Howell Blayney
(Hywel ap Ievan Blaene of Manafon)
born 1411 died ?
Son of Evan Blayney and ancestor of the Blayneys of London and New Zealand including my father Ivan Thomas Blayney through Thomas BLAYNEY the wheelwright.
Howell has three sons (four according to Lodge's Peerage of Ireland [707] -see below):
- Owen (Owain), ancestor of the Stingwern, Ystumgwern and Berriew Blayneys
- Griffin (Gruffudd), ancestor of some of the Aberhafesp Blayneys and
- David (Dafydd), who had only daughters.
| Locations: |
• Coed Ystumgwern is over 80km to the NW of Newtown to the west of Snowdonia National Park, by the sea - smack in the middle of the setting of the fantasy Dream Stone by Glenna Mcreynolds!
However, the Ystumgwern associated with Blayneys is apparently a a tad less mystical, being a sub-district of Berriew!
• Berriew is 11Km East of Tregynog [see Location page] and
• Aberhafesp is 6Km West of Newtown [see Location page]. |
Descendancy: [40]
1 Howell (Hywel) BLAYNEY of Manafon b.1411 d.
According to S.P. Thomas [240]], Howell was granted the lease of "one corn-mill and one fulling-mill
of Eberrewe" (Berriew) in 1459 by Richard, Duke of York -see Comment 1
+(1)Alson (Gwenllian) daughter of Madoc ab Ievan
2 Owen (Owain) ap Howell BLAYNEY b~1444
+ Lowri (Lairy) ferch Morgan ap Jenkyn Lloyd ap Morris [707]
3 William BLAYNEY
+ Elen ferch John
3 John ab Owen of Berriew. Will dated 20Aug1569
4 Two sons, Owen & Edward [240]
3 Howell (Hywel) ab Owen BLAYNEY of Ystumgwern b~1490
Living in Ystumgwern in 1559 [571]
+(1)Margret ferch Robert ap David ap John ab Ednyfed (Dymond) 
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4 Owen (Owain) BLAYNEY (BLAENEY) JP of Ystymgwern / Stingwern
b~1522; d.1599; buried 4Jan1599 (Berriew) [571] (or 1Jan1600)
Escheator of County 1578. On the Grand Jury ~1582
Lodge's Peerage of Ireland [707] incorrectly has him granted
land in Leitrim as commission for the "plantation" of Leitrim
by King James I on 9Jul1622 (23 years after his death!).
The poet Lewys Dwnn, in his 1599 elegy wrote
"we shall not be able to live after him" [570]
+ Joyce (Joes/Jane) ferch Mathew Goch ap Thomas ap Rees (PRYCE)
of Elyston-Glodyth
This is Joyce PRYCE, the dau of Matthew PRYCE and
Jouce ferch Evan Gwyn James [373] (his 2nd wife) [497].
Mathew & Jouce's first son & heir was John PRYCE of Newtown
(see Comment 1), whose daughter, Bridget married Lewis BLAYNEY
of Gregynog. Their 2nd son was Arthur PRYCE of Faenor [571]
(MP for Montgomery in 1571 and High Sheriff in 1578 [389a]).
Matthew's 1st wife was Jane ferch Llen Vaughan ap Sir David GAM
5 Elsbeth (Elizabeth) BLAYNEY [570]
+ Jenkyn ap David ap Jenkyn [707]
5 Sioes BLAYNEY [570]
5 Mari (Mary, ?Margaret [707]) BLAYNEY [570]
5 Richard (Rhisiart) BLAYNEY of Stingwern b~1555 d.1603
+ Elizabeth ferch Richard ap Hugh, of Mathavarn
6 Owen BLAYNEY of Ystumgwern (snr) ?Magistrate 1611
+ Elizabeth (?kin, descended from Hywel)
7 Joyce BLAYNEY bpt.1611 (Berriew)
(or could be a dau of Owen jnr)
7 Owen BLAYNEY of Ystumgwern (jnr) Magistrate ?1633
+ Ellen of Rockthadine
8 Ann BLAYNEY bpt.1617 (Berriew)
8 Blainch BLAYNEY bpt.1619 (Berriew)
8 Richard BLAYNEY bpt.Jun1622 (Berriew); ?bur.1683 (Wrockwardine)
Sold Ystumgwern (Estingwerne) property to Evan Jones in 1647 [571]
9 ?Richard Blaney
+ ?Mary Bowyer m.1681; bur.1683 (Wrockwardine)
10 Blaneys continue in the Wrockwardine registries [226]
4 John BLAYNEY (clerk)
+ Margred ferch David ap John
5 Alexander BLAYNEY
5 James BLAYNEY
4 Richard POWELL (ap Howell) (alias BLAYNEY) of Berriew [240]
4Thomas BLAYNEY alias POLL alias APPOWELL (ie ap Howell) [240]
Witness to a conveyance of land to David Lloyd BLAYNEY of Gregynog in 1583
+ Margaret
5 Owen BLAYNEY
4 ?Morris ap Howell ab Owen BLAYNEY of Berriew (will of 1570 had only daughters [240])
4 Robert (POWELL) alias BLAINEY (BLAYNEY) d~1579 [will of 1577 proved 27Apr1579 [240]]
+ Dyddgu ferch Gruffudd (Griffith) ap Owen ap Gruffudd of Penryn
5 Owain (Owen)
5 Evan (Ievan), living in 1593 [707]
5 Morris
5 Dafydd (David)
5 John (not in Lodge's Peerage of Ireland list [707])
5 Robert (only in Lodge's Peerage of Ireland list [707]) and five daughters
(Ellen, Caterine, Blaince, Jone and Jane, according to David's will of 1616)
(Catharine, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth and Anne, according to Lodge's Peerage of Ireland [707])
5 Jenn (Ievann, Evan) BLAYNEY, Gent of Fachir, Berriew and Pwllan (Tregynog)
Eldest of Robert's children [240]]. Will dated 1598; bur 25Jan1598 (Berriew)
+ Ellen (Elen) KEELING
6 Evan (Ieuan) BLAYNEY (BLAINEY), Gent of Fachir; Keel, Berriew & Pwllan (Tregynon)
Son or nephew of the Evan BLAYNEY who died 1598 [226]
Probably the Evan Blayney of Cil (Keel) selling property in Garthmyl and Trwstllewelyn
in 1642 and buying more land in Cil in 1642 [571]
+ Margaret
7 John BLAYNEY bpt.1605; d~1666
+ Margaret
7 Jane BLAYNEY bpt.1606
7 Edward BLAYNEY bpt.1609 ?bur.1667
7 Arthur BLAYNEY bpt.1611 ?dsp
7 Richard BLAYNEY bur.2May1624
7 Lawrence (Lamonse) BLAYNEY bpt.Mar1618
7 Thomas BLAYNEY bpt.2Jul1615 (Berriew) of Coedyperthi in Pwllan (near Berriew)
Deputy Sheriff to George Devereux (a Parliamentarian) in 1658.
Warrant to be purveyor of the Royal Stables 1660 [349]
Warrant to be Sergeant-at-Arms 1660 [349],
Sergeant-at-Arms to King Charles II Mar1665 [336]
+ Hester BLACKWELL dau of Michael BLACKWELL of Rootham, Kent
8 Thomas BLAYNEY [336]
5 Morris BLAYNEY (BLAENEY), gent. of Fachir, Berriew; Foreman of Grand Jury 1613/14;
Robert's 2nd son [240]]. Bur.19Jun1614 Berriew
+ Dorothy of Fachir
---NOTE: As the following children of Morris BLAYNEY listed in the baptismal entries at Berriew
include two siblings born after the death of Morris Blayney (in 1614), so they must be
his grandchildren, not be his children. S.P. Thomas [226] also postulates a missing
son of Morris, also named Morris, which would resolve this issue. ie:
6 Morris BLAYNEY (presumed/postulated) [226] b~1580 (= my guess)
+ unknown
The following siblings have thus been dropped down a generation:
7 Mary BLAYNEY bpt.23Nov1605 at Berriew
7 Edward BLAYNEY bpt.16Feb1606; Grand Juror Bettws 1634
+ Mary
8 Morris (Moris) BLAYNEY of Fachir bpt.16Dec1625 Grand Juror 1658
+ ?Anne bur.31May1698
9 Edward BLAYNEY On Grand Jury 1680 & 1690
Sold Fachir to Lord Hereford, 1690
+ Lucy BLAYNEY d.1725 [1st cousin once removed]
(dau of Morris BLAYNEY of Highgate, Bettws Cedewain)
10 Mary BLAYNEY bpt.1683 Bettws
10 Morris (Maurice) BLAYNEY bpt.1685 Bettws
10 Edward BLAYNEY bpt.1687; bur?1691
10 Arthur BLAYNEY bpt.1694
10 Richard BLAYNEY bpt.1696; bur.1697
10 Thomas BLAYNEY [M.C 46, ptII pp138-9]
10 "several daughters"
9 Robert BLAYNEY of Vaynor Ucha, Berriew ?bur.1696
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+ unknown
10 John BLAYNEY bpt. & bur.1696 Tregynon
9 Thomas BLAYNEY
+ ?unknown
10 ?Edward BLAYNEY
10 ?Hugh BLAYNEY
9 Morris BLAYNEY
9 Howell BLAYNEY of Tregynon
+ Margaret d.21Mar1704/5
10 Three children d.y.: Thomas (1693/4-1706/7), Hoel (1699-1709) & dau d.1706/7 [71]
8 Richard (Richaredi) BLAYNEY
NOTE: Richard is postulated (by me) as a son of Morris &
Ann, based on relationships in Arthur's Will and the Forden
parish register. [226], [344] 
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+ Mary (Maria) bur.24May1624 (Kerry)
9 Morris (Moricei) BLAYNEY bpt.15Apr1604 (Kerry)
10 Edward (Edvarcus) BLAYNEY (BLAYNIE) (of Kerry), gent.;
bpt.23/26Feb1623; a Great Sessions Juror 1690/1
9 Alexander BLAYNEY bur.1641 (Kerry)
9 Gwenffida
+ David ap David m.1610
9 Arthur (Arthurus) BLAYNEY of Hem, Forden,
bpt.29Jun1618 (Kerry);
bur.1668 (Forden); yeoman
+ Martha d.1695
10 Richard bur.1682
9 John ap Richard BLAYNEY
(John Richard alias BLAYNEY) bur.1689
+ ?
10 Richard
10 dau ?Elinor
+ Richard GAGE 1696 (Forden)
9 Maria BLAYNEY bur.24May1624 (Kerry), Shown as dau of Richaedi Blayney [344],
so presumably a perinatal death, named after and buried with her mother
who presumably died in childbirth.
7 Jane BLAYNEY bpt.12Aug1608 at Berriew ?d.y.
7 Thomas BLAYNEY bpt.31Dec1612 at Berriew; bur.1695 Bettws Cedewain
Gent of Coedyperthhi/Pwllan, Tregynon, Dept. Sheriff 1658 & 1667
+ Elizabeth
8 Edward BLAYNEY m.1664 bur.1692 Tregynon; Gent of Coedyperthhi
+ Elizabeth (Betty) THOMAS eldest dau of Rees THOMAS of Penrhyn, Berriew
9 James BLAYNEY bur.1681 Tregynog
9 Edward BLAYNEY
9 Thomas BLAYNEY bpt.?1666
9 Elizabeth BLAYNEY bpt.1672
+ John ROWLEY of Pwllan, gent. m<1695 
Highgate Bettws Cedewain 1 mile from Bettws Cedewain |
7 Morris (Maurice) BLAYNEY bpt.2Oct1619 gent of Highgate
(Heigate) in Bettws Cedewain; bur.1688 Bettws [71]
+ Mary PRYCE (PREECE/REECE) bur.1673 (Bettws)
dau of Maurice PRYCE of Bettws
From the 1681 St Asaph Notitiae [95] we know that
there were seven "souls" in the Moris Blayney household
[see list], six older than the 17 yr old
youngest (ie Lucy) who thus was born about 1664.
8 Thomas BLAYNEY b~1650 alive 1688
+ Dorcas
9 Dorcas BLAYNEY
+ Richard BLAYNEY (1st cousin once removed)
9 Morris BLAYNEY bpt.1688 Bettws
9 Elizabeth BLAYNEY bur.1691 Bettws
8 Edward BLAYNEY b~1652; m<1679; alive 1688; bur.1691
+ unknown
9 Five children ?including
9 Thomas BLAYNEY [previously thought to be a candidate to be
Thomas BLAYNEY the wheelwright]
9 Maurice BLAYNEY bpt.1685
9 Arthur BLAYNEY bpt.27May1694
8 Richard BLAYNEY b~1656 alive 1688 d.1709 ?unm (Bridgnorth)
Close ties with children of Arthur Weaver (owner of Highgate & the Morville estate).
8 Margaret BLAYNEY bpt.1664
+ Owen
9 Owen Lewis ab OWEN
8 Lucy BLAYNEY b~1664 alive 1672
+ Edward BLAYNEY of Faehir [71] (1st cousin)
8 Bridget ("Base-daughter" so presumably not Mary's) b~1670 alive 1688
7 Richard BLAYNEY (Ucheldre, Bettws Cedewain) b~1636 m~1675 alive 1689 [72]
This is most likely the Richard BLAYNEY, householder of
Bettws Cedewain with family of eight in 1681, five in 1686 noted in
the "St Asaph Notitiae" [95] - see St Asaph Notitiae
However, he had only one hearth in the 1671 Hearth Tax [342]
+ Ann HODSON m.1663 (Bettws)
8 James BLAYNEY bpt.1665 (Bettws Cedewain)
8 Elizabeth BLAYNEY bpt.1666 (Bettws Cedewain)
8 Thomas BLAYNEY bpt.1668 (Bettws Cedewain)
This is our Thomas BLAYNEY the wheelwright,
Ancestor of London & New Zealand Blayneys (and my ancestor)
+(1)Jane/Jana EVANS m.24Feb1701 (Bettws) [72]
+(2)Jane HUMPHREYS m.14May1733 (Bettws Cedewain, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire)
d.Jan1757 bur 8Jan1757 (Llanllwchaiarn) [72]
-see family of Thomas the wheelwright
and why Thomas qualifies as Thomas ap Richard ap Morris ap Morris ap Robert
ap Howell ab Owen ap Howell ap Evan Blayney
8 Catherine BLAYNEY bpt.1670 (Bettws Cedewain)
8 Richard BLAYNEY b.29Apr1674; bpt.1674 (Bettws Cedewain)
+ Dorcas BLAYNEY m.1701 (1st cousin) [226]
+ Elizabeth DAVIES (?Mistress) of Bettws Cedewain
9 Mary BLAYNEY b.13Sep1702 (Tregynon)
+ Edward ANDREW [567]
8 Edward BLAYNEY bpt.1677 (Bettws Cedewain); Occ Shoemaker
Warden of Newtown 1717 [226]
+ Sarah SOLEY m.1709 (Bettws)
9
Rev Richard BLAYNEY b.1710
Vicar of Llanllwchaiarn 1762-3 [226]
8 Mary BLAYNEY bpt.1679 (Bettws Cedewain)
7 Jane BLAYNEY b~1638 alive 1689 [72]
+ Edward TANNER of Bettws
8 Six children
5Dafydd (David) BLAYNEY b~1568 (Matriculated at Oxford 1585 aged 17) [329],
Curate of Tregynog 1595-1621;
Bondsman to the will of Roger Warde 07Oct1595 [337]
Robert's 3rd and youngest son [240]].
5 Daughters of Robert include Katherine (eldest), Mary, Margaret, Anne and Elizabeth [240]].
5 Owen BLAYNEY Esquire of Ystymgwerne / Stingwern; b.? after Robert's Will made. Bur.1Jan1599/1600
+ Joyce
+(2)Gwenththlean ferch David ap John Goch
2nd wife of Howell according to Lodge's Peerage of Ireland [707]
4 Thomas BLAYNEY ? the same as Thomas alias POLL alias APPOWELL above
4 Mary BLAYNE
+ Thomas ap Jenkyn Lloyd
4 Ellice BLAYNE
+ David Lloyd ap Morgan
3 Rhys BLAYNEY b~1485 (1475/1500)
+ Joyce f Morus Goch
4 Morus BLAYNEY
+ Jane ferch Meredydd ?ap Ievan Llwyd ap Ievan ap Hywel
2 Catrin BLAYNEY
+ Rhys ap Morus
2 Griffith (Gruffydd) ap Howell BLAYNEY b~1442 of Manafon, possible son of Catrin ap Gruffudd
As grandson of "Jevan Blaynie" was granted a lease of the Grange y Gelynnoc (of Celynog)
from the Abbey of Strata Florida in 1521 [226]) with "appurtenances" in Gregynog.
Living Manafon 1540.
+ Catherine ferch Edward ap Howell of Vaenor y Cwm (Vaynor y Cwm)
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3 Catrin BLAYNEY
+(1)David Lloyd ab Owain VAUGHAN
1(2)David Goch ap Hywel
3 Gwenllian BLAYNEY 
Marrington Hall |
+ Oliver LLOYD ap David Lloyd VAUGHAN of Marrington
Lord of the manor of Marrington, Salop
Son of David Lloyd VAUGHAN and Margaret MIDDLETON [374]
4 Richard LLOYD of Marrington, J.P.
Made a sundial for the Hall in 1595 inscribed
"FROM DAI TO DAI THESE SHADES DO FLEE AND SO
THIS LIFE PASSETH AWAIE"
+ Lucy POWELL of Edenhope
4 Edmund LLOYD of the Swan, Ludlow dsp~1607 [374]
4 William LLOYD, of Snead d~1602 [374]
4 Humphrey LLOYD d.y. [374]
4 Ludovic (Ludowicke) LLOYD b~1545/73 d.1610 courtier,
versifier, and compiler at the court of Queen
Elizabeth I [227]
[Serjeant-at-Arms and Gentleman-in-Waiting [374]]
Wrote "The Pilgrimage of Princes".
Thought to be the exemplar of Shakespeare's
"Fluellen" [145]
4 Richard LLOYD (Jun) [374]
3 Florence (Florens) BLAYNEY
+ James ap Rhys, a descendant of Howell ap Madoc,
an ancestor of the Kinsham Blayneys [226]
3 Jonet BLAYNEY
+ Hywel ap Morus
3 Margred
+ Rhys ap Robert ap John of Castle Caereinion
3 Rees (Rhys) Wynn (Gwynn) ap Griffith BLAYNEY b~1480.
On a jury pool 1545.
+(1)Gwenllian ferch John
+(2)Elen ferch Griffith ap Meredith Vaughan of Milienydd
4 John ap Rees Wynn (aka John PRICE). Gentleman of Manavon; b~1500-1530
+ Joes ferch John Harley of Brampton Castle (Herefordshire)
5 Richard PRICE [from dropping "a" from "ap Rhys"] b~1550
+ Jane, daughter of Allen BLUNDERVILLE of Stantley, Derbyshire
6 John PRICE
+ Sarah, daughter of Cadwaladr ab Owen of Dolas
7 Priamus PRICE
+ Elizabeth daughter of Leonard Gough ap Richard of Marsh
7 Richard PRICE
7 Solomon PRICE
7 Judith PRICE
4 Margred BLAYNEY
+ ? ab Owain
4 Catrin BLAYNEY
+ Dafydd ap Ieuan
4 Catherine b~1510
+ John ap David (Dafydd/Davydd) Hir of Llivior/Berriew, descended also from Meilir Gryg [229]
5 Edward ap John (heir)
5 Morus ap John
+ Catherine, co-heir to Richard ab Owen ap Gutyn Penwyn
5 also Richard, Thomas Rees and
5 Gwen
+ David ap Grufydd of Manavon
4 Thomas BLAYNEY
+ Margred ferch Dafydd Llwyd
4 Hugh BLAYNEY [son of "Rees Wyn BLAINE" mentioned in the British Museum Addnl MS. 9865, p7 [226]]
+ Elsabeth
4 ?Edward ap Rhys Wynn of Llandinam
+ Blanche, youngest child of Jenkin LLOYD of Berthlloyd & Dorothy WALTER
3 Owen (Owain) ap Griffith BLAYNEY ancestor of the Blayneys of Aberhafesp [226]
+ Alice ferch Hywle
4 Rees (Rhys) ab Owen BLAYNEY b~1515
+ Ellen (Elen) ferch Cadwaladr (Cadwalader) of the Rustock
5 Thomas BLAYNEY of Aberhafesp b~1548
+ Mawd ferch Rees ap Maurice ab Owen ap Evan BLAYNEY (Maud PRICE).
6 Edward BLAYNEY bpt.1583 Aberhafesp but appears to have returned to Tregynon.
+ Juliana
7 Arthur BLAYNEY of Tregynon bur.1680
+ Mary
8 Edward BLAYNEY bpt Tregynon 1674
8 Juliana bpt.1667 Tregynon 
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6 Bridgett BLAYNEY bpt.1585 Aberhafesp
6 Elizabeth BLAYNEY bpt.1586 Aberhafesp
6 Mary BLAYNEY bpt.1588 Aberhafesp
6 unknown daughter
+ Watkyn BLAYNEY
6 William BLAYNEY bpt.1588 Aberhafesp
6 Catherine BLAYNEY bpt.1592 Aberhafesp
6 John BLAYNEY of The Hill bpt.1597 Aberhafesp
+ Catherine
7 Elizabeth BLAYNEY bpt.1634
7 ?Margaret BLAYNEY bpt 1667
7 Edward BLAYNEY of The Hill bpt.1637
+ Elizabeth
8 John BLAYNEY of The Hill
+ Bridgett
9 John BLAYNEY bpt. & bur 1707
9 John BLAYNEY bpt. & bur 1717
9 Rees BLAYNEY bpt.1712
9 two daughters
8 Jodrell BLAYNEY bpt.1691 at Llanllwchaiarn
8 ?son [previously thought to be a candidate to be Richard,
father of Thomas BLAYNEY the wheelwright as time and place fit]
8 two daughters
7 John BLAYNEY bpt.1646 (or 1650)
7 Owen BLAYNEY
+ Margaret
8 Margaret BLAYNEY bpt.1670 Newtown
8 Owen BLAYNEY bpt.1673
7 David BLAYNEY bpt.1641
+ Ann
8 ?John BLAYNEY bpt.1681 Llanwnog
7 Rees BLAYNEY
7 Arthur BLAYNEY of Aberhafesp but b. Llanllwchaearn
+ Jane (or Gwen) m.1665
8 Caterine BLAYNEY bpt.1683 Llanllwchaearn
8 ?Owen BLAYNEY bpt.1666 Llanllwchaearn
7 John BLAYNEY bpt.1650
6 Rees BLAYNEY bpt.1592
+ unknown
7 ?John BLAYNEY bur.1640
3 Morus Vicar of Aberriw (Berriew)
? = Morice Griffith alias BLAYNEY, clerk of Llandyssil (5km south of Berriew) who made a will
in 1570
3 John ap Griffith ab Owen [240]
3 unknown
+ Morgan ap Ieuan Lloyd
2 David (Dafydd) ap Howell ap Evan BLAENEY. Listed in the Cedwyn MS of 1633 [240]
[??the David Blayney matriculated from Oxford 1600 [329]]
+ unknown ferch Hywle
3 ?Morris
4 ?Gruffudd ap Morus (Gruffith ap Morris) -possibly of Penegoes but doubted by Peter C Bartrum [71], [241]
who believe David had only daughters and Gruffith ap Morris ap David Blayney was not a descendant of
Evan BLAYNEY of Tregynon.
3 Janet
+ David ap John
+(2)Catrin ap Gruffudd
Lodge's Peerage of Ireland [707] has Catharine ferch Gruffeth ap Mereduk ap David ap Gruffeth Vychan of Powis (sic)
as the mother of Owen, David, Richard and Rheese [707]. Owen and David are described above, Richard and Rheese
are not mentioned elsewhere, as far as I can establish.
2 Owen BLAYNE,
2David BLAYNE "was in holy orders"
2 Richard BLAYNE
2 Rheese (Rhys) BLAYNE
Comment 1:
Vaynor grant from Richard, Duke of York
In 1459 Howel ap Ievan was granted the corn and fulling mills of Eberrewe (Berriew) by Richard, Duke of York [240]]. A.P. Thomas concluded that this Howel ap Evan was Howel ap Ievan BLAYNEY not Hywel ap Evan LLOYD as the dates fit the Blayney and Howell ap Evan Blayney's younger brother Owen of Aberbechan was Deputy Steward to the above Duke for his manor of Cedewain and later a squire of the Body to the Duke's eldest son, Edward IV AND the family still owned the mills in Berriew over a century later. However the Vaynor Park estate, records in the National Library of Wales state that Howel ap Ievan was succeeded by his son, Edward ap Hywel ap Ieuan Llwyd who built a house on the estate [308].
The "Visitations of Wales" reveals that this Howell ap Evan was son of Evan Lloyd of Vaynor, the son of Phillip Goch ap Howell ap Llewelyn ap Meilir Gryg [145]. Meilir Gryg was the gt-gt-gt-gt-grandfather Evan Blayney of Gregynog, the father of the Howell of this page. Therefore Edward, the house builder of Vaynor Park is the 4th cousin of Evan Blayney (4th cousin once removed to Howell).
The Vaynor Park Estate records also show that Edward was succeeded by his son, Richard ap Edward, who died leaving his daughters Anne and Elizabeth as co-heiresses. The portion of Elizabeth became the property, "presumably by purchase", of Arthur Pryce of Vaynor (younger brother of John PRYCE of Newtown, the grandfather of the 1st Baronet and father-in-law of Lewis BLAYNEY). The estate then passed to the Devereux family on the marriage of Arthur's granddaughter Bridget to George Devereux, the grandfather of Pryce Devereux, 9th Viscount Hereford [308]. Arthur's sister, Joyce PRYCE married Owen BLAYNEY Esq. JP of Ystymgwern / Stingwern, so another Blayney connection exists!
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