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 Hills to a son of , a famous poet.

• 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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