Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, WALTER (Gwallter Mechain; 1761 - 1849), cleric, poet, antiquary, and literary critic becoming more numerous provided him with opportunities to compete. His eisteddfodic successes brought him to the notice of such persons as Owain Myfyr (Owen Jones, 1741 - 1814) and William Owen Pughe, and it was with Owain Myfyr's support that he went to S. Alban Hall, Oxford, in 1791, graduating from All Souls in 1795; he proceeded M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1803. The eisteddfod had a
DE LA POLE, OWAIN (d. 1293) - see GRUFFYDD ap GWENWYNWYN
DWN, HENRY (before c. 1354 - November 1416), landowner and rebel Lancastrian lordship of Cydweli in 1388-89. In 1394-95, he served with Richard II in Ireland. However, by 1403, perhaps as early as 1401, Dwn had allied himself in rebellion with Owain Glyndŵr. In a letter, in Latin, 'to our very dear and entirely well beloved Henri Don', Glyndŵr writes to 'command, require, and entreat' Dwn to join him 'with the greatest force possible'. While this letter may never have
DWNN, GRUFFYDD (c. 1500 - c. 1570), country gentleman , Gruffudd Hiraethog, Owain Gwynedd, and others wrote verses in honour of him, his children, and his home, and their poems are enshrined in Llanstephan MS 40 and Llanstephan MS 133, and NLW MS 728D. He was alive in 1566 when Wiliam Cynwal addressed a poem to him, but none of the bards wrote for him after that. Gruffydd Dwnn is important as one of the country gentlemen who in the 16th and 17th cent
DWNN, LEWYS (c. 1550 - c. 1616) Betws Cedewain, genealogist He himself says (Heraldic Visitations, i, 26) that he was descended from David Dwnn of Kidwelly (brother of Owain Dwnn), 'who went to Powys after slaying the Mayor of Kidwelly,' and through his wife Angharad Lloyd became owner of Cefn y Gwestyd. One of the Cefn y Gwestyd family, namely Gwenllian, daughter of Rhys Goch Dwnn, married Rhys ap Owain ap Morus and so became Lewys's mother. The son
DWNN, OWAIN (c. 1400 - c. 1460), poet Of Modlyscwm (or ' Muddlescombe'), Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. His grandfather was the Henry Don who was an adherent of Owain Glyn Dŵr (Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 41). The documents of the period 1436-46 make frequent mention of Owain Dwnn. He had a sister Mabli, the first wife of Gruffudd ap Nicholas of Dynevor, and both Owain and Gruffudd were imprisoned as followers of Humphrey, duke of Gloucester
EDNYFED FYCHAN, noble family of Gwynedd . Goronwy, Rhys, and Gwilym were in the personal following of Richard II. Maredudd, father of Owain Tudur and great-grandfather of Henry VII (see the article Tudor family of Penmynydd), is a more shadowy figure; he was escheator of Anglesey before 1392 and is described in 1404 as an esquire to the bishop of Bangor. The three surviving brothers and their near kinsmen were prominent supporters of Owain Glyn
EDWARDS, JOHN (Siôn Ceiriog; 1747 - 1792), bard and orator Born in Glynceiriog, Denbighshire. He went as a young man to London and, after getting to know Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr) and Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu o Fôn) he joined the Society of Gwyneddigion. From then on until his death in September 1792 he was one of the most prominent members of the society: he was secretary in 1779, president in 1783, and he was regarded as the bard of the society. When
EDWARDS, PETER (Pedr Alaw; 1854 - 1934), musician conducted a children's choir. An anthem which he composed for a Liverpool eisteddfod was awarded the prize by Owain Alaw (John Owen, 1821 - 1883). After five years in Liverpool he worked at Barrow-in-Furness, removing in 1877 to London as a shorthand writer to a firm of timber merchants. He attended music classes at Birkbeck College and at Trinity College of Music under Turpin and Karn. He conducted
EDWIN (d. 1073), prince of Tegeingl Described as lord or prince of Tegeingl (i.e. the commotes of Rhuddlan, Coleshill, and Prestatyn) and founder of one of the 'Fifteen [Noble] Tribes' of North Wales. Tegeingl formed a region, the greater part of which was for over three centuries part of the English kingdom of Mercia - i.e. until it was reconquered by Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd in the 12th century. Edwin is described in some
ELIDIR SAIS (fl. end of the 12th century and the first half of the 13th.), a poet He composed elegies upon Rhodri ab Owain Gwynedd (died 1195), and Ednyfed Fychan (died 1246). He was not English, for we learn from Gwilym Ddu (The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 277b) that he sprang 'from the wise men of Anglesey in the bosom of the sea.' Gwilym Ddu ranks his work with that of other leading poets as a 'correct canon' or a model of poetry. Most of his poems are religious, and are
ELLIS, JOHN (1760 - 1839), saddler and musician chapel. In 1827 he became a member of Bedford Street chapel, where again he was made precentor. He composed several anthems - ' Molwch yr Arglwydd,' ' Duw yn ddiau a glybu,' and ' Cân Moses ' are included in Y Gyfres Gerddorol, arranged by Owain Alaw. His hymn-tune ' Eliot,' 9.8, appeared under the title ' Hill Street ' in Y Dysgedydd, January 1822, and continues to be popular. At Liverpool he became a

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