Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERT (fl. 1099-1147), earl of Gloucester Natural son of king Henry I of England; born before his father's accession to the throne. The legend (found in the 'Gwentian Brut,' The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, ii, 540) that his mother was Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, is one of Iolo Morganwg's fabrications, though Henry did, indeed, have a son by Nest later on. Robert has a great and honourable place in English history (see D.N.B
ROBERT ap GWILYM DDU - see WILLIAMS, ROBERT
ROBERT ap HARRY (fl. c. 1580), poet
ROBERT ap MAREDUDD ap HYWEL ap DAFYDD ap GRUFFYDD (fl. early 15th century) - see WYNN
ROBERT ap MEREDYDD Glynllifon - see GLYN
ROBERT ap RHYS Sir , chaplain to the Courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII - see PRICE
ROBERT DDU EIFIONYDD - see ROBERTS, ELLIS
ROBERT (ROBIN) DYFI (fl. c. 1620), poet
ROBERT IFAN - see ROBERT ab IFAN
ROBERT (ab) IFAN (fl. c. 1572-1603), poet : Llawysgrif Christ Church 184 (copi): Rhan 1- NLW MS 6496C: Llawysgrif Christ Church 184 (copi): Rhan 2) and in Peniarth MS 72. 'Robert Ifan lan lonydd' is mentioned in Thomas Prys's 'Cywydd i yrru yr Eryr at brydyddion i neges.' (J. Fisher, The Cefn Coch MSS., 1899, 23.)
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet was educated in Oxford; and although it cannot be proven that he was the 'Griffin Roberts Wallicus' who studied at Christ Church College between 1550 and 1555, it was there that Morys Clynnog and Siôn Dafydd Rhys graduated, and an association between Robert and Christ Church cannot be discounted. In November 1558, while still in minor orders, Gruffydd Robert was appointed archdeacon of Anglesey by
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c.1522 - c.1610), priest, grammarian, and poet We do not know where he was born, although recent research seems to incline towards proving that he was a Caernarvonshire man. Nor do we know where he was educated; we cannot be certain that he was the ' Griffin Roberts ' who was a student at Christ Church, Oxford, between 1550 and 1555. Nevertheless, he is described as ' Griffin Roberts, clerk, M.A. ', which suggests that he went to either

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