P0678

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Surname	ap Gruffydd Fychan (Neuadd Wen and Coedtalog Clan)
First name	Dafydd
Nickname
Dating	1375?
Location	Llanfair Caereinion
Life dates	1300 -
Title	was lord of Rhiwhirieth, in the parish of Llanfair Caereinion, and of Neuaddwen and Coedtalog in the adjoining parish of Llanervyl
Close relatives	father - Gruffudd Fychan ap GRUFFUDD b: ABT 1280 in Neuadd-Wen, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, Wales mother: Annes ferch PHILIP FONGAM b: ABT 1285 in Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales wife - Annes ferch DAFYDD b: ABT 1310 in Neuadd-Wen, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, Wales son - Maredudd ap DAFYDD b: ABT 1330 in Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Type of the object	tomb effigy
Place of manufacturing (place of burial)
Place of exposition	St Mary the Virgin, Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Wales
Date of manufacturing	the eflfigy is of the latter portion of the fourteenth century, from 1370-1390 Mr. Boutell assigned it to about the year 1405
Artist

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The effigy in the chancel is of Sir Dafydd ap Gruffydd – the leaflet describes him as "a local medieval knight"!

Llanfair Caereinion, Powys – St Mary the Virgin

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Dafydd ap Gruffydd Fychan
(Arglwydd)
Neuaddwen, Coedtalog
a Rhiwhiriaeth

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Dafydd ap GRUFFUDD FYCHAN was of Rhiwhiriaeth, which lies a mile or so, south west of Mary's Church in Caereinion. The manor included the important mill at Melin y Ddol.
The names of the farms in the area such as Glynhiriaeth, Rhiwhiriaeth Isaf and Rhiwhiriaeth Ganol are derived from the name of the manor. There is an impressive effigy of Dafydd ap GRUFFUDD FYCHAN within Llanfair Caereinion Church.
Owen (1930) argues that Dafydd ap GRUFFUDD FYCHAN was a contemporary of the "peerless Welsh patriot and rebel" Owen de Galles (Owain Lawgoch), and in all probability, was one of Owens companions in arms. Owen de Galles had local connections, as he owned the manor of Plas in Dinas in Mechain. Colin Gresham (1968) in his research on medieval stone carvings in North Wales was dubious whether Dafydd ap GRUFFUDD FYCHAN fought in Owain Glyndwr's rebellion of 1400-1410, however, he paints the picture of him being an "important landowner in Upper Powys, living little more than a dozen miles from Sycharth, and of distinguished, even princely, lineage...as a man Dafydd ap GRUFFUDD FYCHAN can be compared closely with Owain (Lawgoch) in the days before 1400, and his effigy supplies a portrait contemporary with the great Welsh hero".

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effigy of circa 1400 depicting Dafydd ap Gruffydd Fychan in armour

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изображенный на шлеме и груди герб с головой птицы и шевроном очень похож на герб более поздней семьи Rhys (Rice), но найти связь с нашим персонажем не удалось
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но относится не к Северному Уэльсу, а к Уэльским маркам

датировка установлена 1375? по аналогичным персонажам
P0223, 1365
P0419, 1370?
P0443, 1379?

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