RHYS, HYWEL (1715? - 1799), poet, of the parish of Vaynor, Brecknock.

He is probably the Howell, son of Howell Rees, who was christened at Vaynor, 10 September 1715. He began life as a farmer on a tenement called Blaen-y-glais in Vaynor parish, but is said to have been deprived of his farm and subsequently to have rented a public house called Pantydŵr, at Garn, Pontsticill, Brecknock. His wife's name was Catherine, and the marriage may be that between Howell Rice and Catherine Morgan recorded in Vaynor parish register on 1 January 1741/2. Four poems - ' Cân y Daear Fochyn,' ' Can yn cynnwys achwyniad y bardd am gydmares,' ' Can yr Hwsmon,' ' Can a gyfansoddwyd yn amser yr hynod ormeswr Morgan Siencyn Dafydd,' are attributed to him. The date of his death is given variously as June 1799 and July 1802. Vaynor parish register records the burial of a Howel Rees on 3 June 1799.

Author

• Griffith Milwyn Griffiths

Sources

• T. R. Roberts, Eminent Welshmen: a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen... from the earliest times to the present (1908)
• W. Morgan, The Vaynor handbook containing photographic views of Vaynor, Cefn Coed, Pontsarn and Morlais Castle, with the history and folk-lore of the parish (Merthyr 1893)
• Charles Wilkins, The history of Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tydfil 1867)
• Theophilus Jones, Edwin Davies, Joseph Russell Bailey, History of the County of Brecknock (1909-1930), iv, 57
• NLW MSS 1039, 2140
• H. Blackwell, NLW MS 9271A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733252

Published date: 1959

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