Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DWN, HENRY (before c. 1354 - November 1416), landowner and rebel Henry Dwn of Croesasgwrn, Llangyndeyrn, in Carmarthenshire, was the son of Gruffudd Dwn (also called Gruffudd Gethin) ap Cadwgan and Annes, daughter of Cadwgan ap Ieuan, and a direct descendant of Llywelyn ap Gwrgan, lord of Cydweli. Dwn first appears in the historical record serving in Picardy and Normandy in 1369 under John of Gaunt, the first Duke of Lancaster, who appointed him steward of the
DWNN, LEWYS (c. 1550 - c. 1616) Betws Cedewain, genealogist old, grey-headed bards of undoubted reliability whom he knew and the earlier generation of bards such as Gutun Owain, Ieuan Brechfa, and Hywel Swrdwal, with whose works he was acquainted. There is evidence to show that Hywel ap Syr Mathew, Wiliam Llŷn, and Owain Gwynedd (fl. 1550-90), were his teachers and that Rhys Cain was one of his fellow-pupils. In February 1585 he obtained through the
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Twm o'r Nant; 1739 - 1810), poet and writer of interludes was 12. At his marriage in 1763 to Elizabeth Hughes of Pont-y-garreg, Llanfair Talhaearn, Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), the renowned poet and antiquary, officiated. Twm and his wife made their home at Denbigh, and he earned his living by hauling timber. Owing to certain misfortunes he soon became involved in heavy debts, with the result that he had to turn for a while to writing interludes and acting in
ELIS DRWYNHIR (fl. c. 1600?), poet of whose work only two examples have been found in manuscript, these being two englynion. An anonymous englyn, written to Elis Drwynhir 'when he became a sheriff's bailiff,' has also been found. Blackwell gives a poet, Elis ab Ifan ap Rhicart or Elis ab Ifan Drwynhir, said to have flourished c. 1600. Foulkes (Enw.) gives a poet, Elis ap Ieuan ap Rhisiart or Elis ab Ifan Drwyndwn, said to have
ELLIS family Bron y Foel, Ystumllyn, Ynyscynhaearn Evans family of Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog; Ieuan, brother of Sir Hywel y Fwyall, was ancestor of the Madryn family. HYWEL AP MEREDYDD, of Bron y Foel, whose wife was Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffydd ap Ednyfed Fychan, had a son, GRUFFYDD AP HYWEL, who, by his wife Angharad, was the father of EINION AP GRUFFYDD, sheriff of Caernarvonshire 1354-6, and Sir Hywel y Fwyall. Einion ap Gruffydd was succeeded by
ELLIS, DAVID (1736 - 1795), cleric, poet, translator, and transcriber of manuscripts , Caernarfonshire, Llangeinwen, Anglesey, Derwen, Denbighshire, and Amlwch, Anglesey, before he was appointed vicar of Llanberis, 9 October 1788. He became vicar of Criccieth on 19 July 1789, and there he remained until his death. He was buried at Criccieth, 11 May 1795. A versatile poet, Ellis wrote elegies on Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) and on his old schoolmaster Edward Richard. Probably his greatest
EVANS, DANIEL (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion; 1792 - 1846), cleric and poet , and that of archdeacon Thomas Beynon. He was also friendly with David Davis, Castell Hywel, and with the other poets of Cardiganshire, and he carried on the tradition of Edward Richard and Ieuan Brydydd Hir. He died by his own hand, 28 March 1846, and was buried in Pencarreg churchyard.
EVANS, DANIEL SILVAN (1818 - 1903), cleric, translator, editor, and lexicographer 1870 he contributed to a Breton Roman Catholic liturgy, Liherieu hag Avieleu, and from 1871 to 1875 he was editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis. He was preferred to Llanwrin, Montgomeryshire, in 1876, and there he remained until his death. In 1876 he edited Thomas Stephens's Literature of the Kymry and Gwaith y Parchedig Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), and was co-editor (1876) with David Saunders (1831
EVANS, DAVID EMLYN (1843 - 1913), musician assistant at Bridgend, Glamorganshire, and began his studies with the help of the scant Welsh musical textbooks available at the time and occasional lessons from John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt, 1822-7). He gained numerous eisteddfodic successes for composition and became a commercial traveller, at the same time continuing to devote himself to composition, adjudicating, and criticism, under great difficulties
EVANS, DAVID TUDOR (1822 - 1896), journalist secretary of Narberth district Sunday school union. Evans gave up his shop to establish at Haverfordwest (1847) a Liberal weekly newspaper, The Principality, which he transferred to Cardiff (1848) with Evan Jones (Ieuan Gwynedd, 1820 - 1852) as editor. The same year differences on educational policy led to the editor's resignation, and two years later the paper ceased publication, the venture leaving
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Fardd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir; 1731 - 1788), scholar, poet, and cleric It is now usual to refer to him under the former name, as there was a much older Ieuan Brydydd Hir. Born 20 May 1731 at Cynhawdref farm in the parish of Lledrod, Cardiganshire, the son of Jenkin and Catherine Evans. He was taught by Edward Richard at Ystrad Meurig school, but the exact dates of his stay at that school are not known. On 8 December 1750 he was entered at Merton College, Oxford
EVANS, EVAN (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd; 1795 - 1855), cleric and poet Trefriw churchyard. He published the following works: Prynedig-aeth Neillduol neu Grist yn rhoi ei hun dros yr Eglwys, 1819?; Amddiffyniad yr Athrawiaeth Ysgrythyrol o Brynedigaeth Neillduol, 1820, a translation of J. Hurrion's book; Pedwar Cyflwr Dyn, 1821, a translation of Thomas Boston's work (the translation bears the name of J. Parry (1775 - 1846), but is believed to have been the work of Ieuan

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