Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RHYS ap TEWDWR (d. 1093) Grandson of Cadell ab Einion ab Owain ap Hywel Dda. In 1075 he took possession of Deheubarth on the death of his second-cousin, Rhys ab Owain ab Edwin. In 1081 he was dislodged by Caradog ap Gruffydd, but later in the year, with the help of Gruffudd ap Cynan, he was firmly reinstated after the historic battle of Mynydd Carn. In the same year William the Conqueror made a demonstration of power in
RHYS ap THOMAS Sir (1449 - 1525), chief Welsh supporter of Henry VII descent from the Welsh princes. As a lad he spent some time abroad with his father at the court of Burgundy, returning about 1467. On the death of his father, who had been predeceased by his two elder sons, Rhys ap Thomas succeeded to the estate. The family tradition had been Lancastrian, but in the circumstances of the time caution was necessary. In the reign of Edward IV, Rhys organized a local
RHYS BRYCHAN (fl. c. 1500), poet Twenty-seven of his poems are preserved in manuscript. Among them are an awdl and an elegy to Rosser Fychan of Talgarth, a laudatory poem to Lewis ap Risiart Gwyn of Fan, and poems to Einion Fychan of Tywyn, Watkin Fychan of Treffylip, Sir Morgan ap Sir Siôn Farchog of Tredeigr, William Herbert, and others. Most of his work is found in the following manuscripts: NLW MS 970E (177, 184), NLW MS
RHYS CAIN (d. 1614), herald bard . His younger children were christened there - Ann in 1579, Dorithie in 1587, Roger in 1589, and Elizabeth in 1592. There, too, his wife, Gwen, was buried 19 April 1603. He married again, Catherine verch Dafydd, who survived him. His bardic teacher, Wiliam Llŷn, left him, by the name of ' Rice ap Rinald alias Kain ', his books and rolls in his will, 1580, and Rhys composed an elegy upon his death in
RHYS DEGANWY (fl. c. 1480), a poet who took his name, obviously, from the Creuddyn district of Caernarvonshire. No details are known concerning his life, but a number of his poems remain in manuscript; they include poems to Dafydd Gethin ap Gruffudd Goch of Llanwnnog and William Herbert of Raglan.
RHYS DYFED - see REES, REES ARTHUR
RHYS FARDD (fl. c. 1460-1480), a vaticinatory poet
RHYS FAWR (fl. during Henry VII's reign), military leader - see PRICE
RHYS FYCHAN - see RHYS GRYG
RHYS GOCH ERYRI (fl. early 15th century), poet Perhaps he was 'un o'r rhai gorau ieuainc' ('one of the best of the young ones') mentioned in 'Cywydd y Cwest' by Gruffudd Llwyd (1385?). The reading there is not quite certain, but one can rely on Rhys Goch Eryri's own elegy to Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion where he refers to the latter as 'athro' ('teacher') and says that he was almost of the same age as himself. Llywelyn ap Moel y Pantri
RHYS GOCH GLYNDYFRDWY (fl. c. 1460), poet Like Guto'r Glyn he too sang the praises of the five sons of Llywelyn ab Hwlcyn of Anglesey, generous patrons of the bardic order. There were family ties between Llywelyn's descendants and the Pulestons, and Rhys Goch wrote an elegy on the death of John Puleston, heir of Emral. His elegy on the death of Rosier ap Siôn is interesting in that it refers to the celebrated cywydd by Gruffudd Llwyd ap
RHYS GOGH ap RHICCERT The only reliable information about him which we have is contained in pedigrees (e.g. Peniarth MS 178) from which we learn that he was a grandson of Einion ap Collwyn who lived in Glamorgan at the time of the Norman Conquest, and that he was an ancestor of Rhys Brydydd of Llanharan and other well-known poets of the same line, such as Lewys Morgannwg. Twenty poems are attributed to him in Iolo MSS

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