The
Penvellyn famil
is introduced in Nancy Drew - Curse of Blackmoor Manor. They reside in Blackmoore Manor in Essex, England. The Penvellyn line is descended from Randulf the Red, who was a hero in the Battle of Poitiers in the Hundred Years War, for which King Edward III awarded him the land on which Blackmoor Manor now sits.
The main line of descent in the Penvellyn family travels from Randulf Penvellyn to Jane Penvellyn, the current heir. Randulf believed that the necessary qualities for being heir skipped generation. In the following list, the odd numbered individuals are the heirs:
- Randulf Penvellyn (? – 1401)
- Odo Penvellyn (1354–1404)
- Milo Penvellyn (1376–1423)
- Hugo Penvellyn (1401–1466)
- Albert Penvellyn (1427–1508)
- Edmund Penvellyn (1447–1499)
- Charles Penvellyn (1478–1563
- Gillian Penvellyn (1501–1584)
- Thomas Penvellyn (1526–1584)
- James Penvellyn (1560–1650)
- Elinor Penvellyn (1626–1650)
- Edward Penvellyn (1646–1704)
- Corbin Penvellyn (1670–1741)
- Philippe Penvellyn (1689–1777)
- Penelope Penvellyn (1714–1783)
- Martha Penvellyn (1739–1795)
- Brigitte Penvellyn (1759–1833)
- Richard Penvellyn (1787 – June 18, 1815)
- Edward Penvellyn (1809–1904)
- William Penvellyn (1833–1901)
- John Charles Harold Penvellyn (August 1873–1954)
- Malachi Penvellyn (1894–1972)
- Alan Penvellyn (1923–1993)
- Hugh Roland Penvellyn (?)
- Jane Penvellyn (1992 -)