Henry Dwnn († 1469)
Henry Dwnn (also Harry Dwnn ) († July 26, 1469 near Banbury ) was a Welsh nobleman and military man.
Dwnn came from the ancient Welsh Dwnn family . He was the only son of Owain Dwnn and Catherine Wogan . He inherited the Muddlescombe estate at Kidwelly from his father and Picton Castle in Pembrokeshire from his mother . He married a daughter of Roger Vaughan von Tretower . He supported the House of York during the Wars of the Roses and died in the Battle of Edgecote Moor in July 1469 . His property was divided between his daughters after his death: Joan, who married Thomas ap Philip from Cilsant , became the ancestral mother of the Philipps family, who still live at Picton Castle today. His second daughter Jenet inherited Muddlescombe, she married Trahaern Morgan .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evan David Jones: VAUGHAN family, of Tretower Court (Welsh Biography Online). Retrieved January 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Garfield Hopkin Hughes: Dwnn, Owain (Welsh Biography Online). Retrieved February 25, 2015 .
- ^ Thomas Nicholas: Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales . Genealogical Pub., Baltimore 2000. ISBN 0-8063-1314-5 , p. 898
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| SURNAME | Dwnn, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dwnn, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Welsh nobleman and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1469 |
| Place of death | at Banbury |