Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD OFFEIRIAD Syr (fl. 15th century), cleric, and writer of vaticinatory poetry
DAFYDD PENNANT (fl. late 16th century), bard
DAFYDD SIÔN PIRS - see JONES, DAVID
DAFYDD SIÔN SIÂMS - see JONES, DAFYDD
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 WILIAM PRYS - see DAFYDD WILIAM PYRS
DAFYDD WILIAM PYRS (or PRYS) (fl. c. 1660), poet A native, it is said, of Cynwyd, Meironnydd. No details regarding his life are known, but at least two of his poems in free metres remain. One is entitled 'Hanes yr hen ŵr o'r coed,' and the other, in the form of a dialogue between two sisters, has alternate stanzas by Mathew Owen of Llangar and himself. Avoid confusing him with Dafydd Emlyn (Dafydd William Prys), fl. 1603-1622
DAFYDD WILLIAM PRYS (fl. 1603-1622), poet - see DAFYDD EMLYN
DAFYDD Y COED (fl. 1380), poets
DAFYDD Y GARREG WEN - see OWEN, DAVID
DAFYDD, EDWARD (c. 1600 - 1678?) Margam, bard which were part of the 'dower' of the Welsh bard. Nevertheless, little would have been known of him if Iolo Morganwg had not 'resurrected' him and made him into one of the chief figures in the bardic annals of the county. Edward Dafydd was, says Iolo, one of those who had arranged and 'ordered' ' Dosparth Morgannwg,' that is, the Glamorgan system of poetic measures as they are found in Cyfrinach
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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