Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ALICE verch Griffith ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (fl. 1540-1570), a poetess Daughter of the gentleman poet, Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn Fychan (c. 1485 - 1553) of Llannerch in Llewenni Fechan, Denbighshire. Her mother was his first wife, Jonet, daughter of Richard ap Howel of Mostyn (died 1540). Alice (or Alice Wen) was born about 1520, and married, about 1540, David Lloyd ap Rees of Vaynol, one of the Lloyds of Wigfair. Her children were John Lloyd (died 1615
BARNES, EDWARD (fl. c. 1760-1795), poet and translator of religious books Mostyn, and published in Chester in 1765. NLW MS 843B, which was copied c. 1761, contains his sequence of englynion to the Deity. In 1784 appeared his translation of de Courcy's Letter of Advice …, in 1785 his translation of James Hervey's Meditations, and in 1792 of Theophilus Priestley's sermon on the death of Selina, countess of Huntingdon. In 1795 (?), at Chester, was printed A specimen of select
CADWALADR, Sir RHYS (fl. 1666-1690), cleric and poet Of Celynin, near Conway, according to Siôn Edwart, but of the 'College' in that town, according to his own testimony (Llanstephan MS 15 (37)). The first date we have for him is 1666; he wrote a poem to one of the Gwydir family in 1674 and many poems to various members of the Mostyn family, one being to Thomas Mostyn at the New Year, 1678. We have no further dated poem after 1689, when he wrote a
CEMLYN-JONES, Sir ELIAS WYNNE (1888 - 1966), public figure Born 16 May 1888 in Gwredog, Amlwch, Anglesey, son of John Cemlyn Jones, a solicitor from Caerphilly, and Gaynor Hannah, daughter of John Elias Jones, from Penmaen-mawr (and through his wife, of Gwredog, Amlwch), a prominent figure in the public life of Anglesey and an ardent Liberal. His father died when he was a child and he was educated privately: at Mostyn School, Parkgate, Cheshire, at
DAFYDD BAENTIWR (fl. c. 1500-1530?), a poet His only extant work is his bardic controversy (ymryson) with Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys Llwyd. It contains a poem addressed to Gruffydd by Dafydd, a poem in reply by Gruffydd, and another by Dafydd. This controversy is to be found in the following manuscripts - Cardiff 7, Mostyn 143, NLW MS 5269B, Peniarth MS 112 Peniarth MS 152; and parts of it in NLW MS 728D and Peniarth MS 78.
DAFYDD GOCH BRYDYDD o FUALLT (fl. end of the 16th century), poet 133, Llanstephan MS 134, Merthyr Tydfil MS., and Mostyn 145.
DAVIES, HUMPHREY (d. 1635), vicar of Darowen, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts silence of the Welsh poets he did not take a degree. He was vicar of Darowen from 1577 until his death in 1635. He wrote several collections of Welsh poetry, and at least seven of his manuscripts have survived: Gwyneddon 1, Llanstephan MS 35, Llanstephan MS 118, Mostyn 160, Bodewryd MS 1D, B.M. Add. 14933, and Brogyntyn 2. He compiled the latter for Dr. Theodore Price, nephew of his wife Jonet, daughter
DAVIES, JOHN (1652 - post 1716) Rhiwlas,, genealogist British Museum (B.M. Add. MSS. 9864-7). These show clearly the debt which John Davies owed to the labours of Lewis Dwnn. In 1716 his book, A Display of Herauldry, was published by John Roderick. It is full of interesting and valuable details, especially about the families of North Wales (see Moule, Bibliotheca Heraldica, 296-7). At the request of Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaeth, John Davies copied the
DAVIES, JOHN GLYN (1870 - 1953), scholar, songwriter and poet much labour he became dissatisfied with his terms of employment. In 1907 he was appointed to the staff of the library of the University of Liverpool and later as assistant to Professor Kuno Meyer in the Celtic department of the University. When Meyer retired in 1920, Glyn Davies was appointed head of the department and remained in that post until he retired in 1936; he lived at Mostyn and Denbigh
DAVIES-COOKE family Gwysaney, Llannerch, Gwysaney, Griffith ap Howel, fifth in descent from Elstan Glodrydd. The patronymic Davies was first assumed by JOHN AP DAVID, who married Jane, widow of Richard Mostyn and daughter of Thomas Salisbury, of Leadbroke, Flintshire. They had three children - two sons, Robert and John, and a daughter, Catherine, who married Edward Morgan of Golden Grove, Flintshire. ROBERT DAVIES (?- 1600), who succeeded to the family
DOLBEN family Segrwyd, ; Camb. Quart. Mag., i, 72; Hist. MSS. Com., Portland, i, 475-6; C.J., vii, 791). JOHN DOLBEN (died 1709), son of the Royalist colonel, was in 1684 one of a commission of ten on concealed Crown lands in Denbighshire (Cal. Treasury Books, vii, 1132). With him the direct male line died out, the estate passing through his daughter to her husband John Mostyn, great-grandson of Sir Roger Mostyn (died 1642
EDWARDS, ROBERT (1796 - 1862), musician Details of his birth and parentage are not known. He started his career as a miller in Melin Gwibnant, near Mostyn, Flintshire. Removing to Liverpool as a carter, he afterwards rose to be a foreman or superintendent under the Bridgewater Trust, a post which he held for the remainder of his life. He was connected with the music at Bedford Street Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Liverpool, for twenty

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