Dictionary of Welsh Biography

REES, WILLIAM JENKINS (1772 - 1855), cleric and antiquary . A better idea of his output may be obtained by looking at the great collection of his letters ('Tonn MSS.') in the Cardiff City Library. He was one of the most zealous of the band of literary clergymen (such as John Jenkins and Thomas Price) who were reviving the eisteddfod and helping to resurrect the Cymmrodorion Society - for this see Helen Ramage in Cymm., 1951, ch. v. He was also on the
REES, WILLIAM THOMAS (Alaw Ddu; 1838 - 1904), musician Born 29 September 1838 in the village of Pwll-y-glaw, near Pont-rhyd-y-fen, Glamorganshire, the son of Thomas and Mary Rees, natives of Laleston, near Bridgend, Glamorganshire. The family moved to Aberdare in 1851 where, after the death of his father, the son began to work, when still young, in a coal-mine. He came under the influence of John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) and other musicians who lived
RELLY family him with Antincmianism, though it would seem that (at any rate at first) his views were rather Quietist - he and his brother for a short while (1750-3) joined John Harris 'of S. Kennox ' (1704 - 1763) in forming a small independent sect. Afterwards, James Relly became a ' Universalist,' and moved to London, preaching at first at Coachmakers' Hall, then at Bartholomew Close, and finally (1769-78) at
RELLY, JOHN (d. 1777), Universalist preacher - see RELLY
REYNOLDS, JOHN (fl. 1739), antiquary Son of Jacob Reynolds of Chirk Margaret, third daughter of Edward Davies of Rhiwlas, Llansilin, and a sister of John Davies (1652 - post 1716), the well-known genealogist. He married Eleanor, daughter of John Burgess of Oswestry, and resided in that town. He was himself an antiquary and made great use of the manuscripts of his uncle, John Davies, which came into his possession after the death of
REYNOLDS, JOHN (1759 - 1824), Baptist minister Born early in 1759 at Treglemais, Pembrokeshire, the property of his father. He and a younger brother lost their parents before 1772. He was baptized at Llangloffan in 1778, began to preach in 1785, and was ordained, 'by the laying of hands' in 1788; later he was to disapprove of this method. When Felinganol Baptist church was incorporated he took charge of it, in association with John Clun, his
REYNOLDS, JONATHAN OWAIN (Nathan Dyfed; 1814 - 1891), author with the Thomas Stephens MSS. described on pages 66, 71-7 in the same volume). These manuscripts are evidence of Reynolds's great services to Welsh and Celtic studies. He was on friendly terms with (Sir) John Rhys (see, e.g., NLW MSS 998C) and other Celtic scholars. It was he who saw through the press (1893) the famous essay written in 1858 by Thomas Stephens on the Madoc legend. NLW MS 986C and NLW
RHYDDERCH, JOHN - see RODERICK, JOHN
RHYS ap THOMAS Sir (1449 - 1525), chief Welsh supporter of Henry VII was the third son of Thomas ap Gruffudd ap Nicolas. His grandfather, Gruffudd ap Nicolas, had in 1440 leased the lordship of Dinefwr for a period of sixty years and thus laid the foundation of the family fortunes. His father, Thomas ap Gruffudd, had strengthened the position of the family by his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John Gruffydd of Abermarlais, who could claim
RHYS CAIN (d. 1614), herald bard The older biographical dictionaries make him a native of Trawsfynydd, but it is more probable that he took his bardic name from another river Cain, in Mechain Iscoed. His pedigree is traced from Edwin, king of Tegeingl. His father was Rheinallt ap John Wynn, and his paternal grandmother was a daughter of Thomas Ireland of Oswestry, in which town he also resided for the greater part of his life
RHYS GOCH GLYNDYFRDWY (fl. c. 1460), poet Like Guto'r Glyn he too sang the praises of the five sons of Llywelyn ab Hwlcyn of Anglesey, generous patrons of the bardic order. There were family ties between Llywelyn's descendants and the Pulestons, and Rhys Goch wrote an elegy on the death of John Puleston, heir of Emral. His elegy on the death of Rosier ap Siôn is interesting in that it refers to the celebrated cywydd by Gruffudd Llwyd ap
RHYS GOGH ap RHICCERT ., 1848, 228-51, which Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) claimed to have found in a manuscript book in the possession of John Bradford. Iolo also claimed that Rhys Goch had retained the use of the original Welsh metres, and as the Normans (acording to Iolo) had brought the influence of the troubadours to Wales, he held that a romantic school had arisen in Glamorgan early in the 12th century (see Llanover

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