Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GUTO'R GLYN (fl. second half of the 15th century), bard house'). He was fond of churchmen and abbots - the parson of Corwen; David Kyffin and Richard Kyffin, deans of Bangor; Siôn Mechain, the parson of Llandrinio; the abbot of Shrewsbury; and the abbots of Valle Crucis. Politically, Guto'r Glyn was an adherent of the house of York; some of his chief patrons, such as William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, and his brother, Sir Richard Herbert, Coldbrook, were
GUTUN OWAIN (fl. c. 1460- c. 1498), poet, transcriber of manuscripts, and genealogist A gentleman of Dudleston in the manor of Traean in the lordship of Oswestry [cf. Holbache, David]; he had lands also in the adjoining parish of S. Martins, and is said to have been buried in that church. He was a bardic disciple of Dafydd ab Edmwnd's, and became a pencerdd, like Dafydd, of great skill in complicated metres. Further, he became a scholar and genealogist of repute, and his
GWILYM RYFEL (fl. 12th century), poet All that remains of his work are two chains of englynion of intercession to Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd. These belong to the period 1174-75 when David ruled over the greater part of Gwynedd, including Anglesey. Gwilym Ryfel was one of the friends lamented by Gruffudd ap Gwrgenau in a chain of beautifully written englynion, and from this work (Hendregadredd MS. 76a, The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales
GWILYM TEW (fl. c. 1460-1480), one of the bards of Glamorgan ; this explains why he wrote an awdl enghreifftiol (a 'pattern' or 'exemplifying' awdl), wherein he uses measures that were not acknowledged by the old teachers, the 'ofer fesurau' ('false measures') as they were described. And that is the awdl which John David Rhys includes in his Grammar (1592) as an exemplar of the odes of the 'first age.' It was not with bardic verse alone that Gwilym Tew concerned
GWYN, JOHN (d. 1574), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor which the college could nominate from the three counties. Among those who benefited from the bequest were Griffith's son Owen Gwynn, master of S. John's, his great-grand-nephew John Williams, archbishop of York, David Dolben, bishop of Bangor and several members of the Bodwrda family. In consequence of a decree in chancery in 1650 the fellowships were extinguished on the ground that the estate could
GWYNFARDD BRYCHEINIOG (fl. c. 1180), poet Nothing of his work now remains except two poems: ' Canu y Dewi ' ('a poem to Saint David ') and ' Awdyl yr Arglwydd Rys ' ('an awdl to the lord Rhys '); see Hendregadredd MS. 197-207. His name suggests that he was a native of Brecknock; in his ' Canu y Dewi ' he refers to the 'parish of llanddewi where I worship' and it may be that he is referring to one of the places of that name in that county
GWYNN, EIRWEN MEIRIONA (1916 - 2007), scientist, educator and author ) (1924-1990), sadly suffered from severe epilepsy for most of his life. William Williams (originally from Blaenau Ffestiniog) was a successful dentist who had been trained by his two brothers, Jack and David, and during a period of in-service training in Amiens, France. (The 'St.' was an affectation from this period.) Welsh was the language of their comfortable Liverpool home and Eirwen was brought up
GWYNN, HARRI (1913 - 1985), writer and broadcaster Creature) as a soliloquy in which a murderer convicted of killing his girlfriend addresses a beetle in his cell. The mention of the girl's sexual allure and the murderer's attempt to justify his actions proved too much for one adjudicator, the Rev. David Jones from Blaenplwyf, who refused to crown the work. It was criticised more harshly still by W. J. Gruffydd, who maintained that 'the thoughts of a
GWYNNE family Garth, Maes-llech, Llanlleonfel See the pedigrees in Theophilus Jones, History of the County of Brecknock, 3rd ed., ii, 238-40, iv, 269-70. This family, though not originally belonging to the Glanbrân clan (see Gwynne of Llanelwedd), became later connected with it. The surname ' Gwyn ' first appears in the Garth family c. 1545. A REES GWYNNE of Garth was coroner of Brecknock in the 17th century, and had a son MARMADUKE GWYNNE
GWYNNE-VAUGHAN, DAVID THOMAS (1871 - 1915), botanist
GWYNNETH, JOHN (1490? - 1562?), Roman Catholic priest and musician The exact years of his birth and death are not known. He was a Caernarvonshire man, the son of David ap Llewelyn ab Ithel, brother to Robert ap Llewelyn ab Ithel, of Castellmarch, in Llyn, at which place he was probably born, c. 1490. He seems to have been educated at some of the local monastic establishments, whence, with the help of a wealthy patron, he was able to proceed to Oxford. He was
HAM, PETER WILLIAM (1947 - 1975), musician and songwriter radio engineer, he played in a semi-professional group variously billed as The Panthers, The Black Velvets and The Wild Ones, often opening for big touring acts. In 1965, the group became The Iveys - after a street near Swansea High Street Station - with a stable line-up of Pete, second guitarist David Jenkins, bassist Ron Griffiths and drummer Mike Gibbins. They accepted an approach by would-be

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