Mary, ux. Eubule Thelwall, lawyer, of Gray's Inn, second son of John Thelwall of Plas Coch, by whom she had four sons,-1, Thomas Thelwall of Nantclwyd; 2, Eubule; 3, Orlando; and 4, Bevis Ithel ab Eunydd. He had for his share of his father's territories the townships of Trefalun and Y Groesffordd in Maelor Gymraeg, and Leprog Fawr, Leprog Fechan, and Tref Nant y Rhiw, in Tegeingl Gwladys, d. and coheiress of Gruffydd ab Meilir ab Elidr ab Rhys Sais. Erm. a lion rampt. azure Ambrose Mull was the son of Peter or Piers Mull, who died in 1676, ab Geoffrey Mull ab Piers Mull ab Thomas Mull of Ruthin, ab John Mull, Steward of Ruthin, ab John Mull, Steward of Ruthin, ab John Mull or Moyt. Sable, two lions rampant in fess argent. 1 Simon Thelwall, Proctor of the Court of Arches, youngest son of John Wynn Thelwall of Bathafarn Park, Esq. Einion ab Ithel, ancestor of the Lloyds of Gorsedd Goch in Maelor Iorwerth, Ririd Sais, ancestor of the Joneses of Der- Trahaiarn. He made part of Gresford Church, and Howel Einion Goch, his offspring have their seat and burials there. He was the ancestor of the Almors of Almor and Pant Iocyn Ieuan Fychan Angharad, d. of Rhys ab Heilin Frych ab Ithel ancestor of the Merediths of Pentref Bychan Ieuan Llwyd Margaret, d. of Deicws Goch ab Howel ab Llewelyn = Foel Ieuan Gwenllian, d. of Howel Camddur ab Llewelyn ab Deicws Gruffydd Dwgws, d. of David ab Iorwerth Ddu ab Madog ab Goronwy ab Gruffydd ab Madog ab Iorwerth ab Madog ab Rhirid Flaidd Howel Margaret, d. of Llewelyn Fychan of Ial David Janet, d. and heiress of John ab Gruffydd ab David ab Thomas Catherine, d. of Piers Salusbury of Rug and Bach- Lowri Wenn, heiress, ux. Thomas Myddleton of Garth Gynan. G RHAGAD IN GLYNDYFRDWY. This township or manor lies in the parish of Corwen. Leland states that Owain Glyndwr had a place named Ragad in Iâl, which most probably must be this place, as Owain had a place close by, in Llan Sant Ffraid, where he kept his prisoners, which is still called Carchardy Owain Glyndwr. The manor was forfeited with the rest of the lordship of Glyndyfredwy, at the time of the attainder of Owain Glyndwr, and was purchased by Robert Salisbury of Rug. In this manor is a mansion and estate called Rhagad, which was the property of Ieuan Llwyd, the sixth son of Elissau ab Gruffydd ab Einion of Allt, Llwyn Dragon in Bodanwydog Baron of Gwyddelwern. Elissau ab Gruffyd, who bore ermine a saltier gules, a crescent or for difference, had a seventh son, Gruffydd Lloyd, who married first Mary, daughter of Meurig Fychan ab Howel, lord of Narmau, by whom he had a son, Hugh Lloyd, ancestor of the Lloyds of Carrog, in Glyndyffrdwy. He married secondly Lowry, daughter of Gruffydd ab Llewelyn, of Helygen, in Tegeingl, by whom he had a son, Robert Lloyd, of Rhagad, who was ancestor of Roger Lloyd, of Rhagad,' who married Catherine, daughter of Peter Meurig, of Ucheldref, and Lowri, his wife, daughter of Lewys Anwyl, of y Parc, in Llanfrothen, Esq. By this lady Roger Lloyd had issue a daughter named Margaret, who became the heiress of Rhagad. She married first Maredydd Lloyd, a younger son of Lewys Lloyd, of Rhiwaedog, in Penllyn, Esq., descended from Ŏwain Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales, who bore vert, three eagles displayed in fess or. She married secondly, William Wynn, of Maes Neuadd, in the parish of Llandecwyn, in Ardudwy. By her first husband, Margaret had issue a son and heir, John Lloyd, of Rhagad, who married Catherine, daughter and heir of John Wynn, of Copa'r Goleuni, in Tegeingl, descended 1 Roger Lloyd ab John Lloyd, living 1680, ab Roger Lloyd ab John Lloyd ab Roger Lloyd ab Robert Lloyd ab Gruffydd Lloyd, seventh son of Elissau ab Gruffydd ab Einion ab Gruffydd ab Llewelyn ab Cynwrig ab Osbern Fitz-Gerald. 2 See Mont. Coll., April 1876. 3 John Wynn of Copa'r Goleuni, 1697, ab John Wynn ab John Wynn, a lawyer, ab John ab Edward ab John Wynn ab Robert ab Ieuan ab Cynwrig ab Ieuan ab David ab Cynwrig ab Ieuan ab Gruffydd ab Madog Ddu of Copa'r Goleuni, ab David ab Rhirid ab from Madog Ddu, of Copa'r Goleuni, who bore palii of six pieces argent and sable, by whom she had a daughter named Margaret, who was the heiress of Rhagad, and married Captain Maesmor Maurice, High Sheriff for co. Merioneth, 1750, son of Peter Maurice, of Hafod y Maedd, in Ceryg y Drudion, Dean of Bangor. She sold Rhagad to John Jones, of Cefn Coch, Esq., and died without issue 22 Oct., 1779, aged 63, and was buried at Corwen. Subsequently Rhagad was sold by John Jones, Esq., to Judge Lloyd, of Berth. (See Archæologia Cambrensis, Oct. 1876, p. 271.) Y Gwion Llwyd, Baron of Hendwr, in Edeyrnion (see Yr Hendwr), married Lucy, daughter of Goronwy, of Penlly, ab Gruffydd ab Madog of Llanuwchllyn, ab Iorwerth ab Madog ab Rhirid Flaidd, lord of Penllyn, by whom he had issue three sons-1, David, Baron of Hendwr (see Yr Hendwr); 2, Ieuan, and 3, Y Gwion. Ieuan, the second son, had Branas Isaf in the parish of Llandrillo, in Edeyrnion, and Gwnodl, in Glyndyfrdwy. He was living in 1389, and married first... daughter of Gruffydd, second son of Adda ab Howel ab Llewelyn ab Owain ab Edwyn ab Goronwy, Prince of Tegeingl. (Cae Cyriog MS.; Lewys Dwnn, vol. ii, p. 299.) Ieuaf ab Adda ab Awr of Llys Trefor, in Nanheudwy (see Archæologia Cambrensis, Oct. 1876, p. 264), by whom he had issue two sons-Gruffydd and David, of whom presently. Ieuan married secondly Eva, daughter and heiress of Madog ab Goronwy Llwyd ab y Penwyn of Melai (gules three boars' heads erased in pale argent). Gruffydd, the eldest son of Ieuan, married Morfudd, daughter of Howel ab Madog of Overton Madog, in Maelor Saesneg, by whom he had issue two sons, of whom Ieuan, the youngest, was the father of David, whose daughter and heiress Catherine married Thomas ab Owain ab Gruffydd Fychan. Howel Fychan, the eldest son of Gruffydd, sold his estate. He married Gwenhwyfar, daughter and heiress of Iolyn ab David of Yr Hob, by whom he had an only daughter and heiress, Catherine, who married Richard ab Gruffydd of Llai, in the parish of Gresford, by whom she had several children, who all predeceased her, and her mother's property went to John ab Elis Eyton of Watstay, in Rhiwfabon. David, the second son of Ieuan ab y Gwion Llwyd, had Gwnodl and Branas Isaf. He married Angharad, daughter of Llewelyn ab Adda ab Howel ab Ieuaf ab Adda ab Awr of Llys Trevor, by whom he had issue two sons-Llewelyn and Ieuan. Llewelyn, the eldest son, married Gwen, d. of Ieuan ab Gruffydd ab Llewelyn ab Ieuan Grach ab Ieuan Foelfrych, descended from Idnerth Benfras, by whom he had a son, Thomas, who married Elen, daughter of Owain ab Gruffydd ab Madog Fychan of Garth y Medd, in the parish of Abergelen, descended from Iarddur of Penrhyn, lord of Llechwedd Uchaf and Creuddyn, and Grand Forester of Snowdon in the time of Llewelyn the Great, who bestowed these lordships and the Castle of Penrhyn upon him. He bore gules à chev. inter three stags' heads carboched argent. By this lady, Thomas 1 Harl. MS. 1969. 2 Iarddur was the ancestor of the Coetmors of Coetmor, the Lloyds of Rhwytyn, Owens of Garth y Mêdd in the parish of Abergeleu, |