Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HYWEL GETHIN (fl. c. 1485), poet a native, it is said, of Clynnog-fawr, Caernarfonshire. No details concerning his life remain, but the dates given him, by Owen Jones, Gweirydd ap Rhys, Myrddin Fardd, and Wiliam Owen (viz. 1570-1600) are obviously too late, because a cywydd written by him in praise of the four sons of Rhys ap Hywel ap Madog of Llanystumdwy remains in manuscript; these four persons lived at the end of the 15th
IEUAN ap IEUAN ap MADOG (fl. 1547-1587), scribe
IEUAN ap MADOG ap DAFYDD (fl. c. 1500), poet
IEUAN (IFAN) DYLYNIWR (fl. 1520-1567), harpist and bard He was, possibly, a native of Aberdaron, Caernarfonshire; references in the course of the bardic controversy between him and Huw ap Richard ap Siôn ap Madog of Bodwrdda, Aberdaron, seem to suggest this. Like most of the bards of his period he visited the larger houses, e.g. Penrhyn in the parish of Llandygái and Raglan in Monmouth, on his bardic itineraries. An elegy upon him was written by
INCO BRYDYDD (fl. c. 1480), poet It is said that he was the son of Robin ab Inco, and foster-brother to Ieuan ap Maredudd of Cesail Gyfarch, Caernarfonshire One cywydd of his, in praise of Hywel ap Madog ap Ieuan ab Einion of Abercain and Plas Hen in the parish of Llanystumdwy, is found in Cwrtmawr MS 454B (120) and NLW MS 9166B (22).
IOAN MADOG - see WILLIAMS, JOHN
IORWERTH ap BLEDDYN (d. 1111), prince of Powys nephews, he met his death at the hands of one of these younger relatives, viz. Madog ap Rhiryd, in the following year. He left no descendants.
IORWERTH ap MADOG (fl. 1240?-1268?), jurist repeatedly mentioned in various manuscripts of the ' Venedotian Code ' of the Welsh Laws, is more specifically designated in one of these as ' Iorwerth ap Madog ap Rhahawd '; this would make him a brother of the poet Einion ap Madog (fl. c. 1237) - the identification is accepted by Sir John Lloyd, A History of Wales, 355. This would make him a descendant of the 9th century Cilmin Droed-ddu, and a
IORWERTH DRWYNDWN (d. c. 1174), prince of Gwynedd Elder son of Owain Gwynedd by Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn. He married a princess of Powys, namely Marared, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, by whom he had one son, the future Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In the partition of his father's territories he received Arfon and probably Nanconwy. Shortly afterwards he disappears from view, probably dying about the time of the usurpation of power in
ITHEL ap RHOTPERT or ROBERT (fl. 1357-1382), archdeacon . On both sides, he was of the family which, in more modern times, has borne the surname Mostyn; his father, Rhotpert ap Iorwerth ap Rhirid, had a brother, Madog, otherwise known as ' Matthew de Englefield,' who was bishop of Bangor 1327-57 (Browne Willis, Bangor, 74-5; Le Neve, Fasti, i, 99); his mother, Adles, was cousin to Dafydd ap Bleddyn, bishop of St Asaph. Ithel is styled B.C.L. in one record
JONES, JOHN (1772 - 1837), barrister, translator, and historian attributed to the Rev. J. Jones, (1766? - 1827); (c) De Libellis Famosis; or the Law of Libel, 1812; (d) History of Wales, 1824 - a revised copy of the History was found among his papers after his death. He also left in manuscript form a work on ' The Worthies of Wales … from Cassivellaunus to the present time.' A letter by him on Madog, the alleged Welsh discoverer of America, appeared in the Monthly
JONES, JOHN (c. 1578-1583 - 1658?) Gellilyfdy, Loveday, Ysgeifiog, calligrapher and transcriber of manuscripts John Jones leaves his readers in no doubt as to his ancestry, for many of the surviving manuscripts contain such an entry as this: ' Siôn ap Wiliam ap Siôn ap Wiliam ap Siôn ap Dafydd ab Ithel Vychan ap Kynrig ap Rrotbert ap Ierwerth ap Rryrid ap Ierwerth ap Madog ab Ednowain Bendew …' (Peniarth MS 224), with, often, such an ending to the pedigree as 'Yr hwnn Siôn ap Wiliam a elwir yn ol y

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