The genealogies from Jesus College MS 20 are a medieval Welsh collection of genealogies preserved in a single manuscript,
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Jesus College, MS 20, folios 33r–41r. It presents the lineages of a number of medieval Welsh rulers, particularly those of south Wales.
The manuscript was compiled in the late 14th century, but many genealogies are thought to be considerably older.
[Siddons, "Genealogies, Welsh," pp. 800-2.] The latest pedigrees to have been included in the tract are those of
Llywelyn ab Iorwerth
Llywelyn the Great ( cy, Llywelyn Fawr, ; full name Llywelyn mab Iorwerth; c. 117311 April 1240) was a King of Gwynedd in north Wales and eventually " Prince of the Welsh" (in 1228) and "Prince of Wales" (in 1240). By a combination of war and d ...
(d. 1240) and
Rhys Gryg
Rhys Gryg ('Rhys the Hoarse') (died 1234), real name Rhys ap Rhys, also known as Rhys Fychan ('Rhys the Younger') was a Welsh prince who ruled part of the Kingdom of Deheubarth.
Lineage
Rhys was the fourth son of Rhys ap Gruffydd (The Lord Rhy ...
(d. 1234).
It shares some material with the earlier
Harleian genealogies
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The Harleian genealogies are a collection of Old Welsh genealogies preserved in British Library, Harley MS 3859. Part of the Harleian Library, the manuscript, which also contains the ''Annales Cambriae'' (Recension A) and a version of th ...
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Harleian Genealogies
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The Harleian genealogies are a collection of Old Welsh genealogies preserved in British Library, Harley MS 3859. Part of the Harleian Library, the manuscript, which also contains the ''Annales Cambriae'' (Recension A) and a version of th ...
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Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd
''Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd'' ( en, The Descent of the Men of the North) is a brief Middle Welsh tract which claims to give the pedigrees of twenty 6th century rulers of the Hen Ogledd, the Brittonic-speaking parts of southern Scotland and norther ...
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References
Secondary sources
*Siddons, Michael. "Genealogies, Welsh." In ''Celtic Culture. A Historical Encyclopedia'', ed. John T. Koch. 5 vols. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2006. pp. 800–2.
Editions
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Egerton Phillimore
Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore (20 December 1856 – 5 June 1937) was a British antiquarian of Welsh literature, language, and history. He published little but was widely regarded as the greatest living expert on Welsh placenames.
Early li ...
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J. Gwenogfryn Evans (eds.). "Pedigrees from Jesus College MS. 20.
''Y Cymmrodor''8 (1887). pp. 77–92.
*Online editions:
"Full-text resources for ‘Dark Age’ history" Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews.
''Celtic Literature Collective''.
Jesus 20 page 33r ''Welsh Prose 1350-1425''. Diplomatic edition.
Further reading
*Bartrum, P.C. ''Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts''. Cardiff: UWP, 1966.
*Thornton, David E. ''Kings, chronologies, and genealogies: studies in the political history of early medieval Ireland and Wales''. Occasional publications of the Oxford Unit for Prosopographical Research 10. Oxford: Linacre College, Unit for Prosopographical Research, 2003. {{ISBN, 1-900934-09-4
External links
Jesus College MS. 20 at the Early Manuscripts at Oxford University digitisation projectCatalogue record for Jesus College MS. 20
Medieval Welsh literature
Medieval genealogies and succession lists of Wales
Medieval genealogies and succession lists
Medieval documents of Wales
Jesus College, Oxford