1. Gwerystan ap Gwaithfoed.
2. Cynfyn ap Gwerystan, m. Angharad, widow of Llywelyn ap Seisyll (d. 1023); an 11th century King of Gwynedd, Powys and Deheubarth.
3. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, d. 1073; installed by Harold and Tostig Godwinson as king of Gwynedd in 1063 on his father’s death.
4. Maredudd ap Bleddyn, d. February 9, 1132, King of Powys in eastern Wales. He married Hunedd ferch Einudd.
5. Griffith ap Meredith, Lord of Mowddwy, submitted with his father to Henry I. He took an active part in the feuds and warfare of the period, and d. v. p. in 1128, leaving, by Gwerfyl his wife, dau. of Gwrgenas ap Howel, of Caer-a-Chydewin, an only child:
6. Owen Cyfeiliog ap Griffith, Prince of Powys Cyfeiliog, or Higher Powys, to which he s. on the demise of his grandfather, Meredith ap Bleddyn. In 1176, he attended the summons of Henry to a conference with him at Oxford on Welsh affairs. Owen Cyfeiliog, ‘Lord of Mathrafal, the poet and the prince’ (Southey), was a distinguished bard, and among other productions of his muse, which have been transmitted to us, is his Welch ode called ‘Hirlas’, or the ‘Blue Long Horn’. In the year 1170, he founded the Cistercian abbey of Ystrad Marchell (Strata Marcella), and d. in 1197, leaving, by the Princess Gwenllian, his consort, dau. of Owen Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales, an only child:
7. Gwenwynwyn ap Owen Cyfeiliog, Prince of Powys Cyfeiliog; pourtrayed in the ‘Betrothed’ of Sir Walter Scott. In the 2nd of Henry III. (1218) Gwenwynwyn appears to have been dead, his widow Margaret living, and his heirs under age. By Margaret his consort, dau. of Robert Corbet, feudal Baron of Caus, Gwenwynwyn, who resumed the arms of his line, subsequently borne by his descendants, viz., ‘or, a lion rampant, gu‘, had issue:
8. Griffith ap Gwenwynwyn, Prince of Powys-Wenwynwyn. On 15 July, 1223, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, was ordered to see that the constable of Brug (Bridgenorth), Shropshire, do send the sons of Gwnwynwyn to Gloucester; and on the 19th, the king being then at Gloucester, the earl certifies their arrival. As the penalty of disaffection to Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, Griffith’s country was taken by that monarch; but, temporising, he joined Llewelyn, and, as a test of his sincerity, took and demolished the castle of Mold, then a frontier town. He must still have changed, for it is a matter of complaint on the part of Llewelwyn, that Edward I. of England had received and protected his rebel subject. Griffith m. Hawys, dau. of John le Strange, feudal Lord of Knockyn and Cheswardine, and by her, who had a royal grant of the manor of Stretton-dale, and the wardship of the lands in capite of her grandson, Griffin de la Pole, had issue:
9.William ap Griffith, alias Wilcox, surnamed ‘De la Pole‘, Lord of Mowddwy, which was granted to him by his brother Owen, to be held of himself. This noble, who was living 17th EDwARD I., and dead 9th Edward II. (1315), m. the Lady Eleanor, junior co-heir of the monarchs of South Wales and Powys, 3rd dau. of Thomas ap Llewelyn, Lord of Yscoed, twenty-eight years of age and upwards, Sunday next after the Feast of St. Michael, 2 October, 2nd Edward III. (1328), and sister and co-heir of Owen ap Thomas, Lord of Half Yscoed, Monday next after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 18th Edward III. (20 September, 1334). By this lady he had,
10. Griffith ap William, son and heir, 12th Edward II., and as ‘Griffin, son of William de la Pole’, Lord of Mowddwy, appointed high sheriff of Merionethshire, 4th Edward III.
11. John ap William, Lord of Mowddwy, under age at the death of his father, 12th Edward II. m. Catherine, only dau. and heir of Sir Foulk Corbet, Knt., of Watlesborough, and had with a son, Fowlk ap John, Lord of Mowddwy, who d.s.p., seized of the manor of Watlesborough, a dau.:
12. Elizabeth ferch John ap William, who as heiress of her brother, succeeded to Mowddwy. She m. Sir Hugh de Burgh, Knt., and with him had seizin of the manor of Watlesborough, 9th Henry VI. (1438), and they held the fourth part of the Barony of Caus, co. Salop, viz., a moiety of the manor of Worthen, and the manors of Over Garthor and Banghaltre.
13. John de Burgh, Knt., son and heir, 9th Henry VI., high sheriff for Shropshire in 1442, d. 9th Edward IV. He m. Johanna, dau. and heir of Sir William Clopton, Knt., of Clopton, co. Warwick, and Radbrooke, co. Gloucester; the latter of whom d. seized of Radbrooke, 7th Henry IV. In 14th Edward IV., the manor of Watlesborough, with other extensive domains, was released and confirmed for life to this lady, as relict of Sir John Burgh.
14. Angharad de Burgh, Lady of Watlesborough and Cardeston, who m. John Leighton of Stretton, co. Salop, jure uxoris Lord of Watlesborough and Cardeston, son of Edward Leighton and Elizabeth Stapleton, and by him, who was thrice high sheriff of Shropshire, was mother of:
15. Sir Thomas Leighton, knight-banneret and knight of the body to Henry VII., M.P. for Shropshire in the reigns of Henry VII. and Henry VIII, who married Elizabeth Devereux, dau. of Sir Walter Devereux, 1st Lord Ferrers (of Chartley) and Anne Ferrers, dau. of Sir William Ferrers, 7th Lord Ferrers (of Chartley), on 26 November 1446. Sir Thomas Leighton m. 2. Anne, dau. of Roger Baker* of Shrewsbury, and by her had issue (1) Thomas Leighton of Rodenhurst, Salop,
(2) Joyce, wife of William Spencer, of Whitton, Salop, (3) Elizabeth, who m. James Leche, of Newtown, Montgom, (4) Margaret, who m. John Parry, alias John ap Harry; their son being John Harrys of Carston (Cardeston), later of Cruckton, d. 1550; the ancestor of of Major William Harris. These were extremely well connected families. *The following authorities give the surname of his second wife as “Baker, 1 Harl. MSS., 1987, 7; 1984, 224; 2146, 7; 1396, 247; 1241, 21, etc. Furthermore Harl. MSS. 1977, 50, gives a Welsh descent for her father, “Roger Baker” (ap John ap Jeuan Vychan, descended from Llwddocca ap Tudor Trevor). By his first wife, Sir Thomas Leighton, was the father of John Leighton, who married, secondly, Joyce Sutton (dau. of Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley, and Cicely Willoughby), who, on his decease, in 1632, m. Richard Lee, as seen in the case of Hyggons v Lee. S.A. C 1/827/31. 1533-1538. Plaintiffs: Peter Hyggons of Stretton, yeoman. Defendants: Richard Lee, esquire, of Langley, husband of Joyce, late the wife of John Leyghton, esquire, and John Harrys of Carston (Cardeston); the bailiffs of Shrewsbury. Subject: Action on a bond given on behalf of the said Harrys, for redemption of pledges given by the said Joyce. Subpoena and certiorari. Shropshire. 1533-1538. John Leighton was the br. of Richard Leighton, who m. Katherine ap Harry, likely sister of John ap Harry, aforementioned.
16. Margaret Leighton, m. John Parry, alias John ap Harry.
17. John Harris of Cruckton, d. 1550.
18. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Jenyns, dau. of William Jenyns, of Wallyburne, Shropshire.

19. John Harris of Cruckton, d. 1614, m. Eleanor Prowde, bur. Pontesbury, March 13, 1599/1600, dau of Thomas Prowde.
20. Rowland Harris, obit. 1605, m. (September 14, 1595), Jane Langford (bapt. 0ctober 10, 1567), dau. of Thomas Langford, of Ludlow.
21. John Harris, bapt. March. 16, 1604.
22. Major William Harris, b. January 13, 1627/8.

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