Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RHYS GRYG (d. 1234), prince and both names are given him in the panegyric addressed to him by ' Prydydd y Moch ' (Llywarch ap Llywelyn), and printed in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, i, 292-4. He was the fourth son of the ' lord ' Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132 - 1197), by Gwenllian, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd of Powys. He was an unreliable man, who rebelled against his father, played off one of his brothers against another
RHYS, JOHN DAVID (1534 - 1609?), physician and grammarian discussion of Welsh prosody. As a work of scholarship it has very little merit, because the author, who had none of the gifts of Gruffydd Robert or Dr. John Davies for analysing the structure of language, adopted the grammatical framework of Latin and forced the Welsh language into that. In the section on prosody, whole passages have been taken word for word from the bardic treatises, and time and again it
RICE family Newton, Dynevor, Descended from Gruffudd ap Nicolas, the family, later known as the Rices, reached their highest point of wealth and influence in the person of Sir Rhys ap Thomas. His grandson, Sir RHYS AP GRUFFYDD, who married, in 1524, lady Catherine Howard, daughter of the 2nd duke of Norfolk, was executed for treason in 1531. The evidence for his guilt was slight and his real offence was probably his
ROBERT ap MAREDUDD ap HYWEL ap DAFYDD ap GRUFFYDD (fl. early 15th century) - see WYNN
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet Gruffydd Robert was a native of Caernarfonshire. The date of his birth is not known, but documents preserved in Milan show him to have been born circa 1527 to one Robert and to domina Catherina de Griffis: Catrin ferch Gruffudd, a woman of gentry stock. The intriguing possibility is that these individuals may have been the poet Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel and her then partner, Sir Robert ap
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c.1522 - c.1610), priest, grammarian, and poet Oxford or Cambridge. In 1558 he was appointed archdeacon of Anglesey, but as queen Mary died about a month afterwards it can be surmised that his stay there was but short. He refused to acknowledge the authority of queen Elizabeth in spiritual matters, and went to the Continent with Morys Clynnog. The latter stayed in Brussels and Louvain, and perhaps Gruffydd Robert did likewise, although one might
ROBERTS, GLYN (1904 - 1962), historian and administrator from 1535-1832 and in 1929 was awarded an M.A. as well as the Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd prize for his thesis which reveals the influence of Lewis Namier. In the same year he was appointed assistant lecturer at University College, Swansea where he remained until 1939 when he joined the Civil Service. By 1942 he was an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Supply and in 1944 was promoted deputy head
ROBERTS, JOHN (1576 - 1610), Benedictine monk and martyr Born at Trawsfynydd in 1576. It is now believed, on the authority of Peniarth MS 287, that his father was Robert, one of the sons of Ellis ap William ap Gruffydd of Rhiwgoch, and that he was, therefore, a cousin of Robert Lloyd of Rhiwgoch, Member of Parliament for Merionethshire, 1586-7. He was brought up and educated as a Protestant and was admitted to S. John's College, Oxford, 26 February
ROBERTS, JOHN (1767 - 1834), Independent minister and theologian supported him. He also published Galwad caredigol ar yr Arminiaid; Cyfarwyddiadau ac Anogaethau i Gredinwyr; A Friendly Address to the Arminians; Hanes Bywyd Lewis Rees; and some other books. He died 21 July 1834, and was buried in Llanbryn-mair parish churchyard. He had married (1797) Mary Breese, and had three sons ('S.R.,' 'J.R.,' and 'Gruffydd Rhisiart,' all separately noticed, and two daughters
ROBERTS, JOHN (J.R.; 1804 - 1884), Independent minister and author ; the late Professor W. J. Gruffydd considered his lyric, 'Eisteddai teithiwr blin,' one of the best in the language. A testimonial was collected for him at Conway and he made over the money to the building of a new chapel, which is still known as 'Capel y Dysteb' (the Testimonial Chapel). He published Traethodau, Pregethau ac Ymddiddanion, 1854; Y Gyfrol Olaf o Bregethau, 1876; Hanesion y Beibl ar
ROBERTS, KATE (1891 - 1985), author the memorable scene in which Jane Gruffydd, the mother, receives news of her son's death but is unable to read the official letter because it is written in English. Kate demonstrates the skills of a consummate short-story writer in her sketching of this brief but resonant scene. After the publication of another collection of short stories in 1937 (Ffair Gaeaf/Winter Fair) there was a hiatus before
ROBERTS, LEWIS (1596 - 1640), merchant and writer on economics His family (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 96) is an interesting example of Welsh infiltration into the English boroughs of north-west Wales. Its first member known to us is a Gruffydd Llwyd (died 1375), who lived in the bond vill of Penhwnllys in Dindaethwy commote, i.e. on land which had once belonged to the house of Ednyfed Fychan - by 1413 these lands were in the possession of Gwilym Gruffydd of

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