Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ALMER family Almer, Pant Iocyn, This family was descended in an unbroken line from the 11th century reconqueror of Denbighshire east of the Dyke, Ithel ab Eunydd. The surname was first adopted by JOHN ALMER, who held minor office
EDERN DAFOD AUR, made a small dosbarth (arrangement or grammar) of the orthography of the Welsh language and of the form of words Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug, and as Iolo Morganwg's copy was the source which was used by John Williams (Ab Ithel, 1811 - 1862) when he edited that grammar for publication he, the editor, gave the published work
GRUFFUDD AP LLYWELYN (d. 1064), king of Gwynedd 1039-1064 and overlord of all the Welsh into the kingship of Gwynedd circa 1018 and took control of Deheubarth in 1022 before dying in 1023. Through his mother Angharad, Gruffudd was a grandson of the great Maredudd ab Owain (died 999), the
GWYNNETH, JOHN (1490? - 1562?), Roman Catholic priest and musician The exact years of his birth and death are not known. He was a Caernarvonshire man, the son of David ap Llewelyn ab Ithel, brother to Robert ap Llewelyn ab Ithel, of Castellmarch, in Llyn, at which
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume John Williams (ab Ithel). Traffic increased after 1857, when Lady Llanover purchased the manuscript collection of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) from his son Taliesin Williams (Taliesin ab Iolo) in
HUW ap DAFYDD (fl. 1550-1628), poet ), Enwogion Cymru: a Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen, and Blackwell he was from Ewyas, Herefordshire. A number of his poems remain in manuscripts, including some to Hywel ap Siôn ap Dafydd ab Ithel
IESTYN ap GWRGANT (fl. c. 1081-1093), last independent ruler of Glamorgan Son of Gwrgant ab Ithel. Little is known with certainty about him. Cardiff seems to have been his seat of government, but the extent of his territory is unknown. He cannot have become supreme in
IOLO GOCH (c. 1320 - c. 1398), poet A native of the Vale of Clwyd, son of Ithel Goch ap Cynwrig ap Iorwerth Ddu ap Cynwrig Ddewis Herod ap Cywryd. According to Hugh de Beckele's Extent of Denbigh (1334), Ithel Goch rented a small
IOLO GOCH (c. 1325 - c. 1400), poet Iolo Goch was a poet from the Vale of Clwyd, son of Ithel Goch ap Cynwrig ab Iorwerth ap Cynwrig Ddewis Herod from the lineage of Hedd ab Alunog of Uwch Aled, one of the Fifteen Tribes of Gwynedd
JONES, HARRY LONGUEVILLE (1806 - 1870) uniting the two North Wales dioceses had already brought him into friendship with John Williams (ab Ithel), and their common interest in antiquarian matters led them to initiate and edit Archaeologia
JONES, HARRY LONGUEVILLE (1806 - 1870), archaeologist and educationalist with his fellow Anglican John Williams Ab Ithel, in establishing the journal Archaeologia Cambrensis (1846) and the ensuing Cambrian Archaeological Association (1847). These were his most enduring
JONES, JOHN (1773 - 1853), cleric was also quite critical of the scholarship of John Williams, ' Ab Ithel ' affected by its Iolo mania and druidism. He paid for the monument to ' Dafydd Ionawr ' in Dolgellau old churchyard and the 1851
JONES, JOHN HUGH (1843 - 1910), Roman Catholic priest biographical sketch in Cennad Catholig Cymru states that he also received private tuition from John Williams (Ab Ithel). In 1862 he entered Jesus College, Oxford, intending to prepare for Anglican orders, but
MORGAN, RICHARD WILLIAMS (Môr Meirion; c. 1815 - c. 1889), cleric and author and its patronage to Wales, 1855; North Wales or Venedotia, 1856; The British Kymry or Britons of Cambria, 1857, translated into Welsh by the Rev. John Williams (Ab Ithel) as Hanes yr Hen Gymry, eu
OWEN, ANEURIN (1792 - 1851), Welsh historical scholar and editor of the Laws of Hywel Dda acknowledgement; when the Brut eventually appeared, under the editorship of John Williams (ab Ithel), it was found that no indication was given that Owen had done the greater part of the work. Three years before
PUGHE, JOHN (Ioan ab Hu Feddyg; 1814 - 1874), physician and littérateur , the Physicians of Myddfai, edited by John Williams, Ab Ithel, and published by the Welsh MSS. Society, 1864. He married Catherine Samuel, daughter of Samuel Samuel, Caernarfon, 21 February 1839; she
STEPHENS, THOMAS (Casnodyn, Gwrnerth, Caradawg; 1821 - 1875), historian and social reformer , because it disproved the tale that Madoc and his followers had discovered America. The result made Stephens a martyr to truth, and the main judge and druid John Williams (ab Ithel) even more notorious than
TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet marriage feast in the hall of Ieuan ap Dafydd ab Ithel Fychan of Tegeingl (op. cit., I, lxvii), when Tudur Aled had conferred on him his first degree as a bard. Be that as it may, Tudur Aled became a bard of

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