OSBWRN WYDDEL
(‘
Osborn the Irishman
’)
, living in
1293
,
an
Irishman
with, however, some
Welsh
blood in his veins, who settled in
west Merioneth
, m. a daughter of the
Welsh
house of
Corsygedol
, and became the ancestor of some of the landed families in that county — see, e.g. the articles on
Wynne
of
Glyncywarch
,
Wynne
of
Peniarth
,
Vaughan
of
Corsygedol
. These families (and others) trace their descent from either
EINION AB
or
KENRIC AB
, the latter being spoken of as ‘of
Corsygedol
.’ The fullest account of
Osbwrn
is probably that given by
W. W. E.
Wynne
(q.v.)
in
Pedigree of the Family of Wynne, of Peniarth in the County of Merioneth
(
London
,
1872
). A member of the influential family of the
Geraldines
,
Osbwrn
was considered by
Sir
William
Betham
,
Ulster-king-at-Arms
, to be the son of ‘
John Fitz Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald de Windsor
the first Lord of Decies and Desmond
.’
Gerald
(
Fitz Walter
)
de Windsor
was
constable
of
Pembroke castle
— he was alive in
1108
; his wife was
Nest
(q.v.)
, daughter of
Rhys ap Tewdwr
(q.v.)
. The well-known
antiquary
Robert
Vaughan
of
Hengwrt
(see
Pen. MS. 6
) surmised that
Osbwrn
came to
Wales
c.
1237
but
W. W. E.
Wynne
suggests a rather later period. There is evidence that he was taxed up to a fifteenth in the parish of
Llanaber
in
1293 or 1294
.
W. W. E.
Wynne
suggests that he might have been responsible (in part, at any rate) for the building of
Llanaber church
.
Bibliography:
- The main references have been given in the text.
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952),
Aberystwyth
