Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BLEGYWRYD (fl. c. 945), an authority on the ancient laws of Wales Llandaf' ('Liber Landavensis') in the words 'famosissimus ille uir bledcuirit filius enniaun' (that most famous man, Blegywryd son of Einiawn) and in the mention of two lay witnesses, 'bledcuurit & riderch filii enniaun' (Blegywryd and Rhydderch sons of Einiawn). If this supposition is true we have here evidence that he was a layman, that his father was named Einiawn, and that he lived in Gwent in 955
BRADNEY, Sir JOSEPH ALFRED (Achydd Glan Troddi; 1859 - 1933), historian produced at least two works in Latin, a little book entitled Carmina jocosa, 1916, and a Carmen in 1923, when he received the honorary degree of D.Litt. (Wales). He transcribed and published the church registers of the parishes of Llantilio Crossenny and Penrhos (1916), Llanbadog (1919), Llanddewi Rhydderch (1919), Caerwent and Llanfair Discoed (1920), and Grosmont (1920). He contributed to the journals
CARADOG ap GRUFFYDD ap RHYDDERCH (d. 1081) The grandson of Rhydderch ap Iestyn, powerful in South Wales until his death in 1033, and the son of Gruffydd ap Rhydderch, the rival of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, by whom he was slain in 1055. The home of the family would seem to have been Gwynllwg and Upper Gwent. It is in this quarter of Wales that Caradog makes his first appearance in 1065, when he swooped upon earl Harold's new hunting lodge at
DAFYDD AP GWILYM (c. 1315 - c. 1350), poet , the wife of Ieuan Llwyd, and a mock-elegy to their son Rhydderch. And in a book which belonged to the family, the Hendregadredd Manuscript (a collection of poems by the Poets of the Princes probably made at Strata Florida), a copy of Dafydd's poem in celebration of the Rood at Carmarthen is preserved. It is very possible that this is in the poet's own hand, and here we find the fullest form of his
DAFYDD Y COED (fl. 1380), poets Four substantial awdlau by him and smaller poems of a satirical nature have been preserved in the ' Red Book of Hergest.' He sang to Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd of Glyn Aeron (fl. 1386-97), Hopkin ap Thomas of Ynysdawe (fl. 1360-90), and Gruffudd ap Llywelyn from Uwch Aeron. Moses Williams's estimate in his Repertorium Poeticum that he flourished about 1380 is confirmed. The above awdlau and the
DEWI Saint , founder and abbot-bishop of S. Davids, and patron saint of Wales Rhygyfarch's work; so also is his 'Life' by John of Tynemouth (c. 1290 - 1350). The Welsh 'Life' also is a translation and an adaptation of Rhygyfarch's work: the earliest version is found in 'The Book of the Anchorite of Llanddewi-frefi' (1346). Odes to David were composed by many later poets, e.g. Iolo Goch, Ieuan Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn, Rhisiart ap Rhys, Lewis Glyn Cothi. In
DAVIES, JAMES (Iaco ap Dewi; 1648 - 1722), translator, copyist and collector of manuscripts refers to this event in his poems - and there is evidence that he lived in Penllyn, Meironnydd, for a time before returning to Llanllawddog, Carmarthenshire, where he died 24 September 1722. It is recorded that he was buried there 27 September 1722. There are indications that his later years were made wearisome by poverty and ill health. The tradition that Siôn Rhydderch (John Roderick), the almanac
GRUFFUDD AP LLYWELYN (d. 1064), king of Gwynedd 1039-1064 and overlord of all the Welsh . Next it was the turn of Gruffudd's rival Hywel ab Edwin to recruit a Viking force from Ireland in 1044. The two men met in battle at the river Tywi, where Hywel was defeated and slain. New rivals appeared in the south in the brothers Gruffudd and Rhys, the sons of Rhydderch ab Iestyn. They might have held power in Deheubarth through an alliance with the northern prince because a laconic notice circa
GRUFFUDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1063), king of Gwynedd and Powys, and after 1055 king of all Wales 1042 Hywel defeated a host of ' Black Gentiles ' at Pwlldyfach (today, Pwlldyfarch), near Carmarthen. Two years later (1044), Hywel brought with him from Ireland a fleet of the ' Black Gentiles,' but he was slain in a fierce encounter with Gruffudd in the estuary of the Towy. Even after this Gruffudd failed to gain possession of Deheubarth; Gruffydd ap Rhydderch ap Iestyn rose up against him
GRUFFUDD, IFAN (c. 1655 - c. 1734), poet wyneb yngwrthwyneb ' printed in Meddylieu Neillduol ar Grefydd (1717). He produced a number of englynion and at least one 'summer carol.' We hear of him being present at the Machynlleth eisteddfod, 1702, where he was lampooned by Siôn Rhydderch. Iaco ab Dewi wrote a poem in his honour, while Siencyn Thomas of Cwm-du and Alban Thomas of Blaen-porth wrote elegies upon him.
GRUFFYDD ap RHYDDERCH ap IESTYN (d. 1055), king When Gruffudd ap Llywelyn took possession of Deheubarth in 1044, the South found a new focus of resistance in the leadership of Gruffydd ap Rhydderch. Independence was thus retrieved in 1045, and for ten years, until his fall in 1055, Gruffydd gave to his adopted 'patria' a vigorous government in which resistance to the Danes was a prominent feature. The sanction for his intervention in the
GRYFFYTH, JASPER (d. 1614), cleric, warden of Ruthin hospital, chaplain to archbishop Bancroft, collector of manuscripts fragments in Latin and Welsh (B.M. MS. Cotton, Jul. C., iii). Some of the most important Welsh manuscripts passed through his hands, e.g. 'The Black Book of Carmarthen,' 'The White Book of Rhydderch,' Peniarth MS 44 and Peniarth MS 53, the 'Dingestow Brut' (NLW MS 5266B), the 'Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan' (Peniarth MS 17), and two manuscripts of the Laws of Howel (Harleian 4353 and Cotton Cleopatra B.V

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