The Lords of Cemais were the ruling families, from the early 12th century of the Marcher Lordship ( Palatine Barony) of Kemes, and in later centuries of the barony of Cemais (Dyfed).

Martin de Turribus, fl. 1090's. Robert fitz Martin, c.1095? - died c.1159 William I FitzMartin, c.1155-1209, husband of Angharad, daughter of Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of the briefly re-established Deheubarth. William II FitzMartin, 1177? -1216 Sir Nicholas I FitzMartin, 1210–1282, who granted land in the Preseli HillsBaronia de Kemeys. From the original documents at Bronwydd., Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd (Bt.), London, 1862, p.48 to a son of , a famous poet.An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, 1914, Volume 4, p 276 Nicholas II FitzMartin (1235 - 1285) William Martin, 1st Baron Martin, 1257–1324 William, Lord Martin, 1296–1326; his sole heir was his cousin, the son of his deceased aunt, Joan, the wife of the first Baron Audley: James Audley, 2nd Baron Audley, 1312–1386 Nicholas Audley, 3rd Baron Audley, c.1330-1391; title went into abeyance until being inherited by his sister's son: John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley, d. 1409 James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, d. 1459 John Tuchet, 6th Baron Audley, d. 1491 James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley, c.1465-1497, who was executed for treason and the Marcher Lorship forfeit. It was eventually re-established as a Barony, in the year of the Laws in Wales Acts (which abolished all Marcher Lordships), for his son: John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley, d. 1558, who sold it in 1539 to William Owen, c. 1488–1574, a local lawyer George Owen, 1552–1613 Alban Owen, 1580–1656 David Owen, fl. 1651 William Owen, c.1654-1721 Elizabeth Owen, d. 1746 Anne Owen, d. c.1720? William Lloyd, d. 1734 Anne Lloyd, c. 1715-1775 Colonel Thomas Lloyd, 1740–1807 Thomas Lloyd, 1788–1845 Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd, bart., 1820–1877 Sir Marteine Lloyd, bart., 1851–1933 Nesta Lloyd Withington, d.1943 Morfa Withington Winser, 1920–1958 Joan Gregson Ellis, d. 1973 Hyacinthe Hawkesworth, married John Hawkesworth in 1943, d. 2011 Heir presumptative: John Phillip Cemaes Hawkesworth, 1947–2006 Alexander Hawkesworth, b 1984

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