Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameGoronwy ap Ednyfed Lord of Tref-Gastell, 6778
Birth1205
Death1268
Notes for Goronwy ap Ednyfed Lord of Tref-Gastell
Goronwy ab Ednyfed (c. 1205 -
1268) was senechal to
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd,
Kingdom of Gwynedd between 1246 and 1256. and was the founder of the
Tudor family of Penmynydd:
From Goronwy ab Ednyfed (d. 1268) were descended the "Tudors of Penmynydd". His son, Tudur (d. 1311 ), and grandson GORONWY AP (d. 1331 ), appear to have been members of that Welsh official class of which their kinsmen, Sir Gruffydd Llwyd (q.v.) and Rhys ap Gruffydd (d. 1356 ) (q.v.) , were outstanding members.
His father was
Ednyfed Fychan (d.1246), senechal to
Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales; his mother,
Gwenllian, was daughter of
Rhys ap Gruffydd (Lord Rhys). It is known that he inherited land in:
Anglesey,
Arllechwedd and
Ceredigion.