Dictionary of Welsh Biography

STEPHENS, MICHAEL (1938 - 2018), writer and literature administrator about Welsh literature and culture. As an obituarist he recorded the lives of his notable contemporaries in The Independent; these were collected in three volumes, Necrologies: A Book of Welsh Obituaries (2008), Welsh Lives (2012) and More Welsh Lives (2018). His biography Rhys Davies: A Writer's Life (2014) won a Wales Book of the Year award. He was founder and secretary of the Rhys Davies Trust
STEPHENS, THOMAS (1821 - 1875) America by Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd in the Twelfth Century (he lost the prize for this essay at Llangollen in 1858 owing to a bit of knavery by the committee, but it was published under the editorship of Llywarch Reynolds in 1893); Orgraff yr Iaith Gymraeg, 1859, jointly with Gweirydd ap Rhys. He also contributed articles to the Beirniad, 1861-3, and Archæologia Cambrensis, 1851-3. He was a fine example of
STEPHENS, THOMAS (Casnodyn, Gwrnerth, Caradawg; 1821 - 1875), historian and social reformer reform, a subject debated since the misguided efforts of William Owen Pughe. Following a meeting at the 1858 Llangollen Eisteddfod Stephens and Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys) circulated questionnaires that led to the publication of Orgraph yr Iaith Gymraeg in 1859, a valuable forerunner of articles on the same subject published by Sir John Morris-Jones in Y Geninen in the 1890s. These efforts
STRADLING family Cyprus on his way home. He had married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan. Jane, one of their daughters, married Miles ap Harry, and had Blanche Parry as grand-daughter. The heir, THOMAS STRADLINGE, died 1480, under 26 years of age. His wife was Jenet, daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, and afterwards wife of Sir Rhys ap Thomas. During this period the family became more prominent
SYPYN CYFEILIOG (fl. 1340-1390), poet He is best known for his 'one night's awdl ' to Dafydd ap Cadwaladr of Bachelldref, near Church Stoke, the famous last lines of which may be translated ' Come when you like, take what you will; and after you have come, stay as long as you desire.' It is said in the manuscripts that this poem was written at short notice by the poet to repay for his welcome after seeking refuge from a storm in
TALIESIN (fl. second half of the 6th century), bard at the time of the fighting against Ida, king of Northumbria, and his sons, according to a note in Nennius's Historia Brittonum. He was a contemporary of ' Neirin,' i.e. Aneirin, the bard of the ' Gododdin.' The chief leader of the Britons in this war was ' Urbgen,' i.e. Urien Rheged ap Cynfarch (see Cymm., ix, 173); three other kings are named, Rhydderch Hen, Gwallawg, and Morgant, who fought
THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, JOHN THELWALL from whom the family is descended, settled in the Ruthin district with Reginald de Grey, about 1380. His son, also named JOHN, married Ffelis, daughter and heiress of John ap Rhys Fychan by Alice, daughter and heiress of Walter Cooke or Ward, of Plas y Ward; and thus were the Thelwall family first associated with this historic house. Little of note is known of the family's fortune
THOMAS family Wenvoe, This family, which became prominent in the 17th century, was descended from the Harpways of Herefordshire. According to G. T. Clark (Limbus Patrum, 445) JEVAN HARPWAY, or 'ap Harpway,' of Tresiment, Herefordshire, married CATHERINE, daughter and heiress of Thomas ap Thomas of Wenvoe Castle, Glamorganshire. Their great-grandson was, EDMUND THOMAS (1633 - 1677) Politics, Government and Political
THOMAS ap IEUAN - see JAMES, THOMAS EVAN
THOMAS ap RHODRI (c. 1295 - 1363), nobleman Nephew of LLYWELYN AP GRUFFYDD; son of Rhodri ap Gruffydd by one Catherine. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1315. He eventually parted with most of the Cheshire estate and resided on his Tatsfield manor in Surrey. Later he acquired the manor of Bidfield in Gloucestershire and that of Dinas in Mechain Iscoed, thus establishing a new territorial stake in Wales. That he had a wider interest
THOMAS TEIFI (fl. 16th century), poet Poems attributed to him are found in Peniarth MS 79, Peniarth MS 114, and Llanstephan MS 40, Llanstephan MS 133. In Cardiff MS. 7 there is a cywydd to the isle of Anglesey by 'T. ap Eingnon vel Teifi,' and in Peniarth MS 114 a cywydd to Lewis Gwyn by 'Tho. ap Eynyon al's Teyfy.'
THOMAS, BENJAMIN (Myfyr Emlyn; 1836 - 1893), Baptist minister, poet, lecturer, and author prominent preachers of his day, and sermons by him were published in Spence - Exall (ed.), Pulpit Commentary. He was a popular eisteddfod conductor, and was frequently invited to lecture. His poetical works, in both Welsh and English, were edited by William Morris (Rhosynog) under the title of Barddoniaeth Myfyr Emlyn, 1898, and he also published Marwnad R. A. Rees (Rhys Dyfed) Rhydlewis, 1868, and

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