THE WELSH WALCOT FAMILY
CHART I
880 Cynddelw Gam [1]
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915 Cynwrig
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945 Gweirydd
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975 Coel===dau of Seisyllt ap Brochwel 990
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1005
Llewelyn Aurdorchog[3]==Efa vz Cynfyn[4] 1018
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CHART II
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1035 Llewelyn Fychan[5]===Annes vz Cadwgan 1050
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CHART V
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1075 Rhys Goch[6]===Lleuci vz Llewelyn 1090
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1105 Einion[7]===Sian vz Seisyllt 1115
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1140 Iorwerth[8]===Sian vz Dafydd Fychan 1155
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1170 Trahaearn[9]===Dyddgu vz Maredudd 1180
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1200 Iorwerth "y Gwion"[10]===Jane Corbet 1215
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CHART VIII
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1230 Iorwerth Fychan[11]===unknown
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1265 Rhys[12]===Sian vz Einion Hen 1270
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1295 Dafydd[13]===Jane Walcot 1310
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1325 Evan de Walcot===Ann Mynde 1335
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XI
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1360 Roger Walcot===Edith Downes 1375
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XVI
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1390 Sir Philip Walcot[14]===Julia Harley 1400
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CHART XV
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1425 John Walcot===Ales vz Dafydd Lloyd 1440
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1455 Roger Walcot[15]===Margaret vz Dafydd Lloyd
CHART VI
The Charts cross-referenced above can be seen by clicking
on the appropriate links which follow the notes below
NOTES:
[1] Cynddelw Gam was descended from Llywarch Hen, the warrior bard, who
sought shelter with in-laws of the 2nd Powys Dynasty before they were forced from the Severn valley by Saxons. Cynddelw
and his father joined the expedition of Lles Llydog which cleared Danish squatters from northeast Wales; among the lands they
received were Ystrad Alun of which Cynddelw became Lord. See "The Retaking of Northeast Wales in the 10th Century" at
the link below:
[2] The marriage of Coel ap Gweirydd to a sister of Llewelyn ap Seisyllt
is inferred from his son's relationship with that Llewelyn's son
[3] Llewelyn ap Coel was made penteulu (leader of his warband) by King
Gruffudd ap Llewelyn, a position reserved by law to near relatives of the king. We think they were first-cousins.
For his services to the king, he was granted the additional lordship of Ial...lands long owned by the 1st Powys Dynasty
[4] Medieval genealogists believed that Ithel Felyn of Ial was a son of
Llewelyn Aurdorchog; since Ithel can be dated c. 1065, they dated Llewelyn to c. 1035 and emended the pedigrees to give him
a wife born near 1050. Actually Ithel Felyn was his grandson and Llewelyn's wife was born c. 1020
[5] Llewelyn Fychan was the eldest son and became Lord of Ial and Ystrad
Alun. It was during his lifetime the Norman Marcher lords invaded and claimed ownership of Ial. They were soon
expelled but a few generations later, the lordship of Ial was taken by descendants of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn
[6] Ithel Felyn, the older brother of Rhys Goch, succeeded to the Lordship
of Ial and Ystrad Alun. Rhys married a lady of Cydewain in south Powys and relocated there
[7] Einion ap Rhys married a lady of Cyfeiliog and also resided in south
Powys
[8] Iorwerth ap Einion married a lady of Arwystli, then a cantref of south
Powys; his wife is misidentified in the medieval sources as the daughter of a different Dafydd Fychan, the one of Bacheldre
who lived nearly 200 years later. See Chart XVII
[9] Trahaearn ap Iorwerth served as a captain in the warband of King Gwenwynwyn
ap Owain Cyfeiliog of south Powys in his wars with both the English and with Llewelyn Fawr of Gwynedd. In the end, this
warband was allied with England against the expansionist desires of Llewelyn Fawr to make himself king of all Wales.
For those services, Trahaearn received (1) the manor of Garthmyl in Cydewain; (2) a new coat of arms "argent, three lions
passant in pale, gules"; and (3) the daughter of his lord as wife
[10] Iorwerth, the eldest son of Trahaearn, was born during the lifetime of Trahaearn's
father, a rarity for Welshmen in that era. To distinguish one Iorwerth from the other, he was called "y wyrion" or "the
grandson" which was corrupted in pedigree material to "Gwion" and thought by some to have been a brother of Iorwerth.
That he named a son Iorwerth Fychan should indicate Gwion was Iorwerth. He followed his father's military career, serving
the Corbet family at Caus Castle and was given a Corbet lady in marriage
[11] While a number of pedigrees mention Iorwerth Fychan, none identify his wife
nor the mother of his children
[12] A younger son, Rhys ap Iorwerth Fychan married a lady of Mochdre in
Ceri. Her father's nickname "Hen" was corrupted to "Penn" in pedigrees. His brother, Trahaearn Goch, inheirited
the manor of Garthmyl and 4 generations later his line ended with a heiress who carried Garthmyl to the Jones family that
still held it in the 18th century
[13] Dafydd ap Rhys resided at Betws in Ceri before marrying a lady
from Walcot, Shropshire. At her father's death, his share of the village of Walcot went to Jane and her son, Ieuan
[14] Sir Philip Walcot was the right age to have been at Agincourt with Henry
V and may well be the actual man to whom the new arms "argent, a chevron between three chessrooks, ermines" was granted.
A 17th century descendant of the Saxon Walcot family (Humphrey, Jr) claimed in his pedigree they were granted to his ancestor
who was contemporary with Sir Philip, but that is merely his word. We suspect his ancestor was a London merchant, not
a military man. Another 17th century Walcot (Charles, Jr) gave a pedigree to the Deputy Herald for Wales in which he
claimed direct descent from Sir Philip; he was a first-cousin of Humphrey, Jr. The chronology makes Charles'
claim doubtful, but both men sought to attach themselves to a Roger in the Welsh family instead of the Saxon Roger.
[15] The 1623 Visitation of Shropshire ends with this Roger; it errs by assigning
his wife to a Roger of the Saxon Walcot family, a man born some 50 years earlier than Margaret.
