NEWTON FAMILY
CHART XII
975 Rhydderch ap Iestyn[1] ob 1033
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1005 Caradog ob 1035
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1035 Rhydderch ob 1076
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1070 Gronwy
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1100 Hywel
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1130 Caradog of Newton
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1165 Wilcock
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1200 William
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1235 William Cradock[2]
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1270 John
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1300
Robert
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1365 John
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1365 John
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1395
Sir Richard Cradock/Newton[3]
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1430 Sir Richard Newton, Jr
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1465 Peter Newton[4]
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1500 Sir Peter Newton[5] see appendix
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1530 John
1530 Maria
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l 1515 John Walcot
1560 Margaret 1555 Francis
CHART XIV
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1550 Richard Lloyd ap Mary Corbet 1555
Richard
CHART VIII
CHART
III
The Charts cross-referenced above can be seen by clicking on the appropriate
links which follow the notes below
NOTES:
[1] This Welsh family of the Silures tribe was descended from Morgan Hen
of c. 880; Rhydderch ap Iestyn was Lord of Caerleon in lower Gwent and was slain by Irishmen. His grandson, Caradog
ap Gruffudd ap Rhydderch (not shown on the chart) was slain at Mynydd Cairn in 1081 by Rhys ap Tewdwr of Deheubarth, the Welsh
kingdom to the west of Gwent and Morgannwg
[2] The surname Cradock is the phonetic spelling of the Welsh name Caradog, his
ancestor
[3] By letters patent in 1438, Sir Richard Cradock changed his surname to Newton,
the home of his ancestor Caradog ap Hywel. Most assume his reason was that the old named sounded too Welsh at a time
when the Welsh were not held in high regard in England where his ancestor had long called home
[4] Peter Newton was secretary to Prince Arthur, the eldest son of King
Henry VII and served on the king's Privy Council. He married Matilda, daughter of Richard Cholomondeley (a
later lady of this family appears in the Appendix below); Matilda's mother was Elisabeth, daughter of Sir Roger Corbet
of Moreton
[5] Sir Peter Newton married Jane, daughter of Geoffrey Cyffin ap Morys
ap Geoffrey ap Morys ap Ieuan Gethyn ap Madog Cyffin ap Madog Goch ap Ieuan ap Cuhelyn ap Rhun ap Einion Efell ap Madog ap
Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. The mother of Jane (and wife of Geoffrey Cyffin) was Anne, daughter of George Stanley,
Lord Strange. George was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby but died in his father's lifetime.
His son, Thomas, became the 2nd Earl of Derby.
SOURCES:
[1] Dwnn i, 144/145 and Dwnn i, 274/275 for the family down to Sir Richard Cradock/Newton
of c. 1395
[2] Visitation of Shropshire of 1623 for the marriage of Maria Newton to John
Walcot
[3] See Chart III for the marriage of Margaret Newton to Richard Lloyd
[4] Visitation of Shropshire of 1623, pp 375 for the marriage of Francis
Newton to Mary Corbet
[5] ibid, pp 477 for the marriage of Sir Peter Newton to Jane Cyffin
[6] H.F.J. Vaughan "Oswestry, Ancient and Modern, And Its Local Families", Archaeologia
Cambrensis, 1885, pp 101 for the marriage of Sir Geoffrey Cyffin and his ancestry
[6] J.P. Earwaker "East Cheshire Past & Present" for the pedigree
of the Stanley family of Alderly and the marriage of Elisabeth to Roger Downes
