Lords of Cemais
Lords of Cemais - Wales - Ruling Families - 12th Century
The Lords of Cemais were the ruling families, from the early 12th century of the Marcher Lordship (aka Palatine Barony )[ 1] of Kemes , and in later centuries of the barony of Cemais in Wales .
Martin de Turribus, fl. 1090's.
Robert fitz Martin , c.1095? - died c.1159
William I FitzMartin, c.1155-1209, husband of Angharad, daughter of Rhys ap Gruffydd , prince of the briefly re-established Deheubarth .
William II FitzMartin, 1177?-1216
Sir Nicholas FitzMartin, 1210–1282, who granted land in the Preseli Hills [ 2] to a son of Cuhelyn the Bard [cy ] , a famous poet.[ 2] [ 3]
William Martin, 1st Baron Martin , 1257–1324
William, Lord Martin, 1296–1326; his sole heir was the nephew of his deceased aunt, Joan, the wife of the first Baron Audley :
James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley , 1312–1386
Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley , c.1330-1391; title went into abeyance until being inherited by his sister's son:
John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley , d. 1409
James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley , d. 1459
John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley , d. 1491
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley , c.1465-1497, who was executed for treason and the Marcher Lorship forfeit. It was eventually re-established as a Barony, in the year of the Laws in Wales Acts (which abolished all Marcher Lordships), for his son:
John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley , d. 1558, who sold it in 1539 to
William Owen, c. 1488–1574, a local lawyer
George Owen , 1552–1613
Alban Owen, 1580–1656
David Owen, fl. 1651
William Owen, c.1654-1721
Elizabeth Owen, d. 1746
Anne Owen, d. c.1720?
William Lloyd, d. 1734
Anne Lloyd, c. 1715-1775
Colonel Thomas Lloyd, 1740–1807
Thomas Lloyd, 1788–1845
Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd, bart., 1820–1877
Sir Marteine Lloyd, bart., 1851–1933
Nesta Lloyd Withington, d.1943
Morfa Withington Winser, 1920–1958
Joan Gregson Ellis, d. 1973
Hyacinthe Hawkesworth, married John Hawkesworth in 1943, d. 2011[ 4]
Heir presumptative: John Phillip Cemaes Hawkesworth, 1947–2006[ 5]
Alexander Hawkesworth, b 1984
Sources
References
^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry , John Burke, London, 1847, Volume 1, entry for Lloyd of Bronwydd
^ a b Baronia de Kemeys. From the original documents at Bronwydd. , Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd (Bt.), London, 1862, p.48
^ An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire , Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales , 1914, Volume 4, p 276
^ "Hyacinthe HAWKESWORTH Obituary (2011) - Legacy Remembers" . Legacy.com . Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
^ "Death of barony heir" .