Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PUW family, prominent Roman Catholic family Penrhyn Creuddyn, Five of its members will be noticed: ROBERT PUW (died c. 1629), Roman Catholic recusant Religion Second son of Huw ap Reinallt ab Ieuan of Penrhyn Creuddyn, Caernarfonshire. He married Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Bulkeley. His grandson, Gwilym Puw (below), states that he was educated at Oxford. He entered the Middle Temple, 30 November 1567 (Register of Admissions to the Middle Temple, I, 32
REES, EVAN (Dyfed; 1850 - 1923), Calvinistic Methodist minister, poet, and archdruid of Wales and national eisteddfodau, e.g. Merthyr Tydfil national eisteddfod, 1881, for an awdl on 'Cariad'; Liverpool, 1884, for an awdl on Gwilym Hiraethog; Brecon, 1889, for an awdl on 'Y Beibl Cymraeg'; Merthyr Tydfil, 1901, for an awdl on 'Y Diwygiwr'; and the international eisteddfod at Chicago, 1893, for an awdl on 'Iesu o Nazareth'. He was appointed adjudicator at the national eisteddfod every year
REES, HENRY (1798 - 1869), most famous minister among the Calvinistic Methodists in his day Born 15 February 1798 at Chwibren Isaf, Llansannan, Denbighshire, eldest son of David and Ann Rees; a younger brother was William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog). He attended school at Llansannan for three years, and was in service at Syrior Farm, which belonged to Thomas Jones (1756 - 1820), Denbigh. He visited Bala in 1814 to seek the Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol from Thomas Charles, and met John Elias in
REES, JOHN THOMAS (1857 - 1949), musician Dafydd ap Gwilym) in association with S.M. Powell at Tregaron; and 'Hillsides of Wales' for violin and piano. He also edited a collection of hymn-tunes by David Lewis, Llanrhystud, Perorydd yr Ysgol Sul (a collection of children's hymn-tunes and anthems), and was joint-editor of Llyfr hymnau a thonau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd (1897) and Emynau a thonau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd a Wesleyaidd (1927
REES, WILLIAM (Gwilym Hiraethog; 1802 - 1883), Independent minister, writer editor, and political leader used this form of entertainment as a means of propagating his political views and also of affording instruction on scientific and literary topics. He produced an enormous amount of verse. His collected works were published under the title Gweithiau Barddonol Gwilym Hiraethog in 1855 and include his awdl 'Heddwch' which contains the well-known cywydd to the blacksmith and the song 'Atgofion Mebyd
RHYDDERCH AB IEUAN LLWYD (c. 1325 - before 1399?), lawman and literary patron of Rhydderch suggests that he was skilled in the languages of officialdom: Welsh, Latin, English, and French. In his elegy to Rhydderch, Gruffudd Llwyd says, cyfraith trwy bob iaith o'i ben '[he delivers] the law in every language from his mouth.' Ddafydd ap Gwilym, too, describes Rhydderch as cyweithas ieithydd 'a genial linguist', and Dafydd y Coed names him pab geirserch pob gorsedd 'the word
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
RHYS ap THOMAS Sir (1449 - 1525), chief Welsh supporter of Henry VII , daughter of Henri ap Gwilym of Cwrt Henri, and (2) Janet, daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, who was widow of Thomas Stradling of S. Donats. He died in 1525 and was buried in Greyfriars church, Carmarthen. His body was later removed to S. Peters church; the tomb there was restored in 1865. His widow died at Picton castle in 1535 and was also buried in Greyfriars church. His estates, though not his
RHYS GOCH ERYRI (fl. early 15th century), poet was as follows - 'ap Dafydd ab Ieuan Llwyd.' His cywyddau to Gwilym ap Gruffydd of Penrhyn, Sir William Thomas of Raglan, and William Fychan ap Gwilym of Penrhyn, can be dated fairly easily. No poem by him to Owain Glyn Dŵr has been preserved, although there are suggestions in his poems to members of the Penrhyn family that his sympathies were with the adherents of Glyn Dŵr. Even if he did sing to
RHYS GOGH ap RHICCERT MSS. C21 (134), C30 (121), C36 (246), and that Rhys Goch was thus a forerunner of Dafydd ap Gwilym. Doubts have been cast on this account by a number of Welsh scholars in turn, from Thomas Stephens to J. H. Davies, J. Glyn Davies, and Sir Ifor Williams, and it was completely disproved by G. J. Williams in Y Beirniad, viii, 211-26, where it is revealed that Iolo had refurbished five old poems, and
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar Ireland, 1901, on the University of Wales and its constituent colleges, 1907, on a national university for Ireland, 1908, and chairman of the commission on ancient monuments in Wales. He was also president of the Dafydd ab Gwilym Society at Oxford. In all these councils he rendered priceless service to learning, education, and culture, particularly in Wales. The British Academy founded the 'Sir John
RHYS-WILLIAMS, Sir RHYS (1865 - 1955), first Baronet created 1918, and a judge Born 20 October 1865 the eldest son of Judge Gwilym Williams and his wife Emma (née Williams) of Miskin, Pont-y-clun, Glamorganshire. He went to Eton in 1880 and Oriel College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1890. He practiced for some years on the South Wales circuit, succeeding his father as chairman of the quarter sessions in Glamorganshire in 1906, an office they

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