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NOTES i. Cynddelw ab Einion was ancestor of a few families in Widigada. Llywelyn Ddu was born 0.1370. For his few descendants, see Dwnn i. 27, 207, ii.25, 30, 33. Omitting the duplicated names 'Iauan ap Gwion ab Einion' we get a date of birth of about 1100 for Cynddelw ab Einion, but the evidence is insufficient. Another line from Cynddelw ab Einion, also in Widigada, is found in Pen 140 p. 115. (cf. Dwnn ii.141). This would put the birth of Cynddelw in about 1200. According to a tract on the family of the Lord Rhys in Dwnn ii.993 the mother of Morgan ap Rhys was Nest ferch Caradog Fychan ap Caradog. These may well be the Caradog Fychan ap Caradog of this pedigree, in which case the date of birth of Cynddelw would be c. 1070. 2, 3. Gwaithfoed. There seem to have been several persons named Gwaithfoed all of whom were eventually combined into one 'Gwaithfoed Fawr'. (a) Gwaithfoed of Powys (b. c. 940) ap Gwynnan, father of Gwerystan and ancestor of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. His correct pedigree, based on MG 3 with corrections from later versions, seems to have been Gwaithfoed ap Gwynnan ap Gwynnog Farfsych ap Lies Llawddeog ap Ceidio ap Corf ap Caenog ap Tegonwy. (b) Gwaithfoed (b. c. 960) ap Gwrydr, father of Neiniad and grandfather of Ednywain Bendew I (b. c. 1020). See ABT 2d and note, 8h, HL ib and note, 2i, 9a. From ABT ib it seems that Gwrydr was the son of Caradog ap Lies Llawddeog, at which point the pedigree joins that of Gwaithfoed of Powys (above). This pedigree, with a change in the order of names, was early appropriated to Gwaithfoed of Powys, as in ABT ib. Later on further names were added in some texts, viz. Gwlydd(i)en in ABT 12, Gwyn and Gwlydd(i)en in ABT 8g, and finally Gwybedydd in §§ 2(2) and 53(3) intra. These new names may have come from the pedigrees of Gwaithfoed of Ystrad Tywi or Gwaith- foed of Gwent, but there seems to be no definite evidence for this. (c) Gwaithfoed of Ystrad Tywi (b. c. 980), father of Cydrych of Gwinfai (now Gwynfe in the parish of Llangadog, 4 miles SSE of the town), whose grand-daughter was the wife of Bledri ap Cydifor. (Dwnn i.84, 114, 140, 218). See also § 66(1) below. (d) Gwaithfoed of Ceredigion (b. c. 1070). See §§ 3, 45. He was father of Cydifor, from whom many families in Ceredigion were descended; and of Gwallog4 (Pen 131 pp. 302-3, Dwnn i.96). He could also be the Gwaithfoed mentioned by Giraldus Cam- brensis as the father of Ednywain, Lay Abbot of Llanbadarn Fawr. (Itin. Kamb. II. 4). (e) Gwaithfoed of Meirionydd (b. c. 1100). See § 2. He was father of Gynillin, and ancestor of families in Ystumanner (Dwnn ii.241, 275). (f) Gwaithfoed of Gwent (b. c. 1100-30) father of Aeddan, Y Bach, and Gwyn who were associated with three well-known castles in upper Gwent, namely Grosmont, Skenfrith and White Castle. The composite Gwaithfoed was given the (incorrect) pedigree already ascribed to Gwaithfoed of Powys as in ABT ib, 8g, 12. Signs of the fusion are seen, for example, in §§ 2(2), 3(2) and 3(3). Someone noticed the fusion beginning and wrote in Pen 132 P- 175: Hefyd hwynt a ddoedant yNehevbarth mae yr vn Gwaithvoed oedd Waithfoed o Garedigion ac oedd daid Bleddyn ap Kynvyn, ac mae mam Gwaithfoed o Garedigion oedd verch Teithwalch ap Godwin5 ior Karedigion ac mae gwraic i Waithfoed oedd ferch Mevric5 o Went, a hynny sy wir, ond nid wyf kyd gordiaw mae yr vn Gwaithvoed yw.