Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, Sir GLANMOR (1920 - 2005), historian stormy and enigmatic epoch of Welsh history between 1282 and the early sixteenth century. He edited a collection of essays on his native heath in 1966, Merthyr Politics: the Making of a Working-class Tradition. A short study of Owain Glyndwr and his Welsh Reformation Essays followed in 1967. Another collection of his essays, Religion, Language and Nationality in Wales appeared in 1979, and a collection
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN (1892 - 1963), University professor and Welsh scholar . These were the poems that Iolo sent to London to Owen Jones, ' Owain Myfyr ' and William Owen Pughe, the editors of the book, claiming that he had copied them from old manuscripts that had been kept safely in Glamorgan. The three adjudicators were John Morris Jones, T. Gwynn Jones and W. J. Gruffydd. The only competitor was G.J. Williams who produced a lengthy and careful essay that proved
WILLIAMS, OWEN (Owain Gwyrfai; 1790 - 1874), antiquary
WILLIAMS, PETER (Pedr Hir; 1847 - 1922), Baptist minister, author, and eisteddfodwr Moses in 1903 and 1907; but his most ambitious effort, Owain Glyndwr, was acted and published in 1915. He was deeply touched by the revival of 1904-5, and his Key and Guide to Welsh, published in 1911, was really an effort to rouse the young members of his church, many of them with insufficient knowledge of Welsh, to polish up their knowledge of it, examine its niceties, and at the same time open
WILLIAMS, RICHARD (1747 - 1811), cleric and man of letters the Welsh poems (e.g. Owain Cyfeiliog's ' Hirlas') in Pennant's Tours; some of his translations also appear in Musical and Poetical Relicks, by Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin).
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM LLEWELYN (1867 - 1922), Member of Parliament, lawyer, and author ' edition of J. A. Froude's History. When it came to other periods he was inclined to be opinionated, as is illustrated by his refusal to face the facts in the cases of Owain Lawgoch and Iolo Morganwg. He was one of the most loyal adherents of the eisteddfod, and had been president of the National Eisteddfod Society. From journalism he turned to the law and politics. He was called to the Bar from
WYNN family Bodewryd, HOWELL is named as one of the heirs of ' Gwely Meuric ap Gathayran ' in the Record of Caernarvon. Howell is described as a free tenant in Caerdegog in 1391. He took part in the war of Owain Glyndwr, and was one of the long list of amerced persons, 10 November 1406. His wife was Angharad, daughter of Madoc ap Howell Gymen. His son GRIFFITH AP HOWELL's name is found in documents in 1421-2. LLEWELYN, son
WYNN family Cesail Gyfarch, Penmorfa This family numbered some well-known men among its members and was connected by marriage with many other influential North Wales families. To it belonged MEREDYDD ab EVAN (died 1525), of Gwydir, descended from Owain Gwynedd; he married Margaret, daughter of Morris ap John ap Meredydd, of Clenennau, Penmorfa, and by her (she was his third wife), was the father of HUMPHREY WYNN of Cesail Gyfarch
WYNN family Gwydir, The Wynn family of Gwydir belonged to a stock which was engaged during the 14th and 15th cents, in establishing the nuclei of small estates in the free townships of Penyfed and Pennant in Eifionydd. About the beginning of the 14th century, Dafydd ap Gruffydd of Nantconwy (claiming descent from Owain Gwynedd) married Eva, daughter and heiress of Gruffydd Fychan, one of the coheirs of ' Gwely
WYNN family Rûg, Boduan, Bodfean, , early in the 16th century. His son, ROBERT SALUSBURY, bought, in 1549, the lordship of Glyndyfrdwy, part of the patrimony of Owain Glyndwr; see in N.L. W. Jnl., iii, 48, a description of a document in the lord Bagot collection recording the transfer by Glyndwr, in 1392, of a tract of land. As already noted, the old family home of this branch of the Wynn family is Boduan. Details concerning the branch
WYNN family Wynnstay, the 'Prince of Wales' on chairing day. He was accepted as a member of the Gorsedd of Bards under the name ' Eryr eryrod Eryri ', the family motto which confirmed the eagles of Owain Gwynedd on his coat of arms. He was president of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and such was his interest in the Welsh School at Ashford that a special memorial service was held for him in Ashford parish church
YOUNG, GRUFFYDD (c. 1370 - c. 1435), cleric, and supporter of Owain Glyndŵr -general of S. Davids (Regg. St. Davids, 18-22) and archdeacon of Merioneth (Willis, Bangor, 140). About 1403, he allied himself with Owain Glyndŵr, became his chancellor, and was in Paris in 1404 with John Trevor negotiating a treaty of alliance with Charles VI. He was probably responsible for the ' Pennal policy,' whereby Glyndŵr agreed to transfer the allegiance of the Welsh church from Rome to

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