MORGAN ap CARADOG ap IESTYN
(d.
c. 1208
),
lord of the Welsh barony of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Avan) in the honour of Glamorgan
,
son of
Caradog
(q.v.)
and
Gwladus
,
daughter of
Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr
(q.v.)
. Always an unwilling vassal of the
Norman lords of Glamorgan
, he was closely identified with the policy of his cousin, the
‘lord’ Rhys
(q.v.)
, and was probably the
leader of the Glamorgan rising
of
1183 (?)
. He was twice m.: (1) to
Gwenllian
, daughter of
Ifor Bach
(q.v.)
; (2) to
Gwerful
, daughter of
Idnerth ap Cadwgan
. He had at least four sons of whom the third,
Morgan Gam
(q.v.)
, succeeded him. A daughter,
Sybil
, appears to have m. into the family of
Turberville
of
Coity
.
Bibliography:
-
A History of Wales
;
-
G. T. Clark
,
Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de
Glamorgan pertinent
. Second ed., 1910
;
-
D. Rhys Phillips
,
The Hist. of the Vale of Neath
,
Swansea, 1925
.
Author:
Professor Thomas Jones Pierce, M.A., F.S.A., (1905-1964),
Aberystwyth
Giraldus Cambrensis
(
Itin.
, i, cap. 8) recounts that it was
Morgan ap Caradog
who guided
archbishop
Baldwin
in
1188
across the quicksands between the
Afan
and
Tawe
estuaries. Of the four sons of
Morgan
whose names are known to us,
LLEISION
was the eldest; in the charters which
Morgan
gave to
Margam abbey
,
Lleision
and
OWAIN
are frequently mentioned as co-donors with their father. It would seem that
Owain
d. before
Lleision
, but dates are uncertain, many of the charters being undated or wrongly dated.
Welsh
sub-lordships under the suzerainty of the
Norman lords
of
Glamorgan
were granted to other members of
Iestyn ap Gwrgant
's family. To
MAREDUDD
came the lordship of
Miskin
— his son,
HYWEL
, had to surrender it to the
Clares
(qq.v.)
c. 1245
.
CADWALLON
held the lordship of
Glynrhondda
—
Cadwallon
's grandson,
OWAIN
, was its last
Welsh lord
, for
before 1295
the
Clares
had absorbed this lordship as well. According to
Giraldus
(
Itin.
, i, cap. 7), this
Cadwallon
was killed by his brother
OWAIN
, who d. soon afterwards.
Bibliography:
-
G. T. Clark
,
Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de
Glamorgan pertinent
. Second ed., 1910
;
-
W. de Gray Birch
,
History of Margam Abbey
, 1897
, chapters 13 and 20;
-
J. S. Corbett
,
Glamorgan Papers and Notes on the Lordship
and its members
, 1925
, 59-67;
-
J. E. Lloyd
,
A History of Wales
(consult index and the genealogical table on p. 771).
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
