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TUDOR, OWEN DAVIES (1818 - 1887), legal writer Born 19 July 1818 at Lower Garth, Guilsfield, eldest son of Robert Owen Tudor, a captain in the Royal Montgomeryshire Militia, by his wife, Emma, daughter of John Lloyd Jones, Maesmawr, Montgomeryshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, was admitted to the Middle Temple in April 1839, and was called to the Bar in June 1842. After practising in London for many years he was appointed joint
TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet Born in the parish of Llansannan, Denbighshire. There are many copies of his pedigree in the manuscripts which, however, do not always tally. It appears that his father's name was Robert and his grand-father's Ithel and that they were descendants of Llywelyn Chwith; Huw ap Dafydd, in his elegy on Tudur Aled, says, ' Ail Iolo, o Lywelyn, Ag o du'r Chwith, gwenith gwyn ' (G.T.A., II, 728). On his
TUDUR PENLLYN (c. 1420 - c. 1485-90), bard nobility in North and South Wales. His principal patrons were Gruffydd Fychan of Gors-y-gedol (he wrote a cywydd of praise to this warrior some time between 1461 and 1468 when, with Dafydd ap Ieuan ab Einion, he was defending Harlech castle against Edward IV's adherents), Rheinallt ap Gruffydd of Mold (he wrote an awdl on the vengeance taken by this nobleman on the men of Chester when Robert Byrne, their
teulu TURBERVILLE Coity, the manors of Coity Anglia and Coity Wallia, by Robert Fitzhamon. Alone among the Glamorgan lordships it was held on the easy tenure of serjeanty of hunting, probably because of the importance of its strategic position. Payn I was known as ' the Demon ' (' Y Cythraul '), but nothing is known of the reasons for this derogatory epithet. He only appears as witness to charters in 1126 and 1129. The
teulu TURBERVILLE Crickhowell, The genealogies are confused and contradictory; that given in Theophilus Jones, History of the County of Brecknock, mixes them up with the Coity family in Glamorgan, and with some English branches. Sir John Edward Lloyd supports Theophilus Jones in the theory that there is no evidence for the statement that the Burghills preceded the Turbervilles at Crickhowell. ROBERT TURBERVILLE appears as a
TURNER, WILLIAM (1766 - 1853), pioneer of the North Wales slate industry sixth child of Henry and Jane Turner who lived on a small landed estate called Low Mosshouse, Seathwaite, near Broughton-in-Furness, north Lancashire (he was christened 23 March 1766); his father was lessor of the Walmascar slate quarries. He was educated under the Rev. Robert Walker, 'the wonderful Robert Walker,' incumbent of Seathwaite (and grandfather of Mrs. Thomas Casson, Blaenddôl
teulu VAUGHAN Llwydiarth, Howell Vaughan of Glan-llyn, and sister of John Vaughan, who was sheriff of Merioneth in 1594. The son of the sheriff of Montgomeryshire, OWEN, married Catherine, daughter of Morrice ap Robert, heir of Llangedwyn, by whom he had two sons, JOHN (Inner Temple, 1606) and Sir ROBERT, who married Catherine, daughter of William, 1st lord Powis. The family became extinct in the male line with Sir Robert, and
teulu VAUGHAN Pant Glas, younger son of Robert ap Rhys; in his will (1534), Robert ap Rhys left his Dol-gynwal lands to ' Thomas Vichan ap Robert ap Rice.' This Thomas Vaughan was twice married, and the following line is descended from his second marriage, with Catherine Conway of Bryn Euryn, whose will was proved in 1588; as William Llyn (died 1580) wrote an elegy on him, he too must have died before 1580. His heir was THOMAS
teulu VAUGHAN Golden Grove, , 1st earl of Carbery. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, 4 February 1592 (B.A. March 1594, M.A. November 1597). He travelled widely on the Continent. In 1616 he was sheriff of Carmarthenshire. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of David ap Robert of Llangyndeyrn (now called Torcoed). In 1617 he purchased land from the Company of Adventurers to Newfoundland, and sent out settlers from
teulu VAUGHAN Corsygedol, bard Tudur Penllyn. Robert Vaughan, the antiquary, of Hengwrt, says that Jasper Tudor 'lay in Corsygedol, when he fled to France in the time of Edward IV,' Vaughan adding that, 'as some say,' Henry, earl of Richmond, was with him. Griffith Vaughan's wife was Lowry, niece of Owain Glyn Dwr. Dwnn gives the following pedigree for the Griffith Vaughan of 1588 : Griffith Vaughan, son of Richard, son of
teulu VAUGHAN Bredwardine, Vaughan, father of Sir Hugh Johneys, knight of the Sepulchre, 1441, was an illegitimate son of Walter Vaughan. Walter Vaughan's heir was Sir THOMAS VAUGHAN, who married Eleanor, daughter of Robert Whitney. Lewis Glyn Cothi wrote a eulogy of him before he was knighted. His heir was Sir RICHARD VAUGHAN, who was knighted at Tournai, 13 or 14 October 1513, and who was sheriff of Herefordshire, 1530-1, and
teulu VAUGHAN Porthaml, , and was dead before 25 September 1514, when those offices were granted to Sir Griffith ap Rice. His wife was Joan, daughter of Robert Whitney by Constance, daughter of James, lord Audley. The Vaughans of Tregunter descended from his second son, Thomas Vaughan. The heir, WATKIN VAUGHAN, married Joan, daughter of Ieuan Gwilym Vaughan of White Peyton. The family became prominent with his heir, WILLIAM

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