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The eldest Son of Sir John Gwen
of Bodsilin, Walsingham's
secretary , and of Elin (later Lady
Eure), grand-daughter of Sir
William Maurice.
He was born in 1600 at
Clenennau, near Dolbenmaen,
Caernarvonshire, his mother’s
home.
He later married Janet, daughter
of Griffith Vaughan of
Cors-y-gedol, Merioneth and had
some military experience before
succeeding to Clenennau on his
mothers death in 1626. He was
sheriff of Caernarvonshire in
1630-31 and of Merioneth next
year.
A Captain in the Irish expedition
in 1640, when the civil war
broke out he was put on
commission of array for
Caernarvonshire (1 Oth August
1642) and commissioned by
Charles to raise and equip from county funds a regiment from the three shires of
Gwynedd.
Hampered by opposition from a few neighbouring families, he was not able to put
his recruits into the field until the following summer.
He was at the siege of bristol, where in command of Grandison's Tertio under
Rupert he was wounded in the face.
He recovered to command his regiment in the campaigns of the Oxford Army,
arid served as deputy governor of Reading of late 1643.

After the successful invasion of Wales by Sir Thomas Middleton, Owen was
summoned to Oxford, where the King made him governor of what became
’’ffrorttlere garrison" of Conway (10th December 1644), and a week later, a
Knight. His regiment served on with the field army under its Lt.. Colonel Roger

On the 17the of February he was commissioned as Sergeant M ajor
G enerali of Foote under Lord Byron (Governor of Chester).
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