Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SION DAFYDD ap SIENCYN, poet
SIÔN DAFYDD BERSON - see DAVIES, JOHN
SIÔN DAFYDD LAS - see DAVIES, JOHN
SIÔN DAFYDD RHYS - see RHYS, JOHN DAVID
SION DAFYDD SIENCYN - see SION DAFYDD ap SIENCYN
SION LEIAF Syr (fl. c. 1480), poet and cleric attributed in various other manuscripts to Dafydd ap Gwilym, and also to Robert Leiaf, a relative of Syr Siôn).
SION MOWDDWY (fl. c. 1575-1613), poet He sang the praises of the aristocracy throughout Wales, from Mostyn to Glamorgan. There were occasions when he spent a long time in Glamorgan. He indulged in flyting poetry with Meurug Dafydd of Llanishen concerning the rights of the strolling bards in Gwent and that neighbourhood, c. 1575-80, and he also had a poetic disputation with Llywelyn Siôn of Llangewydd. He is not mentioned as one of
SOMERSET family Raglan, Troy, Crickhowell, Badminton, (died 1570) most of the South Wales offices held by the first two earls of Worcester and all their influence in central and North Wales reverted to the house of Pembroke. To the Gwentian bards, however, Worcester was 'tew Wilym o Went,' for whom Dafydd Benwyn claimed in a marwnad ' traw yn un a Harbord trwy'n iaith. ' EDWARD SOMERSET 4th earl of Worcester (1553 - 1628) Eldest son of the 3rd earl
SYPYN CYFEILIOG (fl. 1340-1390), poet He is best known for his 'one night's awdl ' to Dafydd ap Cadwaladr of Bachelldref, near Church Stoke, the famous last lines of which may be translated ' Come when you like, take what you will; and after you have come, stay as long as you desire.' It is said in the manuscripts that this poem was written at short notice by the poet to repay for his welcome after seeking refuge from a storm in
THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, , son of Eubule ap Simon ap Dafydd ap John Thelwall Hen, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Ieuan ap Dio ap Meredydd of Llangar. Their son JOHN WYN THELWALL (1528 - 1586) married Jane (died 12 December 1585) daughter of Thomas Griffith of Pant y Llongdy in Tegeingl. Of their ten children, a few deserve particular mention. JOHN THELWALL (1533 - 1630) The oldest, was brought up at court as 'Groom of the
THOMAS, BENJAMIN (Myfyr Emlyn; 1836 - 1893), Baptist minister, poet, lecturer, and author elegies in E. Pan Jones, Cofiant Samuel Griffiths, Horeb, 1879, and J. P. Williams, Cofiant Thomas Williams, Llangunog, 1887. But he is probably best remembered for his biographies - Cofiant … Owen Griffiths … Gelli a Blaenconin, 1889, and above all else his Cofiant Dafydd Evans, Ffynonhenry, 1870 (four later eds.), and Ffraethebion Dafydd Evans, Ffynonhenry, 1908, which contains excerpts from the
THOMAS, DAFYDD (1782 - 1863), hymnist - see THOMAS, ROBERT

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