Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD, MEREDITH (fl. 1655-1677), lawyer and antiquary He was a native of Welshpool and a kinsman of Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt. He was himself a collector of manuscripts, and is said to have been the owner of the manuscripts of Thomas Wiliems of Trefriw, which he presented to Robert Vaughan. The authority for this statement is the author of the catalogue of the Hengwrt library in Cambrian Register, iii, who cites letters and papers which he had
LLOYD, Sir RICHARD (1606 - 1676) Esclus, royalist and judge neighbour, Sir Robert Price of Giler, but his name does not appear in the lists of W. R. Williams (The Welsh Judges). Nevertheless, it is obvious that there was a close relationship, throughout his career, between the two. He is commemorated in Penmachno by the school, almshouses, and the charitable gifts (including Welsh books for the poor) which he donated to his parish; see his will (Nannau MS. 3448
LLOYD, ROBERT (1716 - 1792) Plas Ashpool,, farmer and Methodist exhorter The son of Edward and Maria Lloyd of Nant, in the township of Cilcain, Flintshire. He was the second of three children - Mary born in 1714, Robert 12 November 1716, and David in 1720. Their father died in 1727. In 1746 Robert married a local girl named Dorothy and went to live at Tarth-y-dŵr cottage, Cilcain, and it was shortly after this that he showed a tendency to take his religion seriously
LLOYD, ROBERT (Llwyd o'r Bryn; 1888 - 1961), eisteddfodwr, entertainer and farmer he was the witty compère of Parti Tai'rfelin (see Robert Roberts below), a group which held concerts in all parts of Wales and for Welsh societies in England. He also frequently took part in radio and television programmes. He had the true story-teller's gift of narrating or writing a tale. This is evident in his autobiography Y Pethe (1955), the title of which later came to stand for the values
LLOYD, WILLIAM (1771 - 1841), Methodist cleric Born in 1771, son of Robert and Elinor Lloyd of Pen-y-maes, Nevin, Caernarfonshire; his father had a small estate in Llannor. He was educated at ysgol ramadeg Botwnnog and Jesus College, Oxford; ordained in 1801, and licensed to Rhoscolyn, Llanfair yn Neubwll, and Llanfihangel, Anglesey. It was not long before he joined the Methodists; [and he was deprived in 1805 in consequence]. He lived for a
LLWYD, HUMPHREY (1527 - 1568), physician and antiquary Born 1527 at Denbigh, son of Robert Llwyd (or Lloyd) and Joan, daughter of Lewis Pigott. He was educated at Oxford; B.A. 1547, M.A. 1551. He studied medicine and became private physician to lord Arundel, chancellor of the University at Oxford, but returned to Denbigh in 1563. Although a practising physician Llwyd was interested in music and arts, and was described by Anthony à Wood as ' a person
LLWYD, RICHARD (Bard of Snowdon; 1752 - 1835), poet and authority on Welsh heraldry and genealogy read in the B.M. Library; he was introduced on this visit to Owen Jones, William Owen Pughe, Sharon Turner, and others. Owing to his acquaintance with several members of landed and other families he was able to procure financial assistance (from the Royal Literary Fund, etc.), for such persons as David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), Richard Robert Jones (Dic Aberdaron), and Jonathan Hughes. He came to be
LLWYD, ROBERT (1565 - 1655), cleric and writer
LLWYD, ROBERT - see LLOYD, ROBERT
LLWYD, HUMPHREY (c. 1527 - 1568), antiquary and map-maker Humphrey Llwyd was born in about 1527 at Denbigh, the only child of Robert Llwyd, Clerk of Works at Denbigh Castle, and Joan (born 1507), daughter of Lewis Piggott. A member of a cadet branch of the Llwyd-Rossendale family of Foxhall, Henllan, Denbighshire, he could trace his ancestry back to Henry (Harri) Rossendale of Rossendale, Lancashire, a liege of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln and Lord of
LLYWELYN SION (fl. second half of the 16th century), poet, farmer, at one time beadle or crier in the courts, a professional copyist by trade, and one of the most important figures in the literary life of Glamorganshire his reputation to the fact that he was the greatest professional copyist of his time; he was not as prolific a copyist as John Jones (1578? - 1658?) of Gellilyfdy or Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, but his MSS. are far more systematic and he has kept aloof from contemporary literary prejudices. There are thirteen of his MSS. still in existence - seven being collections of cywyddau and awdlau, one of
LLYWELYN-WILLIAMS, ALUN (1913 - 1988), poet and literary critic Wynford Vaughan Thomas, one of his lifelong friends. Between 1940 and 1945, he felt 'moral obligation' (Gwanwyn yn y Ddinas) to take action against Nazism and served as an officer with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the 'literary' regiment in which Hedd Wyn, Robert Graves, Llywelyn Wyn Griffith, David Jones and Siegfried Sassoon served during the First World War. After joining the army in November 1940, he

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