Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, RICHARD (Dofwy; 1863 - 1956), folk poet Born at Fron-goch, Cemais, Montgomeryshire, 3 May 1863. He received his only formal education at Dol-y-clwyd school, Cemais. He was apprenticed as a carpenter, but when he was twenty he and his brother went to farm Cwmeidrol, Cwmlline, where he remained for the rest of his life, with his wife and four children. Although a good musician and singer, he was primarily regarded locally as a poet. He
LACY (DE) family, constables of Chester Halton, Red Tower of the castle. His other son, JOHN, having also predeceased him, he was succeeded by his daughter, ALICE, wife of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, though dower was assigned to his second wife, a Welsh lady, Joan, sister of William, sixth baron Martin of Cemais. Alice was involved in her husband's downfall, and following his execution, in March 1322, she surrendered to the king all her
LLOYD, Sir THOMAS DAVIES (1820 - 1877), baronet, landowner, and politician July 1877. As the 23rd lord in continuous succession of the barony of Cemais he claimed and exercised the right as a 'lord marcher' to appoint annually under his seal the mayor of Newport, Pembrokeshire.
MILES, WILLIAM JAMES DILLWYN (1916 - 2007), local government officer and author Cemais, Miles was elected a member of the Gorsedd Board in 1945 at the National Eisteddfod held at Rhosllannerchrugog. He remained a member for half a century and was the Grand Sword Bearer from 1959 to 1966 and Herald Bard for thirty years from 1966 to 1996. He represented the Gorsedd at the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in 1969. Miles also gave valuable service to
OWEN, GEORGE (c. 1552 - 1613), historian, antiquary, and genealogist Born c. 1552 at Henllys, in the parish of Nevern, north Pembrokeshire, the eldest son of William Owen (c. 1486 - 1574), a successful lawyer who purchased the barony of Cemais of John Tuchet, lord Audley, in 1543, and became lord of Cemais. George Owen's mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Herbert of Swansea, brother to William, first earl of Pembroke of the Herbert line (second creation
OWEN, WILLIAM (fl. c. 1486-1574), lawyer son of Rhys ab Owen of Henllys, Pembrokeshire, and Jane, daughter of Owen Ellyott, of Earwere, in the same county, and father of George Owen of Henllys. He was a near cousin of Sir Thomas Elyot. After a suit lasting nineteen years he successfully established his claim to the barony of Kemes (Cemais) in Pembrokeshire. He was a member of the Middle Temple and shared chambers with Sir Anthony
RHYS ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1356), nobleman Son of Gruffydd ap Hywel ap Gruffydd ab Ednyfed Fychan by Nest, daughter of Gwrwared ap Gwilym of Cemais. He was the wealthiest and most influential figure among the native gentry of the 14th century, and in his career is crystallized the attitude and aspirations of those members of his class who lent support to the Angevin cause in Wales during the first century of the English settlement. It
THOMAS, BENJAMIN (Myfyr Emlyn; 1836 - 1893), Baptist minister, poet, lecturer, and author Born at Tŷ-rhos, Whitchurch-in-Cemais, Pembrokeshire, October 1836, seventh of the eight children of David and Elizabeth Thomas, and brother of Stephen Thomas, Baptist minister of Pantycelyn. His father was one of the founders of the local Baptist church of Bethabara in 1826, and was a deacon there until his death, while it was at his home at Tŷ-rhos that the first Baptist Sunday school in the
VAUGHAN family Bredwardine, his uncle, Thomas ap Roger of Hergest. He was at one time constable of Aberystwyth castle and his praises were sung by Dafydd Nanmor and Lewis Glyn Cothi. Lewis Glyn Cothi also sang to Lewis ap Watkin, calling him the Roland of Llanbedr Painscastle and Rhulen. According to Lewis Dwnn, the Vaughans of Pont-faen, in Cemais, were descended from John Vaughan, another son. It is also said that John

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