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Gwladus "Gwladis ddu, the star of Abergavenny" ferch Dafydd
(Abt 1380 - 1454)
[[Category: Cymru 742-1535]][[Category: Raglan, Monmouthshire]]
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== Biography ==Gwladis ddu, the daughter of Sir David Gam and mother of Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower, married for her second husband Sir William ap Thomas, father of Sir William Herbert earl of Pembroke, the fast friend and adherent of Edward; from that moment the houses of Games, Vaughan and Pembroke became united, and called one another cousins to the ninth succeeding generation.[[#Jones]], pp. 501-5
=== Excerpt from ''The Heroines of Welsh History''===
Gwladys was the daughter of a gentleman of considerable wealth and landed property, who, in after years, became very celebrated as a military character. His proper name was David ab Llewelyn ab Howel Vychan, But he is better known to posterity as David Gam; so called from a cast in his eye: Gam, or Cam, being a Welsh word literally signifying crooked; but applied to an obliquity of vision, means squinting. And that appellation, originally a descriptive nickname, in the course of time became generally accepted, and more honoured than his legitimate designation.
The mother of Gwladys was a lady of the name of Gwenllian, daughter of Gwilym ab Howel, an affluent country gentleman, residing at his seat called Grach, in Elval, on the banks of the Wye, Radnorshire. The family residence of the parents of Gwladys was principally on an estate near the town of Brecon, called Petyn Gwyn, in the parish of Garthbrengy.f Another residence of theirs was Old Court, in the county of Monmouth, "the site of which is in a field adjoining LJandeilo Cressanwy House, on the Lanvapley road, midway between Abergavenny and Monmouth."* She had two brothers older than herself, of the respective names of Morgan and Thomas; and it is probable they were all born at Petyn Gwyn, previous to the year 1402, a period very disastrous to the father of this family; fatal to his wife, and most perilous and distressing to the children.[[#Prichard]], p. 416
=== Name ===
:Gwladus ferch DafyddSource: [[#Bartrum]]
=== Birth ===: about 1385, Peutun, Llan-Ddew, Brycheiniog [Breconshire], Cymru[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I49127 Roger Vaughan] ([[#Turner-Thomas]])
: Christening Place:
=== Marriages ===:1st Marriage: Sir Roger Vaughan, 1403 in Brodorddyn, Herefordshire, England; 1398[[#Lewis]], citing ''Royal Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]])
:2nd Marriage: Sir William Herbert, called William ap Thomas, only son and heir, seated at Ragland Castle, and called by the Welsh Margoah Gles, or Gumrhi, made Kt. Banneret, 1415 married Gladys, dau. and heir of Sir David Gamm, Kt., and widow of Sir Roger Vaughan, Kt.[http://bob.fooguru.org/content/herbert/rhe/Expedition.html Herbert]
::William ap Thomas, married 1421 in Brodorddyn [Bredwardine], Herefordshire, England[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I49128 Gwladus ferch Dafydd] ([[#Turner-Thomas]])
:: [[Herbert-542|William Herbert]] and [[Dafydd-7|Gwladus ferch Dafydd]]
=== Children ===:information from "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" ([[#Lewis]])
: Sir Roger Vaughan (b. c 1368, d. 1415) and Gwladus had 5 children:
*Watkin Vaughan (b. c 1398)
*Thomas Vaughan (b. c 1400, d. 1469)
*Roger Vaughan (Knt., b. c 1404, d. 26 Jul 1469)
*Maud Vaughan (b. c 1406)
*Elizabeth Vaughan (b. c 1413)
:Sir William ap Thomas (b. c 1401, d. 1446) and Gwladus had
*Margaret Thomas
*Richard Herbert (Knt., d. Jul 1469)
*Thomas Herbert*William Herbert (Knt., b. c 1423, d. 27 Jul 1469)also shown p 255, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]]): William Herbert, K.G., 1st Earl of Pembroke, d 1469
*Elizabeth ferch William ap Thomas (b. c 1426, d. a 30 Mar 1475)
=== Herbert Descendant Chart ===}}
=== Death ===
: 1454 (Age: 48-49)}: Burial: Herbert Chapel, St. Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, EnglandEntered by Richard Ragland::"Gwladys subsequently married Sir William ap Thomas he chose the name Herbert and lived at Raglan Castle. Their magnificent alabaster tomb and effigies can be seen in St Mary’s Priory Church in Abergavenny."[https://breconbeacons.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/st-crispin-day-25th-october-connections-in-the-brecon-beacons/ St Crispin Day]. The effigy pictured - the Games Monument - is not of Gwladus ([http://education.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/20635 click here] for more information on the Monument).
== Research Notes ==
== Sources ==
Source found in: Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. V page 56.
Henry (or Harry) Stradling, Knt., son and heir, born about 1412-22. He married before 1449 Elizabeth Ferch William AP Thomas, daughter of William ap Thomas ap Gwilym, Knt., by his 2nd wife, Gwladus, daughter of dafydd Gam, Knt. They had two sons, Thomas, Esq., and Charles, and two daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Richard ap Jenkin) and Jane (wife of Miles Parry [or ap Harry]. Sir Henry Stradling died in 1476.
* [https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/4026 The Bartrum Project]** [https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5218/Bleddyn%20ap%20Maenyrch%2020.png?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Bleddyn ap Maenyrch 20], Gwladus ferch Sir Dafydd Gam (d 1415) and Gwenllian ferch Gwilym, m (1) Sir Roger Vaughan, (2) Sir William ap Thomas** [https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5005/Godwin%208.png?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Godwin 8], Sir William Thomas of Rhaglan (d 1446), m Elizabeth Bluet and Gwladus f. Dafydd Gam* [http://archive.org/stream/VaughanFamilyOfWales/VaughanFamily_djvu.txt Vaughan Family of Wales]* Jones, Theophilus; [http://books.google.com/books?id=9JDnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA503 A History of the County of Brecknock]: : in two volumes : containing the chorography, general history, religion, laws, customs, manners, language and system of agriculture used in that county. pp. 500-5; Publisher: Brecknock. Printed and sold by Wm. & Geo. North ... for the author ; and sold by J. Booth ... London., 1805-1809* Herbert, Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, K.B.; [http://bob.fooguru.org/content/herbert/rhe/Expedition.html The Expedition to the Isle of Rhe]; London, Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, 1860.* Prichard, Thomas Jeffrey Llewelyn. [http://books.google.com/books?id=_lgJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA416 The Heroines of Welsh History: Comprising Memoirs and Biographical Notices] . Publisher: London : W. and F.G. Cash, 1854* Lewys Dwnn, [http://books.google.com/books?id=dhBJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Gwladus+morgan+games+vaughan+vychan&source=bl&ots=ntYdJKfJZy&sig=CfsoHFORmicp3VGll0897OXPmrY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6OqMU-3OMY7hsAS2wICYBQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the Marches, between the years 1586 and 1613; p. 37]. ed. with notes by Samuel Rush Meyrick (Google eBook). Samuel Rush Meyrick. William Rees, 1846* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwladys_ferch_Dafydd_Gam Gwladys ferch Dafydd] Wikipedia article. * "the star of Abergavenny" [https://breconbeacons.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/st-crispin-day-25th-october-connections-in-the-brecon-beacons/ st-crispin-day]* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p720.htm#i21616 Gwladys Gam], "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed June 5, 2015), citing Richardson's ''Royal Ancestry,'' Vol. I, p. 336 (for marriage to Vaughan about 1398).* Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561687/sr=8-1/qid=1397864689/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1397864689&seller=&sr=8-1 Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013)* Database for [http://celticroyalgenealogy.co.uk/ Celtic Royal Genealogy], the Turner-Thomas site "which is a definitive, well researched site" (from Prof. Evans' book (see next entry) * [https://books.google.com/books?id=T0yBxEFTER8C&pg=PT27&lpg=PT27&dq=red+constable+awbrey&source=bl&ots=c8chdaagU9&sig=VdosnimBLscQ7SSdlZn6uwlylIA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JctjVZz5MuTjsATgnYFY&ved=0CB0Q6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=red%20constable%20awbrey&f=false ''O Hudd Ei Ddoe''] by Myron Wyn Evans (2012)
:See also:* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150201163319/http://www.abergavenny.net/castles-antiquities.htm Abergavenny Castles and Antiquities], which gives summaries (with thumbnail pictures) of Abergavenny Castle, Raglan Castle, Skenfrith Castle, and White Castle.
* [http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/raglancastle/?lang=en Raglan Castle]* [http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/tretowercourtandcastle/?lang=en Tretower Court and Castle]* ''[[Space:The History of Kington|The History of Kington]]'' (Charles Humphreys, Kington, 1845) [https://books.google.com/books?id=3w4HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA223 Page 223]
== Acknowledgements ==:Click the Changes tab to see edits to this profile; from that list, click WikiTree IDs other than Dafydd-7 to see changes to those profiles prior to being merged. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this profile.This page has been edited according to [[:Category:Styles_and_Standards|January 2014 Style Standards]].
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== Biography ==Gwladis ddu, the daughter of Sir David Gam and mother of Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower, married for her second husband Sir William ap Thomas, father of Sir William Herbert earl of Pembroke, the fast friend and adherent of Edward; from that moment the houses of Games, Vaughan and Pembroke became united, and called one another cousins to the ninth succeeding generation.[[#Jones]], pp. 501-5
=== Excerpt from ''The Heroines of Welsh History''===
Gwladys was the daughter of a gentleman of considerable wealth and landed property, who, in after years, became very celebrated as a military character. His proper name was David ab Llewelyn ab Howel Vychan, But he is better known to posterity as David Gam; so called from a cast in his eye: Gam, or Cam, being a Welsh word literally signifying crooked; but applied to an obliquity of vision, means squinting. And that appellation, originally a descriptive nickname, in the course of time became generally accepted, and more honoured than his legitimate designation.
The mother of Gwladys was a lady of the name of Gwenllian, daughter of Gwilym ab Howel, an affluent country gentleman, residing at his seat called Grach, in Elval, on the banks of the Wye, Radnorshire. The family residence of the parents of Gwladys was principally on an estate near the town of Brecon, called Petyn Gwyn, in the parish of Garthbrengy.f Another residence of theirs was Old Court, in the county of Monmouth, "the site of which is in a field adjoining LJandeilo Cressanwy House, on the Lanvapley road, midway between Abergavenny and Monmouth."* She had two brothers older than herself, of the respective names of Morgan and Thomas; and it is probable they were all born at Petyn Gwyn, previous to the year 1402, a period very disastrous to the father of this family; fatal to his wife, and most perilous and distressing to the children.[[#Prichard]], p. 416
=== Name ===
:Gwladus ferch DafyddSource: [[#Bartrum]]
=== Birth ===: about 1385, Peutun, Llan-Ddew, Brycheiniog [Breconshire], Cymru[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I49127 Roger Vaughan] ([[#Turner-Thomas]])
: Christening Place:
=== Marriages ===:1st Marriage: Sir Roger Vaughan, 1403 in Brodorddyn, Herefordshire, England; 1398[[#Lewis]], citing ''Royal Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]])
:2nd Marriage: Sir William Herbert, called William ap Thomas, only son and heir, seated at Ragland Castle, and called by the Welsh Margoah Gles, or Gumrhi, made Kt. Banneret, 1415 married Gladys, dau. and heir of Sir David Gamm, Kt., and widow of Sir Roger Vaughan, Kt.[http://bob.fooguru.org/content/herbert/rhe/Expedition.html Herbert]
::William ap Thomas, married 1421 in Brodorddyn [Bredwardine], Herefordshire, England[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I49128 Gwladus ferch Dafydd] ([[#Turner-Thomas]])
:: [[Herbert-542|William Herbert]] and [[Dafydd-7|Gwladus ferch Dafydd]]
=== Children ===:information from "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" ([[#Lewis]])
: Sir Roger Vaughan (b. c 1368, d. 1415) and Gwladus had 5 children:
*Watkin Vaughan (b. c 1398)
*Thomas Vaughan (b. c 1400, d. 1469)
*Roger Vaughan (Knt., b. c 1404, d. 26 Jul 1469)
*Maud Vaughan (b. c 1406)
*Elizabeth Vaughan (b. c 1413)
:Sir William ap Thomas (b. c 1401, d. 1446) and Gwladus had
*Margaret Thomas
*Richard Herbert (Knt., d. Jul 1469)
*Thomas Herbert*William Herbert (Knt., b. c 1423, d. 27 Jul 1469)also shown p 255, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'' ([[#Richardson]]): William Herbert, K.G., 1st Earl of Pembroke, d 1469
*Elizabeth ferch William ap Thomas (b. c 1426, d. a 30 Mar 1475)
=== Herbert Descendant Chart ===}}
=== Death ===
: 1454 (Age: 48-49)}: Burial: Herbert Chapel, St. Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, EnglandEntered by Richard Ragland::"Gwladys subsequently married Sir William ap Thomas he chose the name Herbert and lived at Raglan Castle. Their magnificent alabaster tomb and effigies can be seen in St Mary’s Priory Church in Abergavenny."[https://breconbeacons.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/st-crispin-day-25th-october-connections-in-the-brecon-beacons/ St Crispin Day]. The effigy pictured - the Games Monument - is not of Gwladus ([http://education.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/20635 click here] for more information on the Monument).
== Research Notes ==
== Sources ==
Source found in: Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. V page 56.
Henry (or Harry) Stradling, Knt., son and heir, born about 1412-22. He married before 1449 Elizabeth Ferch William AP Thomas, daughter of William ap Thomas ap Gwilym, Knt., by his 2nd wife, Gwladus, daughter of dafydd Gam, Knt. They had two sons, Thomas, Esq., and Charles, and two daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Richard ap Jenkin) and Jane (wife of Miles Parry [or ap Harry]. Sir Henry Stradling died in 1476.
* [https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/4026 The Bartrum Project]** [https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5218/Bleddyn%20ap%20Maenyrch%2020.png?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Bleddyn ap Maenyrch 20], Gwladus ferch Sir Dafydd Gam (d 1415) and Gwenllian ferch Gwilym, m (1) Sir Roger Vaughan, (2) Sir William ap Thomas** [https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5005/Godwin%208.png?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Godwin 8], Sir William Thomas of Rhaglan (d 1446), m Elizabeth Bluet and Gwladus f. Dafydd Gam* [http://archive.org/stream/VaughanFamilyOfWales/VaughanFamily_djvu.txt Vaughan Family of Wales]* Jones, Theophilus; [http://books.google.com/books?id=9JDnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA503 A History of the County of Brecknock]: : in two volumes : containing the chorography, general history, religion, laws, customs, manners, language and system of agriculture used in that county. pp. 500-5; Publisher: Brecknock. Printed and sold by Wm. & Geo. North ... for the author ; and sold by J. Booth ... London., 1805-1809* Herbert, Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, K.B.; [http://bob.fooguru.org/content/herbert/rhe/Expedition.html The Expedition to the Isle of Rhe]; London, Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, 1860.* Prichard, Thomas Jeffrey Llewelyn. [http://books.google.com/books?id=_lgJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA416 The Heroines of Welsh History: Comprising Memoirs and Biographical Notices] . Publisher: London : W. and F.G. Cash, 1854* Lewys Dwnn, [http://books.google.com/books?id=dhBJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Gwladus+morgan+games+vaughan+vychan&source=bl&ots=ntYdJKfJZy&sig=CfsoHFORmicp3VGll0897OXPmrY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6OqMU-3OMY7hsAS2wICYBQ&ved=0CD0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Heraldic visitations of Wales and part of the Marches, between the years 1586 and 1613; p. 37]. ed. with notes by Samuel Rush Meyrick (Google eBook). Samuel Rush Meyrick. William Rees, 1846* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwladys_ferch_Dafydd_Gam Gwladys ferch Dafydd] Wikipedia article. * "the star of Abergavenny" [https://breconbeacons.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/st-crispin-day-25th-october-connections-in-the-brecon-beacons/ st-crispin-day]* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p720.htm#i21616 Gwladys Gam], "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed June 5, 2015), citing Richardson's ''Royal Ancestry,'' Vol. I, p. 336 (for marriage to Vaughan about 1398).* Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561687/sr=8-1/qid=1397864689/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1397864689&seller=&sr=8-1 Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013)* Database for [http://celticroyalgenealogy.co.uk/ Celtic Royal Genealogy], the Turner-Thomas site "which is a definitive, well researched site" (from Prof. Evans' book (see next entry) * [https://books.google.com/books?id=T0yBxEFTER8C&pg=PT27&lpg=PT27&dq=red+constable+awbrey&source=bl&ots=c8chdaagU9&sig=VdosnimBLscQ7SSdlZn6uwlylIA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JctjVZz5MuTjsATgnYFY&ved=0CB0Q6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=red%20constable%20awbrey&f=false ''O Hudd Ei Ddoe''] by Myron Wyn Evans (2012)
:See also:* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150201163319/http://www.abergavenny.net/castles-antiquities.htm Abergavenny Castles and Antiquities], which gives summaries (with thumbnail pictures) of Abergavenny Castle, Raglan Castle, Skenfrith Castle, and White Castle.
* [http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/raglancastle/?lang=en Raglan Castle]* [http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/tretowercourtandcastle/?lang=en Tretower Court and Castle]* ''[[Space:The History of Kington|The History of Kington]]'' (Charles Humphreys, Kington, 1845) [https://books.google.com/books?id=3w4HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA223 Page 223]
== Acknowledgements ==:Click the Changes tab to see edits to this profile; from that list, click WikiTree IDs other than Dafydd-7 to see changes to those profiles prior to being merged. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this profile.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1380 | Peutun, Llan-Ddew, Breconshire, Wales | |||
| Marriage | 1398 | Sir Roger "of Bredwardine" Vaughan | |||
| Marriage | 1421 | Bredwardine, Herefordshire, , England - Sir William "Lord Ragland, The Blue Knight of Gwent" ap Thomas | |||
| Death | 1454 | Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England | |||
| Alt name | ferch Dafydd Gam Vaughan, gwraig William ap Thomas | ||||
| Reference No | 11359770 | ||||
| Reference No | 12060234 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Sir Roger "of Bredwardine" Vaughan (1377 - 1415) |
| Child | Elizabeth Vaughan (1413 - 1462) |
| Child | Watkin Vaughn (1395 - 1469) |
| Child | Thomas of Hergest ap Roger (1396 - 1469) |
| Child | Sir Roger "of Tretower" Vaughan (1410 - 1471) |
| Spouse | Sir William "Lord Ragland, The Blue Knight of Gwent" ap Thomas (1377 - 1446) |
| Child | Margred verch William Herbert (1415 - 1519) |
| Child | Sir William "Earl of Pembroke, Black William" Herbert KG (1423 - 1469) |
| Child | Sir Richard Herbert (1425 - 1469) |
| Child | Elizabeth Herbert (1427 - 1485) |
| Child | Dau Herbert (1429 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Herbert (1440 - ) |
| Father | Sir Dafydd "Davy Gam" Llewelyn Esq. (1351 - 1415) |
| Mother | Gwenllian Gwilym (1361 - 1455) |
| Sibling | Morgan Games (1410 - 1460) |