Dictionary of Welsh Biography

IOLO GOCH (c. 1320 - c. 1398), poet in 1356 (Iolo attended his funeral at Carmarthen); elegy upon Tudur Fychan of Tre'r Castell, Anglesey, who died in 1367; panegyric upon Sir Hywel y Fwyall, before 1381; elegy upon Ithel ap Robert, archdeacon of St Asaph, who died 1382; elegy upon Ednyfed and Gronwy, sons of Tudur Fychan (Gronwy was drowned in 1382); panegyric upon Ieuan ab Einion of Chwilog when he was sheriff of Caernarvon (1385
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
JONES, THEOPHILUS (1759 - 1812), historian of Brecknock Born 18 October 1759 at Brecon, son of Hugh Jones, at that time curate of Llanfaes there, later vicar of Llangamarch (1763-8) and of Llywel (1768-99), and prebendary of Christ College, Brecon - his wife Elinor (died 1786) was daughter of Theophilus Evans, and the historian spent much of his boyhood at Llwyn Einion, Llangamarch, his grandfather's home, and inherited historical documents from him
KADWALADR, SION (fl. 1750-1765), writer of ballads and interludes Born, according to Ioan Pedr in NLW MS 2629C, in Llanycil parish, Meironnydd. In his interlude, 'Gaulove,' Siôn describes himself as 'a sad creature, without brother or sister, stubborn, and always poor'; and a ballad of his (Bibliog. of Welsh Ballads no. 73), together with his interlude 'Einion' and a marwnad (NLW MS 2629C), testifies that he was transported for seven years to America - for
LLOYD family Dolobran, Tewdwr Mawr. Gwenllian, daughter of Adam ap Meyrick ap Pasgen, is also given as the wife of Celynin, and of his son, EINION. This Adam ap Meyrick may have been the sinecure rector of Meifod, c. 1265. Einion was living in 1340. LLEWELYN AB EINION is named in a pardon granted by Edward de Cherleton, lord of Powys, to his grandson, Griffith ap Jenkin ap Llewelyn, in 1419, for his complicity in the war of
LLOYD family Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, ancestor MEREDYDD AB IEUAN AP MEREDYDD with MARGARET, eldest daughter and coheiress of EINION AB ITHEL of Rhiwaedog, Esquire of the Body of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in A.D. 1395, and high sheriff of Meirionydd for life. He was [according to Lloyd ] the son of ITHEL AB GWRGENEU FYCHAN AB GWRGENEU AP MADOG AP RHIRYD FLAIDD.' The deputy-herald Lewis Dwnn, when he visited Rhiwaedog on 1 August 1592
LLOYD, EDWARD (c. 1570 - 1648?) Llwyn-y-maen, belonged to a group of inter-related families of ancient Welsh lineage in north-eastern Powys who resisted the Reformation. His remote ancestor MEURIG LLWYD, from whom the surname is derived, had fought in the French wars of the later middle ages and acquired Llwyn-y-maen through marriage with the heiress of the line of Einion Efell of that place (died 1196), an illegitimate offshoot of the
LLOYD, JOHN (Einion Môn; 1792 - 1834), schoolmaster and poet
LLWYD, HUMPHREY (c. 1527 - 1568), antiquary and map-maker Denbigh, who granted him lands in the county in 1287 for his part in the Edwardian conquest. Henry's son, also called Henry, married the heiress of the Foxhall estate from whom it was claimed that Llwyd could trace his ancestry back to Einion Efell of Cynllaith. Little is known of his early life; Anthony Wood states that he was unable to determine at which Oxford College Llwyd first studied but that he
LLYWELYN, TOMAS (fl. c. 1580-1610), bard and gentleman of Rhigos in northern Glamorgan. According to one pedigree book he was a descendant of the line of Einion ap Collwyn. Many cywyddau by him survive in manuscripts; he also, like most Glamorgan bards of that period, composed the type of religious songs called cwndidau. The two poems by him which are of the greatest interest to us today are one containing a 'debate' between the church and the tavern
MADOG BENFRAS (fl. c. 1320-1360), poet of Marchwiail, Denbighshire. His pedigree is given in Powys Fadog thus: ' Madog Benfras ap Gruffudd ap Iorwerth, arglwydd Sonlli, ab Einion Goch ab Ieuaf ap Llywarch ap Ieuaf ap Niniaw ap Cynfrig ap Rhiwallawn.' His two brothers, Llywelyn Llogell (parish priest of Marchwiail), and Ednyfed, were also poets; according to Iolo Morganwg their bardic teacher was Llywelyn ap Gwilym of Emlyn. Iolo also
MADOG DWYGRAIG (fl. c. 1370), poet one of the last of the 'Gogynfeirdd' group. A number of his awdlau remain in the ' Red Book of Hergest ' and other MSS. They include religious and satirical poems, and also ones addressed to Hopcyn ap Thomas ab Einion of Ynys Dawy, Gruffudd ap Madog of Llechwedd Ystrad, and Morgan Dafydd ap Llywarch of Ystrad Tywi. A number of these were included in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales

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