Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GUTO'R GLYN (fl. second half of the 15th century), bard Crucis, his place of refuge and sanctuary when he was old and blind. But his greatest strength as a bard is seen in his poems of praise and his elegies. Guto'r Glyn was brought up in Glyn Ceiriog, the vale after which he is named. From that district he could journey easily to nine out of ten noble houses where he received a welcome in the course of his long life. Corwen was within reach; from there he
HOWELL, GWILYM (1705 - 1775), almanac-maker and poet edition, Eos Ceiriog, of Huw Morys's work, he made extensive use of this material. Howell's almanacs, Tymhorol Newyddion o'r Wybren, were of high literary standard; they included the works of poets contemporary with the Anglesey Morrises as well as extracts from the earlier poets such as Wiliam Cynwal, Siôn Tudur, and Huw Morys. He published a series of ten, the first being for the year 1766. As he was
HUGHES, JOHN (CEIRIOG) (Ceiriog; 1832 - 1887), poet Born at Pen-y-bryn, Llanarmon-Dyffryn-Ceiriog, Denbighshire, 25 September 1832 [see Hughes, John, 1796-1860]. Early in 1849 he went to Manchester where, after about three months, he obtained a situation as clerk in the London Road goods station. At that time there were in Manchester Welshmen like Creuddynfab, R. J. Derfel, Idris Fychan, Meudwy Môn, and others; four of these - Creuddynfab, R. J
HUGHES, JOHN (1796 - 1860), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Born at Adwy'r Clawdd near Wrexham 11 February 1796, son of Hugh (a carpenter) and Mary Hughes, and grandson of Richard Hughes, Sarffle, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog; he was thus a brother of the Wrexham printer Richard Hughes, and a second-cousin of the poet John Ceiriog Hughes. He began preaching in 1813, and in 1815 began keeping school in various places; in 1819 he opened a school at Wrexham
HUW CEIRIOG (fl. c. 1560-1600), poet eisteddfod. The following manuscripts contain examples of his work: B.M. Add. MS. 14894; Cardiff MS. 63; Llanstephan MS 118; NLW MS 3048D; NLW MS 6496C, NLW MS 8330B; Peniarth MS 84 (Llyfr Dafydd Cayo), Peniarth MS 104. The name Hywel Ceiriog appears instead of Huw in some manuscript lists of the 1568 Caerwys graduate poets (e.g. Peniarth MS 121 (215), Peniarth MS 144 (268)); and a bardic controversy
HUW LLŶN (fl. c. 1552-1594), poet Mawddwy, and another between him and Wiliam Cynwal and four other poets, Wiliam Llŷn, Ieuan Tew, Siôn Phylip and Hywel Ceiriog. An example of his handwriting is found in Llanstephan MS 40 (149-156).
HYWEL ab EINION LLYGLIW (fl. 1330-1370), poet in the first and last of the manuscripts; and, according to the first, a parchment copy of the poem was found in one of the castle walls. His connection with Myfanwy Fychan is the theme of J. Ceiriog Hughes's eisteddfodic poem, 'Myfanwy Fychan.'
HYWEL CEIRIOG - see HUW CEIRIOG
IEUAN LLAFAR (fl. c. 1594-1610), poet A native apparently of Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire. Nothing is known about him, but a number of cywyddau and englynion composed by him, c. 1594 to 1610, have survived. He wrote poems to various contemporary North Wales gentry, including Owain Holant of Plas Berw, Anglesey, Hwmffrai ap Huw of Gwerclys, Rhobert Wyn of Foelas, Edwart ap Dafydd of Rhiwlas, Edwart ap Morus of Llansilin, Owain Bruwtwn
IEUAN TEW manuscript, but it is often difficult to distinguish between the poems of the two respective poets. A bardic controversy, or ymryson, occurred between the elder and the Mastr Harri, and between the younger and Bedo Hafesp; he also took part in another, together with the three poets, Siôn Phylip, Wiliam Llŷn, and Hywel Ceiriog, against Wiliam Cynwal and Huw Llŷn.
JAMES, THOMAS DAVIES (Iago Erfyl; 1862 - 1927), clergyman, and popular preacher and lecturer in both Welsh and English, and he was in demand not only throughout Wales but also in Welsh centres in England. He preached in London during World War I, in Liverpool cathedral in 1927, and he had been invited to deliver a Welsh sermon in St. Paul's cathedral, London, in 1928. His most popular lectures were those on Robert Owen, Twm o'r Nant, Mynyddog, Ceiriog, Y Bardd Cwsg, Owain Glyndŵr and Ann
JENKINS, DAVID (1912 - 2002), librarian and scholar 1992 and 1993. He attended Ardwyn grammar school, Aberystwyth and then, in 1932, he became a student at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth where he graduated in Welsh Literature in 1935. As the Sir John Williams Research Student 1937-39 he began his research on the life and work of the poet Huw Morys (Eos Ceiriog, 1624-1709). He published a valuable article in The Bulletin of the Board of

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