Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HYWEL ap DAFYDD ap IEUAN ap RHYS (fl. c. 1450-1480) Raglan, poet HYWEL DAFI of Raglan, according to Peniarth MS 101 (262), a poet of whose work many examples remain in manuscript. These include a few religious and love poems, and a large number addressed in the standard convention to various members of the ruling families of his period in South Wales, e.g. Gruffudd ap Nicolas of Dynevor, Phylip ap Tomas of Llangoed in Brecknock, Rhys ap Siancyn of Glyn Nedd
HYWEL ap DAFYDD LLWYD ab Y GOF (fl. c. 1500), poet
HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD (d. c. 1381) Son of Gruffydd ap Hywel (from Collwyn), of Bron-y-Foel in the township of Ystumllyn and the parish of Ynyscynhaiarn, Eifionydd, by Angharad, daughter of Tegwared y Bais Wen. His paternal grandmother was a grand-daughter of Ednyfed Fychan. A younger son, he acquired fame in the French Wars of Edward III. The tradition that he won his spurs at Poitiers is not, however, confirmed by the evidence
HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD ap IORWERTH (fl. c. 1300-1340) According to a story recorded by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt about 1650, Hywel ap Gruffydd ap Iorwerth was descended from Hwfa ap Cynddelw, founder of one of the so-called 'Fifteen Tribes.' His mother was said to have nursed Edward II after his birth at Caernarvon in 1284; as a result, Hywel enjoyed the favour of the king and was knighted by him. He was a man of great physical strength, able to
HYWEL ap IEUAF (d. 985), king of Gwynedd
HYWEL ap IEUAN ab EDNYFED (fl. end of 14th and beginning of 15th century) - see WYNN
HYWEL ap IORWERTH ab OWAIN Lord of Caerleon - see MORGAN ap HYWEL
HYWEL ap LLYWELYN ap MAREDUDD (fl. c. 1500?), poet
HYWEL ap MAREDUDD ap CARADOG ap IESTYN - see MORGAN ap CARADOG ap IESTYN
HYWEL ap RHEINALLT (fl. c. 1471-1494), poet
HYWEL ap RHODRI MOLWYNOG (d. 825), king of Gwynedd
HYWEL BANGOR (fl. 1540), an itinerant bard He may have been the person described as Huw Bangor (fl. 1560-1600) in The Cambrian Biography. Some eighteen englynion by Hywel Bangor have survived, and these identify him with Maelor, so that he probably took his bardic name from Bangor Iscoed (Bangor on Dee). He composed a series of englynion on the change of sheriffs for Flintshire in 1540. The date 1577 is entered against one of his

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