CHERLETON
or
CHARLTON
family.
CHERLETON
,
JOHN
(
1268
-
1353
),
son of
Robert
,
lord of Cherleton
in
Wrockwardine
,
Salop
. In
1309
he m.
Hawise Gadarn
(‘
the Hardy
’
)
, sister and
heir
of
Gruffydd ab Owain
(d.
1309
— see under
Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn
),
lord of Powys
; thus the
Cherletons
were
lords
of this part of
Wales
in the
14th and early 15th cent.
The occupation of
Powys
by
John
Cherleton
was opposed by
Gruffydd ap Gruffydd
, uncle of
Hawise
, who was aided by the
Lestrange
lords of Knockin, Salop
, but the two men served together against the
Scots
and the
lord of Powys
was ordered to supply men from his
Welsh
lands for service against the
Scots
and the
French
.
John
was
governor of Builth castle
,
1314
, opposed
Welsh rebels
,
1316
, incorporated
Llanidloes
,
1344
, and was a
patron
of
Strata Marcella abbey
. He was buried at
Grey Friars
,
Shrewsbury
, next to his wife, who d.
between 1345 and 1353?
, being the second founder of the house.
JOHN
CHERLETON
(
1362
-
1401
),
great-grandson of the above-mentioned
John
, was
Justice of North Wales
,
1387
, and defeated
Glyn Dŵr
,
1401
.
EDWARD
CHERLETON
(
1371
-
1421
), brother and
heir
of
John
, was
commissioner for the defence of the Marches
,
1403
, defeated the
earl of Northumberland
and
lord Bardolf
, rebels and allies of
Glyn Dŵr
,
1406
, and was the friend of
Adam Usk
. In
Nov. 1417
Sir
John
Oldcastle
was captured, possibly at
Broniarth
, near
Welshpool
, by
Sir
Gruffydd
Vaughan
and his brother
Ieuan ap Gruffydd
, aided by
Hywel ap Gruffudd ap Dafydd ap Madog
and
Deio ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth ab Adda
, two
yeomen
. These men surrendered
Oldcastle
to their overlord
Edward
Cherleton
, whose death in
1421
marks the end of the male line of the family.
Bibliography:
-
Collections Historical and Archaeological
relating to Montgomeryshire
, I, i, 194, 259-326;
-
J. E. Lloyd
,
Owen Glendower / Owen Glyn Dwr
,
1931
;
-
Archaeologia Cambrensis
, i, 47.
Author:
Ivor John Sanders, M.A., (1911-91), Aberystwyth
