Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ALICE verch Griffith ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (fl. 1540-1570), a poetess age, and a cywydd to reconcile Grigor y Moch and Davydd Llwyd Lwdwn.
ANGHARAD (d. 1162) , Gwenllian married Gruffydd ap Rhys, and Susanna married Madog ap Maredudd. Angharad is singled out for lavish praise by her husband's biographer, as a handsome blonde, gentle, eloquent, generous, discreet, good to her people and charitable to the poor. Gruffydd left her, in addition to the half of his goods as provided by Welsh law, two shares of land (rhandir) and the profits of the port of Abermenai.
ANGHARAD, ferch MORGAN ap MEREDUDD (1293 or 1299) - see IFOR HAEL
BLEDDYN ap CYNFYN (d. 1075), prince He was the son of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan, otherwise unknown, and Angharad, widow of Llywelyn ap Seisyll (died 1023), and mother of the famous Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (died 1063). Late authorities supply Gwerstan with a distinguished pedigree, but the name has the air of being a derivative of the English Werestan. As half-brothers of Gruffudd, Bleddyn and his brother Rhiwallon succeeded to his domains
BRWMFFILD, MATTHEW (fl. 1520-60), poet According to Cwrtmawr MS 12B (629), he was a native of Maelor. In his to 'Saint Tydecho and the two parishes of Mowthwy,' having equally praised Llan-ym-Mawddwy and Mallwyd, he asserts that he yearns more for the latter than the former. He wrote poems in praise of Rhisiart ap Rhys ap Dafydd Llwyd of Gogerddan 'about 1520'; of Rhys ap Howel of Porthamyl, Anglesey, 'within the month of November
CADWALADR (d. 1172), prince He was the third son of Gruffudd ap Cynan (died 1137) and his wife Angharad. He is first heard of in 1136, when, on the death of Richard Fitz Gilbert, lord of Ceredigion, his elder brother, Owain Gwynedd, and he invaded the province and took the five northern castles, including Aberystwyth. At the end of the year they returned with a large force of mail-clad knights and foot soldiers and swept
CASNODYN (fl. 1320-40), poet Aberconwy, which the Red Book gives as the work of Riserdyn. Iolo Morganwg states that Casnodyn was a native of Kilvey, and it would appear that Hywel Ystorym, who was the poet's contemporary, refers to the same fact in a satiric poem: ' Pryf waeth waeth ei faeth o fythau Cilfai ' - R.B. Poetry, 1342. Casnodyn sang to Gwenllian, wife of Sir Gruffydd Llwyd, who was a prisoner in 1322, and to Ieuan Llwyd ap
CLOUGH, Sir RICHARD (d. 1570), merchant, and (for a period) 'factor' for Sir Thomas Gresham in Antwerp Wales to be buried at Whitchurch, near Denbigh. Clough had hoped to do several things for the benefit of his native land, one of his projects being to make the river Clwyd navigable for small ships as far as Rhuddlan. He knew the famous Dutch scholar and geographer, Abraham Ortelius, and it was he who caused Ortelius to become acquainted with Humphrey Llwyd of Denbigh. It is surmised that he was only
CONWAY family Botryddan, Bodrhyddan, The Conways were of English origin, descended from Sir William Coniers, ' Knight of War ', high constable of England under William the Conqueror. Sir HENRY CONWAY, son of Sir Hugh Conway, who married Ellen (or Angharad), daughter of Sir Hugh Crevecoer, lord of Prestatyn, was the first known to have settled in Wales, and his son, Richard, succeeded as lord of Prestatyn. In contrast to his
CRYTHOR LLWYD MARCHEDD (fl. 16th century), musician
CYFFIN, ROGER (fl. c. 1587-1609), a poet . Davids (Cwrtmawr MS 222D (28)), and Dafydd Llwyd of Dolobran (Aberdare MS. 1 (578)). He also wrote poetry on topical themes, e.g. a cywydd written in judgment on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and in praise of king James I (Peniarth MS 112: Llyfr cywyddau Siôn ap William ap Siôn (189)), and an englyn giving advice to William Cyffin on his departure for Ireland with the earl of Essex in 1599 (Jes. Coll. MS
DAFYDD ab IFAN ab EINION (fl. 1440-1468), soldier and commander of Harlech Castle during the Wars of the Roses His fame rests on his defence of Harlech castle for the Lancastrians (1460-8) during the Wars of the Roses. His father, Ieuan ab Einion of Cryniarth and Hendwr in Edeirnion, Meironnydd, was a descendant of Llywelyn ap Cynwrig of Cors-y-Gedol; his mother, Angharad, was daughter and heiress of Dafydd ap Giwn Llwyd of Hendwr; his wife was Margaret, daughter of John Puleston of Emral, Flintshire

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