Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADWALADR ap RHYS TREFNANT (fl. 1600), poet Very little is known of him, and very little of his work is extant. His poetical compositions are mainly addressed to members of Montgomeryshire families; we have one to Sir Edward Herbert, lord of Powys, and some others to Huw ap Iefan of Mathafarn and Lewys Gwyn.
CADWALADR CESAIL (fl. 1620), poet One manuscript justifies the assumption that he lived at 'y Gesail Gyfarch ' in Caernarfonshire; he also wrote a poem on the death of Elis Wyn of that place in 1624. Seventeen cywyddau and nine englynion by him are extant, the greater part being written in praise of, or on the death of, members of the families of Gwydir, Glynllifon, Bodwrda, etc., one being written to Huw Gwyn of Berth Ddu when
CADWALADR, HUW (fl. 17th century), poet
DAFYDD LLWYD (d. 1619) HENBLAS,, poet and scholar according to Dwnn). Noted for his scholarship, he is said to have known eight languages. A number of his poems, all in strict metre, have been preserved in manuscript. They include an elegy to his wife, Catherine, and three englynion to one of his sons. ' Sir ' Huw Roberts and Richard Cynwal composed elegies upon his death.
DAFYDD LLWYD ap HUW (fl. beginning of the 17th century), poet
DAFYDD NANCONWY (fl. 17th century), writer of cywyddau died in 1637. His work is to be found in NLW MS 3050D, which was partly copied during the second half of the 17th century, and in NLW MS 695E. He was a contemporary of Harri Howel and Huw Machno.
DAVIES family, smiths HUW DAVIES, smith, was living at Groes-foel, Esclusham, in the 17th century. He was buried in the churchyard at Wrexham, 2 September 1702. A handrail of exquisite design in the choir of Wrexham church and a small gate in Malpas churchyard (Cheshire) are attributed to him. He and his wife, Eleanor, had four sons, ROBERT (died 1748/9), JOHN (died 1755), Huw, and Thomas, and six daughters (Anne
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES LLEWELFRYN (1903 - 1981), academic lawyer services to legal education. In 1952 Llewelfryn married Mary Thomas (1915-2013), daughter of Lewis Thomas and the sister of Amy Parry-Williams. They had one daughter, Lynn, and two sons, Huw and Tomos. Mary played an important part in fostering the atmosphere of the Department during her husband's tenure as Head. This atmosphere was marked by openness and support, both for students and for the young
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner win Merioneth in the 1945 election. In September 1946 he enrolled in the Law Department at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He believed that his first duty was to establish a branch of Plaid Cymru, and secondly to campaign for the cause in the villages of north Ceredigion with John Legonna and his close friend Huw Davies. He edited the college magazine Y Wawr and wrote for Y Faner and Y
DAVIES, JOHN (Taliesin Hiraethog; 1841 - 1894), farmer and poet Born at Creigiau'r Bleiddiau farm, Hafod Elwy, about three miles from Cerrig-y-drudion, Denbighshire, 2 October 1841. After a period at Pentre-llyn-cymer day school, kept by J. Edwards the Independent minister, and afterwards at Cerrig-y-drudion where he was taught by his cousin Huw Huws, he returned to farm Creigiau'r Bleiddiau. On the death of his mother he left his old home and became bailiff
DAVIES, JOHN GLYN (1870 - 1953), scholar, songwriter and poet in Cerddi Huw Puw (1923), Cerddi Robin Goch (1935) and Cerddi Portinllaen (1936), many of which are based on sailors ' songs he had heard during his youth, bear the marks of a genius. His posthumous book of poems, Cerddi Edern a cherddi ereill (1955), contains many lyrics which will undoubtedly live. One could add that his reminiscences of the Welsh society he knew early in life, and his comments
DAVIES, WALTER (Gwallter Mechain; 1761 - 1849), cleric, poet, antiquary, and literary critic North Wales (London, 1813), and a similar work, in two volumes, on South Wales, 1815 (Vol. I, Vol. II), which owed much to Iolo Morganwg; he also edited the works of the poets Huw Morys, 1823, and Lewis Glyn Cothi, 1837 - the latter in collaboration with John Jones (Tegid, 1792 - 1852); and further published in 1827 an edition of the metrical translation of the Psalms into Welsh made by William

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