Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ADDA FRAS (1240? - 1320?), poet and writer of prophecies According to John Davies and Thomas Stephens, he flourished about 1240. He is referred to in Peniarth MS 94 (26) and Llanstephan MS. 119 (82), as living about 1038, and contemporary with Goronwy Ddu o Fôn. But in G. P. Jones, Anglesey Court Rolls, 1346, 37, 39, mention is made of 'the son of Adda Fras ' and 'the suit of Goronwy Ddu, attorney for the community of the township of Porthgir.' In
ADDA JONES - see EVANS, JOHN
BAKER, ELIZABETH (c. 1720 - 1789), diarist lived at Bryn Adda on the other side of the valley where she remained until 26 April 1784, after which she lived in Dolgelley. Her experiences are related in her unpublished diary, now Peniarth MS 416 i, Peniarth MS 416 ii, Peniarth MS 416 iii, Peniarth MS 416 iv, Peniarth MS 416 v, Peniarth MS 416 vi, Peniarth MS 416 vii, Peniarth MS 416 viii, Peniarth MS 416 ix, Peniarth MS 416 x in N.L.W. Extracts
CHERLETON family Northumberland and lord Bardolf, rebels and allies of Glyn Dwr, 1406, and was the friend of Adam Usk. In November 1417 Sir John Oldcastle was captured at Broniarth, near Welshpool, by Sir Gruffydd Vaughan and his brother Ieuan ap Gruffydd, aided by Hywel ap Gruffudd ap Dafydd ap Madog and Deio ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth ab Adda, two yeomen. These men surrendered Oldcastle to their overlord Edward Cherleton, whose
DAFYDD AP GWILYM (c. 1315 - c. 1350), poet must be admitted that he could have lived until about 1360 or even later. Dafydd ap Gwilym was one of a number of poets composing in the new cywydd metre in the second quarter of the 14th century. His most prominent contemporaries were Madog Benfras, Gruffudd Gryg, Gruffudd ab Adda, Iorwerth ab y Cyriog and Iolo Goch. Although these poets all display the same creativity in the field of love and
DAVIES, ROBERT (Bardd Nantglyn; 1769 - 1835), poet and grammarian Barddoniaeth, a volume consisting mostly of his own compositions, but also including some by other poets of the period. A selection of his works appeared under the title Diliau Barddas in 1827. His best and most famous poem is the witty satire called 'Ewyllys Adda.' The treatise on Welsh grammar, Ieithiadur neu Ramadeg Cymraeg, first published in 1808, with a second edition in 1818 and a third in 1826, shows
DAVIES, TREVOR OWEN (1895 - 1966), minister (Presb.) and principal of Trefeca College Born 20 November 1895 at Cae Adda, Llanwrin, Denbighshire, son of Owen Gruffydd Owen and Mary Winifred Davies of Cae Adda. His father was a brother of Richard Owen, Mynydd Ednyfed (father of Dame Margaret Lloyd George, see Lloyd George family below). He was educated at the village school, Machynlleth county school, University College, Aberystwyth (where he graduated in the classics), and Christ
EVANS, BENJAMIN (1740 - 1821), Independent minister Born 23 February 1740 at Ffynnon Adda in Meline parish, Pembrokeshire. When he was 15 he left the grammar school at Haverfordwest and returned to his father's farm. His father was a Baptist deacon, but when the son was 24 he and his mother became members of the Independent chapel at Moylgrove. There he began to preach, and was ordained minister at Llanuwchllyn in 1769. In spite of opposition and
EVANS, JOHN (I. D. Ffraid, Adda Jones; 1814 - 1875), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author demand as an eisteddfod adjudicator, and was one of the chief leaders of the temperance movement in North Wales. He was also an agent of the ' Liberation Society.' He was the author of ' Llythyrau Adda Jones,' a series of 483 letters which appeared in Baner ac Amserau Cymru from January 1869 to December 1874. He was presented with a national testimonial in 1869. He died 4 March 1875.
EVANS, LEWIS PUGH (1881 - 1962), soldier and public figure, Brigadier General, VC, CB, CMG, DSO Merionethshire that could trace its roots back to the Second Royal Tribe of Wales. Among his ancestors were the Vaughan family of Corsygedol and the Owen family of Dolgellau (who include Baron Lewis Owen, M.P., Sheriff and Baron of the Exchequer for North Wales – his wife claimed she was a descendent of Owain Glyndwr's sister), Gruffydd Dda who fought at the battle of Agincourt, and Sir Gruffydd ab Adda of
GRUFFUDD ab ADDA ap DAFYDD (fl. 1340-1370), poet and prose writer ab Adda ap Dafydd,' and ' Trwstaneiddiwch Gruffudd ab Adda ap Dafydd,' have been published by D. Gwenallt Jones in his Areithiau Prôs, 18, 33. A musical composition under the title 'Caingc Ruffudd ab Adda' appears in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales.
IEUAN FYCHAN ap IEUAN ab ADDA (d. c. 1458), poet

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