Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BOWEN family Llwyn-gwair, The members of this family trace their descent up to Gwynfardd Dyfed (c. 1038). The first to adopt the family surname was probably EVAN BOWEN, Pentre Evan. Many members served as high sheriffs; throughout they have played their part in public affairs. JAMES BOWEN, sheriff in 1622, was at Llwyn-gwair when Lewys Dwnn made his 'visitation' of Pembrokeshire in 1591. James married Elenor, daughter of
CADWALADR ap RHYS TREFNANT (fl. 1600), poet Very little is known of him, and very little of his work is extant. His poetical compositions are mainly addressed to members of Montgomeryshire families; we have one to Sir Edward Herbert, lord of Powys, and some others to Huw ap Iefan of Mathafarn and Lewys Gwyn.
DAFYDD ap DAFYDD LLWYD (1549), poet and member of the landed family ] Caereinion (1599), Siôn Huws of Maes y Pandy, near Tal-y-llyn, and Doctor [ David ] Powel, bardic controversies (ymrysonau) between himself and Roger Cyffin, and, also, with Lewys Dwnn, and religious and moral poems. Bedo Hafesp composed an elegy on him (Bodewryd MS 1D (289)). NLW MS 5270B (327) contains an englyn presumably by his son John.
DAFYDD ap SIANCYN (SIENCYN) ap DAFYDD ap y CRACH (fl. mid 15th century), Lancastrian partisan and poet Descended on his father's side from Marchudd (Peniarth MS 127 (57); Powys Fadog, vi, 221), and on his mother's from prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Peniarth MS 127 (105), Peniarth MS 129 (128, 130); Dwnn, ii, 102, 132) - she was Margred, daughter of Rhys Gethin, partisan of Owain Glyn Dwr (on him see Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 66). His exploits during the Wars of the Roses are related in Sir John Wynn's
DAFYDD LLWYD (d. 1619) HENBLAS,, poet and scholar of the landed family of Henblas (Llangristiolus, Anglesey), who, it is said, graduated from S. Edmund Hall, Oxford. He married Catherine, daughter of Richard Owen of Penmynydd, and about eight children were born to them, three of the sons becoming clergymen. Lewys Dwnn and J. E. Griffith state that he also married Jane, daughter of Llywelyn ap Dafydd of Llandyfrydog (she being his first wife
DAFYDD, MEURIG (fl. second half of the 16th century), professional bard, staunch Papist, and one of the most important literary characters in Glamorgan genealogist and historian and discharged the duties of a 'herehaut' in the court at Ludlow. His poetical works, written in his own hand, are to be found in Llanover MS. B. 5. Composed in the strict metres, they are cold, stereotyped, and uninspired, with none of the fire which characterized the poetry of his master Lewys Morgannwg. The fictions invented by Iolo Morganwg about the part played by Meurig
DAVIES, JOHN (1652 - post 1716) Rhiwlas,, genealogist British Museum (B.M. Add. MSS. 9864-7). These show clearly the debt which John Davies owed to the labours of Lewis Dwnn. In 1716 his book, A Display of Herauldry, was published by John Roderick. It is full of interesting and valuable details, especially about the families of North Wales (see Moule, Bibliotheca Heraldica, 296-7). At the request of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaeth, John Davies copied the
DEIO ap IEUAN BWL (fl. c. 1530), poet His only known poem is a cywydd in praise of Llywelyn ap Ieuan ap Howel of Moelyrch while seeking also the gift of two dogs for William ap Mathew ap Griffith. According to Lewis Dwnn, Llywelyn died 1534.
DWN, HENRY (before c. 1354 - November 1416), landowner and rebel the Soul and the Body', composed in the period 1375-82, Iolo Goch refers to three 'men of Cydweli' as 'princes of battle', almost certainly evoking Henry Dwn and his family. Lewys Glyn Cothi names Henry Dwn in a poem to Gwilym ap Gwallter, whose mother was Dwn's granddaughter. Not unlike some others of his class, Henry Dwn could be heavy-handed and contentious, and he was often undeterred by legal
DWNN, GRUFFYDD (c. 1500 - c. 1570), country gentleman , Gruffudd Hiraethog, Owain Gwynedd, and others wrote verses in honour of him, his children, and his home, and their poems are enshrined in Llanstephan MS 40 and Llanstephan MS 133, and NLW MS 728D. He was alive in 1566 when Wiliam Cynwal addressed a poem to him, but none of the bards wrote for him after that. Gruffydd Dwnn is important as one of the country gentlemen who in the 16th and 17th cent
DWNN, JAMES (c. 1570 - c. 1660), poet His earliest poem (NLW MS 3051D (692)) is dated 1594, and his latest (B.M. MS. 51 (73)) 1657. Accordingly, it is possible that he was the eldest son of Lewys Dwnn. The two frequently wrote panegyrics in honour of the same people - the families of Gogerddan, Mathafarn, Gregynog, and the Plasau Duon, Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd, etc., but, for the most part, James Dwnn confined himself to his own
DWNN, LEWYS (c. 1550 - c. 1616) Betws Cedewain, genealogist adopted his mother's surname. The earliest of Lewis Dwnn's poems is dated 1568 and the latest 1616 (Peniarth MS 96 (441, 586)). His wife was Alice, daughter of Meredydd ap Dafydd, and it is possible that James Dwnn the poet was the eldest of his six children. The best evidence of Lewys Dwnn's early interest in genealogy is to be found in his own introduction to his book of pedigrees where he names the

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