Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWAIN MÔN - see JONES, EDWARD
OWEN, HUGH (1880 - 1953), historian court of quarter sessions, 1768-88 (1924); Beaumaris bailiff's accounts, 1779-1805 (1929); a volume of Beaumaris borough records, 1694-1723 (1932) and the diary of Bulkeley, Dronwy (1937). He also edited Braslun o hanes Methodistiaid Calfinaidd Môn, 1880-1935 (1937); and, with Gwilym Peredur Jones, Caernarvon court rolls, 1361-1402 (1951), and he published the following books: The life and works of
P. A. MÔN - see JONES, BENJAMIN
PARRY, RICHARD (Gwalchmai; 1803 - 1897), Independent minister, poet, and man of letters February 1897, and was buried in Llan-rhos churchyard, Llandudno. He was one of the joint editors of Y Dysgedydd from 1853 to 1864. He won ten eisteddfod chairs and a great number of other prizes. He published: Adgofion am John Elias, 1859; Enwogion Môn, 1877; Glan Geirionydd, with notes; Yr Adroddiadur Barddonol, 1877; and History of Ancient Eisteddfodau. He was one of the most prolific Welsh writers of
PARRY, WILLIAM JOHN (1842 - 1927), Labour leader, and author , county councils, arbitration, etc. He was one of the founders of the newspaper called Y Werin, in 1885, and its first editor for three years. He also wrote for other periodicals - Y Dysgedydd, Y Cronicl, Y Geninen, Cymru (O.M.E.), etc. He published Cofiant Tanymarian, 1886; Cyfrol Jiwbili Capel Bethesda, 1900; Telyn Sankey, 1901; Cofiant Hwfa Môn, 1907; The English Hymnal, 1907; and numerous pamphlets
PRICHARD, JOHN (1821 - 1889), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and author resigned his charge in 1884. He was a popular preacher in all parts of Wales, and a diligent contributor to periodicals; but he is best remembered for his history of Calvinistic Methodism in Anglesy - Methodistiaeth Môn, 1888. At the time of his death (18 October 1889), he was moderator of the North Wales C.M. Association. A biography, with a selection of his sermons, by his brother Thomas Prichard, was
PRIF ARWYDDFARDD MÔN - see JONES, BENJAMIN
PRYSE family Gogerddan, This family traces its descent from Gwaeth-foed, lord of Ceredigion, etc. The first member to be associated with the northern part of the county of Cardigan, i.e., with Gogerddan, was probably RHYS AP DAVID LLOYD (Burke, Peerage, Baronetage …, 1936 ed.), to whom poems were written by various bards, e.g., Siôn Ceri, Huw Arwystli, Mathew Brwmffild, and Lewis Môn (Cwrtmawr MS. 12B). The bard Lewis
PULESTON family Emral, Plas-ym-mers, Hafod-y-wern, Llwynycnotiau, Ruthin and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd (Cal. L. & P. Henry VIII, i, 1, 67), and in 1519 that of the lordship of Denbigh and Denbighland (ibid., iii, 1, 146). Like his kinsman, Sir Roger Puleston, he served in the French campaign of 1513, as also did his two sons, both named John, the one by his first, and the other by his second marriage. JOHN PULESTON, of Hafod-y-wern (' John Puleston of Tir Môn
RHYS NANMOR (fl. 1480-1513), poet ap Thomas, and wrote in his honour between 1485 and 1513. There is no evidence of any composition of his after 1513. He wrote an elegy on prince Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII, in 1502, and an awdl to welcome Henry VIII to the throne in 1509. Lewis Môn (died 1527) wrote an elegy on him. It is said that Rhys Nanmor lived at Maenor Fynyw, that is, S. Davids. There is no record of his living in
RHYS PENNARDD (fl. c. 1480), a poet Aberystwyth. Llywelyn ap Gutun wrote a satirical poem addressed to Rhys and the two poets Hywel ap Rheinallt and Lewis Môn.
RICHARDS, JOHN (Iocyn Ddu; 1795 - 1864), poet and adjudicator the chair were Emrys (William Ambrose) and Nicander (Morris Williams). Eben Fardd was for 'chairing' Emrys, while Iocyn Ddu stood out stoutly for Nicander. The third adjudicator, Chwaneg Mon (Joseph Jones), thought that Bardd Du Môn (R. M. Williamson) should get the chair, but was over-persuaded by Richards to cast his final vote for Nicander. The decision provoked a heated controversy in the press

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