Morgan Gam ap Morgan of Caradog

• Preferred Name: Morgan Gam ap Morgan of Caradog
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: in **** see more at LATI: N2.6667 LONG: E0.8333
  
• Death: APR 1241 in Blaenbaglan, Glamorgan, Wales at LATI: N1.4736 LONG: E3.3653
  
• Birth: ABT 1155 in Avan, Wales at LATI: N6.2667 LONG: E0.1667
  
• FSID: GHQP-MBL
  
• Notes:

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  === Morgan Gam (d 1241), lord of the Welsh b ===
  Morgan Gam (d 1241), lord of the Welsh baron of Avan Wallia (or Nedd-Afan), in the honour of Glamorgan, son of Morgan ap Caradog ap Iestyn, probably by Gwenllian, daughter of Ifor Bach. He succeeded his elder brother Lleision, c 1213, and, reverting to this father's policy of alliance with the Welsh princes, well served the interests of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth by harassing the Clare lords of Glamorgan. He m. according to the pedigrees, (1) Janet, daughter of Elidyr Ddu, (2) Ellen, daugher of Gronw ap Einion, though one of his charters refers to a wife called Matilda. He had at least three sons of whom Morgan Fychan is the best known. A daughter Maud, m. a Turberville of Coity. He d in Feb 1240-1, and was buried at Margam. [Dictionary of Welsh Biography p639]
  
  === SOURCE: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.co ===
  SOURCE: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:896319&id=I225 20
  
  === BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:"WELSH GENEALOGIES ===
  BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH:"WELSH GENEALOGIES AD300-1400," by Peter Clement Bartrum, published by The University of Wales Press, 1980.
  
  === T Jones: History of Brecknockshire P.39 ===
  T Jones: History of Brecknockshire P.390 G T Clark: The Genealogies of Glamorgan P. 79
  
  === Neath Castle The original timber buildi ===
  Neath Castle The original timber building of the early twelfth century was attacked in 1184 by Caradoc ap Iestyn, Lord of Avon. The stone castle which was built in the early 13th century was repeatedly attacked and damaged : by Morgan Gam in 1230 when the garrison was overwhelmed and many residents slaughtered; by a raiding party of Welshmen in 1259 who burnt the Town up to the castle walls ; and during a baronial revolt of 1322. Following the last attack the castle was rebuilt about the middle of the 13th century with another tower being added and the town wall rebuilt. It is the ruins of this Castle which stand today. #### The manorial lordship of Aberafan stands on the southwest bank of the River Avon (or Afon Afan, in Welsh) close to its estuary on the Bristol Channel, in West Glamorgan, Wales. The lordship continues to hold the historic right of wreck. The lordship has been known over the ages also as Aberavon, Afan Burgess, Avon Burgess and Afon Burgess. It located within the western part of modern-day Port Talbot. The old Seignorial Borough of Aberafan, which generally comprises the manor, claimed to have been granted its first corporate charter in 1158 by a native Welsh lord. In the old borough's municipal offices is to be seen a wooden chopping block, which, though solid in appearance, is really hollow. A story is told of the Cromwellian period that the charters of the borough were hidden in this block by the Portreeve (the Lord's Bailiff) on the approach of the Lord Protector's troops. What was probably a Welsh stronghold in the 12th Century stands of the highest point of Mynydd Dinas, above the Avon River. This may have been the Hen Gastell of Morgan ap Caradog. It is of the motte type with a diameter of 130 feet, surrounded by a ditch 20 feet broad and about 6 feed deep. The eminence where this Welsh castle stood overlooks the valley through which the Avon flows, and still holds great beauty and charm. At the time of the Norman invasion of Sout h Wales, the lands of Afan or Avan remained in the hands of Caradog, the son of Jestyn ap Gwrgan, the last native Lord of Morganwg. Caradog's eldest son, Morgan, is mentioned by Giraldus Cambrensis as having guided him towards the River Neath. The Welsh lords after Morgan, who died in about 1207, were Leisan ap Morgan, who died in 1213; Morgan Gam, his brother, who was captured after the insurrection of Gilbert de Clare in 1228, and sent to chains to Engand. After Gilbert's death, Morgan Gam was released, but was again in arms in 1231 when he joined Llewelyn ap Iorwerth in his attacks on Glamorganshire castles and devastated Neath. He died in 1241 and was succeeded by his son, Leisan ap Morgan Gam, who was followed by his brother, Morgan Vychan, at an unknown date. A son of Morgan Gam, probably Morgan Vychan, was among the Welsh offenders called before Henry III in 1245 "to answer and be judged for divers homicides, depredations, and damages perpetrated against the King's peace." Morgan Vychan died in 1288 and his son, Leisan ap Morgan Vychan, is shown as issuing a charter to the burgesses of Aberavon in 1304. He was an adherent of Edward I (1272-1307), who paid him 20 marks towards the cost of maintaining Kenfig Castle. He evidently adopted English customs, and took his place as a Glamorgan Baron. He was the first of the Lords of Aberafan to use the surname "de Avene", a reference to the area. He refused to support the rising of Llewelyn Bren in 1316 and this was, according to one authority, the cause of the destruction of "the ancestral supremacy of the Sovereign Avan." John de Avene succeeded him in about 1320 and was followed by Thomas de Avene, whose daughter Jane married Sir William Blount. In 1350, they exchanged their Welsh lands and manors with the Despencer Lords of Glamorgan for lands in England. In 1373, Edward le Despencer granted a charter to the Burgess of his Seignorial Borough, and the Manor remained in this family until the death of Richa rd III at Bosworth in 1485. It was seized by Henry VII who granted it to his uncle, Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford, on whose death childless it reverted to the Crown. The current Lord of the Manor of Aberafan is Ronald A. Jenkins, who succeeded Christopher Paul Mansel Methuen-Campbell Esquire of\ Penrice Castle on St. David's Day, March 1st, 1995. Documents, associated with the manor, located in the National Library of Wales, at Aberystwyth, include: Court: 1611 Surveys: 1659, 1626-7, 1670, 1701 Presentments: 1711, 1764, 1765 Accounts: Undated Court Rolls: 1588-1600 Estreats: 1593-1600 Summons to Court: 1713 ####
  
  === Are we sure he wasn't born in 1191, not 1091? ===
  It's pretty rare for someone to be around for 149 years!
  
  === wives ===
  m-1- Miss verch Cunedda b- 1162 - Wales
  2 - Joan verch Madog b- 1175 - Wales
  who is mother of Malt ?

1. Morgan Fychan ap Morgan Gam Lord of Avan Wallia, b. 1183 in Avan Wallia, Glamorganshire, Wales     d. in Wales, United Kingdom

1. Maud verch Morgan Gam of Afan , b. BET 1178 AND 1180 in Afan, Glamorgan, Wales     d. in Coity, Glamorgan, Wales