Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, ROBERT TUDUR (1921 - 1998), theologian, church historian and public figure Tudur Jones, the son of Thomas Jones, a railway worker, and Elizabeth Jane (neé Williams), a nurse, was born in Tyddyn Gwyn, Llanystumdwy, Eifionydd, Caernarfonshire on June 28 1921. Along with his brother and sister, he was raised in Rhyl, Flintshire. The family were zealous Independents, worshipping regularly at Carmel chapel, under the ministry of Rev T. Ogwen Griffith. The 1904-5 Revival
JONES, THOMAS GWYNN (1871 - 1949), poet, writer, translator and scholar in Iwerddon (1919), Peth nas lleddir (1921), Awen y Gwyddyl (1922) and in many essays. He obtained an M.A. (Wales) in 1914 for his dissertation 'Bardism and Romance'. His other main academic publications were: Gwaith Tudur Aled (1926), the fruits of many years' work; a detailed introduction to Dwyfol Gân Dante, Daniel Rees's translation of Divina Commedia (1903); Cofiant Emrys ap Iwan (1912
KATHERYN of BERAIN (Mam Cymru, The mother of Wales; 1534/5 - 1591) Born in 1534/5, Katheryn was the daughter of Tudur ap Robert Vychan of Berain, Denbighshire, by his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Roland Velville (died 1527), a natural son of Henry VII, whom Henry made constable of Beaumaris castle. Katheryn, who is said to have been a ward of queen Elizabeth, ultimately acquired by mortgage Penmynydd in Anglesey. She was married four times: (1) to JOHN SALUSBURY
LEWIS ab EDWARD (fl. c. 1560), poet the wedding feast of Wiliam Llwyd ab Elisau of Rhiwaedog and Elizabeth, daughter of Owain ap Siôn of Llwydiarth, at Rhiwaedog, 20 October 1555, where, together with Simwnt Fychan and Siôn Tudur, he composed mocking englynion to Gruffudd Hiraethog who was the victim of buffoonery at the feast. He graduated as a pencerdd at the Caerwys eisteddfod of 1568 and thus belongs to the last generation of the
LEWIS DARON (fl. c. 1520), a poet He hailed from Aberdaron. His patrons included the families of Bodeon, Bodfel, Cochwillan, Glynllifon, and Gwydir. He was also one of the poets who wrote an elegy on the death of Tudur Aled. According to Peniarth MS 122 (122) he was buried at Nevin, though other sources state that he was buried at Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire. A selection of his work was published by Myrddin Fardd in Cynfeirdd
LEWIS MON (fl. c. 1480-1527) Llifon, Anglesey, a poet In his elegy to Tudur Aled he calls the latter his teacher, and the two poets are also grouped together in Ieuan ap Madog ap Dafydd's elegy on Syr Dafydd Trefor, the Anglesey poet and cleric. Many of his compositions are addressed to the Penrhyn family. It would appear that he died at Valle Crucis abbey, where he was buried. An elegy on his death was written by Dafydd Alaw. His will was proved 28
LLYWELYN ap RHISIART (fl. 1520-1565), Chief Bard of the Three Provinces', and one of the most notable poets in the history of Glamorgan He was a Glamorgan man by birth and his home was at Llantwit Major. His first patron, Sir Edward Stradling (see the article on the family), lived in the near-by castle of S. Donats, while his friend Iorwerth Fynglwyd also lived in the same neighbourhood. In an elegy to Tudur Aled he acknowledges him to have been his teacher in the art of poetry, and his use of cynghanedd was smooth, accurate, and
LLOYD family Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, Brwynog, Siôn Phylip, Richard Phylip, Richard Cynwal, Wiliam Cynwal, Rhys Cain, Wiliam Llŷn, Siôn Tudur, Simwnt Fychan, Tomos Prys, Huw Arwystli, Lewis Dwnn, Tudur Aled, Lewis Môn, Lewis Menai, Owain Gwynedd, besides other lesserknown bards. Even the learned Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd wrote poems to members of this family. (For the 'bardic controversy' between Richard Phylip and Richard Cynwal
LLOYD, JOHN (1749 - 1815), lawyer and dilettante with prices noted. The Wigfair MSS. (numbered NLW MS 12401-12513) now in N.L.W. (described in the Library's Annual Reports for 1925-6 and 1926-7, and in N.L.W. Jnl. i, 38, 76-82, 100-2, 115), include, besides a mass of family papers and letters, the only known holograph letter by the poet Siôn Tudur - and see Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, vii, 112-7, and the original of the 'Register
LLYWELYN GOCH ap MEURIG HEN (fl. c. 1360-1390), poet One of the last of the 'Gogynfeirdd,' and a native of Merioneth. A large number of his poems are preserved in MSS., including a religious poem, poems addressed to Dafydd ap Cadwaladr of Bachelldref, Goronwy ap Tudur of Penmynydd, and to the South Walians - Hopcyn ap Tomas of Ynys Dawy, Llywelyn Fychan and his brother Rhydderch, and Rhys ap Gruffudd ab Ednyfed. His elegy to Lleucu Llwyd (Lucy
MAB Y CLOCHYDDYN (fl. c. 1380), poet He is reputed to have been a native of Llanafan-fawr, Brecknock. Two examples of his work are found in the 'Red Book of Hergest' and a number of other manuscripts. They are an elegy to Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Madog and wife of Hywel ap Tudur ap Gruffudd of Anglesey, and two englynion.
MADOG FYCHAN ap MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1269), son and brother to the Princes of Powys Fadog Tudur ab Ednyfed was accepted by Henry II in 1246 made his bond no less acceptable to Llywelyn ten years later. He died in December 1269, and may have been buried at Valle Crucis, of which he was a patron.

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