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with 45 wives whose fathers did not attain those ranks. Comparable totals for the wives of contemporary English knights are not available, but pending such information there seems no reason to suppose that the wives of Welsh knights were generally of lower status than those of their English counterparts. This is one of several questions relating to the status and role of knights and their wives in Welsh society which might repay further study. W. R. B. ROBINSON Cheam APPENDIX The Marriages of Knighted Welsh Landowners 1485-155818 Anglesey 1 Sir Roland Veleville (d. 1535) of Beaumaris m. Agnes (W), d. of William Griffith Fychan of Penrhyn and widow of Dowding, family and residence not identified (WG 1400-1500, VIII. 1265: Salusbury Correspondence, Table 1). 2 Sir Richard Bulkeley (d. 1547) of Beaumaris m. Catherine (W), d. of Sir William Griffith (d. 1531) of Penrhyn (WG 1400-1500. VIII, 1268). 3 Sir Richard Bulkeley II (d. 1572) of Beaumaris m. (1) Margaret (E), d. of Sir John Savage of Rocksavage, co. Chester and (2) Agnes (E), d. of Thomas Needham of Shenton, co. Salop (H of C 1509-1558,1, 538-9). Breconshire 1 Sir Thomas Vaughan (d. 1494) of Tretower m. (1) Cecily (W), d. of Morgan ap Jenkin ap Philip of Langston and Pencoed, co. Monmouth (WG 1400-1500, III, 394, 462) and (2) Jane (?), parents not identified, widow (as second wife) of Walter Devereux (d. 1485), Lord Ferrers of Chartley (GEC, Complete Peerage, V, p. 324). 2 Sir William Vaughan (d. 1547 x 1550) of Porthaml, Talgarth m. Catherine (W), d. of Jenkin Havard of Pont-y-wal, Bronllys, co. Brecon (WG 1400-1500, VI. 957). 3 Sir Roger Vaughan (d. 1571) of Porthaml, Talgarth m. (1) Catherine (W), d. of Sir George Herbert (d. 1570) of Swansea and (2) Eleanor (W), d. of Henry (d. 1549), earl of Worcester, who after Vaughan's death m., as his second wife, Sir Henry Jones (d. 1586) of Abermarlais, no. 8 under Carmarthenshire below (H of C 1509-1558, III, 518; II, 451-2). Caernarvonshire 1 Sir William Griffith I (d. 1505 or 1506) of Penrhyn m. (1) Joan or Jane (E), d. of Sir William Troutbeck (d. circa 1462) of Cheshire and widow of Sir William Butler (d. 1471 or 1472) of Bewsey, co. Lancs (Ormerod, Cheshire, vol. ii, pt i, p. 42; E Baines, The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster ed. J Croxton (5 vols, London 1888-1893),