Hi,
I have a record from the Lay Subsidy Rolls circa 1636 of a Thomas Pugh, Llygwy, Pennal. I checked Llygwy on the Internet and found a Llugwy Hall and Llugwy Estate. It was the property of the Anwyl family after about 1670.
Here is a pedigree of the Anwyl family I have patched up from the Internet, the last line shows where Llugwy became the property of the Anwyl family:
• Jeuan ap Maredudd (died c.1402) = Lucy verch Hywel Sele, Lord of Nannau
• Maredudd ab Jeuan (f.1420) = Angharad verch Einion ab Ithel sef aeres Rhiwaedog
• Sion (John) ap Maredudd (f.1485) = Gwenhwyvir ferch Goronwy ab Ieuan o Gollwyn
According to Philip Yorke;
"To John ab Maredudd his kindred and friends cleaved steadfastly, like courageous men: so then it began to be a proverb or phrase, to call the family of Owain Gwynedd Tylwyth John ab Maredudd, the race of John ab Maredudd."
• Morys ap Sion ap Maredudd (died c.1511) = Angharad verch Elisau ap Gruffydd ab Einion
• Robert ap Morys o'r Parc (d.1576) = Lowry verch Lewis ab Ieuan ap Dafydd[5]
From Robert ap Morys the family were known as the Anwyl of Parc Family, after their abode near Penrhyndeudraeth at this time.
• Lewis Anwyl (ap Robert) (1535–1605) = Elizabeth verch Morys ab Ieuan ap Sion ap Maredudd o Frynkyr
• William Lewis Anwyl of Park (c.1565 – 1642), magistrate, High Sheriff of Merionethshire 1611 and 1624 and High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire 1637 = Elizabeth, eldest daughter and coheiress of Edward Herbert, of Maes Machre, Cemmaes, Anglesey.
Evan (Ieuan) Anwyl of Brynkir, Caernarfonshire later Llugwy, Merionethshire (1610–1666) and = Catherine daughter of Maurice Williams. He was High Sheriff of Merionethshire in 1649 and again in 1664. He had issue;
Maurice Anwyl of Llugwy (c.1645-c.1695) = Joane daughter of Hugh Pryce, of Penmaendyfi, Caernarfonshire.
Does anyone have further information about the Pugh family of Pennal at that time (1600 to 1700) and is there any further information on Hugh Pryse who might have been related to Thomas Pugh?
My main research is on the Pughs of Brecknockshire, but I have reason to believe they were in North Wales before about 1700.
Thanks
Llanfi