Hawys Gadarn: Difference between revisions

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'''Hawys Gadarn (Hawys ferch Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn)''', also known as '''the Hardy''', '''the Powerful''', '''the Intrepid,''' and '''Hawise de la Pole,''' (1291 - c.– {{circa|1353}}) was the daughter of [[Owen de la Pole]] and the heir to [[Powys Wenwynwyn]] in Wales. She was married to [[John Charleton, 1st Baron Cherleton|John Charleton]] after seeking the intervention of [[Edward II of England]] to support her inheritance against the schemes of four of her uncles to take her lands.

Hawys Gadarn was born on 25 July 12901291 to [[Owen de la Pole]], also known as Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn, and Joan Corbet.<ref>{{cite web|titlename=Selected Families and Individuals|url=http:bio//freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1735.htm#30006|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref> Her mother died while Hawys was young, and she was brought up and educated by her father at [[Powis Castle]].<ref name=lp267/> Owen was the heir to the [[Powys Wenwynwyn]], but had renounced his claim and was given the Barony under the crown of King [[Edward I of England]]. He died shortly afterwards, leaving Hawys an orphan at a young age.<ref name=lp268>[[#llewelynprichard1854|Llewelyn Prichard (1854)]]: p. 268</ref>

FollowingOn the death of her father, GadarnHawys's only brother, Gruffydd, inherited his land in Powys. Gruffydd died in 1309, leaving Hawys as his heiress.<ref name=bio/><ref name=cath350/> As she had not yet reached the [[age of majority]], hershe fatherwas placed her under the guardianship of her uncles.<ref name=lp268/> Because she was a woman, four of her uncles disputed her claim underon the grounds that she could not inherit property,<ref name=cath350/> and sought to split the land between themselves. The law of Wales prevented inheritance by a woman, but her father had placed her as a subject of the crown of England in his [[Will and testament|will]].<ref name=lp269>[[#llewelynprichard1854|Llewelyn Prichard (1854)]]: p. 269</ref> HerAccording to the nineteenth century historian Llywelyn Prichard, her uncles informed her that they would be taking the land she had inherited, and that she would live out the rest of her life in a [[nunnery]].,<ref name=lp271>[[#llewelynprichard1854|Llewelyn Prichard (1854)]]: p. 271</ref> however Prichard does not give a primary reference, and there is no evidence of this.

She travelled to the [[Parliament of Shrewsbury]] and petitioned [[Edward II of England]] in person.<ref name=cath350/><ref name=lp272>[[#llewelynprichard1854|Llewelyn Prichard (1854)]]: p. 272</ref> She met with him twice, and on the second occasion he asked her to nominate someone to act on her behalf as the champion of her rights. She named [[John CharletonCharlton, 1st Baron CherletonCharlton|John Charleton]],<ref name=lp274>[[#llewelynprichard1854|Llewelyn Prichard (1854)]]: p. 274</ref> whowhom she subsequently married, in July 1309.<ref name=cath350/> Together with Charleton and a company of English knights, she returned to Powis Castle anticipating that her uncles may takechoose to the fieldfight to defend their rights under Welsh law. Charleton led the English troops and captured three of her uncles, only Griffith Vychan escaping.<ref name=lp274/> She subsequently became known as Hawys the Hardy,<ref>[[#pennant1778|Pennant (1778)]]: p. 378</ref> the Powerful,<ref name=cath350>[[#cathrall1828|Cathrall (1828)]]: p. 350</ref> and the Intrepid.<ref name=lp267>[[#llewelynprichard1854|Llewelyn Prichard (1854)]]: p. 267</ref> Hawys became known for investing in [[Monastery|monasteries]], including beginning the work on the [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] monastery in Shrewsbury, where she was later buried after her death in 1353.<ref name=lp278>[[#llewelynprichard1854|Llewelyn Prichard (1854)]]: p. 278</ref> She had two sons, [[John CharletonCharlton, 2nd Baron CherletonCharlton|John]], who became the second [[Baron Cherleton]], and Owen, who died without issue.<ref name=bio>{{cite webDWB|title=Hawys (Hawise) Gadarn (' the Hardy ')|urlid=http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-HAWY-GAD-1291.html|publisher=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|accessdateaccess-date=3 April 2016|via=[[National Library of Wales]]}}</ref> She also had a daughter, Isabella.<ref>{{cite web|title=Selected Families and Individuals|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1219.htm|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref>

*{{cite book|last1=Llewelyn Prichard|first1=T. J.|title=The Heroines of Welsh History|url=https://archive.org/details/heroinesofwelshh00pric|date=1854|publisher=W. & F. G. Cash|location=Manchester|ref=llewelynprichard1854}}

[[Category:13th-century1350s Welsh peopledeaths]]

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[[Category:135314th-century deathsWelsh women]]