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Margaret, daughter of Morris ap John ap Meredydd of Clenennau; to Jane, daughter of Dafydd ap William ap Gruffydd of Cochwillan, the widow of Robert Owen; and by 1568 to Catherine Mostyn, daughter of Peter Mostyn of Talacre. He sold Penrhyn during his lifetime, and upon
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