Emma de Audley

Henry de Aldithley [b], Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire, b abt 1172, of Heleigh, Staffordshire, England, d sh bef Nov 1246. He md Bertrade de Mainwaring 1217, daughter of Sir Ralph de Mainwaring, Seneschal of Chester, and Amicia le Meschin. She was b abt 1198, d aft 1249.

Children of Henry de Aldithley and Bertrade de Mainwaring were:

1. James de Audley, Justiciar of Ireland, b abt 1220.
2. Alice de Aldithley b abt 1224, of Heleigh, Staffordshire, England, d aft Aug 1265. She md Sir Piers de Montfort abt 1238, son of Thurstan de Montfort and Daughter de Cantelou.
3. Emma de Aldithley b abt 1226, of Heleigh, Staffordshire, England. She md Sir Gruffydd ap Madog, Lord of Bromfield, abt 1244, son of Madog ap Gruffydd-Maelor and Gwladys verch Ithel.

See Peter Bartrum, http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5573/Bleddyn%... (December 26, 2016; Anne Brannen, curator) https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/POWYS.htm - 22k

8I. GRUFFRYDD (GWERYSTAN 1, CYNFYN 2, BLEDDYN 3, MAREDUDD 4, MADOG 5, GRUFFYDD 6, MADOG 7)- m. EMMA de (m.1. Henry Touchet, d. after 1286), d. of Henry Audley and Bertred Mainwaring d. 7 Dec. 1269 Dinas Bran, Wales bur. Allanegwast Abbey

Gruffrydd was Prince of Northern Powys and an ally of Llewellyn ap Gruffyd. Gruffydd died in 1269 and the Chronicle of the Princes of Wales states that "Gruffudd son of Madog lord of Maelor and Madog the Little his brother... were buried at Llanegwestl".(1)

Issue- I. Madog- killed in battle 1277 II. Llywelyn- III. Owain- IV. Gruffrydd Fychan ap Gruffrydd- d. 1289 V. Margaret ferch Gruffyd ap Madog- m. Sir John de Arderne (b. 1266, d.c.1308), d. after 1315 9 VI. ANGHARAD- m. after 1261 WILLIAM le BOTELER (d. before 11 Aug. 1283), d. after 1308 Ref: (1) Brut y Tywysogion or the Chronicle of the Princes of Wales- J. Williams ap Ithel, Ed., London, 1860- p. 357 The Complete Peerage - St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. XII/2, p. 56 Dictionary of National Biography - Leslie Stephen Ed., Oxford University Press- History of Cheshire - George Ormerod, Routledge & Sons, 1882- Vol. II, p. 85 Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net