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Dusek Tree - Person Sheet
NameBaron Lewis Owen 
Birthabt 1516, Dolgellau, Merionethshire Co., Wales
Death11 Oct 1555, ‘Llidiart-y-barwn, ’ near Mallwyd, Merionethshire, Wales
OccupationSheriff, Baron (judge)
Cause of deathKilled by “Red Bandits of Mawddwy” in revenge
FatherOwen ap Hywel
MotherGwenhwyfer ferch Meurig
Spouses
Birthabt 1520, Gresford, Wales
Death1558, Dolgellau, Merionethshire Co., Wales
FatherRobert Puleston
MotherJane ferch Richard (~1490-)
Notes for Baron Lewis Owen
Killed by “Red Bandits of Mawddwy” in revenge
Notes for Baron Lewis Owen
OWEN, LEWIS (ëBaron Owen í; d. 1555), judge; son of Owen ap Hywel ap Llywelyn, of Llwyn, Dolgelley. Under Henry VIII he was appointed deputy-chamberlain of North Wales and baron (i.e. judge) of the exchequer at Caernarvon; he was sheriff of Merioneth in 1545-6 and 1554-5, and Member of Parliament for the shire in 1547, 1553, and 1554; he lived at Cwrt Plas-yn-dre, Dolgelley. As sheriff, he undertook to extirpate the ëRed Bandits of Mawddwy,í and in revenge was killed, 11 Oct. 1555, on the spot still known as ëLlidiart-y-barwn,í near Mallwyd, Mer.
Owen was twice m., and from his first marriage issued an unusually large number of the later gentle families of Merionethshire who appear in the present work; see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 363. From the eldest son, JOHN OWEN of Llwyn, came the Bronclydwr family (see Hugh Owen, 1639-1700). The second son, HUGH LEWIS OWEN of Cae'rberllan, Dolgelley, a lawyer, would appear to have been the ancestor of the Tan-y-gadair family (see Henry Owen, 1716-1795), but the pedigrees are inconclusive on this point. The third son, EDWARD OWEN of Hengwrt (Griffith, op. cit. 201), was the grandfather of the antiquary Robert Vaughan (q.v.) and the ancestor of the later Hengwrt and Nannau families. The fourth son, GRIFFITH OWEN, of Tal-y-bont, Llanegryn, married the heiress of Peniarth (Griffith, op. cit., 323); some hold that his eldest son, Lewis, was identical with the Lewis Owen who is the subject of the next article ó if so (but the evidence is shaky), the ëspyí would be the grand-father of the famous Dissenter Hugh Owen of Bronclydwr, for Susan, daughter of Lewis Owen of Tal-y-bont, was Hugh Owen's mother; it will be noticed that the Bronclydwr and Tal-y-bont families, each descended from ëbaroní Owen, had intermarried. Another of Griffith Owen's sons was Henry, father of the Independent divine John Owen (1616-1683) (q.v.). The fifth of ëbaroní Owen's sons was ROBERT OWEN of Dolserau (Dolgelley) ó see Griffith, op. cit., 363 ó grandfather of the Quaker Robert Owen (d. 1685, q.v.), and great-grandfather of the Quaker Griffith Owen (q.v.).
Bibliography:
Powys Fadog, vi, 409-10, 464;
D.N.B.;
J. E. Griffith, P.A.C.F..
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
Owen was twice m., and from his first marriage issued an unusually large number of the later gentle families of Merionethshire who appear in the present work; see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 363. From the eldest son, JOHN OWEN of Llwyn, came the Bronclydwr family (see Hugh Owen, 1639-1700). The second son, HUGH LEWIS OWEN of Cae'rberllan, Dolgelley, a lawyer, would appear to have been the ancestor of the Tan-y-gadair family (see Henry Owen, 1716-1795), but the pedigrees are inconclusive on this point. The third son, EDWARD OWEN of Hengwrt (Griffith, op. cit. 201), was the grandfather of the antiquary Robert Vaughan (q.v.) and the ancestor of the later Hengwrt and Nannau families. The fourth son, GRIFFITH OWEN, of Tal-y-bont, Llanegryn, married the heiress of Peniarth (Griffith, op. cit., 323); some hold that his eldest son, Lewis, was identical with the Lewis Owen who is the subject of the next article ó if so (but the evidence is shaky), the ëspyí would be the grand-father of the famous Dissenter Hugh Owen of Bronclydwr, for Susan, daughter of Lewis Owen of Tal-y-bont, was Hugh Owen's mother; it will be noticed that the Bronclydwr and Tal-y-bont families, each descended from ëbaroní Owen, had intermarried. Another of Griffith Owen's sons was Henry, father of the Independent divine John Owen (1616-1683) (q.v.). The fifth of ëbaroní Owen's sons was ROBERT OWEN of Dolserau (Dolgelley) ó see Griffith, op. cit., 363 ó grandfather of the Quaker Robert Owen (d. 1685, q.v.), and great-grandfather of the Quaker Griffith Owen (q.v.).
Bibliography:
Powys Fadog, vi, 409-10, 464;
D.N.B.;
J. E. Griffith, P.A.C.F..
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.