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John Conwy, of Bodrhyddan

1607 map of Flintshire.
Shows "Rudland castel" (Rhuddlan Castle) and "Potruthan" (Bodrhyddan) and Dyserth.
To the South, St. Asaph.
From here.

John Conwy,
of Bodrhyddan, Flintshire (now Denbighshire).
See wikitree and thepeerage.com and genealogics.org.
He mar 1stly to Ellen Minshull [or Alice] and had issue.

John died 9 September 1486.
He had issue by 2nd wife:

1. John Conwy,
   of Bodrhyddan.
   Ancestor of Sir Henry Conway, 1st Baronet (cr 1660).

   
   

2. Edward Conwy,
   of Arrow Court, Arrow, Warwickshire.
   See wikitree and thepeerage.com and genealogics.org.
   He had issue:
   1. John Conway,
      of Ragley, Warwickshire,
      had issue:
      1. Sir John Conway, of Arrow.
         He had issue:
         1. Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway (cr 1627).
            His descendant built Ragley Hall, Warwickshire.

         2. Sir Fulke Conway, of Co.Antrim.

   
   

3. Piers Conwy,
   or Peter Conway.
   "Black Jack's Book" has him as "Pierce Conway".
   Rector of Northop, Flintshire.
   He was Archdeacon of St. Asaph from at least 1509-10 to his death 1532.
   St. Asaph is just S of Rhuddlan and Bodrhyddan.
   His will dated 16 December 1531.
   Will describes him as "Peter Conwey, Archdeacon of Saint Asaph of Deserth, Flintshire". i.e. He lived at Dyserth.
   He died 1532. Will proved 17 July 1532.
   See thepeerage.com and genealogics.org and tudorplace.
   See Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541.
   He had issue:

   
   

   1. Harry Conway,
      or Conwy, or Henry.

"Peter Connewey, clk., archd. of St. Asaph" listed in a Pardon Roll of 1509-1510.
From p.246 of vol.1 of Letters and Papers, Henry VIII (1920).

[Hickson, 24 Mar 1897] suggests what to look at in order to prove the descent of Jenkin Conway.

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References

• Conway on pp.26-27 of Visitation of Warwickshire of 1619.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• Will of "Peter Conwey, Archdeacon of Saint Asaph of Deserth, Flintshire". PROB 11/24/229 at [NA.UK].
  • Will dated 16 December 1531. Will proved 17 July 1532.
  • Transcript of this is in NT/587 (Probate Records) in Notes And Transcripts Collection at Flintshire Record Office.

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• Conway baronets
• Viscount Conway and Earl of Conway

• Conwy Castle
  • Conwy Castle, at the town of Conwy (or Conway), at the mouth of the River Conwy (or River Conway), N Wales.
  • This was a Royal castle, and apparently nothing to do with this family before 1627.
  • In 1627, Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway bought Conwy Castle, then in disrepair.
  • It never really became a family seat, it was ruined in the Civil War, and Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway sold it in 1665.