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     Richard MEREDITH was born circa 1550.¹ He married Sarah BATHO before 1584.³ He died on 3 August 1597.^3,4 He was buried on 7 August 1597 at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.⁵
     
Richard Meredith entered Oxford University in 1568. He graduated BA on 4 March 1573 at Jesus College, Oxford, England, and graduated MA on 1 June 1575 from the same college.

He appears to have entered the Church as a member of St. David's Cathedral Clergy the same year he entered Oxford University, as he is recorded as a Prebendary at Clydey, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1568. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the Bishop of St. David's was Richard Davies, his father's 1st cousin. The Bishop may have played a part in Richard Meredith's upbringing following his father's death in 1557, when Richard was about 7 years old. Subsequently, he is recorded as having had the following appointments:
     ~ Rector (with cure of souls) in 1573 at Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
     ~ Prebendary in 1574 at Brecon, Powys, Wales.
     ~ Prebendary in 1575 at Lledrod, Brecon, Powys, Wales.
     ~ Prebendary, Brecon collegiate church and rector, Barton in Pembrokeshire in 1578.
     ~ Rector (with cure of souls) in 1578 at Burton, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
     ~ Vicar in 1579 at Llanafan Fawr, Brecknockshire, Wales.
     ~ Prebendary in 1580 at Carrog, Denbighshire, Wales.
     ~ Sinecure Rector in 1580 at Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
     ~ Cursal Prebendary in 1580 at St. David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

He was appointed Chaplain to the lord deputy of Ireland, Sir John Perrot in 1584, and moved to Dublin where he was appointed Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in June 1584 that year. He was described in July 1588 as being noted for 'diligent preaching' and keeping 'a good house to the relief of many people which likeness was not done this 30 years by his predecessors' in July 1588. He was appointed Bishop of Leighlin in April 1589. He appeared before the Star Chamber in May 1592 and was fined £2000. He was described as being in poor health and 'not like to live' in 1593. He appeared before Dublin court of castle chamber in January 1593/94, and was fined £20 with a sentence of eight days in prison. He left a will dated 28 July 1597; £100 to Dublin corporation; allowance to poor; £800 due to estate from Archbishop Loftus and sons & bequeathed to his daughters provided they remained chaste until marriage, estate in Pembrokeshire to youngest son. He died on 3 August 1597. He was buried on 7 August 1597 at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. His will was proven in 1606 at St Asaph's Consistory Court.
Coat of arms: gules on a chevron sable three trefoils slipped or between three goats' heads erased of the last.^{6,7,3,8,9,10,11,12} (Bartrum ref: Lln.E. 4(A)).¹³ See below for source citation(s).³

     Sarah BATHO was born before 1567. She married Richard MEREDITH, son of Robert MEREDITH and Margaret FERCH WILLIAM AP JOHN, before 1584.¹ She married Adam LOFTUS, son of Robert LOFTUS, in 1597. She died on 1 August 1650 at Middleham, Yorkshire, England.²
     
Sarath Batho’s brother became the steward to her first husband Richard Meredith. William Weston accused Sarah's 2nd husband Adam Loftus of having taken bribes during the years 1620 to 1623, when Weston said he gave Lady Loftus, among other things, “one suit of hangings of the value of £160, one dozen of silver plates with his lordship's arms thereupon [and] 32 ells [of] Polonie rich taffetie”.³

     Adam LOFTUS was born circa 1568. He married Sarah BATHO in 1597. He died in 1643 at Middleham, Yorkshire, England. He was buried at Coverham church, Yorkshire, England.
     
Sir Adam Loftus was 1st Viscount Loftus of Ely, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, nephew to Adam Loftus Archbishop of Dublin. He lost considerable property, in excess of D10,000 in value, as a result of the Irish rising of October 1641. Soon afterwards hemoved to Yorkshire, where he died at Middleham early in 1643. He was buried later that year at Coverham church. His widow died seven years later.

     Robert MEREDITH was born after 1576.⁴ He married Anne USSHER in 1618. He died on 17 October 1668. He was buried on 19 October 1668 at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.^5,6
     
Sir Robert Meredith was knighted at Dublin on 6 Sep 1635 by Lord Wentworth, Lord Deputy of Ireland. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland in 1609 as a Fellow Commoner, and Lincoln's Inn on 3 Jul 1611.
He held the following posts and appointments:
~ Member of Parliament for Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland: 1613;
~ Member of Parliament for Augher: 1634;
~ Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ireland): appointed 1634;
~ Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper (Ireland): appointed 13 Apr 1636;
~ Member of Parliament for Athy: 1639;
~ Commissioner of Parliament (Ireland): appointed 19 Jun 1647;
~ Member of Parliament for Jamestown: 1661;
~ Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ireland): appointed 6 Dec 1661.
He owned property at:
~ Birr, King's County, Ireland in 1612;
~ Rathville, Co. Carlow, Ireland in 1633;
~ Blanchestown, Ireland 1668.
In 1637 he obtained for fifty pounds and one shilling, for a term of 49 years, the manor and lands of Kilberry, Castleriddy, Clony and Clonwanir.
He was recorded as living at Hangman's Lane, St. Michan's Parish, Dublin, Ireland in 1659 and 1668, and at
St. Michan's Parish, Dublin, Ireland in 1663.
He left a will dated 10 Sep 1664 that was proved on 12 June 1669.^{7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22}

     Thomas MEREDITH was born after 1576.⁴ He married Letitia FORTESCUE, daughter of Faithful FORTESCUE and Anne MOORE. He died circa 1677.
     
Sir Thomas Meredith was knighted in Ireland on 15 Jul 1630 by Viscount Loftus and the Earl of Cork, Lords Justices of Ireland. He was admitted to Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland as a Fellow Commoner in 1609, and to Lincoln's Inn on 14 Jul 1628. He was a Member of Parliament for Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow, Ireland in 1634. On 5 May 1645 he presented a petition to Irish House of Commons.
He owned property at Dromormona, Co. Tipperary, Ireland in 1634 and in Co. Mayo, Ireland before 1659. In 1635 Dean Benjamine Culme demised to Sir Thomas Meredith, Chancellor of the Exchequer [sic], for £50 per annum, the Lordship and Manor of Kilberry, Bert, Clony, Shrowlan, Kilcolman, Oldcourt, Tullaghgory, Preswellstown, Shanrahin, Tyrrelstown, Clonwanwyer, and Russelstown.
He was recorded as living at Shop St and Deere St Ward, Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland in 1664, and at Mooretown, Co. Kildare, Ireland, in 1634.
His will was dated 28 Dec 1676.

An incident in March 1643 is described by Clodagh Tait in 'Death, Burial and Commemoration in Ireland, 1550-1650' in which: ‘Sir Thomas Meredith smashed the tomb of a Mr. Eustace at Castlemartin in County Kildare. His ensign, Edward Roe,later deposed that he did this because ?Mr. Eustace of Castlemartin had burnt the house of Sir Robert Meredith, who was brother to the said Sir Thomas and sayeth that the said Sir Thomas sayeth further that that he knows this [thedestruction of the tomb] would vex the said Mr. Eustace more than anything else he could do unto him'. Meredith knew that Eustace would be vexed not only at the destruction of his property, but also at the insult to his family and tothe position that they held in society. Such destruction was usually far from indiscriminate.^{5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14}'

     Anne MEREDITH was born before 1590. She married William COLLEY, son of George COLLEY. She died on 18 September 1608.² She was buried at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.
     
Her Funeral Entry states:
'Anne dr. of Rich: Meredith sometime xx Bi: of Leighlin & wi: to Wm. eldest sonne of Sr. Geo: Colley of Edendery Knight, deceased in childe-bedde of her first childe born 18th[?] Septemb: 1603 . cc bur: in St. Patricks Dublin in herfathers tombe: the child (named William) alsoe died.'

     Margaret MEREDITH was born before 1590. She married Christopher CONWAY. She died on 7 January 1608/9.² She was buried on 12 January 1608/9 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.³
     
Her Funeral Entry states: 'Margaret dr. of Richard Meredith sometime Byshoppe of Leghlin, & wife of Christopher Conway of Rathmines deceased in childbed of her firste childe the xxth. of Jan: 1608 & is bur: in St. Patricks Dublin in herfathers tombe: shee lefte issue a daughter.'

     Robert LOFTUS was born circa 1598. He married Elinor (-) in 1621. He died before 1643.

     Edward LOFTUS was born circa 1598. He married Jane LINLEY in 1613.
     
In 1604 James I granted Middleham Castle to Sir Henry Linley, who made some repairs and lived in the castle until his death there in 1610. It was inherited by his daughter Jane and in 1613 Jane Linley married Edward, 2nd Viscount Loftus,who occupied it until 1644.

     George LOFTUS was born circa 1602.

     Lettice LOFTUS was born circa 1603.

     Francis LOFTUS was born circa 1605.

     Alice LOFTUS was born circa 1607. She married Charles MOORE, son of Gerald (Garret) MOORE.

     Jane LINLEY married Edward LOFTUS, son of Adam LOFTUS and Sarah BATHO, in 1613.

     Anne USSHER was born circa 1597. She married Robert MEREDITH, son of Richard MEREDITH and Sarah BATHO, in 1618. She died on 12 May 1669. She was buried on 15 May 1669 at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.^1,2

     William MEREDITH was born circa 1620. He married Mary KING, daughter of Robert KING and Frances FOLLIOTT, in 1655. He died circa February 1664/65. He was buried on 14 February 1664/65 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.²
     
Sir William Meredith was created Baronet of Greenhills in the County of Kildare on 20 Nov 1660. He was recorded as living at Greenhill, Co. Kildare, Ireland in 1659, and at Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, Ireland, in 1664. His will was dated 2 Jun 1664 and proven on 11 Apr 1665. It states:
' In the Name of God Amen The second day of June one thousand six hundred sixty and foure I William Meredith of the parish of Kilkullin in the County of Kildare in Ireland Barronett being Sicke in body but of perfect mind and memory doe make and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following Imprimo I committ my body to the Grave and my soule into the handes of my Saviour Item I make and constitute my beloved wife Mary Meridith my sole heiress and executrix of all my personall estate goods and chattells In witness whereof I have by these presents putt my hand and seale the day and yeare above written. William Meredith. Sealed and delivered in the presence of us Marcus Trever Edward Lewis Jenkin Christopher[?] etc.^{3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}'

     Robert MEREDITH was born before 1639.² He married Mary JUBS. He died after 1669.³

     Charles MEREDITH was born circa 1628.¹ He died in November 1700.
     
Sir Charles Meredith was knighted in Ireland on 4 Sep 1664. He was a Member of Parliament for Old Leighlin from 1661 to 1666, and for Gowran in 1692 and 1693. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer (Ireland) between 1674 and 1687, and again from 1693 to 1695. He was Revenue Commissioner from 1675 to 1677. He was appointed Privy Counsellor in Aug 1671. He was living in Hangman's Lane, St. Michan's Parish, Dublin, Ireland in 1659 and later lived at Greenhills, Co. Kildare, Ireland. He obtained 3,746 acres from the Commissioners of the Act of Settlement. In 19 Apr 1697 he was granted the custodiam of Oxmantown, Ireland for 31 years, the chapel being made available for worship by French Protestants. In his will dated 25 Mar 1694/95 (probated 18 Nov 1700) he was described as living in St Anne Parish, Soho, Middlesex, England.^1,2,3,4

     Alice MEREDITH was born before 1635. She married Charles COOTE in 1653. She died before 1699.
     
As widow of Charles Coote, Alice Meredith she was attainted by James II's Parliament in 1689, and had her jointure of £950 a year sequestrated. On the intercession of Queen Mary in 1691 she was granted custody of an estate in the hands of the Crown until her own should be restored to her. She left a will in 1689.¹

     Mary MEREDITH was born before 1642. She died after 1669.

     Elizabeth MEREDITH was born circa 1636.³ She married Thomas JUXON after 1669. She married Daniel WILLIAMS on 16 October 1675. She died on 10 June 1698; probably in London.^4,5

     Anne MEREDITH was born before 1637. She died on 11 July 1637.¹ She was buried on 13 July 1637 at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.¹

     Mary KING was born before 1652. She married Wiliam FEILDING. She married William MEREDITH, son of Robert MEREDITH and Anne USSHER, in 1655. She died in 1669. She was buried on 12 September 1669 at St Michan's Church.

     Wiliam FEILDING was born on 29 December 1640. He married Mary KING, daughter of Robert KING and Frances FOLLIOTT. He died on 23 August 1685 at age 44.
     
He was 3rd Earl of Denbigh and 2nd Earl of Desmond, and son of George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond and Bridget Stanhope.

     Basil FEILDING was born in 1668.

     Mary JUBS married Robert MEREDITH, son of Robert MEREDITH and Anne USSHER.

     Richard MEREDITH was born between 1657 and 1667.^2,3,4 He married Sarah PAUL, daughter of Jeffery PAUL and Deborah VINCENT, on 1 January 1702/3.^5,6 He died in 1743. He was buried on 8 October 1743.
     
Richard Meredith was Member of Parliament for Athy from 1703 to 1713, and Sheriff of County Kildare in 1726. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland on 5 Jun 1685 and Middle Temple on 1 Feb 1687/88.
On 17 Feb 1689 he made an allegation at St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, for a marriage licence between Robert, Lord Baron of Kingston in Ireland, bachelor aged about 30, and Margaret Harbord of St. Martin's in the Fields, Middlesex, spinster agedabout 22, with her father's consent. He was described as a Gentleman of that parish.
On 19 Feb 1689 he was party to the deed of settlement in respect of the proposed marriage of Robert Lord Kingston to Margaret Harbord, daughter of William Harbord of Grafton Park.
Note: various pedigrees in circulation assert that Richard was the son of the Sir William Meredith Bart who married Mary King, and that Richard is therefore the 2nd Bart. and that the succession continued down to Edward Newenham Meredith as 9th Bart. However it is clear from several sources that Sir William Meredith died childless and the baronetcy became extinct then. In his will Sir William makes his wife Mary his sole heiress and executrix. No contemporary sources refer to Richard or to his descendants as having succeeded to to Baronetcy.^7,8,9,10

     Charles COOTE was born circa 1622. He was born circa 1630.¹ He married Alice MEREDITH, daughter of Robert MEREDITH and Anne USSHER, in 1653. He died on 30 August 1672. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.
     
Charles Coote was the 2nd Earl of Mountrath.

A Coote descendant has published the following details:
'He was born about 1622. In 1649 he was paid £297.2s. by the state for debts incurred 'during his long sickness in England', and for his future maintenance.
In 1653 he married Alice Meredith, daughter of Sir Robert Meredith of Greenhills, Kildare, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland. They had four children, Charles, Robert, Mary and Anne. Robert and Mary died young, and Annemarried Murrough Boyle, Viscount Blesington.
In 1654 he was MP for Galway and Mayo.
In 1660 he was knighted, possibly under the provision in the Patent of Baronetcy for the eldest son of the baronet to be knighted. However, from 1660-1661, till he inherited the Earldom on his father's death, he was known by the courtesytitle of Viscount Castlecoote.
In 1660, he was appointed Collector and Receiver General of the Composition Money for Connaught and Thomond, with his brother Richard, for life, and in 1661 was appointed a Captain of Foot, and Provost Marshal of Connaught which seems tohave been almost a hereditary office held previously by his father and grandfather!
In 1661 he was MP for Roscommon.
In 1662 he was granted a general pardon for all offences committed during the Rebellion, and in 1664 was appointed Custos Rotulorum for Queens County.
In 1666 he was persuaded by Charles II to return Lord Clanricarde's Galway house, Tyrellan, plus 4000 acres, which his father had bought (or expropriated), to the widow, in exchange for Dublin property of the same worth.
He died in 1672 'of a great consumption and convulsion fits' and was buried next to his father in the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
One of their houses was Rush Hall, near Mountrath, which had come into the family through the marriage of the 1st Earl to Mary Ruish. In 1947 two turf-cutters working in the adjacent bog dug up two large (22') pewter plates (chargers).On being examined by the National Museum in Dublin, one of them was found to bear a coat-of-arms, Coote quartering Ruish, impaling Meredith, beneath an earl's coronet. These are the arms of Charles Coote (2nd Earl of Mountrath). As thissize of plates were often marriage chargers, it is possible that they commemorate the marriage in 1653 of Charles Coote and Alice Meredith, though he did not inherit the earldom until 1661. The chargers were accordingly claimed back asfamily items, and were returned to Sir John Coote, 14th Bart. They were possibly hidden in the bog for safe keeping on some occasion of civil unrest, a not uncommon procedure.
Sir Maurice Eustace (Chancellor) in a letter to the Duke of Ormonde in 1661 says that 'he was of much better nature than his father, and had manifested much affection to the poor natives and was of a very sweet disposition, and made ofmuch better mould than his nearer relations'.
In his will, he says rather charmingly, of his children, 'because many mischiefs have arisen to youth when they are left to themselves, which, I bless God for, I have no reason to fear to my children, yet I desire and charge my dear sonand daughter to be advised by their mother in all their concerns and in disposing of themselves, and I do appoint my dearly beloved wife and her brother Sir Charles Meredith to be their guardians' until they reach the age of 21.²'

     George CARR married Grissel MEREDITH, daughter of Robert MEREDITH and Anne USSHER, on 25 January 1637/38 at St Michan's church, Dublin, Ireland.³ He died on 13 February 1663/64.^4,5 He was buried on 14 February 1663/64 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.⁵
     
Sir George Carr was Cursitor or Engrosser in Chancery, and Secretary to Thomas, Earl of Strafford and James, Duke of Ormond. His will was dated 1662.^6,7

     Thomas JUXON was born on 24 June 1614 at London, England.¹ He married Elizabeth CARENT on 2 March 1646/47 at St Giles-in-the-Fields, London, England. He married Elizabeth MEREDITH, daughter of Robert MEREDITH and Anne USSHER, after 1669. He died on 2 October 1672 at Dublin, Ireland, at age 58.² He was buried on 14 October 1672 at St James's Church, Dublin, Ireland.¹
     
The will of Thomas Juxon was dated 6 Jun 1672; he names his daughter Elizabeth as Executor.

     Letitia FORTESCUE was born circa 1625. She married Thomas MEREDITH, son of Richard MEREDITH and Sarah BATHO. She died circa 1685.
     
A manuscript refers to her as the eldest daughter who died in 1677. However, her will was dated 18 Nov 1684.^1,2

     William COLLEY married Anne MEREDITH, daughter of Richard MEREDITH and Sarah BATHO.
     
Sir William Colley was the eldest son of Sir George Colley of Edenderry. His will was probated on 25 Mar 1645/46.

     William COLLEY was born in 1603. He died in 1603.

     Christopher CONWAY was born before 1590. He married Margaret MEREDITH, daughter of Richard MEREDITH and Sarah BATHO.
     
A manuscript states 'by patent 10th March 1612 has a grant of the Office of Clerk General of all his Majestys Casulaties[sic] in Ireland' and that Margaret 'was his first wife'.

     Ralph Creed MEREDITH was born on 10 July 1887. He married Sylvia M AYNSLEY in 1915.

     Sylvia M AYNSLEY was born on 16 August 1894. She married Ralph Creed MEREDITH in 1915. She died on 20 September 1987 at age 93.

     Robert MEREDITH was born between 1517 and 1523 at Llanfair Talhaearn, Denbighshire, Wales; now in the Welsh Unitary Authority of Conwy and called Llanfair Talhaiarn on the Ordnance Survey maps.¹ He married Margaret FERCH WILLIAM AP JOHN, daughter of William ap JOHN OF and Elsbeth FERCH HARRY HEN CONWY. He died in 1557 at London, England.²
     
The story that we can piece together from Robert Meredith's Will, Bartrum’s Welsh Genealogies, and from correspondence with the Clothworkers’ Company is as follows:

Robert Meredith was born between 1517 and 1523, one of at least two sons of Maredudd ap Gronwy ap Deio and his wife Elsbeth ferch John ap Edward. His place of birth was Llanfair Talhaearn in Denbighshire (now in the Welsh Unitary Authority of Conwy and called Llanfair Talhaiarn on the Ordnance Survey maps). In about 1537-8 he became apprenticed as a clothworker to a Davy Price in London. The account books of the Clothworkers’ Company show that he completed his apprenticeship between August 1544 and July 1545 and was “made Free”. He would have been at least 21 years old then, but no older than 27: the apprenticeship normally started at age 14-20 and lasted 7 years.

It is unlikely that he would have been married before being made Free, and so his probable date of marriage to Marged ferch William ap John was between 1545 and 1548, taking into account the estimated date of birth of 1550 of his 2nd son Richard, the future Bishop of Leighlin. Robert married into an interesting family, one of his brothers-in-law being George Smith the Chancellor of St. Asaph (i.e. private secretary to the Bishop of St. Asaph). The other brother-in-law was a colourful character called Roger Smyth, a Roman Catholic priest and Welsh translator who fled to the Continent ca. 1573 and spent much of his time there. Roger Smyth was described as “a man of uncommon opinions who disliked both the Jesuits and the English, and desired to see a republic, together with freedom of conscience, instituted in Wales and England”. Robert Meredith’s two sons John and Richard seemed to have been born ca. 1550.

Sometime between 1544 and 1551 Robert was the plaintiff in a case, considered by the Court of Chancery, against a first cousin Griffith ap Howell regarding lands in Llanfair inherited from their grandfather Gronwy ap Deio. The details of the case show that his uncle, Howell ap Gronwy ap Deio, was an elder brother of his father Maredudd.

Robert Meredith’s Will is dated 24th January 1556/7 and describes him as Citizen and Clothworker of London living in the parish of Aldermary. The Will names his wife as Margaret, mother as Elizabeth (and therefore still living in 1557), and two sons John and Richard. He leaves his property in Denbighshire to his mother Elizabeth for the rest of her life, and thereafter to his son John and his heirs, and for lack of heirs to his son Richard and his heirs (so we can assume that John was the elder son). The Will also names a brother David (but note that the term can be used loosely in Wills of the time). The Will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 29 March 1557, so Robert must have died sometime between 24 January and 29 March of that year.

It is possible that his widow is the “Margarett Meridith” that the IGI shows as having married a “Reighnold Sainct” (probably Reginald Saint) on 4 Feb 1559 at Saint Thomas the Apostle, London (which is a parish near to Aldermary).^2,3 (Bartrum ref: Lln.E. 4(A)).¹

     Margaret FERCH WILLIAM AP JOHN married Robert MEREDITH, son of Maredudd ap GRONWY and Elsbeth FERCH JOHN AP EDWARD. She married Reginald SAINT on 4 February 1559 at St Thomas the Apostle, London, England.¹ She died after 1557.²
     (Bartrum ref: Ll.Ho. 4(B)).³

     Maredudd ap GRONWY married Elsbeth FERCH JOHN AP EDWARD, daughter of John ap EDWARD. He died before 1557.¹
     
Memo: This Maredudd ap Gronw is not to be confused with Meredith ap Grono, whose full patronymic was Meredith ap Grono ap Griffith Gethin ap David and was of the branch from which the Wynnes of Dyffryn Aled are descended. The latter was theMeredith ap Grono whose daughter Alis (d. 1590/91) married Midleton [Myddelton], Wiliam (c.1550-1596?), poet and sailor, the fourth son of Ffowc Midleton (d. 1571), a gentleman of Archwedlog, Llansannan, Denbighshire. (Bartrum ref: Lln.E. 4(A)).²

     Gronwy ap DEIO married Annes FERCH GRUFFUDD, daughter of Gruffudd ap LLYWELYN.
     
He was from Llanfair Talhaearn. (Bartrum ref: Lln.E. 4(A)).¹

     Dafydd ap GRONWY married Jonet FERCH DAFYDD AP RICHARD, daughter of Dafydd ap RICHARD AP CYNWRIG and Nest FERCH LLYWELYN FYCHAN AP IEUAN.
     
He was a curate of Gyffin near Conway in the diocese of Bangor. He lived at Plas y Person, Wales.¹

     Jonet FERCH DAFYDD AP RICHARD married Dafydd ap GRONWY, son of Gronwy ap DEIO and Annes FERCH GRUFFUDD.

     Richard DAVIES was born circa 1505 at Plas y Person, Gyffin, Caernarvonshire, Wales.² He married Dorothy WOODFORDE, daughter of Thomas WOODFORDE, in 1549. He died on 7 November 1581 at Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, Wales.¹
     
He was Bishop of St Asaph in 1560 and Bishop of St David's in 1561.

     
     (Bartrum ref: Lln.E. 4(A)).¹

     Charles MEREDITH was born before 1639.¹ He married Anne BLAYNEY in January 1671/72. He married Judith SAVAGE on 8 May 1677 at St. Audoen's Church, Dublin, Ireland.^2,3,4 He died in June 1710.⁵
     
Charles Meredith was:
~ a Cornet in the Lord General's Regiment in 1661;
~ appointed as Sheriff of County Meath on 23 Nov 1678;
~ Member of Parliament for Co. Meath from 1692 to 1693;
~ Member of Parliament for Kells from 1695 to 1699;
~ Deputy Governor of Co. Meath and Co. Louth in 1699;
~ Member of Parliament for Kells from 1703 to 1710;
~ in Duke of Albemarle's Regiment of Horse in 1662;
~ in Earl of Orrery's Regiment of Horse in 1672.
He lived at Newtown, Co. Meath, Ireland
He was seised in fee of several lands of Newtown, Clonegarrah, Carlanstown, Balgieth, Garrostown, Scurlogstown, and Roristown in the County of Meath.^6,7,8

     Arthur MEREDITH was born in 1639. He was baptized on 16 March 1638/39 at St Michan's Church, Dublin, Ireland.² He married Dorothea BINGLEY in 1661.³ He died on 4 May 1732. He was buried on 6 May 1732 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland.⁴
     
Arthur Meredith was:
~ High Sheriff of Co. Meath, Ireland from 1679 to 1680 and again in 1682;
~ a General in the army;
~ MP for Navan, Ireland from 1692 to 1727.
He held 382 acres of Dollardstown, barony of Duleek, and the 200 of Cristown, barony of Kells, from the Crown in 1683. He purchased 1070 acres in Co. Meath from the Commissioners for Sale of Forfeited Estates ca 1702/3.⁵

     William MEREDITH was born after 1639.