Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554), Italian scholar and clerk of the Privy Council to king Edward VI Llanigon, Brecknock, may have been the eldest son of Thomas ap Philip ap Bleddyn or that he may have been the William, only son of Thomas Cromwell's faithful servant, Walter Thomas of Crickhowell, Brecknock, and Writtle in Essex, who was described as living in the Temple in August 1536. Lleufer Thomas had already suggested that he was the William Thomas who, along with two other commissioners, had
THOMPSON, DAVID (1770 - 1857), colonial surveyor and explorer in British North America Born 30 April 1770 in Westminster, and christened as ' Thompson,' but his father (David) and mother (Ann) had borne the surname 'Ap Thomas ' until they moved to London. The father died when the boy was three. David was educated at the Grey-coat school, until, in 1784, he was apprenticed to the Hudson Bay Company. After serving for five years as clerk and fur-trader, he came, in 1789-90, under the
TOMAS ap IEUAN ap RHYS (c. 1510 - 1617), writer of cwndidau (short religious songs or carols) grandson of Rhys Brydydd and cousin of Lewis Morgannwg. Although the home of this bardic family was in Tir Iarll and although Rhys Brydydd lived at Llanharan, yet it is said in Llanover MS. E4 (written c. 1613-4) that Tomas ab Ieuan ap Rhys lived at Llandudwg (Tythegston). Nevertheless, he and his family were closely connected with Llangynwyd. Little is known of his life. He says in one of his
TOMAS ap LLYWELYN ap DAFYDD ap HYWEL - see LLYWELYN, TOMAS
TOMOS ap TITUS - see WADE-EVANS, ARTHUR WADE
TOY, HUMFREY (d. 1575), merchant owned much property in the town itself and outside it. He is mentioned in official documents as early as 1542/3, and his will, dated 1 March 1575, was proved by his son Robert on 2 May the same year. His wife, by whom he had a large family, was Jane, daughter of David ap David, who was mayor of Carmarthen in 1523. Toy was mayor in 1557. He would naturally come to know Richard Davies, bishop of S
TRAHAEARN ap CARADOG (d. 1081), king of Gwynedd general threat to old established interests eventually brought Gruffudd and Rhys ap Tewdwr into alliance, and together they imposed a crushing defeat on their opponent at the well-known battle of Mynydd Carn, fought in 1081, and in which Trahaearn met his end. He left four sons - Meurig, Griffri, Llywarch, and Owain. His descendants ruled in Arwystli until it was absorbed into Powys by Gwenwynwyn. A
TRAHAEARN BRYDYDD MAWR (fl. first half of the 14th century), poet In a poem in which he is satirised his pedigree is given as Trahaearn ap Goronwy, ap Rotbert, ap Bledri (R.B.H. Poetry, 1343). Certain phrases in the same poem suggest that, like Cynddelw, he was called 'Prydydd Mawr' because of his physical size (e.g. ' A giant who is offended ' and ' The son of Goronwy is bigger than I am '). In the Cambrian Biography (Owen), it is supposed that he is the same
TREVOR family Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, The Trevalun Trevors were founded by RICHARD, sometimes called Sir RICHARD TREVOR (fl. 1500), 4th son of John Trevor ' hên ' and sixteenth in descent 'o dad i dad' from Tudur Trevor of Brynkynallt, who acquired the estate by marriage with Mallt, heiress of David ap Gruffydd of Allington (died 1476). Richard's great-grandson JOHN TREVOR (died 1589) fought in the French wars of Henry VIII as a
TREVOR, JOHN (d. 1410), bishop of St Asaph He is known as John Trevor II in order to distinguish him from his namesake, who was bishop between 1346 and 1357 and with whom he is sometimes confused. Described in one place as Ieuan ap Llywelyn, he was probably a native of Trevor, near Llangollen, in Powys Fadog, and kinship with the well-known Denbighshire family of the Trevor s has been claimed for him, although there does not appear to be
TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet Born in the parish of Llansannan, Denbighshire. There are many copies of his pedigree in the manuscripts which, however, do not always tally. It appears that his father's name was Robert and his grand-father's Ithel and that they were descendants of Llywelyn Chwith; Huw ap Dafydd, in his elegy on Tudur Aled, says, ' Ail Iolo, o Lywelyn, Ag o du'r Chwith, gwenith gwyn ' (G.T.A., II, 728). On his
TUDUR PENLLYN (c. 1420 - c. 1485-90), bard right of his wife, Gwerful, daughter of Ieuan Fychan ap Ieuan ap Hywel y Gadair ap Gruffydd ap Madog ap Rhirid Flaidd (see Powys Fadog, ii, 119; vi, 119, 129). It appears that, in addition to being a poet, Tudur Penllyn was a sheep grazier and a drover, who traded in the wool of his sheep; this, however, did not prevent him from following the custom of the strolling bards and visiting the halls of the

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