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:
- John Conwy,
of Bodrhyddan.
Ancestor of Sir Henry Conway, 1st Baronet (cr 1660).
-
Edward Conwy,
of Arrow, Warwickshire.
Ancestor of Viscounts Conway.
-
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:
-
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.
Sources yet to be consulted
