Climbing one's family tree can get fairly complicated. Generations follow generations often knotting up the branches as one climbs about. Historical events along the way can be helpful to sort out some of the many difficulties facing the genealogist. Such is the case for my own Jones surname investigations.
During the historical events of the family [Iorweth Fychan JI-1, 1st of Llwyn-Onn ca. 1175 to Howel JM-1 fl 1360 ] a number of individuals came into view that were to have significant impact on unraveling prominent knots in my family tree. Most genealogists call these knots "brick walls" and, a discussion of this phenomena can be found at:
https://thebrickwallprotocol.blogspot.com.
Anyway, two historical figures and their families come into play during this window of time (1155 A.D. - 1305 A.D.].
Edward I had declared war 1276 A.D. (see last post) and, his right hand man was a fellow named Reginal de Grey. He was appointed Justiciar of Chester in 1277 A.D. and was suppose to teach all those rebels English Law. In 1282 A.D. he was placed in control of Ruthin Castle and, new towns around Ruthan were begun. Now remember, this was just above my family at Llwyn-Onn and would have been a major factor in their survival. The de Grey family would be involved in many actions yet to come.
A second gentleman to play a major role was Richard Fitzalan, known as Earl of Arundel. He was considered a leading Marcher Lord of the day and, his family controlled much land around Oswestry. This is the front door to the Vale of Dee where Tudor Trevor (JC-1) was born!
Needless to say, for many generations yet to arrive, these two families were closely connected to the family tree...many years later.
A discussion of the FitzAlan family indexed as "fitz Alan family, of Clun and Oswestry" p. 587 can be found in the helpful book by David Carpenter The Struggle for Mastery as shown, first published 2003.
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