Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUW BODWRDA (fl. 1566) Bodwrda,, gentleman, bard, and patron of bards buried on Bardsey Island. He was the father of the John Wyn ap Hugh who was accused, by one Morgan ab Ieuan, of piracy in and around Bardsey (c. 1567).
HUW CEIRIOG (fl. c. 1560-1600), poet A native of Denbighshire who graduated in the fourth bardic grade at the Caerwys eisteddfod of 1568 (Peniarth MS 132 (59)). Some of his poems remain in manuscript, and these include light-hearted cywyddau on love and nature, others written to Simon Thelwall of Plas y Ward, John Salusbury of Llyweni (elegy), and one in praise of Plas Moelyrch. He also wrote an englyn on the above-mentioned
HUW LLŶN (fl. c. 1552-1594), poet there is no proof that they were the same person. Some of Huw Llŷn's poetry remains, and this includes poems to Walter Devereux (earl of Essex), Henry Rowland (bishop of Bangor), Simon Thelwall of Plas y Ward, and to the South Walians Thomas Vaughan (Pembrey), Gruffudd Dwnn (Ystrad Merthyr), William and George Owen (Henllys), and John Lloyd (Cilgwyn). A bardic controversy occurred between him and Siôn
HUW MACHNO (fl. 1585-1637), poet bardic diction, maintaining his excellence in poems to women, in eulogy, and in descriptive verse. Over 150 of his poems have been preserved in manuscript. The following manuscripts contain examples of his autograph, NLW MS 433B, Peniarth MS 327, Mostyn. MS. 146, B.M. Add. MS. 14998, Cardiff MS. 83 (the Book of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir), Christ Church MS. 184, and he wrote practically the whole of NLW
HUWS, ALUN 'SBARDUN' (1948 - 2014), musician and composer Alun Huws was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, on 26 September 1948, the eldest son of Richard Wynne Hughes (1921-1989) and Catherine Anne Hughes (née Davies, 1920-1972). The family home was in Penrhyndeudraeth. His father worked at Cookes Explosives Ltd., part of the ICI Group, while his mother was a teacher. The couple had one other son, John Wyn Hughes. Alun changed the spelling of his surname to the
HUWS, MORIEN MON (Morien Môn; 1856 - 1932), Nonconformist minister and poet Born at Amlwch, Anglesey, 10 August 1856, he was educated at Rhos-y-bol school in that county when Sir John Rhys was its headmaster. He began to preach when he was seventeen; he also, in early youth, began to win prizes in eisteddfodau. He emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1880, became a member of the Congregational Association in Oneida County, New York State, and pastor of Peniel church, Remsen, in
HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD (d. c. 1381) Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, was not discontinued until the time of Elizabeth. Hywel was still in royal service in 1359. It was about this time that he became constable of Criccieth castle (one of several offices of profit conferred upon him by the Crown), at which place he resided during his later years, life in the castle in Hywel's day being vividly described in a poem by Iolo Goch. His wife was
HYWEL SWRDWAL (fl. 1430-1460), poet , and a laudatory awdl to William, lord Herbert. In one of the manuscripts there is found at the end of that awdl the Welsh equivalent of ' Hywel Sowrdwal his poem 1450.' If that date is correct it agrees with the other dates, and Dr. John Davies was near the mark when he gave it as his opinion that Hywel flourished between 1430 and 1460. It is said in Y Brython, iii, 137, on the authority of a
IEUAN ap MADOG ap DAFYDD (fl. c. 1500), poet details of his life are unknown, but some of his work remains in manuscript. This includes poems in praise of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn, and John Puleston, an elegy to the poet Syr Dafydd Trefor, a bardic controversy, or ymryson, with Ieuan Dylyniwr, and a satirical poem to Padrig Wyddel (Patrick the Irishman).
IEUAN DEULWYN (fl. c. 1460), poet was a native of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. Many examples of his work remain in manuscript, most of them being addressed to a large circle of members of landed families, including William, earl of Pembroke, and his brother Sir Richard Herbert (both of whom were killed in the battle of Banbury in 1469), Sir Richard's young son, Dr. John Morgan, bishop of S. Davids, Wiliam Siôn of Llanegwad, Dafydd
IEUAN DYFI (1461? - 1500), poet Nothing is known about the life history of this poet and, indeed, little is known about his work. According to Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd, he hailed from Aberdovey and flourished about 1490. He was, above all, a poet of love and sang to a maiden called ' Anni Goch.' He wrote a cywydd to show how false women were through all the ages, which, judging from the number of copies still available in
IEUAN LLWYD SIEFFRAI (fl. c. 1599-1619), poet eldest son, Sieffrai Llwyd (1607 - 1626), was murdered at Dôl-y-cletwr, Rhiwedog, and the inheritance descended through the second son, Morus (born 1619). Ieuan Llwyd Sieffrai, antiquary, genealogist and poet, was one of the literary gentry. He died 8 July 1639, and was buried in Llandderfel cemetery. A number of his poems are preserved in manuscript, and these include elegies to captain John Salusbury

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