Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth 1508-1531

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

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

In 1508 Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth was born to Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth [aged 30] and Catherine St John.

On 21st May 1508 Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney [aged 56] died. His son Henry [aged 14] succeeded 2nd Baron Daubeney. [his future wife] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater [aged 9] by marriage Baroness Daubeney.

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

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

On 21st May 1524 [his father-in-law] Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 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 [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 2nd Earl Surrey. Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.

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

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

Before September 1531 Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 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 [aged 54]. He the son of Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby and Anne Hastings Countess Derby [aged 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 [aged 23] was imprisoned in London.

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

Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. December 1531. This yeare Mr. Risse [aged 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 [aged 50] and [his former wife] Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater [aged 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 [aged 67].

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

[his daughter] Agnes Rhys Lady Baynton was born to Rhys ap Gruffydd Deheubarth and Catherine Howard Countess Bridgewater. She married 1553 Edward Baynton.