Lewys ap Dafydd, of Abernantbychan

See Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5615/ednywai... (April 11, 2020; Anne Brannen, curator)

He was "a descendant of the medieval chieftain Ednowain ap Bradwen of Merioneth, whose arms — three snakes intertwined on a red shield — are still borne by his descendants." (Carmarthenshire Historian)

"In 1589 and 1609 the herald-poet Lewys Dwnn called at Abernantbychan, and compiled detailed pedigrees which traced the Lewes family to Ednowain ab Bradwen, lord of Merioneth and founder of one of the native royal tribes of Gwynedd in the twelfth century.16 The Member’s paternal grandfather, Lewes Dafydd Meredydd, built up the family estates in the area of Penbryn, southern Cardiganshire, and appeared on the county’s first commission of the peace in 1542, later acquiring armigerous status.17"

• Original Documents: Llysnewydd at The Carmarthenshire Historian <http://carmarthenshirehistorian.org>, visited July 20, 2009.
• John Lewis, History of Parliament Online