craftsmen and were the first brick houses in Wales. Upon Clough's death Plas Clough was inherited by Richard Clough, his son by his first wife. Katheryn had two daughters by Clough: Anne Clough (b. 1568), married Roger Salusbury, a brother of John Salusbury and paternal uncle to her older half-brothers. Their only son was John Salisbury. Anne inherited "Bach-y-graig". Mary Clough (born 1569). Married William Wynn, a relative of Maurice Wynn. The Cloughs lived for a time in Antwerp, where Katheryn's portrait was painted, probably by Adriaen van Cronenburgh, as the National Museum now suggests, or perhaps by Lucas de Heere, a previous attribution. Within six years of their marriage, Sir Richard Clough died in Hamburg aged forty. He was probably poisoned because of his work as a spy for Queen Elizabeth I. Maurice Wynn Katheryn then married Maurice Wynn of Gwydir. Wynn was Sheriff of Caernarvonshire and left Katheryn an extremely wealthy woman when he died. Katheryn had a further two children by Maurice Wynn: Henry Wynn, who married Blanche Vaughan. Jane Wynn, who married Simon Thelwall. Edward Thelwall Katheryn's fourth and last husband was Edward Thelwall of Plas-y-Ward, who outlived her. The Welsh poet Robert Parry wrote an elegy on the occasion of Katheryn's death. Her many descendants included Hester Thrale and the 18th century explorer John Salusbury. References External links Adriaen van Cronenburgh's portrait of Katheryn in the National Museum Cardiff 1534 births 1591 deaths People from Denbighshire 16th-century Welsh women 16th-century Welsh people Salusbury family