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BROMFIELD, MATHEW (fl. 1520-60), poet - see
BRWMFFILD, MATHEW
CHALONER, THOMAS
(d. 1598), Ulster King of Arms
Some particulars of this painter, poet, antiquary, and actor are given by W. J. Hemp in ' Two Welsh Heraldic Pedigrees, with notes on Thomas Chaloner, Ulster King of Arms,' in Y Cymm., xl. He was the fourth son of Robert Chaloner of Denbigh by his wife Dowce, daughter of Richard
Mathew
of Lleweni Green, Denbighshire. As Hemp points out, several members of the family were students of heraldry and
CRADOCK, Sir MATHEW
(1468? - 1531), royal official in South Wales
in the lordships of Cardif, Glomorgan, Morgannok, Gower, Ilande, Vske, and Carlyon (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 6 H. VII). Again, Matthew Craddoke of London, alias of Swaynesey, co. Glamorgan, is granted a pardon for not appearing before the king's justices 6 February 1504-5 (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 20 H. VII). The contemporary Welsh bard Iorwerth Fynglwyd composed two poems referring to Sir
Mathew
, one when he was
DAFYDD ab IFAN ab EINION
(fl. 1440-1468), soldier and commander of Harlech Castle during the Wars of the Roses
. Like so many young Welshmen of his day, he served with the English forces in France during the latter part of the Hundred Years' War - in Rouen, according to Dafydd Nanmor. That he did serve abroad is corroborated by Guto'r Glyn. When the English power in Normandy collapsed in 1450 Dafydd returned to England, possibly with the troops under his fellow-countryman
Mathew
Gough. In 1453 his name appears
DAFYDD LLWYD MATHAU, MATHE, or MATHEW
(fl. 1601-1629), poet and strolling minstrel
DAFYDD LLWYD MATHEW - see
DAFYDD LLWYD MATHAU
DAFYDD WILIAM PYRS (or PRYS)
(fl. c. 1660), poet
A native, it is said, of Cynwyd, Meironnydd. No details regarding his life are known, but at least two of his poems in free metres remain. One is entitled 'Hanes yr hen ŵr o'r coed,' and the other, in the form of a dialogue between two sisters, has alternate stanzas by
Mathew
Owen of Llangar and himself. Avoid confusing him with Dafydd Emlyn (Dafydd William Prys), fl. 1603-1622
DAFYDD, MEURIG
(fl. second half of the 16th century), professional bard, staunch Papist, and one of the most important literary characters in Glamorgan
Born at Llanishen near Cardiff. He married Joan Mathau, granddaughter of Sir Cristor (Christopher) Mathau (
Mathew
), of Llandaff. He was for forty years the family bard of the Lewises of Van, Caerphilly (see the article on them), but periodically went out on tour, visiting the houses of the gentry in Glamorgan, Gwent, and south Brecknock. Like the other bards of his generation, he was a
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.
DEVEREUX
family Lamphey, Ystrad Ffin, Vaynor, Nantariba, Pencoyd,
earl, was born in Herefordshire but at 15 went to live at Lamphey, then in the occupation of his uncle Sir George (above), from whose household he took Rhys Prichard, as his chaplain and Gelly Meyrick (see Meyrick family) as his steward, factotum, and 'in Wales …almost a viceroy ' (D.
Mathew
, The Celtic Peoples, 1933, 341). In 1594 he sealed the Pembrokeshire Bond of Association for the defence of
DWNN, LEWYS
(c. 1550 - c. 1616) Betws Cedewain, genealogist
old, grey-headed bards of undoubted reliability whom he knew and the earlier generation of bards such as Gutun Owain, Ieuan Brechfa, and Hywel Swrdwal, with whose works he was acquainted. There is evidence to show that Hywel ap Syr
Mathew
, Wiliam Llŷn, and Owain Gwynedd (fl. 1550-90), were his teachers and that Rhys Cain was one of his fellow-pupils. In February 1585 he obtained through the
EVANS, JENKIN
(1674 - 1709), Independent minister
Born in Glamorgan. Nothing is known about his early history or about his education. There is no record of his being licensed to preach nor is his name found in the list of those educated by James Owen. He succeeded James Owen at Oswestry. He was a celebrated preacher, popular not only in the town but in the surrounding districts.
Mathew
Henry pays him a high tribute for his sterling character and
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