See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/5234/MARCHUD... (April 8, 2017; Anne Brannen, curator)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Sir Aaron ap Rhys, Knight of the Sepulchre; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id292.html. (Steven Ferry, March 15, 2022.)

Please see Peter Bartrum: Cydifor Fawr 2(A1); https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000173399278841. Bartrum dates him c. 1430, Wolcott dates him at c. 1445. (Steven Ferry, August 16, 2022.)

From charting provided by Darrell Wolcott, Center for the Study of Ancient Wales (Steven Ferry, April 27,2023.)

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from The Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PHILLIPS family of Picton, Pembrokeshire.

Sometime before 17 Oct. 1491 Sir Thomas Philipps of Kilsant, Carms., married Joan Dwynn, daughter and heiress of Harry Dwynn (son of Owen Dwynn of Muddlescomb in Kidwelly and Katherine Wogan, second daughter of John Wogan and widow of Sir Henry Wogan and widow of Sir Henry Wogan) and Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Wogan of Wison. The Kilsant (Cilsant) family claimed descent from Cadifor Fawr of Blaen Cych and Sir Aaron ap Rhys, Crusader. Sir Thomas Philipps was the son of Philip Philipps, son of Meredith Philipps of Cilsant. He was esquire to the body of Henry VII and was appointed one of the stewards and receiver of the lordships of Llanstephan and Oysterlowe on 16 May 1509. On 7 Sept. 1509 he was appointed coroner and escheator of Pembrokeshire and the lordship of Haverfordwest. In the French war of 1513 he was captain of a retinue of a hundred men and in that year he was knighted. On 16 Oct. 1515 he became sheriff of Pembrokeshire and bailiff in eyre in the lordship of Haverfordwest. He was a patron of the bard Lewis Glyn Cothik. He d. before 8 Dec. 1520 when his son, John Philipps, server of the chamber, succeeded him in the offices of Steward of Llanstephan and Oysterlowe and coroner and escheater of Pembrokeshire and the lordship of of Haverfordwest. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn. At the time of his appointment on 10 April 1532 as one of the stewards and recieivers of the manors of Rice Griffith, he was steward of the king's chamber. He was sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1542. His son Richard (b. 1535) interested himself in Welsh literature (see Pen. MS. 155). He d. on the Thursday after the feast of S. Meugan 1551 (see Pen. MS. 176, 397; _W. Wales Hist. Records_, vii, 161-4) and was succeeded by his young son William Philipps whose wife was Janet Perrot, sister of Sir John Perrot.

[Ref: The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940, editors, Sir John Edward Lloyd & R. T. Jenkins, (1959), pp. 752-3]

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According to "The Roads Taken". by Richard Ripley:

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Name: Thomas Phillips , Sir, Esquire to Henry VII

Birth: ABT. 1439 in Pembroke, Wales

Death: 1550 in Castlebythe, Pembroke, Wales

Note:

This family are owners of Picton Castle in Wales. They retain a Royal title, and a Coats of Arms obtained from King Richard II some years before. They are known to spend part of each year in the Royal Court at London, where marriages and the birth of children can be noted in the files in this family tree, and part of each year at the castle in Wales, as well as in various estates in Shropshire and Carmethan, near the castle.

It should be noted that this family is large and complex at this time, despite the appearance in this family tree of a smaller and more focussed family. It may be expected that further refinements will be made

The Wogan line of Picton ended in an heiress who married Owain Dwnn, and the Dwnns in turn ended in an heiress, Jane, who in the late 15th century married Sir Thomas Philipps of Cilsant, esquire to the body of Henry VII. The Cilsant family, which held extensive lands in West Carmarthenshire was descended from a late 11th-century magnate named Cadifor Fawr. Cadifor's great-grandson, Aaron ap Rhys, took part in the Third Crusade, became a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, and is said to have added the golden collar and chain to the back of the lion rampart which is the insignia of the Philipps family. The Philippses have held Picton Castle since the days of Sir Thomas.

Historical Records which show that he was also convicted of felonies...

Thomas Phelips, born probably slightly before 1440, is the earliest known progenitor of this family. We see here that he was residing in Somerset by 1465.

Three entries in the Patent Rolls seem to gibe ample evidence that he resided in the parish of Lufton, Somerset [ 1 mile east of Montacute] prior to his having established himself at Montacute...and that his origins were in the County of Kent in a parish called Cooling. The first of these, dated 29 Oct. 1460, is a commission to Sir William Bonville and others to arrest "Thomas Philip of Lukton, county Somerset, Yoman" and bring him before the King in Chancery, presumbably for some disloyalty to the Duke of York's assumption of power in September 1460. The second of these, dated February 1466, is a pardon granted to "Thomas Phelip late of the parish of Colying, county Kent, gentleman, alias of Lukton, county Somerset, gentleman, for all offences committed by him before 27 Novemeber 1465." The third patent roll enty, also dated in February 1466, is a grant returning all of Thomas' confiscated property to him: "Thomas Phillippes late of the parish of Cowlyng, county Kent, gentleman, of all the goods and chattels forfeited by him for certain felonies of which he was indicted before the justices of the peace in the county." [ Ref.: Phelips of Montacute: Two Early Representatives, by J.H.C. Phelips, as reproduced in March 1981 from Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries, Vol. XXXI Part 313, p.2 citing Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1452-1461, p. 649, CPR, 1461-1467, p. 421, and CPR, 1461-1467, p. 483; hereinafter referred to as JHC Phelips]. In 1472, he is seen as one of the patrons of the living of Brympton, Somerset, as a Sydenham trustee. [Ref.: Ibid, p.4 citing Somerset Incubents, by F.W. Weaver, p. 36] In 1476, when he is still described as of Lufton, he was sued for a debt of 20 pounds. [Ref.: Ibid, p.4, citing De Banco Roll, Dorset County Museum ref. 57/858/202d]. Thomas Phelips was establishing himself at Montacute as early as 1479 when, in December of that year a half burgage 'within the free borough of Montacute in North Street, namely on the east side of that street between a burgage of Thomas Geffrey and a garden of the said Thomas Phelips on the south" was conveyed to him. {Ref.: Ibid, p. 2, citing Somerset County Record Office ref. DD;PH5].

Further, such an influencial connection (to the King), could explain his rise in rank from yeoman in 1460 to gentleman by 1466 and his appointment to the office of Escheator for Somerset & Dorset in 1471 and 1478. [Ref.: Ibid, p. 3-4}. Further evidence of a relationship derives from a lease extant in the Kent County Record Office in which John, Lord Cobham leased his manor of Brooke Montacute to "Jane Philip , widow." [ Ref.: Ibid p. 3, citing Kent County Record Office ref. U601 T202]. "

Sources:

Title: Philipps, Baronets of Wales

Author: Picton Castle Trust, seat of the Phillips Family, Baronets, of Wales

Publication: prepared from castle narratives, legends, and records

Note: These records lack dates and some important detail is missing, While these records are consulted, they are cross-checked in this family tree against parish church records and historical accounts. A full copy of this sheet of castle records is included on the family CD.

Text: The family archives from Picton Castle describe this marriage, without a date. Thomas is referred to as 'Thomas Philipps of Cileant and Picton'. Jane Dwinn is referred to as 'Jane Dwinn daughter of Sir Henry Dwinn and Margaret Wogan of Winton'. Sir Henry Dwinn is said in this source, to have died 1469 at Banbury.

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This family are owners of Picton Castle in Wales. They retain a Royaltitle, and a Coats of Arms obtained from King Richard II some years before. They are known to spend part of each year in the Royal Court at London, where marriages andthe birth of children can be noted in thefiles in this family tree, and part of each year at the castle in Wales,as well as in various estates in Shropshireand Carmethan, near thecastle.

The Wogan line of Picton endedinan heiress who married Owain Dwnn, andthe Dwnns in turn ended in an heiress, Jane, who in the late 15th centurymarried Sir Thomas Philipps of Cilsant, esquire to the body of Henry VII.The Cilsant family, which held extensive lands in West Carmarthenshire wasdescended from a late 11th-century magnate named CadiforFawr. Cadifor's great-grandson, Aaron ap Rhys, took part in the Third Crusade,became aKnight of the Holy Sepulchre, and is said to have added the golden collar and chain to the back of the lion rampart which is the insignia of thePhilipps family. The Philippses have held Picton Castle since the days ofSir Thomas.

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