Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Sir Hugh Conwy.
Sir Henry Conwy,
of Bodrhyddan,
near Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.
He mar Ellen Crevecoeur [dau of Sir Hugh Crevecoeur].
"Sir Henry Conway, Knight, of Bodrhyddan"
was returned in 5th Richard II
(in 1382) to do that monarch service as a Knight all his life
[1791 pedigree].
He was Constable of
Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan,
Flintshire, in 1399.
Bodrhyddan and Rhuddlan were historically in
Flintshire.
Now in
Denbighshire.
Sir Henry and Ellen had issue:
Richard Conwy.
He mar Agnes Ratcliffe [dau of Sir Richard Ratcliffe].
He was
feudal Lord of Prestatyn, Flintshire (now Denbighshire).
He must be the Richard Conwy who built the first house at
Bodrhyddan, Flintshire,
in the
early 1400s.
Bodrhyddan
is only about a mile from Rhuddlan Castle.
They
had issue:
John Conwy.
He mar
Elen Torbois [dau of Sir Harri Torbois, or Torbocks or Torbock].
He died 21 September 1421.
They
had issue:
Jenkin Conwy,
of Bodrhyddan, near Rhuddlan, Flintshire.
Most of the family had Norman/English wives,
but he married a native Welsh woman.
He mar
Marsli ferch Maredudd.
She was daughter of Maredudd ap Hywel ap Dafydd,
of Cefn-y-fan,
S of Dolbenmaen,
in
NW Wales.
[DWB] says Jenkin died about 19 September 1432.
[LANGFORD in Burkes Peerage, 2003]
apparently
says he died 1445.
They
had issue:
The ruin of Rhuddlan Castle.
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