Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, THOMAS ROWLAND (Asaph; 1857? - 1940), biographer , 16 June 1940, aged 83, and was buried in Bron-y-nant cemetery. He was the author of the following biographical works: Edmund Prys, 1899; Y Monwyson, 1902; Eminent Welshmen, 1908, a biographical dictionary for the period 1700-1900; and Huw Morus (Eos Ceiriog), 1910. His Edmwnd Prys includes a convenient collection of Prys's poetry, and his Eminent Welshmen, with its ample apparatus of reference, has
ROBINSON family Conway, Monachdy, Gwersyllt, . The see of Bangor then falling vacant, Cecil (to whom he had been previously recommended for the headship of a Cambridge college) put his name forward as 'a person well known in that country, and a Welshman … a grave learned man,' as against Pembroke's nominee, the lay lawyer, Dr. Elis Prys, and, the archbishop concurring, Robinson was consecrated in 1566. As bishop, he took a strong line against
ROWLAND(S), WILLIAM (1887 - 1979), schoolmaster and author graduated BA in 1910 with first-class honours in Welsh. (He was the third person to achieve this at Bangor and joint fourth within the University of Wales since the degree was first awarded in 1899.) He held the Meyrick Scholarship for the session 1910-11 and was awarded his MA degree in 1912 for a thesis on the subject 'Barddoniaeth Tomos Prys o Blas Iolyn'. As an undergraduate he came under the spell of
SALESBURY, WILLIAM (1520? - 1584?), scholar and chief translator of the first Welsh New Testament Llwyd, sister of Dr. Elis Prys of Plas Iolyn. Although Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and others suggest that he lived to about the end of the century, it is practically certain that he died about 1584 or shortly before that. William Salesbury's industry was actuated mainly by two motives: a desire to make the Holy Scriptures available to the Welsh, and a desire to impart knowledge and learning to them in
SION DAFYDD ap SIENCYN, poet A poet of this name flourished in the time of Edmund Prys (1544 - 1623). Poems attributed to him are found in Esgair MS. 26; Brogyntyn MS. 2; Cwrtmawr MS 11B, Cwrtmawr MS 27E, Cwrtmawr MS 70D, Cwrtmawr MS 129B; NLW MS 2692B; NLW MS 3047C; Peniarth MS 239; Llanstephan MS 156; Cardiff MSS. 19, 48, 64, 66; Jes. Coll. MS. 17; and B.M. Add. MS. 12230.
SION TREFOR, poet Poems attributed to Siôn Trefor are found in Gwysaney MS. 25; Llanstephan MS 11; Peniarth MS 84, Peniarth MS 86, Peniarth MS 313; NLW MS 1553A, NLW MS 6471B; and to Sir Siôn Trefor in Jes. Coll. MS. 15. An englyn to Sir Hugh, earl of Worcester, composed by Sir John Trefor and Edmund Prys, appears in NLW MS 11993A.
THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, Ruthin. Simon Thelwall's oldest son of his first marriage was EDWARD THELWALL (died 29 July 1610) He married, as his third wife, Katheryn of Berain. SIMON THELWALL, Edward's son of his second marriage, married Gaenor, daughter of Dr. Elis Prys of Plas Iolyn, and from this union were descended the Thelwall family of Ruthin. The Bathafarn Park branch of the family traced their descent from John Thelwall
THOMAS, DEWI-PRYS (1916 - 1985), architect Dewi-Prys Thomas was born on 5 August 1916 in the Toxteth Park district of Liverpool, the eldest child of Adolphus Dan Thomas (1889-1974), a banking union official, and his wife Elysabeth (Lys) Watkin Thomas (née Jones, 1888-1953). His sister Rhiannon ('Nannon') Prys Thomas was born in 1919. The historian Robert John Pryse ('Gweirydd ap Rhys', 1807-1889) was his great grandfather. Dewi-Prys
THOMAS, EBENEZER (Eben Fardd; 1802 - 1863), schoolmaster and poet Born August 1802 at Tan-lan in the parish of Llanarmon, Caernarfonshire, the son of Thomas Williams, a weaver, and Catherine Prys. His parents were faithful members of the Calvinistic Methodist society at Ysgoldy, Pencaenewydd, where the son was received into membership in 1811. He attended schools at Capel Helyg, Llanarmon, Llangybi, Aber-erch and, for a short time, at Tudweiliog in Llŷn. He
THOMAS, ROBERT (d. 1774), poet, and sexton of Llanfair Talhaearn Denbighshire Prys, and Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) He was buried at Llanfair Talhaearn on 18 December 1774; Dafydd Siôn Prys wrote an elegy upon him (Additional Letters of the Morrises of Anglesey (1735-86), p. 736).
TUDUR PENLLYN (c. 1420 - c. 1485-90), bard For his pedigree, see Peniarth MS 125: Cywyddau ymryson Edmwnd Prys a Wiliam Cynwal, Peniarth MS 139i Peniarth MS 139ii Peniarth MS 139iii, Peniarth MS 176: Achau, Wrexham MS. 1, and Stowe MS. 669. He was Tudur Penllyn ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth Foel, but in one manuscript he is called Tudur Penllyn ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth Foel. He traced his descent from Meirion Goch, an Edeirnion nobleman who
VAUGHAN family Pant Glas, VAUGHAN (II), who is mentioned in cywyddau written by his friend Thomas Prys of Plas Iolyn; he is said to have died in 1654, but this is very doubtful, for a will proved in 1640 suggests that he was already dead. He was succeeded by his eldest son, JOHN VAUGHAN, who was alive in 1640; he, too, is said to have died in 1654 but, again, this is very doubtful, for he is referred to in a document dating from

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