Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BEDO HAFESP (fl. 1568-1585), poet of Montgomeryshire He graduated as a 'Disgybl Pencerddaidd' at the second Caerwys eisteddfod in 1568. It appears from the satirical exchange of compositions which passed between him and Ifan Tew (Ieuan Tew II) that he was at one time a sergeant at Newtown in Cedewen (Cardiff MS. 65, f. 112). Fourteen of his poems are extant, mainly addressed to members of important families in the county. Edmund Prys judged that
BODVEL family Bodvel, Caerfryn, GWYN (BODVEL) (died 1611) was imprisoned for opposition to the earl of Leicester (son of his father's patron) as ranger of Snowdon forest, and while he was still in durance a commission was issued (1578) to Nicholas Robinson, bishop of Bangor, and Elis Prys to investigate his relations, as a 'known papist,' with his brother-in-law Hugh Owen of Plas Du (1538 - 1618) in exile at Brussels. No
CYNWAL, RICHARD (d. 1634), poet of Maes y Garnedd (?), Capel Garmon, Denbighshire His work, written in the strict metres, consists chiefly of poems to various North Walian gentry. He took pride especially in his position as family poet at Rhiwedog mansion (near Bala), and a bardic controversy ensued between Richard Phylip and himself because of this. He composed an eulogy to Tomas Prys of Plas Iolyn and an elegy to Siôn Phylip
CYNWAL, WILLIAM (d. 1587), poet best-known of his bardic controversies is the long one between Edmwnd Prys and himself. He also produced works of heraldry (e.g. Bangor MS. 5943), a chronicle (Peniarth MS 212), a grammar (Cardiff MS. 38), and part of a dictionary, extant in the hand of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) (NLW MS 13142A). A copy of his will, made shortly before his death, is kept at N.L.W. He was buried at Ysbyty Ifan
DAFYDD EMLYN (fl. 1603-1622), poet and cleric
DAFYDD WILIAM PRYS - see DAFYDD WILIAM PYRS
DAFYDD WILIAM PYRS (or PRYS) (fl. c. 1660), poet A native, it is said, of Cynwyd, Meironnydd. No details regarding his life are known, but at least two of his poems in free metres remain. One is entitled 'Hanes yr hen ŵr o'r coed,' and the other, in the form of a dialogue between two sisters, has alternate stanzas by Mathew Owen of Llangar and himself. Avoid confusing him with Dafydd Emlyn (Dafydd William Prys), fl. 1603-1622
DAFYDD WILLIAM PRYS (fl. 1603-1622), poet - see DAFYDD EMLYN
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner Gwilym Prys Davies was born on 8 December 1923 in Oswestry, Shropshire, the son of William Davies (1874-1949) and his wife Mary Matilda (née Roberts (1888-1974). His parents had moved from Llanegryn in Merionethshire in 1921 to run a guest house in Oswestry. He had one sister, Mairwen (1922-2004). The family moved back to Llanegryn when Gwilym was five, and he was brought up in Pen-y-Banc, a
DAVIES, JENNIE EIRIAN (1925 - 1982), journalist of Y Faner in 1979 was in many ways the high point of Jennie Eirian's career. This post gave her the opportunity to voice her opinions on current affairs, 'to weigh things up in the light of her beliefs,' as Gwilym Prys Davies put it. As editor she gave a platform to a wide range of political and social ideas and encouraged debate. And most important of all, the weekly national magazine gave Jennie
DAVIES, WILLIAM (1874 - 1949), local historian . He contributed much to Cymru, Yr Haul, Lleufer, Y Ford Gron, Heddiw, Y Dysgedydd, and Bathafarn. He also helped J. Bodfan Anwyl in the preparation of the fifth edition of Spurrell's dictionary. His chief work was Hanes plwyf Llanegryn, published in 1948. He married Mary Matilda Roberts (1888-1974), and they had one daughter, Mairwen (1922-2004), and one son, Gwilym Prys Davies (1923-2017).
EDWARDS, HUW THOMAS (1892 - 1970), trade unionist and politician Wales and Monmouth, effectively ended his political career. In the words of Labour's Gwilym Prys Davies he was no longer 'a force in the land.' Huw T felt obliged to resign from Flintshire County Council and lost contact with influential members of the Labour movement. His rebellion had little effect on Labour's dominance of Welsh politics, and he did not become a prominent figure in Plaid Cymru

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