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Gawen Goodman o Ruthun (1526-1604) [Gawen Goodman of Ruthin (1526-1604)]

YSGOL BRYDEINIG, 16eg ganrif

Gawen Goodman o Ruthun (1562-1604)

Dyddiad: 1582

Cyfrwng: olew ar banel

Maint: 49.5 x 42.0 cm

Derbyniwyd: 1930; Cymynrodd; Yr Anrh. Mrs Lawrence Brodrick

Rhif Derbynoli: NMW A 3453

Dyma ddarlun o Gawen Goodman o Ruthun yn bum deg chwech oed, yn gwisgo modrwy goffa. Mae’r benglog yn ein hatgoffa o’n marwoldeb. Ymysg yr arysgrifiadau ceir y myfyrdodau Cristnogol Deum timere (ofnwch Dduw) a Iesus est amor meus (Iesu yw fy nghariad). Fe’i portreadir fel gŵr duwiol a pharchus, ond ysgrifennodd Thomas Prys y canlynol amdano, 'Os yw’n mynd i’r afael â gwinoedd rhyw dref, ni fydd yn dychwelyd adref heb faglu: wel, mi wn y gall yfed ei gyfran, os oes gwin ar gael, ni fydd yn fodlon ar lymru. Mae Gawen yn ddyn hael a duwio l-ar ôl cael gwydraid neu ddau..'

 

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Piers Goodman
20 Awst 2018, 15:24
Hi Heather

Gawen was my 10th x great grandfather, so I know a bit about him and the Goodman family.

Gawen Goodman was born in 1525 at Exmewe Hall in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, the oldest son of Cicily Thelwall, aged 31, (daughter of Edward Thelwall of Plas-y-ward) and Edward "Redsleeves" Goodman, a mercer (cloth merchant), aged 49.

Gawen’s more famous younger brother Gabriel, was born in 1528. Gabriel went on to become Dean of Westminster Abbey for 40 years during the reign of Elizabeth 1st. Gabriel played a major role in the first known translation and editing of the Bible into the Welsh language in 1588. Gabriel established a hospital in Ruthin in 1590 and founded the first grammar school in Ruthin in 1595.

Gawen Goodman married twice. His first wife’s name was Ellen Griffith. Gawen’s eldest son by his first marriage was named Edward, and his other sons by this marriage were Godfrey, Thomas and Gabriel. Gawen’s second marriage was to Gaynor, daughter of Dr. Ellis Prýs of Plâs Iolyn about 1590, when Gawen was 64. They had three children. Dr. Ellis Prýs was descended from Marchweithian, who was the Founder of the Eleventh Noble Tribe of Wales, and from which line also came Edward III, King of England (1327-1377), and the Mortimers, the Earls of March. Gawen Goodman and his second wife Gaynor Prys had sons Ellis and John, and a daughter Francis. Thus, the descendants of Gawen and Gaynor (Prýs) Goodman were twice descended from Welsh nobility. Gawen died in Denbighshire on April 18th, 1604, at the age of 78.





Heather Swaine
28 Chwefror 2017, 20:11
Hello. I would be interested in knowing more about this painting and Gawen himself. I have read he was a Ruthin merchant and came from two good Welsh families. Were they minor aristocracy or gentry?
Thank you
Heather
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