Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HUW, ROLANT (1714 - 1802), poet
HUW, THOMAS (fl. c. 1574-1606), poet
HYWEL BANGOR (fl. 1540), an itinerant bard He may have been the person described as Huw Bangor (fl. 1560-1600) in The Cambrian Biography. Some eighteen englynion by Hywel Bangor have survived, and these identify him with Maelor, so that he probably took his bardic name from Bangor Iscoed (Bangor on Dee). He composed a series of englynion on the change of sheriffs for Flintshire in 1540. The date 1577 is entered against one of his
IEUAN ap HUW CAE LLWYD (fl. 1475-1500), one of the minor poets of the 15th century son of Huw Cae Llwyd, born in all probability in Brecknock. He did not write much in the way of poetry and, as he himself avers, laid ho claim to being a great poet. In 1475 he accompanied his father to Rome. He sang the praises of Sir Thomas Vaughan, but it is obvious that his poems are, for the most part, mere exercises and that he was not as competent a poet as his father.
IEUAN (IFAN) DYLYNIWR (fl. 1520-1567), harpist and bard He was, possibly, a native of Aberdaron, Caernarfonshire; references in the course of the bardic controversy between him and Huw ap Richard ap Siôn ap Madog of Bodwrdda, Aberdaron, seem to suggest this. Like most of the bards of his period he visited the larger houses, e.g. Penrhyn in the parish of Llandygái and Raglan in Monmouth, on his bardic itineraries. An elegy upon him was written by
IEUAN LLAFAR (fl. c. 1594-1610), poet A native apparently of Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire. Nothing is known about him, but a number of cywyddau and englynion composed by him, c. 1594 to 1610, have survived. He wrote poems to various contemporary North Wales gentry, including Owain Holant of Plas Berw, Anglesey, Hwmffrai ap Huw of Gwerclys, Rhobert Wyn of Foelas, Edwart ap Dafydd of Rhiwlas, Edwart ap Morus of Llansilin, Owain Bruwtwn
IEUAN LLWYD SIEFFRAI (fl. c. 1599-1619), poet of Rhûg (see the article on that family), which asserts a close relationship between himself and the poet, englynion of praise to Pirs Griffith of Penrhyn, others welcoming Richard Hughes to Penllyn, a cywydd of thanks to Robert Vaughan of Llwydiarth (see article on that family) for welcoming the poet to his home, another begging a sword from Maredudd ap Huw Lewys for Foulkes Holland, and a few
IEUAN (IFAN) o GARNO (Syr) (fl. c. 1530-1570), poet and cleric Jesus Coll. MS. 18 (30) and NLW MS 1559B (664) describe him as the father of the poet Owain Gwynedd. A number of his poems remain in manuscript, including cywyddau and englynion of controversy or ymryson, addressed to Huw Arwystli, love poems, and various other englynion which include two apparently composed on an obscure incident involving the removal of the poet's books and other belongings.
IEUAN TEW manuscript, but it is often difficult to distinguish between the poems of the two respective poets. A bardic controversy, or ymryson, occurred between the elder and the Mastr Harri, and between the younger and Bedo Hafesp; he also took part in another, together with the three poets, Siôn Phylip, Wiliam Llŷn, and Hywel Ceiriog, against Wiliam Cynwal and Huw Llŷn.
IEUAN TUDUR OWEN (fl. c. 1627), poet Nothing is known of his life. Some of his work remains in manuscript, and this includes religious and moral cywyddau and englynion, a cywydd describing a dream the poet had when drunk, a cywydd on the palsy, and a cywydd of praise to Huw Nannau (1580 - 1620, see the article on the family) when the latter became sheriff. In addition to this poetry written in strict metre, one of his poems in free
JARMAN, ELDRA MARY (1917 - 2000), harpist and author generally was through her two volumes of stories from the Roma tradition, Y gof a'r diafol (1989) and Storïau'r sipsiwn i blant (1991), both illustrated by Suzanne Carpenter. Her memories of her own childhood formed the basis of the film Eldra, broadcast on S4C in 2001, shortly after her death the previous year. Among its highlights was the musical score, created by the triple harp player Robin Huw Bowen
JENKINS, DAVID (1912 - 2002), librarian and scholar 1992 and 1993. He attended Ardwyn grammar school, Aberystwyth and then, in 1932, he became a student at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth where he graduated in Welsh Literature in 1935. As the Sir John Williams Research Student 1937-39 he began his research on the life and work of the poet Huw Morys (Eos Ceiriog, 1624-1709). He published a valuable article in The Bulletin of the Board of

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