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  • 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, GRUFFYDD (c. 1500 - c. 1570), country gentleman The most distinguished of the Dwnns of Carmarthenshire and the first to live at Ystrad Merthyr, near Kidwelly, a mansion erected in 1518. He was twice married and had eight children, the eldest of whom was 11 years old in 1533, but he lived to see his family disintegrate in the many epidemics of the period. Poets like ' Syr ' Owen ap Gwilym, Harri ap Rhys ap Gwilym, Thomas Vychan, Wiliam Llŷn
  • DWNN, JAMES (c. 1570 - c. 1660), poet His earliest poem (NLW MS 3051D (692)) is dated 1594, and his latest (B.M. MS. 51 (73)) 1657. Accordingly, it is possible that he was the eldest son of Lewys Dwnn. The two frequently wrote panegyrics in honour of the same people - the families of Gogerddan, Mathafarn, Gregynog, and the Plasau Duon, Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd, etc., but, for the most part, James Dwnn confined himself to his own
  • DWNN, LEWYS (c. 1550 - c. 1616) Betws Cedewain, genealogist , but the marks of the decline of the poetic art are only too obvious in his works. Most of these, written in his own hand, are to be found in Peniarth MS 96. His songs were addressed to leading personalities in every part of Wales, but special attention should be paid to his panegyric to ' Caer Dyf' (Cardiff), 1601, his cywyddau addressed to Dr. John Davies, Mallwyd, and bishop William Morgan, 1600
  • DWNN, OWAIN (c. 1400 - c. 1460), poet , justice of South Wales, when the latter's sun set in 1447. There is evidence (Panton MS. 40 (83)) that he served in Ireland under Richard, duke of York, father of Edward IV, and it was to him, perhaps, that Hywel Dafydd addressed a cywydd which is full of references to that service. Owain's wife was Catherine, daughter of John Wogan of Picton, Pembrokeshire, and their son, Harry Dwnn, and a nephew of
  • DYER, JOHN (1699 - 1757), poet Second son of Robert Dyer, a solicitor, living in Abersannen, Llanfynydd. (He bought Aberglasney, in the nearby parish of Llangathen in 1710). John was christened in Llanfynydd church 13 August 1699 and it is likely that he was born at Abersanen shortly before that date. Educated at Westminster, he entered his father's office. After the death of Robert Dyer, John became a pupil of Jonathan
  • EAMES, WILLIAM (1874 - 1958), journalist , Eames left teaching in order to succeed John Thomas, ' Eifionydd ' as editor of Y Genedl, a post he held until 1907 when he was appointed one of the sub-editors on the Manchester Guardian which he joined in January 1908. He kept his connection with the Guardian after he was appointed financial secretary to the Manchester Stock Exchange. He became the secretary of the Exchange in 1919. Together with
  • EDDOWES, JOSHUA (1724 - 1811), printer and bookseller Christened 26 April 1724, son of Ralph Eddowes, grocer, Whitchurch, Salop. Joshua Eddowes was in partnership with John Cotton in 1749 if not earlier (see J. H. Davies, Bibliog. of Welsh Ballads); Cotton had been made a freeman of the Combrethren of Saddlers on 6 June 1740, Eddowes being admitted on 26 May 1749. The partnership continued until 1765, Eddowes continuing on his own until 1788, when
  • EDERN DAFOD AUR, made a small dosbarth (arrangement or grammar) of the orthography of the Welsh language and of the form of words Many copies of this are extant. The copyists claimed, sometimes, that he was Edern, son of Padarn Beisrudd, that is, that he was the father of Cunedda Wledig. On the other hand, John Davies of Mallwyd said that he flourished c. 1280. EDWARD WILLIAMS (Iolo Morganwg) was the first to state categorically that Edern's work was the grammar which is associated with the names of Einion Offeiriad and
  • EDISBURY family Bedwal, Marchwiel, Pentre-clawdd, Erddig, , perhaps through the influence of Sir John Trevor I, of Trefalun, whom he ultimately succeeded as surveyor (17 December 1632) - his tenure of the office being marked by a ruthless efficiency which materially helped in Charles I's reorganization of the Navy. On 30 August 1630 he bought the estate of Pentre-clawdd. He died at Chatham on 27 August 1638, and is commemorated by an inscription and a well
  • EDMONDES, CHARLES GRESFORD (1838 - 1893), archdeacon and college principal Born 8 December 1838, eldest son of THOMAS EDMONDES (1806 - 1892), vicar of Cowbridge; his mother (Harriet Anne) was a sister of Charles Williams (1806 - 1877), afterwards principal of Jesus College, Oxford; his brother FREDERICK WILLIAM EDMONDES (1841 - 1918) was archdeacon of Llandaff. From Cowbridge and Sherborne schools, Charles Edmondes went up to Trinity College, Oxford, in 1856, graduated
  • EDMONDES, THOMAS (1806 - 1892), vicar - see EDMONDES, CHARLES GRESFORD