Sir David Hanmer

✓ Sir David Hanmer of Hanmer, Maelor Saesneg (c.1332-c.1387), serjeant-at-law (1376), King's Serjeant (1377), Justice of the King's Bench (1383), knighted 1387; m. Angharad (Agnes), daughter of Llywelyn Ddu ap Gruffudd ab Iorwerth Foel; father of Gruffudd, Philip and John (all Glyndwr's supporters) and Margaret, wife of Owain Glyndwr. A deed of 1388 names his widow and their son-in-law Owain as trustee. Great-grandson of Sir Thomas de Macclesfield (DWB). Sources: Dictionary of Welsh Biography (Dodd 1959), 'HANMER family'; Wikipedia 'David Hanmer' (citing DWB; Lord Hanmer, Memorial of the parish and family of Hanmer (1876) pp.23-27; R.R. Davies, The Revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr; J.Y.W. Lloyd, Powys Fadog ii). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 22 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]