Llawddeawy ab Ednyfed ab Gwineu ab Gwaenog Goch ab Crydion ab Corf ab Cynawg Gawr ab Iorwerth Hirflawdd ab Tegonwy ab Teon ab Gwineu Dda ei Vreuddwyd ab Bywliw ab Bywdeg ab Rhun Rhudd Baladr ab Llari ab Casvar Wledig, King of Gwent, ab Gloyw Glwad Lydan, King of Gloucester. Bleddyn married four times. His first wife was Haer, daughter and co-heir of Cynillon ab Y Blaidd Rhûdd, Lord of Gêst in Eivionydd, in the cantref of Dinodig, and relict of Cynfyn Hirdref, Lord of Nevyn, by whom he had Maredudd ab Madog, his successor. By his second wife, a daughter of Brochwael ab Moelyn, Lord of Twr Celyn in Môn, he had two sons, Cadwgan of Nannau, Lord of Penllyn, Meirionydd, Mawddwy, Cyfeiliog, Arwystli, Ceredigion, and Ystrad Tywi (see Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. ix, 1 April, 1876. Penllyn), and Llywarch; and two daughters, 1. Hunydd, or Gwladys, ux. Rhydderch, second son of Tudor Mawr ab Cadell ab Einion ab Owain ab Hywel Dda, by whom she was mother of Rhys ab Tudor, Prince of South Wales; and 2. Gwenllian, ux. Caradawg ab Trahaiarn, by whom she was mother of Owain ab Caradog. By his third wife ...he had two sons, Madog and Rhirid, who were both slain by Iestyn ab Gwrgant, Prince of Glamorgan, at the battle of Llechryd, in 1087. By his fourth wife, Morien, daughter of Idnerth ab Cadwgan ab Elystan Gloddrud, Prince of Fferlis, he had two other sons- Iorwerth and Llewellyn. Iorwerth, who was called Lord of Powys, was slain at Caer Einion by his nephew, Madog ab Rhirid ab Bleddyn, and Llywarch ab Trahaiarn at Caradawg in 1109. Bleddyn ab Cynfyn was slain in battle, in 1072, by Rhys ab Owain ab Edwyn ab Einion ab Owain ab Howel Dda (see p. 71), and was succeeded in the principalities of Powys and Gwynedd by Trahaiarn ab Caradawg, and Cynwrig ab Rhiwallon, Lord of Maelor Grymraeg, who was slain in Lleyn, by Gruffydd ab Cynan, in 1074 (see p. 75). After this, Gwrgeneu ab Seisyllt ab Ithael ab Gwrystan ab Gwaethfoed, seems to have shared the 2 Lewys Dun, vol. ii, pp. 99, 107.

1 Harl. MS. 2299.

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