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David Ap Gruffudd

Male - 1283


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  • Name David Ap Gruffudd 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Oct 1283 
    Person ID I7220  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Elizabeth de Ferrers,   d. Aft 1297 
    Married Bef 1274/5 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F3080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “WILLIAM MARSHAL, of Greens Norton and Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, King's Charlton, Gloucestershire, Cowley, Oxfordshire, Colton, Staffordshire, Hazlebury (in Box), Wiltshire, etc., deputy Marshal of Ireland, etc., 2nd son. He was heir in 1242 to his older brother, John Marshal. He married (1st) PERNEL DEL ORTIAY, daughter of Henry del Ortiay (or Lorty), Knt. They had two sons, John, Knt., and William. In 1247, as William Marshal, of Norton, he reached agreement with William de Brackley, Prior of Luffield, whereby he quitclaimed the service of a pair of gilt spurs and suit of court every three week in respect of an estate at Monksbarn (in Whittlebury), Northamptonshire, so that the prior should thereafter hold of him in free alms, quit of all secular service. The same year he also reached agreement with the Templars regarding rent owed for land in Cowley, Oxfordshire. He married (2nd) ELIZABETH DE FERRERS, daughter of William de Ferrers, Knt., 5th Earl of Derby, by his 2nd wife, Margaret (or Margery), daughter of Roger de Quincy, Knt., 2nd Earl of Winchester [see FERRERS 7 for her ancestry]. They had no issue. He was granted weekly markets to be held at the manors of Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset and Messingham, Lincolnshire in 1265. WILLIAM MARSHAL died Sept. 1265. In Feb. 1266 the king, having granted his nephew, Henry of Alrnain, all the lands and tenements in Norton, Northamptonshire formerly of William the Marshal his messenger, ordered that the goods and chattels formerly of the same William be delivered to the said Henry. William's widow, Elizabeth, married (2nd) before 1274-5 (date of lawsuit) DAVID AP GRUFFUDD, Knt., Prince of North Wales, younger son of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, by Senena fetch Cadadog. They had two sons, Llywelyn and Owain, and seven daughters, including Gwladus. By his mistress, Tangwystl, daughter of Owain Fflam, of Deheubarth, he also had an illegitimate son, Dafydd Goch. In 1242 his mother, Senena, agreed to give him and his brother, Roderick, as hostages to King Henry III of England. In 1252, as lord of Cwmwd Maen, he entered into a composition with the Abbot and convent of Bardsey. He presented to the church of Plumpton, Northamptonshire 24 Dec. 1273. In 1274-5 Hubert de Rully and Isabel his wife arraigned an assize of mort d'ancestor against David Fitz-Griffin touching a mill in Foulsham, Norfolk. In 1275-6 Hubert de Rully and Isabel his wife, and Nicholas de Pulham and Aveline his wife arraigned an assize of mort d'ancestor against David ab Gruffud and Elizabeth his wife touching a mill in Foulsham, Norfolk. In 1278-9 William son of Alexander de Blacolnesr [Blakesley] arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against David ab Gruffud and others touching a tenement in Great Blakesley, Northamptonshire. In the same year Albric de Wytlebiry arraigned a similar assize against David ab Gruffud and others touching a tenement in Great Blakesley, Northamptonshire. In 1279 he and his wife, Elizabeth, sued her step-son, John Marshal, for a third of the manor of Colton, Staffordshire as the dower of Elizabeth; John stated he only held a rent of 12s. of which he offered a third. In 1280 the king seised the third part of the manor of Haselbury, Somerset, which David and his wife, Elizabeth, held as the dower of the said Elizabeth of the lands which were of William Marshal her late husband; later the same year the king wishing to grant indulgence to the said David and Elizabeth ordered that the third part of the manor be restored to them. In 1282 David suddenly surprised the Castle of Hawarden, killed many of the knights and squires who formed the garrison, and carried off Roger de Clifford, the Justiciary, as a prisoner into the hills. DAVID AP GRUFFUDD, Prince of North Wales, was executed for treason 3 October 1283. His widow, Elizabeth, presented to the church of Plumpton, Northamptonshire in 1285. She presented to the church of Greens Norton, Northamptonshire 20 Dec. 1296, which presentation was disputed by King Edward I, as guardian of William, heir of John Marshal. In 1297 she had a prolonged lawsuit in the royal courts with Sir Hugh de Cave regarding the right of patronage to the church of Plumpton, Northamptonshire.
      Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 1 (1739): 672-679; 2 (1805): 432-441. Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 2 (1791): 241. Ellis Original Letters Ill. of English Hist. 3rd Ser. 1 (1846): 27-29 (letter of King Edward I to the Prior and Prioress of Alvingham, Lincolnshire dated 1283 that they admit one or more of the children of Llewelyn ap Gruffudd, late Prince of Wales, or of David his brother into their House.). Arch. Cambrensis 4 (1849): 134-138. Riley Willelmi Rishanger: quondam Monachi S. Albani; Chronica et Annales (Rolls Ser. 28) (1865): 91 ("David, fuga dilapsus, multis annis cum Rege Angliæ stetit; a quo, contra morem geniis suæ, miles factus, in ista guerra, ob probitatem et fidelitatem suam, plurimum erat Regi acceptus: unde et eidem castrum de Dimby [Denbigh] contulit in Wallia, cum terris ad valorem mille librarum annui redditus; insuper et uxorem dedit, filiam Comitis Derbeyæ, guæ Nuper alio viro fuerat viduata.") [also see Hog F. Nicholai Triveti, de ordine frat. praedicatorum, Annales (English Hist. Soc.) (1865): 2981. Luard Annales Monastici 3 (Rolls Ser. 36) (1866): 298 (Annals of Dunstable sub AD. 1283: "Eodem anno David, germanus Leulini, principis Walliæ, captus est per gentem domini regis ...et filius suus legitimus captus est cum eo Uxor etiam ipsius David, guæ fuit filia comitis de Ferares, alias capta est et inprisonata."). Annual RN. of the Deputy Keeper 44 (1883): 109; 45 (1885): 176, 291; 46 (1886): 174-175; 48 (1887): 22. Rye Short Cal. of the Feet of Fines for Norfolk 1 (1885): 84. Wrottesley Staffordshire Suits: Plea Rolls (Coils. Hist. Staffs. 6(1)) (1885): 100. Colls. Hist. Stec. 8 (1887): 10. Trans. Honourable Soc. of Cymmrodorion Session 1899-1900 (1901): 6-105; Session 1968,1: 43-62. C.Ch.R 1 (1903): 262-263; 2 (1906): 53. Ramsay Dawn of the Constitution (1908): 338 ("[King] Edward [I] knighted him pafydd ap Gruffudd], given him charge of Hope and Denbigh Castles, with lands valued at £1,000 a year, and married him to a kinswoman of his own, Elizabeth Ferrers, daughter of the ex-Earl of Derby, a Lusigan on the mother's side, and widow of John [sic] Marshal of Norton."). C.P.R. 1258-1266 (1910): 602. Lloyd Hist. of Wales 2 (1911): 259. Cal. Ings. Misc. 1 (1916): 180-181, 334. Somersetshire Pleas 4(1) (Somerset Rec. Soc. 44) (1929): 225-226, 351-352. C.P. 8 (1932): 527-528 (sub Marshal); 10 (1945): 182 footnote h (sub Orty); 14 (1998): 468 (sub Marshal). Leys Sandford Cartulary 1 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 19) (1938): 37-38 (final concord between Master Robert de Saunford and William Marshal dated 1247), 38-40 (final concord between Geoffrey Fitz John and William Marshal dated 1247). Sutton Rolls & Reg. of Bishop Oliver Sutton, 1280-1299 2 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 43) (1950): 48, 141-142. VCH Oxford 5 (1957): 76-96. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 53. Elvey Luffield Priory Charters 1 (Buckingham Rec. Soc. 22) (1968): 163, 178-179 (charter dated 1274-5 of Christian de Wayford to Luffield Priory, granted for the souls of Lady Elizabeth wife of Sir David Griffin, Sir William Marshal, and others); 2 (Buckingham Rec. Soc. 26) (1968): 367. Bartrum Welsh Gens. 300-1400 (1980): 447 [Gruffudd ap Cynan 5: "Dafydd d. 1283 Ld. of Denbigh & Hope = Elizabeth d. Robt. Ferrers, E. of Derby"]. T.G. 1 (1980): 80-95. Cannon Dict. of British Hist. (2001) (biog. of Dafydd ap Gruffydd). Fritze & Robison Hist. Dict. of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485 (2002): 144-145 (biog. of Dafydd ap Gruffydd). National Archives, SC 1/16/103 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).”