Rhys ap Tudur

Rhys ap Tudur (died between 1409 and 1412) was a Welsh nobleman and a key figure in the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr. A descendant of Ednyfed Fychan, he was escheator and sheriff of Anglesey before the revolt, and served as esquire of Richard II in the 1390s. He held the offices of sheriff and escheator of Anglesey as well as the Forester of Snowdon. On the outbreak of the revolt, Rhys and his brother Gwilym joined Glyndŵr, but were excluded from a general pardon issued after the initial rebel attacks of autumn 1400. Perhaps in response to this omission, on Good Friday 1401 (April) they captured Conwy Castle in a surprise attack and held it for almost three months.[1] Rhys was eventually captured, executed at Chester in 1412, and most of the lands of the Penmynydd family were forfeited.[2] His other lands were passed on to Gwilym ap Gruffudd.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/60238 The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ↑ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia Wales Extracts The Miners' Next Step, Western Mail (Wales), October 15, 2005, p. 3, retrieved November 19, 2013

Bibliography

R. R. Davies, The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dŵr (Oxford, 1995).

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