Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CRAWLEY, RICHARD (1840 - 1893), scholar . He died 30 March 1893.
CRAWSHAY family, industrialists Cyfarthfa Crawshay (infra). Besides these important works, he held many shares in the Taff Vale Railway, etc. He died at Caversham Park, 4 August 1867. ROBERT THOMPSON CRAWSHAY (1817 - 1879), Business and Industry was born at Cyfarthfa, 3 March 1817, the youngest son [by a second marriage] of the ' Iron King,' and was given Cyfarthfa works and its castle. He carried on the works until the great depression set in
CYNAN ap HYWEL (d. 1242?), prince was not to be molested. He was holding lands in South Wales in June 1225, when Llywelyn and the earl Marshall were commissioned to make a fair division between Maelgwn, Owain, and Cynan, and in March, 1238, when he was named as one of the vassals of English magnates who were forbidden to do homage to David as Llywelyn's heir. According to inquests of 1288 and 1299, Walter Marshall found him, on
DAFYDD ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1203), king of Gwynedd there was no response in the country, and in October 1214 it would appear that Emma and Owain were both dead, for the king in that year gave Hales to Peter des Roches, who founded there a house of Premonstratensian canons. The daughter, ' Wennour,' was married to Meurig, son of Roger, a powerful baron of the march of Welsh descent, who was much employed in the royal service as interpreter between
DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1246), prince this year, Dafydd confirmed his father's donation to the priory of Ynys Lannog, better known as Penmon. In 1230, a marriage was afoot between him and Isabella, eldest daughter of William de Breos, a powerful baron of the march. The tragedy of that year, when William was hanged by Llywelyn's men, did not break off the match; it was carried through, and, as part of the bargain, Builth, hitherto a Breos
DAFYDD, OWEN (1751 - 1814?), rustic poet and ballad-writer Llwyn Uchedwel, near Glais, in the Vale of Swansea; later still he moved to Cefn Myddfai, Llangyfelach, and Melin Gurwen. His last home was at Melin-y-gurnos, in the Vale of Swansea. In 1869 a monument was erected over his grave in the parish churchyard, Ystradgynlais, according to which he was born in 1751 and died 29 March 1813. Thomas Levi (Y Traethodydd, 1866, 406) says that he died 29 March 1813
DAI LLWYD (fl. 1485) Cwm Bychan, harpist and warrior He composed the air ' Ffarwel Dai Llwyd ' when leaving home to join the army in its march to Bosworth Field.
DANIEL, JOHN (1755? - 1823), printer ,' which was a quarto, Daniel printed 4,000 copies of an octavo Bible in Welsh. He was the first in Wales to print music in staff notation; this was in 1797 when he produced Cyfaill mewn Llogell, by John Williams ('Siôn Singer' 1750? - 1807). He also it was who printed the earlier issues of The Carmarthen Journal, which began to appear on 3 March 1810. He had been made a freeman of the borough of
DANIEL, WILLIAM RAYMOND (1928 - 1997), association football player up with his compatriot Trevor Ford (1923-2003), who was instrumental in encouraging him to move north. Daniel remained at Sunderland for four seasons, and eventually became club captain. He played 136 League games for the Wearsiders, before joining Cardiff City in October 1957, where he played only six League games before returning to his first club Swansea in March 1958 where he made a further 44
DANIELS, ELEANOR (1886 - 1994), actress March 1994 at the house in Darien, Connecticut. In 2011, a blue plaque was unveiled by her niece at the house where she grew up in Llanelli.
DEWI Saint , founder and abbot-bishop of S. Davids, and patron saint of Wales Martyrology of Oengus' (c. 800) 1 March is recorded as his festival. There are churches associated with his name in South Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, and southwestern England. Of the churches named after him in Wales (the majority of them probably founded by him), there is not one to the north of a line drawn from the mouth of the river Wyre to Glasbury. It is likely that the distribution of his churches
DAVID, JOHN (1701? - 1756), Independent minister Cwmllynfell. He is pretty certainly the John David who joined Henry Palmer and Rees Davies, in a letter (Trevecka letter 231) to Howel Harris, 22 March 1740. He died 22 July 1756, and was buried at Manordivy. There is an elegy (printed in the work mentioned below) upon him by Morris Griffiths. A record in the Moravian archives at Haverfordwest speaks in very high terms of John David.

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