Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I puta mai a Robert i tētahi whānau whai rawa, he tama tuatoru a John "Wynn" ap Maredudd, ā, i uru atu ki te mahi a Sir Walter Stonor tuatahi, kātahi ko Sir Philip Hoby, he kaiwhakahaere, he rangatira matua hoki ki a Kingi Henare VIII. I whawhai a Robert, ā, i whara i te whakapaenga o Boulogne
I te tau 1544, i uru ia ki ngā pakanga a te Kīngi ki Kōti, ā, he nui ōna haerenga puta noa i Ūropi. I haumi ia ki nga whenua puta noa i te Raki o Wales ka marena i tana wahine tuatahi, a Dorothy Griffith, he mema o te rangatira o te rohe, i te 1570. I hiahia a Robert ki tētahi whare pai mō te whānau, ā, i kōwhiria e ia a Conwy, he taone whai rawa, i mōhiotia i te rau tau 16, he hapori iwi kē. I hangaia e ia te whare o Plas Mawr i reira i waenga i te 1576 me te 1585.