Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SALUSBURY family Lleweni, Bachygraig, and the squires of North Wales he was careful to keep on the right side of the earl. This Sir John must be clearly distinguished from his uncle, JOHN SALUSBURY, fourth son of Sir Thomas Salusbury; unfortunately, in the past, activities, and even the pseudonym, of the uncle have generally been attributed to the nephew. John Salusbury the uncle (nicknamed 'Siôn y Bodiau,' i.e. 'John of the Thumbs
SAUNDERS, EVAN (d. 1742), deacon at Undergrove, Lampeter, 26 April 1812, at the age of 81. He published Antigraphon; neu Wrthargraphiad Sion, yn achos y Cam-achwyniad a gafodd … mewn Llyfr Newydd, a elwir Amddiffyniad o'r Eglwys Grist'nogol, yn bedyddio Plant Bychain, 1780, and an elegy (Marwnad), 1791, on William Williams, Pantycelyn. His nephew, son of Thomas Saunders, was David Saunders 'II', minister at Zion chapel, Merthyr
SILS ap SION (fl. end of the 16th century), bard To judge by one reference in his cywydd on husbandry, it may be thought that he lived (as Iolo Morganwg maintained) not far from the confines of Radyr and Llandaff. One book of pedigrees refers to a Sils ap Siôn who lived in the commote of Miskin - it is possible that this may have been the bard. A small collection of his work and that of some of his contemporaries, is preserved (probably in his
SIMON, BEN (c. 1703 - 1793), dissenter and copyist Iolo Morganwg made use of some of them at a later date. Ben Simon was also closely connected with Siôn Rhydderch. His best-known ballad is Marwnad ar Farwolaeth …, 17 o Ddynion yng Waith Glo'r Wern Fraith, ger-llaw Castell Nedd yn Sir Forgannwg, 1758. Another of his elegies was printed as a supplement to Llawlyfr Ysgrythyrawl, 1756.
SIMWNT FYCHAN (c. 1530 - 1606), poet containing his genealogical collections is in the Cardiff Public Library, and there are several other manuscripts containing his work in the various libraries. Some of his cywyddau have been published, his 'pattern' awdl to Piers Mostyn, which he showed at the Caerwys eisteddfod of 1568, is printed in the grammar, (1592), of Siôn Dafydd Rhys. In 1571 was printed a page showing an epigram by the Latin poet
SION ap DAFYDD ap SIENCYN - see SION DAFYDD ap SIENCYN
SIÔN ap HOWEL ab OWAIN (1550? - 1626/7), translator Snowdon Forest. There is a copy of the beginning of Siôn ap Howel's Welsh translation of Rhetorica ad Herennium in Llanfair and Brynodol MS. 2 at the National Library of Wales. He died in 1626/7 and was buried in the choir of Llanystumdwy church.
SION ap HYWEL ap LLYWELYN FYCHAN, poet
SIÔN ap SIÔN - see JOHN, JOHN ap
SIÔN ap y BEDO ap DAFYDD ap HYWEL ap TUDUR - see SION CERI
SION BRWYNOG (d. 1567?), poet , daughter of Owen ap Ifan ap Madog of Ucheldre, Llanfflewyn, and they had a son, William Brwynog. Siôn Brwynog died in 1562, according to an elegy by Gruffudd Hiraethog (Bodleian MS. 31440, f. 4, 176-80), and was buried in Llanddeusant churchyard.
SION CAIN (c. 1575 - c. 1650), herald bard

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