Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PEATE, IORWERTH CYFEILIOG (1901 - 1982), Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum, 1948-1971, scholar and poet radical tradition of 'Yr Hen Gapel' (the old Congregational chapel of Llanbryn-Mair) with its emphasis on Reason and Freedom. He claimed a family link with Samuel Roberts (1800-1885), the main upholder of that tradition. He recognised in W. J. Gruffydd (whom he came to know when he moved to Cardiff and became his neighbour in Rhiwbina) a kindred spirit sharing the same ideas on religion, literature
PERRI, HENRY (1560/1 - 1617) Maes Glas (Greenfield) that there are only two branches of rhetoric - 'elocutio' and 'pronuntiatio.' Salesbury's views were somewhat different. Moreover, he rejected some of Salesbury's terms and borrowed others from the grammars of Siôn Dafydd Rhys and Gruffydd Robert. His eulogy of the art of rhetoric in the introduction to this book is highly typical of the Renaissance. He was descended from the Tudor family of
PHILIPPS family Cwmgwili, Claiming descent from the same stock as Philipps family of Picton and Kilsant, the Cwmgwili family played a prominent part in Carmarthenshire affairs in the 18th and 19th cents. GRISMOND PHILIPPS (died 1740) inherited Cwmgwili from his great-uncle Gruffydd Lloyd who died in 1713 and was high sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1715. His son, GRIFFITH PHILIPPS (c. 1720 - 1781), was called to the Bar at
PHYLIP family, poets Ardudwy A family of Welsh poets who lived in Ardudwy, Meironnydd, in the 16th and 17th cents.. Their period ranges from c. 1543, in which year Siôn Phylip was probably born, to 1678, when probate was granted of the will of Phylip Siôn Phylip, one of his sons. The royalist poet, William Phylip, is usually accounted of the group. The two brothers, Siôn and Rhisiart, and Siôn's two sons, Gruffydd and Phylip
PHYLIP, GRUFFYDD (d. 1666), poet - see PHYLIP
PIERCE, ELLIS (Elis o'r Nant; 1841 - 1912), author of historical romances and bookseller Rhobert (Dolyddelen, 1880); Yr Ymfudwr Cymreig (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1883); A Guide to Nant Conway (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1884); Rhamant Hanesyddol: Gruffydd ab Cynan (Dolyddelen and Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1885); Gwilym Morgan (Bala, 1890); Syr Williams o Benamnen (Caernarvon, 1894); Teulu'r Gilfach (Caernarvon, 1897); and Dafydd ab Siencyn yr Herwr, a Rhys yr Arian Daear (Caernarvon, 1905). He contributed
POWEL, DAVID (c.1540 - 1598), cleric and historian and her father's right to the principality of Wales. To him, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's heir was Dafydd ap Llywelyn - Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and his sons, Llywelyn and Dafydd, to Powel, were not in the legitimate succession; accordingly, on the death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, his heir was his sister, Gwladus Ddu, whose rights descended to the Mortimer family. In other words, the claim of Henry
PRICE, THOMAS (Carnhuanawc; 1787 - 1848), historian and antiquary on the origin of races. His greatest work, 'Hanes Cymru a Chenedl y Cymry o'r Cynoesodd hyd at Farwolaeth Llewelyn ap Gruffydd' (A History of Wales to the Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd) appeared in fourteen parts between 1836 and 1842. Though this careful work was marred by a cumbrous Anglicized style and an inadequate conception of the historian's task, no worthier history of Wales appeared for
PRITCHARD, MICHAEL (c. 1709 - 1733), poet '; ' Cywydd Marwnad Owen Gruffudd, Llanystumdwy ' (Owen Gruffydd (1643 - 1730)), Englynion Duwiol ' (written about 1727); ' Englynion i'r Dderwen y dihangodd Charles II iddi am ei hoedl rhag y Rowndiaid.' Pritchard's death has been variously dated, but his friend Hugh Hughes (Bardd Coch, 1693 - 1776), in his elegy upon him states that he died in 1733, aged 24, at Llanfechell, and was buried there 3 July
PRYS, EDMWND (1544 - 1623), archdeacon of Merioneth, and poet (died 11 January 1624/5), the poet. He was not a cleric and is, therefore, not the Ffoulk Price, B.A., who received the living of Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire, 21 July 1670. Like his father before him he lived at Tyddyn-du, and it is as Ffowc Price of Tyddyndu that Gruffydd Phylip refers to him in the elegy which he wrote for him. He, too, had written an elegy for Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, and a flyting
PULESTON family Emral, Plas-ym-mers, Hafod-y-wern, Llwynycnotiau, -wern, in the same area, had come into possession of the Puleston family through the marriage of JOHN PULESTON of Plas-ym-mers, a grandson of the Robert and Lowry, previously mentioned, and Alswn, daughter and heiress of Hywel ap Ieuan ap Gruffydd of Hafod-y-wern. JOHN PULESTON (' HEN '), of Hafod-y-wern, the eldest son of this John Puleston, fought at Bosworth, and for his services on that occasion
PUW family, prominent Roman Catholic family Penrhyn Creuddyn, India. Robert Puw, Gwilym Puw, and Siôn Puw were the most celebrated of the sons. The other three lived in exile; Gruffydd went to Ireland, Herbert died in France, and Ifan in Spain. ROBERT PUW (alias ROBERT PHYLIP) (1609 - 1679), author, priest, and Roman Catholic martyr Literature and Writing Religion Second son of Phylip Puw (above) and Gaynor Gwyn, of Penrhyn Creuddyn, Caernarfonshire, and brother

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