Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HERBERT, WILLIAM (earl of Pembroke), (d. 1469), soldier and statesman Son of Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan and Gwladus, daughter of Dafydd Gam. He served with the English forces in Normandy with his countryman Mathew Gough, was taken prisoner at Formigny (April 1450), and knighted at Christmas, 1450. In the struggle between Lancaster and York his interests, if not also his sympathies, inclined him to favour the Yorkists, for their strength on the borders of South
HEYLIN, ROWLAND (1562? - 1631), publisher of Welsh books he was descended from the ancient Powys family of Heylin of Pentreheylin (on the Vyrnwy), who had held the estate since the middle ages, claiming descent, through Rhys Sais (died 1070), from Tudur Trevor, and the hereditary office of heilyn (cupbearer) to the princes of Powys. One of his ancestors (Grono ab Heilyn) was envoy from Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (1254 - 1282) to Edward I in 1277. Rowland
HOLBACHE, DAVID (fl. 1377-1423), lawyer, founder of Oswestry Grammar School Despite his (as yet unexplained) English surname, he was a Welshman; according to the pedigrees in Harl. MS. 4181 (Powys Fadog, iv, 93) and Peniarth MS 129 (by his fellow-countryman Gutun Owain), he was son of Ieuan Goch ap Dafydd Goch ap Iorwerth ap Cynwrig ap Heilyn (of Pentre-heilyn, in Ellesmere) ap Trahaearn ab Iddon; he had lands at Dudleston in Chirkland; he was steward of the town and
HOLLAND family Berw, Towards the middle of the 15th century, the Berw estate in Anglesey was in the hands of ITHEL AP HOWELL AP LLEWELYN, a descendant of Llywarch ap Bran, lord of Menai at the end of the 12th century. Ithel had a daughter named ELINOR and a son called OWEN. The Holland family first became connected with Berw when JOHN HOLLAND, described as one of the household servants of Henry VI, married Ithel's
HOLLAND family . Pennant Ereithlyn, Eglwys-bach, Denbighshire - see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 24). A son of his, John Holland (sheriff of Anglesey in 1461), married Elinor, daughter of Ithel ap Hywel of Berw in Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog, Anglesey, and founded the family of (4) Holland of Berw, separately noticed; DAVID HOLLANT I (b)(see J. E. Griffith, op. cit., 259); his eldest son, GRIFFITH HOLLAND, lived at (5
HOOSON, JOHN (1883 - 1969), teacher, scholar the City of Westminster School for over thirty years. However his main interest was in the life and culture of Wales, particularly the social and economic life of Hiraethog and the Vale of Clwyd. He was an authority on the place-names of these areas and on their famous people - such as the Myddleton family, Galch Hill, Denbigh, the Salusbury family, Emrys ap Iwan, Thomas Jones, Thomas Gee of Denbigh
HOPCYN ap TOMAS (c. 1330 - 1403), gentleman century ' Llyfr Coch Hergest ' has five awdlau written to him; the contents of these poems show that he was not only one of the chief patrons of the bards in South Wales but also a man who interested himself in their craft and was a collector of Welsh manuscripts. In 1403, when Owain Glyndŵr was at Carmarthen, messengers were sent by the prince to fetch Hopcyn ap Tomas so that he might explain to Owain
HOWEL ap GRUFFYDD - see HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD
HOWEL, HARRI (fl. 1637-1671), bard son of Howel ap Siôn Ieuan of the parish of Dolgelley, also a bard. He was contemporary with Gruffydd Phylip and sang to many of the families to whom that bard sang. On the evidence of the eighteen (or so) cywyddau by him which survive, Harri Howel sang to members of houses ranging from Bodwrdda (west Caernarfonshire), Gwaenynog and Llwyn Ynn (in the vale of Clwyd), to Nannau and Hafod Dywyll
HOWELL, JOHN (Ioan ab Hywel, Ioan Glandyfroedd; 1774 - 1830), weaver, schoolmaster, poet, editor, and musician (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion), James Davies (Iago ap Dewi), D. Rowland (Dewi Brefi) of Carmarthen, Edward Richard of Ystradmeurig, Evan Thomas of Llanarth, D. Lloyd of Llwynrhydowen, D. Jones of Llanwrda, John Jenkins (Ioan Siengcyn) of Cardigan, Francis Thomas ('y Crythwr Dall o Geredigion'), Ifan Gruffydd of Tŵr-gwyn, and others. Some of the material for his anthology was obtained by him from what is now
HUGHES, EDWARD ERNEST (1877 - 1953), first Professor of history at the University College, Swansea, and a notable intermediary between the university and the public J.C. Evans, to whom he acknowledged his great indebtedness, as well as to the school. In 1895 he went to U.C.W., Aberystwyth, graduating with first-class honours in history in 1898. Then he went to Jesus College, Oxford, and graduated with second-class honours in modern history in 1902. He often talked of the kindness of Sir John Rhŷs to him and of his enjoyment of the meetings of the Dafydd ap
HUGHES, GAINOR (1745 - 1780), fasting woman Grace Roberts 'from Bettws y coed in the parish of Llanfor', who evidently knew Gainor, and Evan James (Ieuan ap Iago; died 1804) from Llanfachreth sang their poems to the fasting lady, the last in the cywydd metre. The reports published in the Chester Chronicle suggest how Gainor may have become a legend during her lifetime, with visitors travelling between forty and fifty miles to see her; by the

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