Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HYWEL HEILIN (fl. 15th c.), poet nothing is known of his life. Some of his work is extant in manuscript, including two love poems and a cywydd in praise of Ieuan Llwyd of Glyn Aeron.
IEUAN ap RHYDDERCH ap IEUAN LLWYD (fl. 1430-1470), gentleman and poet Vychan ap Ieuan ap Rhys ap Llawdden,' and (2) ' Mawd, daughter of Sir William Clement, lord of Tregaron.' It is difficult to decide whether there were two men called Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd, or whether the poet's father married a third time. Ieuan is usually connected with two districts in Cardiganshire, but the earliest extant manuscripts link him with Genau'r Glyn rather than with the vale of Aeron
JAMES, DANIEL (Gwyrosydd; 1847 - 1920), poet . She died in 1895. Gwyrosydd left two sons and two daughters. Much of his verse, unassuming and very popular, appeared first in periodicals and newspapers, but collections of it were also published: Caneuon Gwyrosydd (Plas-marl, 1885), Caniadau Gwyrosydd (Cwmafan, 1892) (this includes the extremely popular hymn 'Calon Lân'), and Aeron Awen Gwyrosydd (Mountain Ash, 1898); the first two were reprinted
JENKINS, DANIEL (1856 - 1946), schoolmaster and devotee of Welsh literature and music . In 1898 he was elected to the Cardiganshire county council and became first secretary of the Vale of Aeron Bull Club in the same year. He was chairman of the Cardiganshire Beekeepers Association, and a member of the Welsh Cob Society from 1903, the Welsh Folk Song Society, the Gorsedd of Bards, etc. He was a prominent figure on the national eisteddfod field and was universally known as the
JONES family Llwyn-rhys, added at right angles to the house to serve, it is said, as the meeting house. Preaching continued there until 19 October 1735. The house became an irreparable ruin about 1918. John Jones (1640? - 1722) traced his descent, through his father, John ap Ieuan Lloyd, from the Clements, lords of Caron, and through his mother, Angharad, daughter of Ieuan ap Thomas, from Rhydderch of Glyn Aeron (Golden Grove
JONES, JOHN HENRY (1909 - 1985), educationist and translator had done, for academic distinction in a university setting. It also meant, just as importantly, that all who wished to stay and work in their home area should be thoroughly and effectively prepared for realising their goals: testimony to his vision was the Farmers' Education Centre established in Felinfach, Vale of Aeron, and also the Further Education College, the College of Librarianship Wales and
JONES, JOSEPH (1877 - 1950), principal of the Memorial College, Brecon leave school for the coal mine. He began as a lamp-boy and subsequently worked as an engineer for a number of years. Soon it became evident that he had the makings of a scholar and preacher, and encouraged by the wholehearted support of the church at Moriah and its minister, the Rev. H. Aeron Davies, and the energetic, successful efforts of his mother in her milk business, Joseph Jones decided to
LEWES, EVELYN ANNA (c. 1873 - 1961), author One of the three children of Major Price Lewes, adjutant of the Pembroke militia, and his wife Florence (née Kinnear, of Halifax, Nova Scotia); born c. 1873 in Canada, but brought up at Poyston, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and educated privately. About 1902 the family moved to Tyglyn Aeron, Cardiganshire, one of the seats of the Lewes family who had taken a prominent part in Cardiganshire for
LLYWELYN BRYDYDD HODDNANT (fl. c. 1300-1350), poet Iolo Morganwg connected him with Glamorgan, but the fact is that there are rivers in Radnorshire and Pembrokeshire called Hoddnant, in addition to that near Llantwit Major in Glamorgan. Two examples of his work are preserved in the Hendregadredd MS. and some other MSS., these being two awdlau addressed to Ieuan ap Gruffudd Foel of the Aeron valley in Cardiganshire.
MAELGWN ap RHYS (c. 1170 - 1230), lord of Ceredigion Llywelyn in 1211 which no doubt induced him to pass over to Llywelyn's side. The latter's continued distrust, nevertheless, is seen in the partition of the 'lord' Rhys's dominions made under Llywelyn's supervision in 1216, when Maelgwn was excluded from all territory lying north of the Aeron. He died at Llannerch-aeron late in the year 1230, and was buried at Strata Florida, being succeeded by his son
OWAIN ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1236), prince of Deheubarth ' Rhys's dominions in 1216 gave him lands north of the Aeron, which were extended to cover the greater part of northern Ceredigion when Rhys Ieuanc died in 1222. He died at Strata Florida on 18 January 1236 and was buried there alongside his parents and brother. He was succeeded by one son - Maredudd.
PRYSE family Gogerddan, Trefnant has a cywydd (Cwrtmawr MS 12B) which was written when David Lloyd went on a pilgrimage to Rome, whilst in the same manuscript is a poem written by Gutyn Coch Brydydd to Rhys and to his father, David Lloyd. Ieuan ap Rhydderch ap Ieuan Lloyd, gentleman and bard, of Glyn Aeron, was probably a great-uncle of David Lloyd; Ieuan ap Rhydderch, who is separately noticed, was the son of a one-time owner

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