Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUGHES, ROBERT ARTHUR (1910 - 1996), medical missionary in Shillong, Meghalaya, north-east India, and an influential leader in the Presbyterian Church of Wales . Andrew Jones, Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, Aled Jones, Gwyn A. Evans and Alwyn Roberts. The first three lectures were expanded and published in a volume under the title The Call and Contribution of Dr Robert Arthur Hughes OBE, FRCS 1910-1996 and some of his predecessors in North East India (Liverpool 2004).
HUW ap DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN ap MADOG (fl. c. 1526-1580), poet of whose life nothing is known. A few examples of his poetry remain in manuscripts; these include an elegy upon Tudur Aled and a poem of praise to Pirs Griffith.
IEUAN DEULWYN (fl. c. 1460), poet composed by Hywel Rheinallt (or Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys, according to one manuscript - see Mynegai) to Ieuan Deulwyn and three other poets, Dafydd Nanmor, Deio ap Ieuan Du, and Tudur Penllyn remains, and also one composed by Tudur Aled to Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Rhys Nanmor, and Ieuan Deulwyn.
IOLO GOCH (c. 1325 - c. 1400), poet Iolo Goch was a poet from the Vale of Clwyd, son of Ithel Goch ap Cynwrig ab Iorwerth ap Cynwrig Ddewis Herod from the lineage of Hedd ab Alunog of Uwch Aled, one of the Fifteen Tribes of Gwynedd. His mother was Ithel Goch's second wife, and is not named in his genealogy [?]. The names of two brothers are recorded, Gruffudd and Tudur Goch. Iolo was originally a hypocoristic form of Iorwerth (the
IORWERTH FYNGLWYD (fl. c. 1480-1527), bard Thomas where he met Tudur Aled. His elegy was sung by Lewis Morgannwg, son of his old bardic teacher. He himself was the father of Rhisiart Iorwerth (or Rhisiart Fynglwyd), one of the most important Glamorgan bards of about the middle of the 16th century. Iorwerth Fynglwyd can be regarded as the greatest of the Glamorgan cywyddwyr. He was master of the conventional eulogy as practised by the bards
IORWERTH GLAN ALED - see ROBERTS, EDWARD
ITHEL ap RHOTPERT or ROBERT (fl. 1357-1382), archdeacon cathedral chapters), records that patron and poet had been pupils of the same master in their youth. Iolo's dependence upon Ithel seems indeed to have become something of a byword among the bards - Tudur Aled has three references to it (G.T.A., i, 115 and 182, ii, 469).
JOHNS, DAVID (fl. 1569-1586), cleric and poet A native of Merioneth. In a letter to be found in B.M. MS. 9817 he calls himself 'David Johns al's ap John ap Hugh ap Howel,' and 'Howel ap Jenkyn o Ynys y Maengwyn,' in whose praise Tudur Aled had written, was his ancestor. David ap John was ordained deacon on 1 November 1569, and priest (' David ap John, alias Johns ') Christmas Day 1570. He was collated to Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, 22 September
JONES, ROBERT (Trebor Aled; 1866 - 1917), poet and Baptist minister
JONES, Sir THOMAS ARTEMUS (1871 - 1943), journalist, judge and historian , contained articles by him under the nom-de-plume 'Demos' criticising the lay magistracy. Under the title 'Gwaliaphobia' and with the pen-name 'Rhydwen Aled', he counter-attacked writers in the English press who decried Wales (Welsh Outlook, October and November 1932). The volume Without My Wig contains a number of his articles on legal matters and the fruits of his researches in Welsh history. Among the
JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar in Iwerddon (1919), Peth nas lleddir (1921), Awen y Gwyddyl (1922) and in many essays. He obtained an M.A. (Wales) in 1914 for his dissertation 'Bardism and Romance'. His other main academic publications were: Gwaith Tudur Aled (1926), the fruits of many years' work; a detailed introduction to Dwyfol Gân Dante, Daniel Rees's translation of Divina Commedia (1903); Cofiant Emrys ap Iwan (1912
LEWIS DARON (fl. c. 1520), a poet He hailed from Aberdaron. His patrons included the families of Bodeon, Bodfel, Cochwillan, Glynllifon, and Gwydir. He was also one of the poets who wrote an elegy on the death of Tudur Aled. According to Peniarth MS 122 (122) he was buried at Nevin, though other sources state that he was buried at Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire. A selection of his work was published by Myrddin Fardd in Cynfeirdd

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