Bodwell Line of Descent

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Generation

1. Beli Mawr - King of Britain about 100 BC Beli Mawr and the Belgae

2. Lludd ap Beli - His brother Caswallon was the general who opposed Julius Ceasar

3. Aflech ap Lludd

4. Assallach ap Aflech

5. Owain ap Assallach

6. Brydwyn ap Owain

7. Diwg ap Brydwyn

8. Onwedd ap Diwg

9. Onweredd ap Onwedd

10. Gorddyfyn ap Onweredd

11. Dyfyn ap Gorddyfyn

12. Gwrddali ap Dyfyn

13. Doli ap Gwrddbli

14. Gwgan ap Doli

15. Cain ap Gwrgan

16. Genedawg ap Cain

17. Iago ap Genedawg

18. Tegyd ap Iago

19. Padarn Beisrudd ap Tegyd

20. Edeyrn ap Padarn Beirudd - He was Dux Britanniarum (Leader of the Britons) b. 364

21. Cunedda Wledig ap Edeyrn - Duke of Britain. Eigr, the fair Ygraine of romance and mother of King Arthur, is likewise said to have been the daughter of Anlawdd, by Gwen, the daughter of Cunedda Wledig.

22. Einion Yrth ap Cunedda - King of Gwynedd and Anglesey from 369-443

23. Caswallon Llaw-Hir - King of Gwynedd from 443-517

24. Maelgwyn Hir Gwynedd ap Caswallon - Ruled Gwynedd from 525-547

25. Rhun Hir ap Maelgwyn Hir Gwyneed -Ruled Gwynedd form 560-586

26. Beli ap Rhun - King of Gwynedd and Cubria from 586-599

27. Llydd ap Beli

28. Cadfael ap Llydd

29. Tangno ap Cadfael

30. Collwyn ap Tangno - Lord of Ardudwy and Eifionydd and founder of the fifth and fifteen noble tribes of Wales. From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ap_Tangno-2 - ‘the following is a cut & paste from the “The history of the parishes of Whiteford, and Holywell: Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798[6]. COLLWYN AP TANGNO is said to be Lord of Efionydd Ardudwy, and part of Llŷn: and it is true, that his progeny have, and do to this day, possess and enjoy the greatest part of the said country. His grand-children Asser, Meirion, and Gwgan, the sons of Merwydd ap Collwyn, lived in the beginning of Griffith ap Cynan's time, as by the Life * of the said Griffith is manifest, whereby may be known what time Collwyn lived and flourished. It is said that he lived some time in Bronwen's tower at Harlech, calling the same town after his own name Caer-Collwyn. But his said grand-children, when Griffith ap Cynan challenged the principality of Wales, lived in Llŷn, as in the said book of his life is extant. His posterity were always the noblest and best men in Efionydd and Ardudwy, next to the princes and their issue. His heir, from eldest son to eldest son, is hard to be known, in regard that by the British laws every man's inheritance was to be divided among his children, and the youngest son had the principal house; whereby every one having an equal portion of his parent's land, his posterity was forgotten. He beareth sable, between three flower-de-luces a cheveron argent.” ‘

31. Merwydd Goch ap Collwyn (for a sample of the challenges tracing back through Welsh family lines, see this discussion on Merwydd).

32. Gwgan ap Merwydd

33. Einion ap Gwgan (c. 1215 possibly one of the poets of the Age of the Princes. Only one poem by Einion is still known, a eulogy to prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great). This is found in Hendreg. MS. and in transcripts of it (B.M. MS. 14, 869, Llanstephan MS 31 , Peniarth MS 119 ). It was published in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales , i, 320; Anwyl, The Poetry of the Gogynfeirdd, 113; Llawysgrif Hendregadredd, 50-4; and also in part, in Stephens, The Literature of the Kymry, 155-7. From https://biography.wales/article/s-EINI-APG-1215 - further research is needed to assure this linkage).

34. Meredydd ap Einion

35. Howel ap Meredydd

36. Gruffydd ap Howel

37. Einion ap Gruffydd - High Sheriff of Carnarvon from 1354-1356

38. Ifan ap Einion - He was High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire in 1389

39. Madog ap Ifan - died 1415

40. Howel ap Madog

41. Madog ap Howel

42. John Bovel ap Madog - lived in the time of Henry VIII. He was the first to take the name Bodvel about 1558

43. Hugh ap John

44. Sir John Wynn - Standard bearer to John, Earl of Warwick at the battle of Norwich in 1549 (also known as Ket's Rebellion). "His hors was slaine under him and himself hurt and yett he upheld the great stander of England". For this he was richley rewarded with both offices and lands, including some of the former lands of the abbey of Bardsley on the island itself and on the mainland. He was accused of using both office and land to promote piracy, with the island as a depot for his loot and his public position to shield him from prosecution.("Haynes Llyn History"). And this from the Dictionary of Welsh Biography: BODVEL (WYNNE and GWYNNE ), of Bodvel (Caerns.) , Caerfryn (Anglesey ), etc. The Bodvels, who trace their descent from Collwyn ap Tangno, first come into public notice with JOHN WYN ap HUGH of Bodvel (d. 1576), who bore the royal standard for Warwick (later Northumberland) against the Norfolk rebels (1549), and was rewarded with the grant of Bardsey Island, which he was alleged in 1569 to be using as the headquarters of a highly-organized nest of pirates

45. Hugh Gwyn Bodvel - High Sheriff of Carnoarvonshire in 1589. Again from the Dictionary of Welsh Biography: "His son HUGH GWYN (BODVEL) (d. 1611) was imprisoned for opposition to the earl of Leicester (son of his father's patron) as ranger of Snowdon forest, and while he was still in durance a commission was issued (1578) to Nicholas Robinson, bishop of Bangor (q.v.), and Elis Prys (q.v.) to investigate his relations, as a known papist, with his brother-in-law Hugh Owen of Plas Du (1538-1618) (q.v.) in exile at Brussels. No incriminating evidence was found, and in 1589, after reconciliation with Leicester, Bodvel was elected M.P. for Caernarvonshire, serving also as sheriff in 1589 and 1597." More found here.

46. Henry Bodvel - He was a lawyer and practiced in London and Wales. Later deputy vice-admiral for North Wales. From British History on-line: "All the lands in the county of Carnarvon belonging to the ancient priory, were granted by King Edward VI., in the second year of his reign (1548), to Robert and Henry Bodvel." From: 'Barry - Bettesfield', A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849), pp. 68-81. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47799. Date accessed: 15 July 2007.

47. Henry Bodvel - died 1656

48. Henry Bodwell b. Apr 1651 at Bodvel, Carnarvon, d. 1 Jun 1745, Methuen, Mass.