Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GWERFUL MECHAIN (1462? - 1500), poetess All that is known of her is that she was the daughter of Hywel Fychan of Mechain in Powys, confirmation of which is to be found in a cywydd written by Dafydd Llwyd, who sent Llywelyn ap Gutun to her with an expression of his love. It is known that bits of her poems were still preserved in the memory of country folk as late as the 19th century, for both Ap Vychan and Sir Owen M. Edwards refer to
GWYN, JOHN (d. 1574), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor which the college could nominate from the three counties. Among those who benefited from the bequest were Griffith's son Owen Gwynn, master of S. John's, his great-grand-nephew John Williams, archbishop of York, David Dolben, bishop of Bangor and several members of the Bodwrda family. In consequence of a decree in chancery in 1650 the fellowships were extinguished on the ground that the estate could
GWYN, OWEN (d. 1633), master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN
GWYN, OWEN, master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN
GWYN, OWEN, master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see GWYN, JOHN
GWYNN, HARRI (1913 - 1985), writer and broadcaster , to return to the countryside and to Wales in particular', Harri threw up a comfortable job and a salary of nearly one thousand pounds a year and bought a 34-acre smallholding, Tyddyn Cwcallt, near Rhoslan in Eifionydd. A close neighbour Bob Owen, Croesor, opined that they were 'mad'. This was the first experience either of them had had of farming, even though Harri's childhood home, Garth Celyn
GWYNN, OWEN (d. 1633), master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN
GWYNN, OWEN, master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN
GWYNN, OWEN, master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see GWYN, JOHN
GWYNNE, OWEN (d. 1633), master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN
GWYNNE, OWEN, master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see WYNN
GWYNNE, OWEN, master of S. John's College, Cambridge - see GWYN, JOHN

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