Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CRAWLEY, RICHARD (1840 - 1893), scholar Born at Bryngwyn near Raglan, Monmouthshire, 26 December 1840, son of William Crawley, archdeacon of Monmouth, and of Gertrude, third daughter of Sir Love Jones Parry of Madryn. He was a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. His career and works (the chief of which was the translation of Thucydides, now included in ' Everyman's Library') are noticed by Sidney Lee in the D.N.B., First Supplement
CYFEILIOG (d. 927), bishop of Llandaff The English Chronicles record that, in the course of a Danish invasion of the west Midlands, he was captured in the region of Archenfield (Erging), then, it may be, within his diocese, and carried off to the ships; Edward the Elder ransomed him for the sum of £40. The year is now reckoned to be 914. He appears as Cimeilliauc in the Book of Llandaf and is there made the recipient of nine grants
CYNAN ab OWAIN (d. 1174), prince was the son of Owain Gwynedd by an unknown mother. In 1145, he and his brother Hywel joined in an attack upon Cardigan; the town was sacked, but the castle was not taken. Two years later the two brothers invaded Meirionnydd and drove out their uncle Cadwaladr; as they entered the cantref from opposite directions it would seem that Cynan was now established in Ardudwy. In 1150 it is recorded that
CYNDEYRN, saint This Saint is commemorated at Llangyndeyrn in Carmarthenshire. Late-mediaeval genealogies make him the son of Saint Cyngar ap Garthog ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig; his feast was on 25 July, O.S. - the patronal fair at Llangyndeyrn is now held on 5 and 6 August His father, Cyngar, should not be confused with the saint Cyngar / Docwin / Dochau.
CYNGEN, (d. 855), prince elaborate memorial, of a well-known Mercian pattern, to his great-grandfather, Elise, who is declared, in a lengthy inscription, to have delivered Powys (about 725) from the power of the English. Very little of this inscription can now be read, but it was recorded much more fully by Edward Lhuyd in 1696 and his transcript forms the basis of modern discussion. For the most recent account, see Archæologia
DAFYDD ab IFAN ab EINION (fl. 1440-1468), soldier and commander of Harlech Castle during the Wars of the Roses Harlech in Dafydd's keeping. The castle now became a refuge for prominent English Lancastrian partisans, and a convenient link between Margaret and her supporters. Dafydd was repeatedly called upon to surrender, though no active steps were taken to enforce the summons. However, when Jasper Tudor landed with a Lancastrian force at Barmouth (June 1468), Edward IV sent William (lord) Herbert with a
DAFYDD ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1203), king of Gwynedd into that eastern half of Gwynedd, where he could rely on Norman help. The change was unwelcome to the Anglesey poet, Gwalchmai, who bemoans the loss of his patron, Dafydd, since Rhodri, who is now ruler in the island, has no use for his gifts. Some compensation came in 1177, when, at the conference with Henry II at Oxford, Emma's husband was gratified with the bestowal of the lordships of Ellesmere
DAFYDD ap BLEDDYN (d. 1346), bishop the churches of Meifod, Welshpool, and Guilsfield. In 1336, with the consent of the chapter, he appropriated the church of Nantglyn to improving the income of the ten vicars of the cathedral; from the act (confirmed by the king in 1341) it appears that the south transept (now the consistory court) had just been built. Legal proceedings were taken against the bishop in 1340-1 in an attempt to limit
DAFYDD AP GWILYM (c. 1315 - c. 1350), poet following centuries, and it is now very difficult to distinguish between his genuine work and that of his contemporaries who possessed similar poetic gifts. The earliest printed collection of his work, Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym (1789), contains a substantial number of inauthentic poems, as well as fanciful stories about Dafydd's life, and it was not until the publication of the critical edition by
DAFYDD ap GWILYM (fl. 1340-1370), poet all parts of Wales : he knew Gruffudd Gryg of Anglesey and Madog Benfras of Maelor. He sang to Newborough in Anglesey, visited the cathedral at Bangor, and eulogized the dean, Hywel ap Goronwy. Men and women of noble birth in Ceredigion were also the subjects of eulogies by him. It has been generally supposed that Dafydd's chief patron was Ifor ap Llywelyn, or Ifor Hael, of Bassaleg (now in
DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN (d. 1246), prince lose anything he could retain, Dafydd now resorted to delaying tactics, until, in the summer of 1241, Henry could wait no longer and led an expedition into North Wales. His progress was unexpectedly easy; an abnormal drought removed many of the usual obstacles, and the prince was forced to agree, at Gwern Eigron, near S. Asaph, on 29 August, to a peace which required him to resign all claim to the
DAFYDD NANMOR (fl. 15th century), poet concludes therefrom that he did not live long enough to witness the final triumph of his party. By now a considerable number of works by contemporaries of Dafydd Nanmor have been published and it is, consequently, necessary to reconsider the question of years and times, particularly as the amount of material at our disposal increases. One is inclined to suggest somewhat later dates - 1420 to 1485 or 1490

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