Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CYNAN DINDAETHWY (d. 816), prince was, according to the oldest pedigree, the son of Rhodri, a grandson of Cadwaladr (died 664). Inasmuch as Rhodri (usually found with the epithet 'Molwynog') died in 754 and Cynan is first mentioned in 813, this descent is open to question. His brief appearance in history gathers round a struggle with a certain Hywel, whom Dr. David Powel treats as his brother, for the possession of Anglesey. In
DAFYDD ap BLEDDYN (d. 1346), bishop Bishop of St Asaph, succeeded on the death of Llywelyn ap Llywelyn in 1314. According to Iolo Goch (ed. C. Ashton, 273), he was 'of the tribe of Uchtryd ' and, in accordance with this, the pedigrees make him a brother of Ithel Anwyl, and a nephew of Ithel Fychan, both important figures in Flintshire in the early part of the century (Powys Fadog, iii, 106, iv, 154). He may be the ' David ap
DAFYDD ap DAFYDD LLWYD (1549), poet and member of the landed family ] Caereinion (1599), Siôn Huws of Maes y Pandy, near Tal-y-llyn, and Doctor [ David ] Powel, bardic controversies (ymrysonau) between himself and Roger Cyffin, and, also, with Lewys Dwnn, and religious and moral poems. Bedo Hafesp composed an elegy on him (Bodewryd MS 1D (289)). NLW MS 5270B (327) contains an englyn presumably by his son John.
DAFYDD (DAVID) ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1283), prince of Gwynedd all appearances under the tutelage of his mother - with a small share of power as lord of Cymydmaen in the far west of Gwynedd. The first known references to David, however, go back to 1241 when he and a younger brother, Rhodri, became hostages to Henry III under the terms of a royal agreement with Senena, relating to her husband and eldest son. David's political career may be said to have begun
DAFYDD AP MAREDUDD GLAIS, murderer, civic official, scribe and translator ordered Gruffydd ap Nicolas and others to make inquisition in the county of Cardigan 'touching all treasons, felonies and trespasses done there by David ap Mereth Gleyse of Haberustoth'. In 1444, he wrote Peniarth MS 22. This contains a copy of a Welsh translation (the Dingestow version) of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and his own translation from Latin into Welsh of a short and
DAFYDD DARON (fl. 1400), dean of Bangor , following Le Neve, says he was outlawed, as a supporter of Owain Glyn Dŵr, in 1406, and adds, on his own information, that he was 'a wealthy man and son of Evan ap David ap Griffith, a descendant of Caradoc ap Iestyn.' More questionable is the assertion that he was the man in whose house the famous Tripartite Indenture was signed. According to the chronicler Hall, the sole authority for the place of
DAFYDD DDU ATHRO HIRADDUG (fl. before 1400), a poet learnt in his youth in the neighbourhood of the Vale of Clwyd. In the 18th century it was maintained that his was the gravestone in the church of Tremeirchion, bearing an inscription containing the name David F' Hovel (?) F' Madoc - but that is completely uncertain. According to tradition he was famed for his learning and as a soothsayer, and the famous Dr. John Dee maintained in 1582 that Dafydd Ddu
DAFYDD GAM (d. 1415), Welsh warrior Dafydd fell into the hands of Glyn Dŵr is certain, but that was at a much later date; it was in June 1412, when the revolt was nearing its collapse, that the seneschal and the receiver of Brecon, with the assent of Llywelyn ap Hywel, the prisoner's father, were empowered to treat with Owen as to the ransom of 'David Gamm,' tenant in the lordship of Brecon (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 406). The release was
DAFYDD LLWYD ap LLYWELYN ap GRUFFUDD (c. 1420 - c. 1500) Mathafarn, poet which they had imposed on the Welsh. Apart from his cywyddau there remain only his awdl to S. David (which is also vaticinatory) and a few englynion. There is a tradition that Henry Tudor spent a night with Dafydd Llwyd at Mathafarn on his journey to Bosworth, and that the poet's wife advised him (as if that were necessary) to foretell that prince's good fortune.
DAFYDD TREFOR Syr (d. 1528?), cleric and bard Society, 1934. In a list of clergy in the diocese of Bangor in the year 1504 Dafydd Trevor is described as rector of Llanygrad, i.e. Llaneugrad-cum-Llanallgo, Anglesey, and as a canon. This is how he describes himself in a deed (dated 1524 and signed by himself) by which he transfers ' Tyddyn Hwfa ' near Llangeinwen church, Anglesey, to Owen Holland and others - 'Ego dominus david Trevor clericus alias
DAFYDD, EDWARD (c. 1600 - 1678?) Margam, bard Beirdd Ynys Prydain, 1829. Iolo further maintained that it was at ' Gorsedd Bewpyr ' (the ' gorsedd ' held at Beaupré) in 1681 that this 'dosparth' was confirmed, with Edward Dafydd as one of the penceirddiaid (chief bards). All this is but a dream by Iolo. No work at all by Edward Dafydd is known to be later than 1665. Two persons of the name of ' Edward David ' were buried at Margam in 1678; it may
DAFYDD, JOHN (fl. 1747), hymn-writers Sons of David John (1698 - 1775) and Margaret Richard, his wife (1692 - 1774) John Dafydd was born in 1727 and was still living in 1771. The brothers are said to have been cobblers by trade and to have lived in Bedwgleision, Caeo, Carmarthenshire; the Methodist society of Caeo used to meet in their home. John is mentioned in the Trevecka records as an exhorter in the earliest years of the

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