David Hanmer - Lineage

Lineage

Hanmer himself had married into another prominent Welsh family when he had taken as his bride Angharad, a daughter of Llywelyn Ddu ap Gruffudd ab Iorwerth Foel, one of the most prominent Welshmen in nearby Chirkland.

Angharad bore David at least four children: a daughter, Marged (who married Owain Glyndŵr), and three sons, Gruffudd, Philip and John. Gruffudd was the eldest son. He became the acting legal attorney to the Principality of North Wales. John held important posts in the government of Flintshire. Philip was also probably a lawyer. All four children were probably Welsh-speaking, bilingual and well versed in English and Welsh law, as naturally bilingual as their father and certainly their mother.