Rhys ap Tudur was a Welsh nobleman and a key figure in the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr

Owain Glyndwr

Owain Glyndŵr , or Owain Glyn Dŵr, anglicised by William Shakespeare as Owen Glendower , was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales...

. A descendant of Ednyfed Fychan

Ednyfed Fychan

Ednyfed Fychan , full name Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynwrig, was a Welsh warrior who became seneschal to the Kingdom of Gwynedd in Northern Wales, serving Llywelyn the Great and his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn...

, he was escheator and sheriff of Anglesey

Anglesey

Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...

 before the revolt, and served as esquire of Richard II

Richard II

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 in the 1390s. He held the offices of sheriff and escheator of Anglesey as well as the Forester of Snowdon. On the outbreak of the revolt, Rhys and his brother Gwilym joined Glyndŵr, but were excluded from a general pardon issued after the initial rebel attacks of autumn 1400. Perhaps in response to this omission, on Good Friday 1401 (April)they captured Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle is a castle in Conwy, on the north coast of Wales.It was built between 1283 and 1289 during King Edward I's second campaign in North Wales....

 in a surprise attack and held it for almost three months. Rhys was eventually captured and executed at Chester. His lands were passed on to Gwilym ap Gruffudd.