Owain Brogyntyn had two sons, Gruffydd ab Owain and Bleddyn ab
Owain Brogyntyn. Gruffyd was the eldest son from whom the later family of
Hender descends. The male line comes from Gruffyd who married twice. Once
to Margaret verch Madoc ap Ririd Flaydd and once to Janet de Say the
daughter of Sir William Say Knt.
Gruffydd ab Owain, one of the sons of Owain Brogyntyn Lord of Edernion, held
a moiety of his father's lordship. His wife was Janet the daughter of Sir
William Say, Knt. Janet's sister Beatrice and co-heir married Geoffrey
Fitz-Piers, Chief Justice of England Sheriff of Shropshire in 1207. Gruffydd
and Janet Say had a son named David ab Gruffyd ab Owain who married Eva verch
Llewelyn ab Gruffyd (Lord of
Eyton).
David of Crogen or David ab Gruffyd ab Owain and Eva verch Llewelyn
ab Gruffyd had two sons. They where Madog de Hendour, the ancestor
of the Cornwall Hendowers or Henders, and Llewelyn ab David of
Crogen.
YR HENDWR
The Ancient Barony of Hendour or Hendwr was located in the county
of Merioneth. A long mound, moated, but which does not appear to be
artificial, marks the site of the residence of the old barons of Hendour -
the old tower. It is in a field immediately to the south of the road leading
from Corwen to Bala. The more modern mansion of Hendwr stood to the north,
near the river Dee, where there is now a large farmhouse. The arms borne by
this family, as shown above, were argent (white), upon a chevron
gules (red), three fleurs-de-lys or (gold).
Hendwr, although not now in Powys-land, was so in ages past. And Owen
Brogyntyn was essentially connected with Powys-land. Therefore, it may be
thought that anything relating to him or his descendants may properly be
published in the Montgomeryshire Collections. W. W. E. W. - August
15th, 1874.
The different manors in the fertile comote or hundred of Edeirnion, in the
county of Merioneth, were styled baronies. One of the most important was
that of Hendour. The earlier portion of its descent as given by some Welsh
genealogists can be conflicting as it adds an Iorwerth ab Madog to be the
father of David of Crogen and then leaves out one of the later David Henders
of Cornwall. Another account, makes the same Iorwerth, the father of Madoc
o'r Hendwr, the son of Madoc the brother of Owen Brogyntyn. This would
legitimize the family as full descendants of the Princes of Powys as Owen
Brogyntyn is stated to be a nature son of Prince Meredydd of Powys. And Owen
Brogyntyn's brother Madoc/Madog would be legitimate; though the Welsh made
little of such distinction compared to the English. However, the more
generally published pedigree given above is almost entirely confirmed by
contemporary records, and is therefore relied upon as more correct.
SOURCES
- Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its
Borders. - 1874.
- Pedigree by W. W. E. Wynne of Peniarth, Esq.
- The History of The Princes, The Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of
Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd. -
1881.
- Archaeologia Cambrensis, the Journal of the Combrian Archaeological
Association. - 1877.
- Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches. - 1846.
Some variously supplied pedigrees seem bent on confusing the issues with
inconsistencies, by making an added Madog to be son of Iowerth and not son of the
intervining Dyfydd ap Gruffydd ap Owain Brogyntyn as other such sources do render.
From one such alternative and confirmation of the first above given pedigree, are
these images taken of pages 17-21 of vol. 6 of "The History of The Princes,
The Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog".
Also, further from the text of Collections Historical & Archaeological
Relating To Montgomeryshire And Its Borders, Issued by the Powys-land
Club for the use of its Members, Volume VII, pages 389-392, comes this additional
confirming publication of the 'prefered' pedigree as it notes that that which is
not according this this has a number of conflicting matters. Such other are decents
through such as Ierworth, the third son of Owain Brogyntyn raher than Gruffydd,
the eldest son of Owain Brogyntyn as here so presented in its confirming matters
of detain. It would seem that other than some such matters as to prefered spellings
of a number of the names, this pedigree is esentially the same as also presented
above.
Owain Brogyntyn, Lord of Edernion, was of Royal Welsh descent from the
Madog de Hendour, Lord of Hendwr, was of the 'hen' (old) - 'dour' (tower).
He either had one or two wives. The one being reported as Eva verch
Llewelyn ab Gruffyd ab Gwenwynwyn and the other being Gwenlian
Lloyd the daughter of Sir Gruffydd Lloyd. The children of Madog de
Hendour are: