Biography of Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth 1508-1531

In or before 1499 [his step-father] Piers Edgecombe (age 29) and [his mother] Catherine St John were married.

Around 1507 [his father] Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 29) and [his mother] Catherine St John were married.

In 1508 Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth was born to Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 30) and Catherine St John.

In 1521 [his father] Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 43) died. He was buried at Worcester Cathedral [Map] next to his childhood friend Prince Arthur Tudor.

In 1524 Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth (age 16) and Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 81) and Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 47).

On 21st May 1524 [his father-in-law] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 81) died at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. He was buried at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and subsequently reburied at the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Thomas (age 51) succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey. Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk (age 27) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.

In June 1529 Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth (age 21) was imprisoned at Carmarthen Castle [Map].

Around 1530 [his son] Griffith Rice was born to Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth (age 22) and [his wife] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater (age 31).

Before September 1531 Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby (age 22) and [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Howard Countess Derby (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and [his mother-in-law] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 54). He the son of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and Anne Hastings Countess Derby (age 46). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before December 1531 Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth (age 23) was imprisonedin London.

In December 1531 Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth (age 23) was beheaded for treason for purportedly for inscribing the name Fitz Uryan on his armour in London.

Wriothesley's Chronicle. December 1531. This yeare Mr. Risse (age 23)^c was beheaded at Tower hill, and one that was his servante was drawne from the Tower of London to Tibume [Map], where he was hanged, his bowells burnt, and his bodie quartered.

Note c. "Griffeth Rise beheaded for treason."— Fabyan's Chronicle.

Atfer 1544 Henry Daubeney 1st Earl Bridgewater (age 50) and [his former wife] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater (age 45) were married. She the daughter of [his former father-in-law] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk and [his former mother-in-law] Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk (age 67).

Around 11th May 1554 [his former wife] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater (age 55) died.

[his daughter] Agnes Rhys Lady Baynton was born to Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth and Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater.