General Notes

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24. GRUFFYDD (son of No. 23). Henry and Gruffydd were half Norman andhalf Welsh and it is probable that their parents named Henry for theNorman King Henry and Gruffydd for Gruffydd ap Cynan who was one of theallies of Cadwgan in his wars with the invaders. If such was the case,and it seems probable, they were born between the years 1100 and 1109;Henry perhaps 1102 and Gruffydd about 1104-6. With the death of Cadwgan(1111) "the kingdom or principality of Powys was practically at an endand the surviving members of the Welsh princely families of that reignhad become vassals of the English king. The land was divided betweenNorman and Welsh lords who came to be called Lords Marchers." (Rhys).There is no record of the deeds of Gruffydd. He may have received landsin the division of Powys or he may have remained on the family estate inShropshire.