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
REICHEL, Sir HENRY RUDOLF (1856 - 1931), principal of University College, Bangor single faculty the teachers of the University College and of the denominational colleges at Bangor (see under Thomas Rees, 1869 - 1926). With J. Viriamu Jones he played a leading part in the establishment in 1893 of the University of Wales, of which he was vice-chancellor for six periods. He championed successfully the ideal of a university whose primary functions should be teaching and research rather
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
RHIRID FLAIDD (fl. 1160), nobleman and warrior inheritance at Gest, would, if all this were true, have been a cousin of Madog ap Maredudd, last king of united Powys (died 1160). He is also said to have married Gwenllian, daughter of Ednyfed ap Rhiwallon of Brochdyn or Broughton, by whom he had two sons, Einion and Madog. From him the following families claimed descent - Lloyd of Rhiwaedog, the Myddelton of Gwaenynog and Chirk, the Vaughans of Glan-llyn
RHISIART OWEN (ap RHISIART) (fl. c. 1622) Y Lasynys,, poet Some of his work remains in manuscripts. This includes an elegy to Sir William Maurice of Clenennau, in Brogyntyn MS. 3 (175), cywyddau in praise of Humphrey Jones of Craflwyn, in Brogyntyn MS. 3 (204) and Llanstephan MS 125 (716), various englynion in NLW MS 566B (93b) and NLW MS 643B (78), and a poem in free metre which is found in NLW MS 566B (125). (It is not clear whether he is the poet
RHODRI ap GRUFFYDD (d. c. 1315), prince of Gwynedd this marriage - Thomas ap Rhodri, father of Owain ap Thomas ap Rhodri.
RHYS family, rhymesters and minstrels DAVID (1742? - 1824) was a carpenter. He composed popular carols and songs. He was a good musician and led the church choir. He died at Penygeulan. THOMAS (1750/51 - 1828) was noted for his wit and pungent songs. He died at Bont. MARY (1744? - 1842) also composed songs, but she was better known for her singing. They were about the last of the wandering minstrels and carol-singers in
RHYS ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1356), nobleman Carmarthen and Cardigan, passed to his son, Sir RHYS THE YOUNGER (born 1325). These unusually large Welsh estates for the period in which Sir Rhys flourished, and indeed the first of their kind in Wales, continued in the hands of his male descendants until the marriage towards the close of the 15th century of a sole remaining female descendant with Thomas ap Gruffudd ap Nicolas of Dinefwr; the eldest son
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 ERYRI (fl. early 15th century), poet was as follows - 'ap Dafydd ab Ieuan Llwyd.' His cywyddau to Gwilym ap Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Sir William Thomas of Raglan, and William Fychan ap Gwilym of Penrhyn, can be dated fairly easily. No poem by him to Owain Glyn Dŵr has been preserved, although there are suggestions in his poems to members of the Penrhyn family that his sympathies were with the adherents of Glyn Dŵr. Even if he did sing to

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