Dictionary of Welsh Biography

STRADLING family The Stradlings first appear on the British scene at the end of the 13th century. They cannot be traced to Norman times. Their original home may have been Strättligen, near Thun, in Switzerland. They appear in the retinue of Sir Otto of Granson (or de Grandison), friend of Edward I, his captain in Anglesey during the wars against Llywelyn, and justiciar of North Wales for some years after 1284
THOMAS ap RHODRI (c. 1295 - 1363), nobleman Nephew of LLYWELYN AP GRUFFYDD; son of Rhodri ap Gruffydd by one Catherine. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1315. He eventually parted with most of the Cheshire estate and resided on his Tatsfield manor in Surrey. Later he acquired the manor of Bidfield in Gloucestershire and that of Dinas in Mechain Iscoed, thus establishing a new territorial stake in Wales. That he had a wider interest
THOMAS, CLARA (1841 - 1914), landowner and philanthropist trace its lineage back to Elstan Glodrydd, founder of the royal line of the kingdom of 'Rhwng Gwy a Hafren'. Through fate and family tragedy Clara Thomas inherited the estates in mid-Wales and the south Wales valleys. Her two brothers and sister had passed away before they had a chance to inherit: Clara Gwynne Thomas (1836-1836), Evan Thomas Gwynne Thomas (1837-1838) and Evan Llywelyn Thomas (1839
TOMAS ap LLYWELYN ap DAFYDD ap HYWEL - see LLYWELYN, TOMAS
TRAHAEARN ap CARADOG (d. 1081), king of Gwynedd grand-daughter, Gwladus, married Owain Gwynedd; her son was Iorwerth Drwyndwn, father of Llywelyn the Great.
TREVOR, JOHN (d. 1410), bishop of St Asaph He is known as John Trevor II in order to distinguish him from his namesake, who was bishop between 1346 and 1357 and with whom he is sometimes confused. Described in one place as Ieuan ap Llywelyn, he was probably a native of Trevor, near Llangollen, in Powys Fadog, and kinship with the well-known Denbighshire family of the Trevor s has been claimed for him, although there does not appear to be
TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet Born in the parish of Llansannan, Denbighshire. There are many copies of his pedigree in the manuscripts which, however, do not always tally. It appears that his father's name was Robert and his grand-father's Ithel and that they were descendants of Llywelyn Chwith; Huw ap Dafydd, in his elegy on Tudur Aled, says, ' Ail Iolo, o Lywelyn, Ag o du'r Chwith, gwenith gwyn ' (G.T.A., II, 728). On his
TURBERVILLE family Coity, before 1281. RICHARD I, son of the last named, followed, but only for a short time, as according to G. T. Clark he died in 1283. PAYN III, son of Richard, succeeded and married Wenllian, daughter of Sir Richard Talbot, of Richards Castle. He was ' custos ' of Glamorgan in 1315, and changed many of the officials, among them Llywelyn Bren (Llywelyn ap Gruffydd) of Eglwysilan. The enmity thus aroused was
VAUGHAN family Tretower Court, constable of Cardigan castle. After the battle of Tewkesbury, 1471, it is said that Edward IV ordered him to pursue and capture Jasper Tudor, earl of Pembroke, but it was Vaughan himself who fell into the earl's hands, to be summarily beheaded at Chepstow. His elegies were sung by Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal or Huw Cae Llwyd, and Llywelyn Goch y Dant, who accused Jasper Tudor of treachery and guile. Guto'r
VAUGHAN family Corsygedol, The pedigree of this illustrious North Wales family as given by Lewis Dwnn, deputy-herald-at-arms, and by other genealogists, begins (normally) with the union of Osbwrn Wyddel and the daughter and heiress of the old Welsh family of Corsygedol, this daughter being a ward of Llywelyn the Great. Details of the pedigree were given to Dwnn, when he visited Corsygedol in 1588, by GRIFFITH VAUGHAN, head
VAUGHAN, Sir GRUFFUDD (d. 1447), soldier period. Sir John Grey fell at Baugé, 3 April 1421, and it is said that his body was brought home for burial at Welshpool. It would have been natural for Gruffudd Vaughan to have taken a leading part in such an arrangement. A Welsh poet, Owain ap Moel perhaps (see under Llywelyn ap Moel), in a cywydd states that Gruffudd Vaughan was made an esquire in London and knighted in a town beyond Rouen in France
WILLIAM ALAW (fl. c. 1535), poet Among his few extant poems there is an elegy on the death of Llywelyn ap Ieuan ap Hywel (died 1534) of Moelyrch recorded in the manuscript of cywyddau compiled at Llywelyn's home (Peniarth MS 103: Llyfr Moelyrch (17)). He was one of the poets who wrote an elegy on the death of Rhys Llwyd ab Einion Fychan of Gydros, and Angharad his wife (NLW MS 3051D (128)). He also addressed a soliciting poem to

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