In The Neighborhood

      The first six grandfathers of my Jones surname family tree seemed to like their homeland. The labels attached to their Welsh name gives some description as to this idea. The second down from the top of the tree, Ynyr ap Gadforch (JB-1), is given the title "Lord of both Maelors, Oswestry, and Whittington, in Powys,". By way of mental recall, the figure which follows, pictures the geographic location of these places named.

      The river Dee divides the two Maelors, both being north of Whittington and Oswestry. The next grandfather, three down from the top, Tudor Trevor (JC-1), "(so called because born and nursed at Trefor)", begins his life smack in the middle of the Maelors. Later he is titled "Lord of Hereford, Whittington, and both Maelors, and founder of the Tribe of the Marches". His son Dingad (JD-3) has been discussed as having his land near Selattyn (see post of May 20th) and gets the title "Prince of Powys". Continuing on down the line, Rhiwallon (JE-1) was named "Lord of Bromfield" which was actually Welsh Maelor. Finally, the sixth down the chain from the top Cynrig (JF-1), who stirs up quite a dust storm himself, completes the tree being titled, "Lord of Whittington, Maelor Cymraeg, in Powys". It is recorded that he was slain in 1073, which was just at the beginning of the new Millenium.  What stories they all must have told sitting around the evening dinner fire. 

      The following figure tries to show the relationship between each of these grandfathers and their townlands as they are recorded in the references.

      The townlands of Trevor and Selattyn are shown in relationship to the Maelors, Whittington, and Oswestry (all colored pink). The grandfathers are shown by their codes, JB-1 through JF-1. You can see that these lands were all fairly close to one another, pretty much all in the neighborhood.

P.S. The references for all this information is taken from Nicholas, Vol I, p.354. My copy is shown as written (except for the scribbling). What happens to Hereford is a whole different story.