Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, HOWELL (Hywel Tudur; 1840 - 1922), poet, preacher and inventor
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1884 - 1960), educationalist and scholar text amended for the second edition in 1937. There was a long interval till the appearance of Gwaith Tudur Penllyn ac Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn in 1958. The pattern here is similar - a full introduction dealing with the life and background of the poets, a discussion of the authenticity of the poems, and one new feature, some comments on the poets' metrical usages. A standard text based on every
ROBIN CLIDRO (fl. 1580), itinerant minstrel which seems never to have been used for serious poetry. It is a variation of the metre known as cyhydedd hir, with a touch of cynghanedd between the third and fourth lines. An elegy upon Robin, full of faulty cynghanedd in the manner of the bard himself, was sung by Siôn Tudur, and it is stated in the title that he was murdered by highwaymen in South Wales. But this may, like many another, be a mock
SALUSBURY family Lleweni, Bachygraig, Parliament (whether for county or borough is unknown) in 1539, and knight of the shire in 1542. As a leader of the English force in Ireland in 1534-5 this John Salusbury was a member of the Council of Ireland. Sir John Salusbury's eldest son and heir, another JOHN SALUSBURY, predeceased him by twelve years in 1566; he was the first husband of the celebrated Katheryn of Berain, daughter of Tudur ap Robert
SEFNYN (fl. second half of the 14th century), poet He sang the praises of Tudur ap Goronwy of Trecastell and Penmynydd (died 1367), and an elegiac awdl on his fellow Anglesey poet, Iorwerth ab y Cyriog, who fl. around 1360. He also sang the praises of the wives of his patrons, such as Angharad, ' Dafydd's spouse.' His work has survived only in a confused state in the manuscripts. He was probably the father of the poet Gwilym ap Sefnyn.
SION ap HYWEL ap LLYWELYN FYCHAN, poet A poet of this name composed an elegy on the death of Tudur Aled c. 1526. Poems attributed to him are found in Bodewryd MS 2B; Cwrtmawr MS 242B; NLW MS 552B, NLW MS 566B, NLW MS 832E, NLW MS 1024D, NLW MS 1246D, NLW MS 1553A, NLW MS 2288B, NLW MS 5273D, NLW MS 6209E, NLW MS 6495D, NLW MS 6499B, NLW MS 6681B, NLW MS 8330B; and B.M. Add. MSS. 14966, 14969, 14976, 14978. See also Lewis and Jones
SIÔN ap y BEDO ap DAFYDD ap HYWEL ap TUDUR - see SION CERI
SION CERI (fl. 1500?-1530?), poet His full name was Siôn ap y Bedo ap Dafydd ap Hywel ap Tudur. (Bodl. Welsh, c.4, 27b). Poems attributed to him are found in Bodewryd MS 1D; Esgair MS. 2; Brogyntyn MSS. 1, 2, 3; Cwrtmawr MS 204B, Cwrtmawr MS 244B, Cwrtmawr MS 448A; Peniarth MS 69, Peniarth MS 77, Peniarth MS 82, Peniarth MS 84, Peniarth MS 86, Peniarth MS 87, Peniarth MS 98, Peniarth MS 100, Peniarth MS 103, Peniarth MS 112
SION TUDUR (d. 1602), poet Siôn Tudur died on the eve of Easter Sunday, 3 April 1602, and was buried in S. Asaph church the following Monday, 5 April. In view of the fact that, towards the end of his life, he claimed to be the oldest of all the bards, and that some time before 1580 he had complained to Rhys Gruffudd of Penrhyn that he was growing old, it is suggested that he was born before 1530. His home was at Wigfair, S
THOMAS PENLLYN (d. 1623), poet He was a descendant of Tudur Penllyn. He is described in Cwrtmawr MS 11B as 'the poet of the distinguished house of Rhiwedog,' Meironnydd. Poems attributed to him are found in Cwrtmawr MS 243B; Llanstephan MS 35, Llanstephan MS 124, Llanstephan MS 133; NLW MS 3061D; NLW MS 16B, NLW MS 278B, NLW MS 567B, NLW MS 5269B, NLW MS 6494D, NLW MS 6495D, NLW MS 6496C, NLW MS 7012C; Peniarth MS 87; and
TREVOR family Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, The Trevalun Trevors were founded by RICHARD, sometimes called Sir RICHARD TREVOR (fl. 1500), 4th son of John Trevor ' hên ' and sixteenth in descent 'o dad i dad' from Tudur Trevor of Brynkynallt, who acquired the estate by marriage with Mallt, heiress of David ap Gruffydd of Allington (died 1476). Richard's great-grandson JOHN TREVOR (died 1589) fought in the French wars of Henry VIII as a
TREVOR family Brynkynallt, The numerous branches of the Denbighshire Trevor s all descend from Tudur Trevor (fl. 940), son-in-law of Hywel Dda and reputed 'king' of the borderland from the Maelors down to Gloucester; his second son (died 1037) inherited lands round Chirk, now represented by the Brynkynallt estate, and the surname became fixed in the time of his descendant John Trevor ' hên ' (died 1453). The family was

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