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Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Thomas

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in 1483, as a way of keeping Rhys ap Thomas's loyalty, Richard demanded an oath of allegiance from Gruffydd's father as well as demanding that his young son Gruffydd be in his own custody. Rhys assured Richard of his loyalty but refused to hand over young Gruffydd, who was only four or five at the
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for treason as he was considered a threat to Henry VIII and was executed for treason on charges widely believed to be false in 1531 (purportedly for inscribing the name "Fitz Uryan" on his armor).
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aimed to have his son friends with influential young men with powerful fathers in Henry's kingdom, and Gruffydd's father was one of the most powerful men in Wales after the death of
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On the death of Prince Arthur in 1502, Gruffydd ap Rhys was a prominent mourner. He accompanied the Prince's body from Ludlow to its final resting place in
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in 1495, and he was chosen to serve the young Prince. Gruffydd and Prince Arthur seem to have been quite close; in 1501 Gruffydd was made a
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Gruffydd was present with Arthur's younger brother Henry VIII of England when Henry travelled to France for the famous
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his father's loyalty was questioned to the house of York as support grew for Henry of Richmond (later
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trapped with black, bearing the Prince's banner." During the funeral service for the Prince in
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in some antiquarian English sources) was a Welsh nobleman. He was the son of Sir
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Steven Gunn and Linda Monckton, ed, Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales, Boydell 2009
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recommended her to Henry VIII to be sent to Scotland to join the household of
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in December 1501; and was there for Arthur's death in April 1502.
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Index

Welsh name

KG
Rhys ap Thomas
Wales
Henry Tudor
Bosworth Field
Richard III
Henry VII of England
Buckingham's rebellion
Prince Arthur
Henry VII of England
Jasper Tudor
Knight of the Garter
Catherine of Aragon
Ludlow
Worcester
courser
Worcester Cathedral

Catherine St John
Margaret Beaufort
Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso
Catherine of Aragon
Rhys ap Griffith
Henry VIII
Field of the Cloth of Gold
Worcester Cathedral
Peter Edgecumbe
Ralph Sadler

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