Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ANIAN (d. 1293), bishop of St Asaph Boniface and Walter of Exeter. A Welsh chronicle of the time, Peniarth MS 20, says 'Eynnon' was known as 'the black friar of Nannau.' This connection with a well-known Merioneth site is supported by the fact that a close friend and executor of his will was the Dominican, Adam of Nannau. The epithet 'Schonaw,' bestowed upon him by Godwin and later writers, seems to be a corruption of this place-name
DAVIES, JOHN (d. 1694) Nannau,, 'family bard' the dwindling group of bards who were patronized by some of the Welsh landed families. Poems sung by him to members of the following North Wales families survive: Nannau, Doluwcheogryd, Maes-y-neuadd, Glyncywarch, Dolau-gwyn, Cefnamwlch, Gloddaeth, Bodysgallen, Corsygedol, Maesypandy, Tan-y-bwlch, etc. He wrote elegies on the deaths of two brother poets - Edward Morris of Perthillwydion and Morris
DAVIES, MORRIS (Meurig Ebrill; 1780 - 1861), poet Born at Dolgelley, he was apprenticed to a carpenter and eventually worked at his trade in some of the larger houses of the neighbourhood, e.g. Nannau, Hengwrt, Dolserau, and Caerynwch. When he was about 13 years of age he came to know Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant, 1739 - 1810), who was then at Bala. He wrote numerous poems on a variety of subjects, many of them dealing with local occurrences
ELLIS, ELLIS OWEN (Ellis Bryn-coch; 1813 - 1861), artist Born in Aber-erch, Caernarfonshire, his mother being the daughter of John Roberts (Siôn Lleyn, 1749 - 1817; the artist was also related to John Thomas (Siôn Wyn o Eifion, 1786 - 1859. He was apprenticed to a carpenter but, as he displayed some talent for painting, Sir Robert Williames Vaughan of Nannau, Meironnydd, brought him to the notice of Sir Martin Archer Shee, the painter, who gave him
ELLIS, MORGAN ALBERT (1832 - 1901), Welsh-American preacher and editor Born 19 September 1832, at Melin-y-coed, near Machynlleth. Although his parents were in humble circumstances, he received help which enabled him to be well educated. He was master of a national school which was under the patronage of Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, bart., Nannau, Meironnydd, and afterwards became the first headmaster of the British school at Nant Peris, Caernarfonshire. In 1853 he
GRUFFUDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION LLYGLIW (fl. c. 1380-1410), a poet with Welsh literature and folklore, he was entertained at some of the famous courts of his period. His work includes poems to Owain Glyndŵr, Sir David Hanmer, Owain ap Maredudd of Neuadd Wen, and Hywel and Meurig Llwyd of Nannau, love and religious poetry, and it is now certain that he is the author of the poem to send the sun to greet Glamorgan, which has also been attributed to Iolo Goch and Dafydd
GRUFFUDD NANNAU (fl. c. 1460), poet A member apparently of the Nannau family. He was contemporary with Dafydd ap Maredudd ap Tudur, fl. 1460. Some examples of his work exist in manuscript, and these include an englyn written to the poet Gruffudd Phylip (NLW MS 643B (39b)), a cywydd to the sons of Ieuan Fychan of Pengwern (died c. 1458) (Cardiff MS. 83 (28b)); NLW MS 3049D (500)), and another to Dafydd Llwyd ap Gruffudd Deuddwr
HOWEL, HARRI (fl. 1637-1671), bard son of Howel ap Siôn Ieuan of the parish of Dolgelley, also a bard. He was contemporary with Gruffydd Phylip and sang to many of the families to whom that bard sang. On the evidence of the eighteen (or so) cywyddau by him which survive, Harri Howel sang to members of houses ranging from Bodwrdda (west Caernarfonshire), Gwaenynog and Llwyn Ynn (in the vale of Clwyd), to Nannau and Hafod Dywyll
HUW NANNAU HEN (fl. 1580-1620) - see NANNAU
HWMFFRE ap HYWEL (fl. first half of the 17th century), poet A native (apparently) of North Wales. Some examples of his work exist in manuscript, and these include poems written to various members of the Nannau, Corsygedol, Cefnamwlch, and Egryn families between 1627 and 1644. Six englynion written by him in thanks for an oar are also found. No details concerning his life are known.
IEUAN TUDUR OWEN (fl. c. 1627), poet Nothing is known of his life. Some of his work remains in manuscript, and this includes religious and moral cywyddau and englynion, a cywydd describing a dream the poet had when drunk, a cywydd on the palsy, and a cywydd of praise to Huw Nannau (1580 - 1620, see the article on the family) when the latter became sheriff. In addition to this poetry written in strict metre, one of his poems in free
JONES, JOHN Maes-y-garnedd,, 'the regicide' John Jones (1597? - 1660), ' the regicide,' was a younger son of Thomas Jones, Maes-y-garnedd, Merionethshire, lineal descendant of Ynyr Vychan (lord of Nannau and ancestor of the family of Nannau, through a younger son who was also ancestor of the Vaughan family of Hengwrt. His mother was Elin, daughter of Robert Wynn of Taltreuddyn, Llanenddwyn, Meironnydd, descended on her mother's side from

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