Peerage Record – 43047

     Sir Thomas de Macclesfield lived at Maelor Saesneg, Flintshire, Wales.¹ He was an officer under King Edward I.¹ He was living in 1294.¹ Before 1300 he had a grant of waste land in Hanmer.¹

     John Upton is the son of Sir Thomas de Macclesfield.² He married Hawis ab Einion, daughter of Einion ap Gwilym.¹
     He was the Vicar at Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales^G.¹ He was living in 1313.¹

     Hawis ab Einion was the daughter of Einion ap Gwilym.² She married John Upton, son of Sir Thomas de Macclesfield.¹ She died, without issue.¹
     Her married name became Upton.

     Philip Hanmer is the son of John Upton and Hawis ab Einion.² He married Annes ab Dafydd, daughter of Dafydd ap Rhirid ab Ynry.¹
     In 1331 he was granted lands in Is-coed.¹

     Annes ab Dafydd is the daughter of Dafydd ap Rhirid ab Ynry.¹ She married Philip Hanmer, son of John Upton and Hawis ab Einion.¹
     Her married name became Hanmer.

     Jenkin Hanmer is the son of Gruffudd ap Jenkin Hanmer and Elen Dutton.¹
     He was ancestor of the Hanmers of Lee.²

     Llewelyn ‘Ddu’ ap Gruffudd lived at Brynkinalt, Denbighshire, Wales^G.¹ Llewelyn ‘Ddu’ ap Gruffudd also went by the nick-name of Ddu (or in English, the Dark.)¹

     Angharad verch Llewelyn is the daughter of Llewelyn ‘Ddu’ ap Gruffudd.² She married Sir David Hanmer, son of Philip Hanmer and Annes ab Dafydd.¹
     Her married name became Hanmer.

     Jenkin Hanmer was the son of Sir David Hanmer and Angharad verch Llewelyn.² He married, firstly, Margaret verch Dafydd, daughter of Dafydd ap Bleddyn ‘Fychan’.¹ He married, secondly, Efa verch Dafydd, daughter of Dafydd ap Gronwy.² He died after 1 October 1427.²
     He acquired lands in Englefield, Flintshire through his first wife.¹ He negotiated a treaty with King Charles VI of France on behalf of his brother-in-law, Owen Glendower.¹ In 1411 he was pardoned by King Henry IV.¹