catherinebraganza: “[…] Between 1453 and 1459, Jasper fathered two illegitimate daughters, Joan and

catherinebraganza: “[…] Between 1453 and 1459, Jasper fathered two illegitimate daughters, Joan and Helen or Ellen, by a Welshwoman named Mevany ferch Dafydd from Gwynnedd. Both daughters are said to have been born in Snowdonia. Joan (born 1453) is said to have married William ap Yevan (son of Yevan ap William and Margaret Kemoys), by whom she had twin sons called Morgan and John ap William (s) born in Lanishen, Wales, in 1479. It is believed that Joan herself died while giving birth, but Morgan, in 1499, married Thomas Cromwell’s sister Katherine Cromwell in Putney Church, Norwell, Nottinghamshire, and so became fourth generation ancestor to Oliver Cromwell. Jasper’s alleged second daughter, Helen or Ellen, is said to have been born in 1459 and married, after 1485, William Gardiner (son of Thomas Gardiner and Anna de la Grove), a cloth merchant who became a spearman for the Lancastrians at the Battle of Bosworth. […] Ellen and William Gardiner had at least one son, Stephen Gardiner, who became a prominent figure under the Tudor monarchy, especially during  Henry VIII’s reign.”From: “Jasper Tudor, Godfather of the Tudor Dynasty”, written by Debra Bayani. -- source link

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