Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORTIMER, ROGER de (1256? - 1326), lord of Chirk third son of Roger de Mortimer, sixth baron of Wigmore (see preceding article), and Matilda, daughter of William de Braose. His first connection with Chirkland came in 1282, when he was granted the lands of Llywelyn Fychan, comprising the area around Chirk, the practical effect of the grant being to set up in his favour a new marcher lordship of Chirk. He was called upon to play a conspicuous
MORUS ap LLYWELYN - see MORUS MAWDDWY
MORUS MAWDDWY (fl. c. 1540-1570), poet
MORYS ap HYWEL (ap TUDUR) (fl. c. 1530), a poet no details are known concerning his life, although a number of his poems remain in manuscripts. They include a number on religious themes, and some addressed to Siôn Wyn of Y Tŵr (Mold), Edward Puleston of Emral, and Llywelyn ap Ieuan ap Hywel of Moelyrch.
MORYS, HUW (Eos Ceiriog; 1622 - 1709), poet lands in the commotes of Rhiwlas and Hafodgynfor, at the time of his marriage to Gwen, daughter of Thomas ap Llywelyn ap John of Rhiwlas. As far as we know the poet had two brothers, John, his senior (it appears that Huw made his home with him), and Humphrey, his junior. We have no proof that he received a better schooling than was the common lot of boys of his locality, though it is possible that he
MOSTYN family Mostyn Hall, and Sir Roger Salusbury (of Lleweni) and they were assisted by the bards Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan and Tudur Aled. Thomas Pennant, (Hist. of Whiteford. …) described a visit paid to Mostyn by Henry of Richmond (Henry VII). Richard ap Hywel, who fought for Henry at Bosworth and had for some time before his death been sinecure rector of Whitford, Flintshire, died at Mostyn on 7 February 1539
NANNEY family Nannau, Nannau, which is in Llanfachreth parish, Meironnydd, stands 700 feet above the level of the sea, and has been for centuries the home of one of the most powerful families in the county. The 'sprouting root,' according to the bards, was Ynyr Hen, who flourished 1200-50; his son, Ynyr Fychan, took the credit of helping to capture the rebel Madog ap Llywelyn in 1295 and of handing him over to the
NEST (fl. 1120), princess of Deheubarth Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, Nest, the wife of Bernard Newmarch, and Nest, daughter of Gruffydd ap Rhys.
OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1236), prince of Deheubarth joint heir with Rhys Ieuanc of Gruffydd, eldest son of the 'lord' Rhys. His mother was Matilda, daughter of William de Breos. Though at times temporarily in opposition to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, he and his brother found in the prince of Gwynedd a powerful patron and defender against their uncles - Rhys Gryg and Maelgwn. Originally endowed with land in Cantref Bychan, the re-division of the 'lord
OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD (fl. 1260), prince of Gwynedd eldest son of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn by Senena, and brother of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. Some years a prisoner of his brother, Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Henry III secured to him a portion of Snowdonia by the treaty of Woodstock (1247). Again deprived by Llywelyn after Bryn Derwin (1254), he spent another long period in confinement, until Llywelyn was obliged to release him after the humiliating defeat of
OWAIN ap LLYWELYN ap MOEL y PANTRI (fl. 15th century), poet - see LLYWELYN ap MOEL Y PANTRI
OWAIN ap THOMAS ap RHODRI (d. 1378), soldier of fortune and pretender to the principality of Wales Son of Thomas ap Rhodri ap Gruffydd by one Cecilia - he was therefore a great-great-grandson of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth and a great-nephew of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. Born c. 1330, probably on Thomas's estate of Tatsfield in Surrey, he appears to have entered the service of Philip VI of France while still quite young, and except for a brief interval of less than twelve months, spent the remainder of

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