Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BLAYNEY family Gregynog, The family claimed descent from Brochwel Ysgythrog. The first member of the family about whom there is definite information is EVAN BLAYNEY, whose name appears eighteenth in the roll of burgesses found in the charter of Welshpool, 7 June, 7 Henry IV (1406), where he is described as 'of Tregynon.' His son, GRIFFITH AP EVAN BLAYNEY, is mentioned by the poet Lewis Glyn Cothi. The Gregynog line of
BLEDDYN ap CYNFYN (d. 1075), prince He was the son of Cynfyn ap Gwerstan, otherwise unknown, and Angharad, widow of Llywelyn ap Seisyll (died 1023), and mother of the famous Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (died 1063). Late authorities supply Gwerstan with a distinguished pedigree, but the name has the air of being a derivative of the English Werestan. As half-brothers of Gruffudd, Bleddyn and his brother Rhiwallon succeeded to his domains
BLEDDYN FARDD (fl. 1268-1283), one of the bards of the independent Welsh princes Thirteen of his odes are preserved in the NLW MS 6680B: Hendregadredd Manuscript. He sang chiefly to the sons of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ap Iorwerth and to the chieftains of Gwynedd, but he has one ode to Rhys ap Maredudd ap Rhys of South Wales. His entire work consists of eulogies and elegies, with the exception of his 'Marwysgafn' or last confession. The earliest ode by him which can be dated is
BLEDRI ap CYDIFOR (fl. 1116-30), chieftain
BLIGH, STANLEY PRICE MORGAN (1870 - 1949), landowner and author customs. For worship he had no use, but he found relief in composing metrical prayers, and there was a strong element of mysticism in his makeup. Though a professed Liberal he took little part in politics, but he gave years of valuable service on the county council. When the fourth national conference, circa 1893, failed to reach agreement on the matter, Bligh erected his own memorial to Llywelyn ap
BODVEL family Bodvel, Caerfryn, of him. ROBERT GWYNNE (fl. 1578) He was probably of the same family, but no record of his origins has as yet come to light. CHARLES GWYNNE, alias Bodvel or Bodwell, alias Browne (1582 - 1647), Jesuit missioner Religion The son of Thomas Wynn of Boduan, Pwllheli (younger son of John Wyn ap Hugh of Bodvel) and of Elizabeth, daughter of Owen ap Gruffydd of Plas Du and sister of Hugh Owen. He was
BRAOSE family Abergavenny Seisyll ap Dyfnwal and others of the Welsh of his lordship and treacherously put them to death. Giraldus, however, exonerates him from blame and refers to the religious zeal shown by William and his wife. Certainly, he was a benefactor of the priories of Brecon and Abergavenny. William was Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1192-99, and, in 1196, Justice Itinerant for Staffordshire. He accompanied
BREESE, EDWARD (1835 - 1881), antiquary mother he claimed descent from Rhys ap Tewdwr and Trahaearn Goch o Lŷn, and he adopted a shield on which were quartered the arms attributed to them. CHARLES EDWARD BREESE (1867 - 1932), solicitor and antiquarian Law History and Culture Scholarship and Languages Of his sons followed him both in his profession and his antiquarian interests. Admitted a solicitor in 1889, he served on the Caernarvonshire
BROCHWEL YSGYTHROG (fl. 550), prince He was, according to tradition, the outstanding figure in the older line of rulers of Powys, insomuch that the poets came to call Powys the land of Brochwel. He was the son of Cyngen and the father of Cynan Garwyn and of S. Tysilio, founder of the ancient church of Meifod. As his grandson, Selyf ap Cynan, fell while leading the Welsh in the battle of Chester (c. 613), he cannot be the Brocmail
BROMWICH, RACHEL SHELDON (1915 - 2010), scholar poet, Dafydd ap Gwilym. Her Cymmrodorion lecture of 1964, 'Tradition and Innovation in the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym', was followed by an overview of the poet's work in her 'Writers of Wales' volume, Dafydd ap Gwilym (1974). Her various critical papers were brought together in 1986 in Aspects of the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym: collected papers. The high spot of her work on Dafydd ap Gwilym was
BRUCE, HENRY AUSTIN (1815 - 1895), 1st baron Aberdare to see this hope realized and to be chosen as first chancellor of the University. He died a fortnight later, that is, 25 February 1895. Lord Aberdare was twice married. The second son of his second marriage, William Napier Bruce, is separately noticed. Lord Aberdare knew Welsh, and translated some of the poems of Taliesin ab Iolo and of Owen Gruffydd into English.
BRWMFFILD, MATTHEW (fl. 1520-60), poet According to Cwrtmawr MS 12B (629), he was a native of Maelor. In his to 'Saint Tydecho and the two parishes of Mowthwy,' having equally praised Llan-ym-Mawddwy and Mallwyd, he asserts that he yearns more for the latter than the former. He wrote poems in praise of Rhisiart ap Rhys ap Dafydd Llwyd of Gogerddan 'about 1520'; of Rhys ap Howel of Porthamyl, Anglesey, 'within the month of November

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