Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRUFFUDD HAFREN (fl. c. 1600), poet Davies of Mallwyd (NLW MS 5269B (393b, 405)), and elegies to the two poets, Siôn Phylip (NLW MS 799D (40)) and Thomas Penllyn (Cwrtmawr MS 11B (189)). A bardic controversy or ymryson, took place - Rhisiart Phylip and Gruffudd Hafren against Siôn Phylip and Ieuan Tew (Llanstephan MS 133 (497-500)); and a shorter one occurred between Roger Cyffin and Gruffudd (Cwrtmawr MS 206B (101)). No details have
GRUFFYDD ap IEUAN ap LLYWELYN FYCHAN (c. 1485 - 1553), bard and member of a Welsh landed family sat with three commissioners, viz. Richard ap Howel ap Ieuan Fychan of Mostyn (father-in-law of Gruffydd ap Ieuan), Sir William Gruffydd, (father-in-law of Thomas Mostyn, son of Richard ap Howel), and Sir Roger Salusbury of Llewenni. A second reason for his importance is the fact that his nephew, or 'great-nephew,' bishop Richard Davies (1501? - 1581), says that he remembers seeing in the possession
GRUFFYDD, IFAN (1896 - 1971), author Born 1 February 1896 at Rhos-y-ffordd, Llangristiolus, Anglesey, the son of Mary Gruffydd. From 1909 onwards he worked on various farms in the neighbourhood, including Fferam, Paradwys. He enlisted in 1914 and remained in the army until 1920, serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France and Egypt. On his return he worked as a gardener on the Trescawen estate for 12 years, and then as a road
GRYFFYTH, JASPER (d. 1614), cleric, warden of Ruthin hospital, chaplain to archbishop Bancroft, collector of manuscripts proved 28 May, and he was buried in the chancel of Hinckley parish church, 25 May. He names his wife, Mary, his son Bartholomew, and his daughters Elizabeth, Marye, and Anne, with a suggestion that the children were minors. His wife was a daughter of John Roberts of Park, Llanfrothen. In a letter to Sir Robert Cotton, 1613, Jasper Gryffyth lists forty Latin manuscripts in his possession, and other
GUEST, LADY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (1812 - 1895), translator, businesswoman and collector Mabinogion' in a lavishly illustrated and annotated three-volume edition. Over a century and a half later, its second translatrix argues that ever since Lady Charlotte's achievement, these stories have 'taken on a life of their own, and earned their place on the European and world stage' (Sioned Davies). During the same years as she was translating and preparing her publications, Lady Charlotte gave birth
GWILYM ap IEUAN HEN (fl. c. 1440-1480), poet No details remain of his life, although many of his poems are found in manuscripts. These include a poem in praise of the Virgin Mary (NLW MS 6681B (381)) and another to the 'Four Daughters of the Trinity' (NLW MS 1578B (71)), love poems (Gwysaney MS. 25 (201); NLW MS 5269B (211)); Wynnstay MS. 6 (170)), others addressed to Gruffudd ap Nicolas of Dynevor (NLW MS 6511B (194b)), Dafydd ap Ieuan ab
GWYNN, HARRI (1913 - 1985), writer and broadcaster different. The metrics are more irregular, the tone more wry and the topics more raw. In a sense, the work in 'Cerddi Llundain' reflects his disillusionment with his younger self as much as his exasperation with the present. Harri had become a modernist in the style of Eirian Davies, T. Glynne Davies and Rhydwen Williams. By 1950, motivated by a desire, as Eirwen put it, 'to escape the endless roofscapes
GWYNNE family Llanelwedd, 1689-90, 1698, 1700-1, and at other times for an English borough - twenty-three years in all. Though knighted (1680) by Charles II, he was a stout Whig, and is eulogized in Macaulay's History; he initiated the 'association oath' and was a strong defender of lord chancellor Somers. He held a household office under William and Mary, but fell out of favour in Anne's reign, and died 24 January 1725/6
GWYNNE family Garth, Maes-llech, Llanlleonfel accused of corruption, and was certainly guilty of exceedingly sharp practice by which he acquired the manor of Builth and the greater part of the hundred of Builth (W. R. Williams, Welsh Judges, 112). His son, MARMADUKE GWYNNE (1670 - 1702) predeceased him, and his possessions passed to his daughter MARY GWYNNE, who married HOWELL GWYNNE (died 1708), of a cadet branch of Glanbrân owning (besides land
GWYNNE, NADOLIG XIMENES (1832 - 1920), soldier and author of Lt-Col. He retired in 1900 with the rank of Major-General. During his military service he fought in the Second Afghan War and the Egyptian campaign against Mohamed Ahmed (the 'Mahdi'). In 1869 he published a book-length epic poem, Moses: An Essay on the Deliverance and Journeyings of Israel (London: Chapman & Hall). In 1874 he was married at Kempsey, Worcestershire, to Mary Shee Jackson (born
HAINES, WILLIAM (1853 - 1922), local historian and bibliographer Born 24 May 1853, at Bryn, Penpergwm, Monmouthshire, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Haines. Educated at the grammar school, Abergavenny, he became a solicitor's clerk. He married (1) 1876, Clara Ann Rutherford (died 1880), of Rockhampton, Gloucestershire, and (2) Mary Nicholas (died 1944) of Llangibby, Monmouth, who shared her husband's literary interests. Haines collected an extensive library of
HALL, AUGUSTA (Lady Llanover), (Gwenynen Gwent; 1802 - 1896), patron of Welsh culture and inventor of the Welsh national costume Lady Llanover was born on 21 March 1802, the youngest of six daughters of Benjamin Waddington (1749-1828) of Ty Uchaf, Llanover in Monmouthshire, and his wife Georgina (née Port, 1771-1850; a great-niece of Mary Delaney, 1700-1788). Like her surviving sisters Frances and Emelia, Augusta Waddington enjoyed a wide education which included the classics, modern languages, history, geography, art and

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