Margaret Hanmer

She was the child of Sir David Hanmer, who was a chief justice of the King's Bench during Edward III's reign,[3] and his wife Angharad ferch Llywelyn Ddu, and was probably raised in a Welsh household.

Merch eglur llin marchoglyw, Urddol hael anional yw; A'i blant a ddeuant bob ddau, Nythaid teg o benaethau.

Margaret had three brothers, Gruffydd, Philip and John, all of whom supported Glyndŵr when he formally assumed his ancestral title of Prince of Powys in 1400.

Another daughter, Alys, married Sir John Scudamore of Monnington Straddle, Sheriff of Hereford and castellan of several royal border fortresses.

[citation needed] After Owain proclaimed himself Prince of Powys on 16 September 1400, Margaret and her children were obliged to move to more secure accommodation to avoid capture by the English.