Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN ap LLYWELYN FYCHAN (c. 1485 - 1553), bard and member of a Welsh landed family Son of Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan. He lived in Llewenni Fechan (later Llannerch), near S. Asaph. Some poems by him in British Museum manuscripts (Detholiad o waith Gruffydd ab Ieuan ab Llewelyn Vychan) were published in 1910, edited by J. C. Morrice, who gave some biographical details. Subsequently, i.e. in 1934, T. Allen Glenn gave, in The Family of Griffith of Garn and Plasnewydd in the County of
GRUFFYDD ap MADOG (d. 1191) son of Madog ap Maredudd by Susanna, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan, and the founder of the principal ruling family of northern Powys during the 13th century. When the province was divided into two spheres of influence on the death of Madog ap Maredudd in 1160, territories north of the Rhaeadr were subject to further subdivision among Gruffydd and his brothers - see Owain Fychan and Owain
GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (d. 1201), prince of Deheubarth - Maelgwn, his brother, and Gwenwynwyn of Powys, so that to the end his hold on his inheritance was uncertain. His career is in a sense the prelude to those mutually destructive family feuds which brought about the final collapse of the house of Dinefwr. In 1189 he married Matilda, daughter of William de Braose, who, with two young sons, Rhys Ieuanc and Owen, survived his death on 25 July 1201. Both he
GRUFFYDD ap RHYS (c. 1090 - 1137), prince of Deheubarth , being present at the decisive battle of Crug Mawr in 1136. In the following year he died, predeceased by the redoubtable Gwenllian. It fell to the lot of his youngest son, Rhys (1132 - 1197), to rebuild the family fortunes.
GRUFFYDD, ELIS (fl. c. 1490-1552), 'the soldier of Calais,' copyist, translator, and chronicler He was born some time between 1490 and 1500 in Gronnant Uchaf, Gwespyr, in the parish of Llanasa, Flintshire, where he inherited twenty-four acres of land from his uncle Siôn ap Dafydd. Nothing is known of his early life in Wales, but in his 'Chronicle' (v. infra) he has much to say about himself in the service of the Wingfield family, in London and France. He was with Sir Robert Wingfield on
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT GERAINT (1928 - 2015), Welsh scholar parents of the wayward eighteenth-century lexicographer and grammarian, William Owen Pughe. There was a fundamental difference in scholarly attitudes between Geraint and Pughe but nevertheless, in an inexplicable way, Geraint felt the call of scholarship and research in Egryn and he took pleasure in believing that his journey began there. After a few years the family moved to Pwllpeiran, Cwm Ystwyth, a
GRUFFYDD, THOMAS (1815 - 1887), one of the best known harpists of his period Born at Llangynidr, Brecknock, grandson of the rector of that parish. The fact that he lost his sight at an early age did not hinder his progress. A pupil of John Wood Jones, family harpist at Glanbran near Llandovery, he subsequently occupied a similar position at Llanover, Monmouth. Most of his life, apparently, was spent in Llanover, where he also kept a smallholding. He won the triple harp in
GUEST family, iron-masters, coal owners, etc.
GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1812 - 1895), translator, businesswoman and collector Lisbon in 1884. She spent her last years in London cataloguing and writing about her collections. Her English china went to the Victoria and Albert Museum and some of it can be seen in its Schreiber Room. She wrote the catalogue to accompany the 1800 or so pieces bequeathed in memory of Charles Schreiber. Her European china was sold at auction though some was reserved for members of her large family
GWALCHMAI, HUMPHREY (1788 - 1847), Calvinistic Methodist minister not to be confused with the 19th cent, poet Gwalchmai (Richard Parry, 1803 - 1897) - born 14 January 1788, was a son of Edward Gwalchmai (1757 - 1799), of Dolgar, Llanwyddelan, Montgomeryshire, a substantial freehold which had been in the family for four generations. His religious activities began early, more especially in Sunday school work; he became an elder at seventeen and a preacher at
GWILYM GWYN (fl. end of 15 c.), poet No details of his life remain. Two examples of his work have been found in manuscripts, these being a cywydd to Elian Geimiad which gives the legend of that saint (B.M. Add. MS. 14906 (89b); NLW MS 1559B (647)), and part of another, possibly to a member of the family of Gwydrin in Anglesey (Peniarth MS 114 (213)).
GWILYM TEW (fl. c. 1460-1480), one of the bards of Glamorgan The pedigree books describe him as the son of Rhys Brydydd, but some details which are available suggest that he was a brother to that bard. It is evident, therefore, that he was a member of the most renowned family of major bards that Glamorgan ever produced, descendants of Rhys Fychan of Tir Iarll, of the line of Einion ap Collwyn. Although Rhys Brydydd lived in Llanharan it is probable that

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