Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ADDA FRAS (1240? - 1320?), poet and writer of prophecies Dafydd ap Gwilym a'i gyfoeswyr 156 he is associated by Gruffudd Gryg (c. 1340 - 1412) with Casnodyn (c. 1290 - 1340). The years 1240 - 1320, therefore, would not be far wrong as the period of his life. He was buried in Maenan Abbey, near Conway, an abbey founded in 1186 (Gwaith Tudur Aled, i, 83). According to Llanstephan MS. 133 (617), his bardic teacher was Wmbar. Later poets in the elegies which
BEDO HAFESP (fl. 1568-1585), poet of Montgomeryshire his skill was equal to that of poets like Owain Gwynedd, Siôn Tudur, Ifan Tew, Rhys Cain, etc. (Llanstephan MS 43 (22)). The last date appertaining to him is 1585, when he wrote a poem on the death of Siôn Gruffydd of Llŷn.
CHARLES, JOHN ALWYN (1924 - 1977), minister (Cong.) and college lecturer after. During the seven last years of his life, however, he was forced on account of heart disease to curtail his travelling, and it was arranged for him during that period to serve on a regular basis in the pulpit of the church at Bethesda, Bethesda. Principal R. Tudur Jones stated that Alwyn Charles possessed 'a clear and bright mind and since the light of the Bible was as a lamp to his feet, he
CLOUGH, Sir RICHARD (d. 1570), merchant, and (for a period) 'factor' for Sir Thomas Gresham in Antwerp 40 years of age when he died. Welsh elegies were composed upon his death by Siôn Tudur, Simwnt Vychan, and William Cynwal; there are two such elegies by Cynwal in NLW MS 6496C (facsimile of a Christ Church, Oxford, manuscript). Cynwal has two other interesting poems in the same manuscript written to Clough and Katherine - one a 'kowydd' to send a hawk to greet 'ric. Klwch a meistres Katrin' when
CYNFRIG ap DAFYDD GOCH (fl. c. 1420), poet Several of his cywyddau are preserved, among them two in praise of Wiliam of Penrhyn, a cywydd gofyn, and one to Tudur ap Iorwerth Sais (Rhys ap Cynfrig Coch in Cwrtmawr MS 244B (52), Gruffydd Gryg in Llanstephan MS 11 (105), Peniarth MS 64 (122), NLW MS 3047C (793)).
DAFYDD ab IEUAN ab IORWERTH (d. 1503), bishop of St Asaph According to the pedigrees, he was descended from Tudur ap Rhys Sais. The family was seated in Trefor, near Llangollen, perhaps in ' Gavella Rosseriet ' (G. P. Jones, Extent of Chirkland, 15). He became warden of Ruthin and abbot of Valle Crucis, succeeding in the latter office John ap Richard (Peniarth MS 176 (53)). As abbot, he was a liberal patron of the bards, and both Gutun Owain and Guto'r
DAFYDD ap MAREDUDD ap TUDUR (fl. 1460) Tregynon, poets
DAFYDD ap SIANCYN (SIENCYN) ap DAFYDD ap y CRACH (fl. mid 15th century), Lancastrian partisan and poet The history of the Gwydir family: from his eyrie on Carreg-y-gwalch (near Llanrwst) he kept the Yorkists out of the commote of Nanconwy till 1468, and raided the surrounding country. Ieuan ap Gruffydd Leiaf and Tudur Penllyn sang his praises. Though Tudur, in his cywydd to him, extols his poetic skill, only three englynion of Dafydd's are extant. One of these is addressed to Tudur Penllyn. The other
DAFYDD NANMOR (fl. 15th century), poet Ieuan Du, and Tudur Penllyn, all died about the same time; this causes much trouble and some difference of opinion among editors. It is difficult to think of one year in which to bury them all together. At the present time the choice lies between c. 1485 and c. 1490, it being remembered that the 'circa' is emphasized. Dafydd Nanmor was fond of puzzles (gorchestion) or abstruse questions : he liked to
DAFYDD TREFOR Syr (d. 1528?), cleric and bard dictus dominus david ap hoell ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth Rector ecclesie pariochialis de llanallgo in comitatu anglesega' (N.L.W. Carreglwyd document 1824). An elegy on him by Ieuan ap Madoc seems to suggest that he died in 1527 or early in 1528 - Ieuan ap Madoc refers in his elegy to the death of two other contemporary bards, Tudur Aled (died 1526) and Lewis Môn (died 1527). Edward Lhuyd says that Dafydd
DAVID ab OWEN (d. 1512), abbot and bishop scholarship and learning. See poems by Bedo Brwynllys, Dafydd Amharedudd ap Tudur, Gruffudd ap Llywelyn Fychan (2), Guto'r Glyn, Hywel Rheinallt, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Ieuan Deulwyn, Ieuan Llwyd Brydydd, Lewis Môn (2), Owain ap Llywelyn Moel, Rhys Pennardd, Tudur Aled (9), and William Egwad.
DAVIES, CASSIE JANE (1898 - 1988), educator and Welsh nationalist Cassie Davies was born in Blaencaron, near Tregaron, on 20 March 1898. She was christened Cathrin Jane, but was known throughout her life as Cassie. One of ten children, six boys and four girls, she was raised on a mountain farm, Cae Tudur, where her family's history stretched back as far as the seventeenth century. Her father, John, led the singing at Blaencaron chapel and had a melodious tenor

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