Family of Owain +of POLE GRUFFYDD and Joan + CORBET

Husband:	Owain +of POLE GRUFFYDD (1256-1293)
Wife:	Joan + CORBET (1266-1348)
Children:	William + of POLE (1275-1328)
	Hawise of POLE GRUFFYDD (1290- )
	Griffin of POLE GRUFFYDD (c. 1292- )
	Owen of POLE GRUFFYDD (c. 1293- )
	Lewis of POLE GRUFFYDD (c. 1294- )
Marriage	1290	Besford, Worcestershire, England

Husband: Owain +of POLE GRUFFYDD

Wife: Joan + CORBET

Child 1: William + of POLE

Name:	William + of POLE
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Elena + ROTENHERING (1280-1338)
Birth	1275	Ravenser Odd, Yorkshire, England
Death	1328 (age 52-53)	Hull, Yorkshire, England

Child 2: Hawise of POLE GRUFFYDD

Name:	Hawise of POLE GRUFFYDD
Sex:	Female
Birth	1290

Child 3: Griffin of POLE GRUFFYDD

Name:	Griffin of POLE GRUFFYDD
Sex:	Male
Birth	1292 (est)

Child 4: Owen of POLE GRUFFYDD

Name:	Owen of POLE GRUFFYDD
Sex:	Male
Birth	1293 (est)

Child 5: Lewis of POLE GRUFFYDD

Name:	Lewis of POLE GRUFFYDD
Sex:	Male
Birth	1294 (est)

Note on Husband: Owain +of POLE GRUFFYDD

Owen ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn alias de la Pole (ie. of Welshpool); allegedly surrendered the principality of Powis to Edward I in the late 13th century, though the principality had already been the subject of constant fighting and dispute between the Kings of England and Llywelyn the Last, Prince of Wales, receiving from Edward I in return the same area as a free Baron of England (ie. as Lord of a feudal barony).

 

Burke's Peerage online database

 

Observations.- The Welsh principality of Powis is said to have been established as a feudal barony by surrender to Edward I, in the Parliament at Shrewsbury, 1283, by Owen ap Griffith ap Gwenwynwyn, who received it again from the King "sub nomine et tenura liberi Baronagii Angliæ, resignando Domino Regi heredibus suis et Coronæ Angliæ nomen et circulum principatus." This date should be accepted with reserve, because Owen did not succeed his father in possession till 1286; while the allegiance of Powis had varied between Llewelyn arid Edward, 1277-83, according to the fortune of war. The date 1286 is given below as that of the succession of the first lord of Powis, from whose time allegiance to England remained undisturbed.

 

FEUDAL BARONY OF POWIS (I) 1286 (CP does not call it a Barony, but treats it similarly)

 

OWEN AP GRIFFITH AP GWENWYNWYN (otherwise DE LA POLE, i.e. of [Welsh]pool), son and heir of the said Griffith, by Hawise, daughter of John LE STRANGE, of Ness and Chesswardine, Salop, with his father conspired with David, brother of Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, 1276.

 

He married Joan, said to have been daughter of Sir Robert CORBET, of Wattlesburgh and Moreton Corbet, by a daughter of John LE STRANGE. He died shortly before 15 October 1293. His widow, who had order for assignment of dower 20 January 1293/4, married between 18 August 1295 and 22 November 1298, Sir Roger TRUMWYNE, sheriff of Salop and Staffs, 1307-08 and 1316-18, knight of the shire, Staffs, 1312, 1313. He died about 1333; and she some time before Michaelmas 1348.

 

Complete Peerage X:641, transcribed by Dave Utzinger

 

Owen de la Pole (c. 1257 – c. 1293), also known as Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, was the heir presumptive to the Welsh principality of Powys Wenwynwyn until 1283 when it was abolished by the Parliament of Shrewsbury. He became the 1st Lord of Powis after the death of his father Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn c. 1287.

 

Owen was born in England sometime after his father was driven into exile there in 1257 by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd the ruler of Kingdom of Gwynedd. It was during this exile that his father probably adopted the surname de la Pole meaning "of the Pool" and referring to the old name for Welshpool which had become his family's capital. In 1263 following the Treaty of Montgomery his father was restored to some of his lands in return for agreeing to pay homage to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd as Prince of Wales. However, good relations between Powys-Wenwynwyn and Gwynedd were short-lived as Owen and his father were soon implicated in an assassination attempt on the Prince of Wales in 1274. This led to Owen and his father fleeing to Shrewsbury where they both led border raids against the Principality of Wales on behalf of the English crown.

 

Following Llywelyn's defeat at the hands of Edward I of England in 1277 Owen returned to Wales alongside his father whose lands had been restored. They soon became embroiled in a border dispute with Llywelyn which was one of the catalysts for a renewed campaign by the princes of Gwynedd against English domination. In 1284 following the final defeat of Gwynedd and the death of Llywelyn and his brother Dafydd ap Gruffudd, the de la Pole family surrendered their princely pretentions, but received back their principality in "free barony" as the marcher lordship of Powys.

 

Owen's father Gruffydd died around 1286. In 1290, he endowed his four younger brothers with portions of the lordship, which were to be held of him as his feudal tenants by service in Welsh wars. Two brothers (who were priests) received their portions for life. The shares of the other two were to revert to Owen on failure of issue. Only William left issue, but they enjoyed the Lordship of Mawddwy covering that parish and the majority of Mallwyd for several generations, before it was divided between coheirs in the early 16th century. One of the coheiresses was Elisabeth de Burgh who married Sir John Lingen (d. 1505), and left descendants from this princely house.

 

Owen married Joan Corbet the daughter of Robert Corbet and Catherine Le Strange and together they had a daughter and probably five sons;

 

Griffith de la Pole, 2nd Lord of Powis, died 1309 without issue.

 

Hawise de la Pole, "The Lady of Powys" (inherited the lordship in 1309, died before 1353). She married John Charleton, 1st Baron Cherleton, (1268–1353), and their descendants owned the lordship until the late 16th century.

 

He lived the latter part of his life in Powys Castle in Welshpool and died c.1293. After his death, the lordship of Powis passed to his son Griffith who died in 1309 without issue, and then by his daughter Hawise and her descendants.

 

Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia @en.wikipedia.org

 

OWEN de la Pole (-1293). m as her first husband, JOHANNA Corbet, daughter of Sir ROBERT Corbet & his wife ---. Owen & his wife had two children¹

Sources

1	"Wikipedia".