Dictionary of Welsh Biography

FITZOSBERN, WILLIAM (d. 1071), earl of Hereford, lord of Breteuil in Normandy , allowing many to retain their lands on the favourable terms granted by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, and the Welsh reeves (meiri) were not displaced. Before his last departure from the country, he came to terms with Maredudd ab Owain by granting him the vill of Ley. To stabilize his defensive system of border castles, he attached chartered boroughs to them, attracting settlers by granting favourable conditions
FITZSTEPHEN, ROBERT (d. c. 1183), one of the conquerors of Ireland fortress of Cardigan for the Clares for a long period, even against the onslaught of Hywel ab Owain in 1145. Not until 1165, after Rhys ap Gruffydd had subdued almost the whole of Ceredigion, did the castle fall into the hands of the Welsh. It was then betrayed to Rhys, razed to the ground, and Robert was imprisoned for over three years. On his release he crossed to Ireland to aid the king of Leinster
FOULKES, ISAAC (Llyfrbryf; 1836 - 1904), newspaper proprietor and publisher of Cymmrodorion. He was the author of several novels, including Rheinallt ab Gruffydd, 1874, and Y Ddau Efell, neu Llanllonydd, 1875, and also contributed, in his younger days, to the Welsh periodical press, particularly Y Cronicl, Yr Herald, and Yr Amserau. It is, however, as the founder, owner, and editor of Y Cymro that Isaac Foulkes is best-known. The first issue of this Welsh newspaper is
GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS (1146? - 1223), archdeacon of Brecon and mediaeval Latin writer king's service, and he acted as mediator between the court and the lord Rhys ap Gruffydd. In 1185, because of his relationship to the conquerors of Ireland - his mother's brothers and half-brothers and his own brothers - he was appointed to accompany prince John to Ireland, and he turned this task to good account by collecting materials for his Expugnatio Hibernica and Topographia Hibernica. In 1188 he
GLYN, WILLIAM (1504 - 1558), bishop and others. Appointed bishop of Bangor, 1555, he enforced Catholic doctrines at regular synods of his clergy. There is no evidence of persecution in his diocese, and his tolerance towards married clergy may have been due to the fact that his own father and grandfather were priests; he himself had a son (Gruffydd Glyn of Pwllheli, sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1563-1564). Glyn died 21 May 1558. His
GRIFFITH family Garn, Plasnewydd, of this family were poets, viz. Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (died 1532), and his son Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (c. 1485 - 1553); the father lived at Llannerch, in the township of Llewenni, Denbighshire, a house afterwards associated with the Davies family, of Llannerch and Gwysaney. A ' Cowydd i'r Crud ' by him is in NLW MS 3048D. T. A. Glenn, who could not (in 1934) accept some of the
GRIFFITH family PENRHYN, battle of the Spurs, and the siege of Tournai in August 1513, and was knighted at Tournai 25 September 1513. (L. and P. Henry VIII, vol. I, part i, 1176, 1496, part ii, 2301, 2480, 2575.) Poems by Lewis Môn, Huw Llwyd ap Dafydd, Tudur Aled, and Gruffydd ap Tudur ap Hywel refer to his part in the campaign. (NLW MS 3051D, Mostyn MSS. 233, 520, 523, 537, 585; Cardiff MSS. 2, 103; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T
GRIFFITH family Carreg-lwyd, Llanfaethlu on 30 May 1544, only to be evicted from his living later that same year, and to be reinstated sometime during 1558-9. It was he, who, for 700 pounds, purchased the Ty'n-y-pant estate (later renamed Carreg-lwyd) in Anglesey, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Gruffydd ap Robert, Carne, Anglesey. William Griffith died at Llanfaethlu on 17 November 1587. His son JOHN GRIFFITH (alive on 10 June 1608
GRIFFITH, DAVID (1792 or 1794 - 1873), Independent minister represented his ward on the county council … Robert Griffith did not discharge his duties as a minister - he was probably the most negligent minister ever to have had charge of a church.' (W. J. Gruffydd in Hen Atgofion, 31, 32). Under his leadership sufficient money was raised to open a British school at Bethel and to get a college-trained master to run it. He was for twenty years the secretary of the
GRIFFITH, EDMUND (1570 - 1637), bishop Gruffydd of Methlan, Llŷn [ J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 271], he had fifteen children. He died 26 May 1637. As dean, his relations with bishop Lewis Bayly were strained. They quarrelled over the administration of Friars School, Bangor, and their many differences brought them before the star chamber and the privy council. Their enmity probably formed part of the greater feud between John Griffith of Cefn
GRIFFITH, THOMAS TAYLOR (1795 - 1876), surgeon and antiquary Born at Wrexham, 11 December 1795, he was one of the eleven children (and the eldest son) of Thomas Griffith (1753 - 1846, surgeon), and great-grandson of John Griffith (1654 - 1698) or Siôn Gruffydd of Cae Cyriog, genealogist and herald, who died 31 October 1698. The family of Cae Cyriog in the Hafod township, Ruabon, was there at least as early as the mid 15th century (P. Fadog, ii, 184). His
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1853 - 1918), mining engineer and author [2nd ed. 1912, ed. by W. J. Gruffydd ]. In 1893 he married Annie, second daughter of Thomas Morris, Aberystwyth; and was landlord of the Waterloo Hotel there. He died 25 November 1918, leaving two sons, and was buried at Aberystwyth cemetery.

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