Evan Vaughan Anwyl of Ty-Mawr
Evan Vaughan Anwyl (born 9 December 1943) is the current head of the Anwyl of Tywyn Family whose male line ancestors are claimed to extend back to William Lewis Anwyl and beyond that to Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri Mawr. He resides in Tywyn, Gwynedd (formerly Merioneth: Welsh: Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionydd), in north Wales, and speaks Welsh.
Evan Vaughan Anwyl was educated at Tywyn Grammar School and then the University of Wales Aberystwyth where he was awarded a BSc in 1967 and DipEd in 1968. He resides at Ty Mawr, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales.
Recently he has been interviewed by Byron Rogers for the book Three Journeys, an excerpt of which was published in Cambria Magazine in June 2011. Concerning his extraordinary heritage, Mr. Anwyl is on record as saying,
"History was never a favourite subject of mine. We've always been humble farmers, that is until I and my two sisters became teachers. We've always been proud of our family history, but amongst ourselves, beyond that, no."
The coat of arms of this family are described (by Thomas Nicholas in 1872) as follows;
- Vert, three eagles displayed in fesse Or (Owain Gwynedd), a fleur-de-lis Or for difference 6th son (Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd)
- Sable, a chevron between three fleurs-de-lis argent (Collwyn ap Tangno)
- Vert, a chevron between three wolves' heads erased argent (Rhirid Flaidd)
- Per pale azur and gules, three lions rampant argent (Herbert of Cemmaes)
- Argent, an eagle displayed with two necks sable (Meurig Llwyd of Llwyn y Maes)
- Argent a lion passant sable between three fleurs-de-lis gules (Einion ap Seissylt)
- Crest : An eagle displayed Or
- Motto: Eryr eryrod Eryri (English: "The eagle of the eagles of Snowdon.")
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