Dictionary of Welsh Biography

SALUSBURY family Rug, Bachymbyd, , daughter of John ap Madog of Bodvel, Llŷn. He was succeeded by his son JOHN SALUSBURY, who was Member of Parliament for Merioneth in 1553 and sheriff of the same county in 1559 and 1578. John added to the estate by buying the lordship of Glyndyfrdwy from William, lord Graye de Wilton, and John Banester, who had received it from the Crown in 1552. He married Elisabeth, daughter of his kinsman Sir John
SEISYLL BRYFFWRCH (1155 - 1175), poet The earliest known event in his career is the bardic contest against Cynddelw for the office of chief court poet to Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys (died 1160). The englynion of this contest are to be found in the Hendreg. MS. (71b-72a) and in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales (154a) Seisyll declares in one of these englynion that he is of the stock of Culfardd, who is probably to be
SION BRWYNOG (d. 1567?), poet , daughter of Owen ap Ifan ap Madog of Ucheldre, Llanfflewyn, and they had a son, William Brwynog. Siôn Brwynog died in 1562, according to an elegy by Gruffudd Hiraethog (Bodleian MS. 31440, f. 4, 176-80), and was buried in Llanddeusant churchyard.
SYPYN CYFEILIOG (fl. 1340-1390), poet Dafydd's house, and finding himself there in the middle of a festive occasion. It was composed before 1400, for it is found in the ' Red Book of Hergest ' under the name Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd, which is one of several names by which this poet is known. The manuscripts state that he was also called Cneppyn Gwerthrynion and Bach Buddugre. It is certain, however, that a poet of an earlier day had
THOMAS, WILLIAM JENKYN (1870 - 1959), schoolmaster and author Born 5 July 1870, the son of John Thomas, Bryncocyn, Llangywer, Merionethshire, and his wife Catherine who died when William was a child, and the family moved to Plas Madog, Llanuwchllyn. He went to Friars School, Bangor, before matriculating as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1888; he had a scholarship in 1890 and graduated B.A. (class I part I in the classical tripos), and M.A. in
TUDUR PENLLYN (c. 1420 - c. 1485-90), bard right of his wife, Gwerful, daughter of Ieuan Fychan ap Ieuan ap Hywel y Gadair ap Gruffydd ap Madog ap Rhirid Flaidd (see Powys Fadog, ii, 119; vi, 119, 129). It appears that, in addition to being a poet, Tudur Penllyn was a sheep grazier and a drover, who traded in the wool of his sheep; this, however, did not prevent him from following the custom of the strolling bards and visiting the halls of the
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1727 - 1798), Dissenting minister, scholar and author exploit was a defence of the discovery of America by Welshmen in the 12th century under the title of An enquiry into the truth of the tradition concerning the discovery of America by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170, 1791. This was followed by Further observations on the same subject in 1792.
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ioan Madog; 1812 - 1878), blacksmith and poet became skilled in the designing and making of certain implements for use in the ships that were then being built at Portmadoc. Early in life he interested himself in poetry, being 'installed' as a bard in an eisteddfod held at Bala in 1836. He became a successful competitor in eisteddfodau, e.g. Aberffraw, 1849, Rhuddlan, 1850, 'Eisteddfod Madog,' 1851, etc. He died 5 May 1878, and was buried in the

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