Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LLOYD family Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, ancestor MEREDYDD AB IEUAN AP MEREDYDD with MARGARET, eldest daughter and coheiress of EINION AB ITHEL of Rhiwaedog, Esquire of the Body of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in A.D. 1395, and high sheriff of Meirionydd for life. He was [according to Lloyd ] the son of ITHEL AB GWRGENEU FYCHAN AB GWRGENEU AP MADOG AP RHIRYD FLAIDD.' The deputy-herald Lewis Dwnn, when he visited Rhiwaedog on 1 August 1592
LLOYD, DAVID TECWYN (1914 - 1992), literary critic, author, educationalist joining with them in various activities. Among his fellow lecturers were Meredydd Evans and Gwyn Erfyl. During his time there he spent a sabbatical period studying in Rome, and from October 1951 to June 1952 he researched the history of Welsh scholars of the Counter-Reformation like Morus Clynnog and Gruffudd Robert of Milan. He met Pope Pius XII and visited centres of learning in Sienna, Florence
LLOYD, GEORGE (1560 - 1615), bishop of Chester The fifth son of Meredydd (Lloyd) ap John ap Meredydd Llwyd of Beaumaris, he was born at Bryn Euryn, Llandrillo yn Rhos, which his mother, Jonet Conwy, inherited through her father, Hugh Conwy Fychan, a descendant of Marchudd, founder of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales. He was a scholar of King's School, Chester, from 1575-9, entering Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1579, and graduating B.A
LLOYD, MEREDYDD (fl. c. 1413-1456), bailiff - see GLYN
MAURICE family Clenennau, Glyn (Cywarch), Penmorfa William, called Pennardd, all descended of their common ancestor, Ievan ap Einion ap Griffith.' MORRIS (or MAURICE), eldest son of JOHN AP MEREDYDD, Eifionydd, married Angharad, daughter of Ellis ap Griffith ab Einion, and had by her eight children, amongst whom were (a) William Lloyd ap Maurice, ancestor of the Lloyd family of Rhiwedog, near Bala; (b) Ellis ap Maurice (below); (c) Margaret, wife of
MEREDYDD LLWYD Glynllifon (fl. c. 1413-1456) - see GLYN
PRICE family Rhiwlas, The older pedigrees trace the ancestry of this family to Marchweithian. RHYS AP MEREDYDD ('Rhys Fawr') (fl. 1485) A fairly early ancestor who achieved some prominence. He lived somewhere at the foot of the south-western slopes of Mynydd Hiraethog, Denbighshire; it is thought that the old mansion of Foelas was his home. He was influential, rich, and a strong military leader. He raised a band of
PROGER family families. In 1530 the mansion and half the lands were bought by Meredydd ap Meredydd ap Morgan; this Morgan was a son of Dafydd Gam. The Meredydds ran out in an heiress, Elizabeth, who (according to Theophilus Jones and Bradney) married LEWIS PROGER, second son of the William Proger named under A. Lewis was succeeded by his son EDWARD, whose son WROTH PROGER sold Gwern-vale (1668) to the Sir Henry Proger
PRYS, ELIS (Y Doctor Coch, The Red Doctor; 1512? - 1594) Plas Iolyn, Second son of Robert ap Rhys ab Meredydd of Plas Iolyn, Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire. It is said that his grandfather, Rhys ab Meredydd, or Rhys Fawr, fought at Bosworth with Henry VII. His father, Robert ap Rhys, was chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey, and Henry VIII gave him the lands of Dolgynwal and parts of Penllyn, where his son Cadwaladr founded the family of Price of Rhiwlas (see articles Price of
PULESTON family Emral, Plas-ym-mers, Hafod-y-wern, Llwynycnotiau, JOHN PULESTON (died 1551), who was sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1543-4, Member of Parliament for Caernarvon, 1541-4, and for Caernarvonshire, 1545-7 and 1547-51, chamberlain of North Wales, 1547, and constable of Caernarvon castle, 1523-51. He married (1) Gaynor, daughter of Robert ap Meredydd ap Hwlcyn Llwyd of Glynllifon, and (2) Sioned, daughter of Meredydd ap Ieuan ap Robert, of Cesail Gyfarch and
RHYS ap MEREDYDD (fl. during Henry VII's reign), military leader - see PRICE
RHYS GOCH ERYRI (fl. early 15th century), poet that this refers to the total eclipse of the sun which took place on 3 February 1440, followed by a lunar eclipse on the 18th of the same month. There is attributed to Rhys an elegy to Meredydd ap Cynwrig of Anglesey who died in 1448 or a little earlier. It is hardly likely that Rhys himself lived much longer and so his period of activity as a bard may be said to range from about 1385 to 1448. He was

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