(Gwaynynog, co. Denbigh; the parent stock of the Myddeltons, of Chirk Castle and Ruthyn, descended from David Myddelton, Esq., of Gwaynynog, Receiver of North Wales, temp. Edward IV.). Ar. on a bend vert three wolves’ heads erased of the field. Crest—Out of a ducal coronet or, a dexter hand ppr.
(Chirk Castle, co. Denbigh, bart., extinct 1718; descended from Sir Thomas Myddelton, Knt. of Chirk, Lord Mayor of London 1613, eldest son of Richard Myddelton, Esq., Governor of Denbigh Castle, temp. Edward VI., who was son of Fulre Myddelton, Esq., of Denbigh, a younger son of David Myddelton, Esq., of Gwaynynog, Receiver of North Wales, temp. Edward IV. Thomas Myddelton, Esq., of Chirk Castle, was created a bart. In 1660, the title became extinct at the decease of Sir William Myddelton, fourth bart., when the estates passed to the heir male of the family, Robert Myddelton, Esq., of Lysfasi, and from him to his brother, John Myddelton, Esq., whose grandson, Richard Myddelton, Esq., d. unm. in 1796, leaving his three sisters his co-heirs; of those ladies, Charlotte m. Robert Biddulph, Esq., and had a son, Robert Myddelton Biddulph, Esq., of Chirk Castle, see Biddulph; and Maria m. the Hun. Frederick West). Same Arms and Crest.
(Ruthyn, co. Denbigh, bart., dormant since 1675; descended from the celebrated projector of the New River, Sir Hugh Myddelton, bart., sixth son of Richard Myddelton, Governor of Denbigh Castle). Ar. on a pile vert three wolves’ heads erased of the field. The pile was substituted for the bend by Camden, on the application of Sir Hugh). Same Crest as last.
(Hackney, co. Middlesex, bart., extinct; Hugh Myddelton, grandson of Sir Hugh Myddleton, first bart. of Ruthyn, was created a bart. 1660, and d. s. p. m.). Same Arms and Crest.
