Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BAKER, ELIZABETH (c. 1720 - 1789), diarist lived at Bryn Adda on the other side of the valley where she remained until 26 April 1784, after which she lived in Dolgelley. Her experiences are related in her unpublished diary, now Peniarth MS 416 i, Peniarth MS 416 ii, Peniarth MS 416 iii, Peniarth MS 416 iv, Peniarth MS 416 v, Peniarth MS 416 vi, Peniarth MS 416 vii, Peniarth MS 416 viii, Peniarth MS 416 ix, Peniarth MS 416 x in N.L.W. Extracts
DAVIES, ROBERT (Bardd Nantglyn; 1769 - 1835), poet and grammarian Barddoniaeth, a volume consisting mostly of his own compositions, but also including some by other poets of the period. A selection of his works appeared under the title Diliau Barddas in 1827. His best and most famous poem is the witty satire called 'Ewyllys Adda.' The treatise on Welsh grammar, Ieithiadur neu Ramadeg Cymraeg, first published in 1808, with a second edition in 1818 and a third in 1826, shows
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1884 - 1960), educationalist and scholar based on many MS copies, but the editor did not attempt to produce a definitive text or to list variant readings. This was a busy time for Thomas Roberts, for there also appeared in 1914 Cywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilym a'i Gyfoeswyr, in which he collaborated with Ifor Williams, being responsible for the introductions to the works of the contemporaries - Gruffudd ab Adda, Madog Benfras, Gruffudd Gryg and
WYNNE family Peniarth, , LLEWELYN AP KENRIC, also of Corsygedol, who married NEST (NESTA), daughter and heiress of GRIFFITH AB ADDA, of Dôl Goch and Ynysmaengwyn, Towyn (the tomb of Griffith ab Adda can be seen in Towyn church). From this marriage there descended - to take only the main line - EINION AP GRUFFYDD AP LLEWELYN, IEUAN AB EINION, RHYS AP IEUAN AB EINION (Rhys had a better-known brother, Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion), and
OWEN family Peniarth, to Edward Breese, Kalendars of Gwynedd, and to S. R. Meyrick's edition of Dwnn's Heraldic Visitations and (b) in J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 323. What follows here is, therefore, but a summary. The family traced its descent from Ednowain ap Bradwen down to a LLYWELYN who did homage for his land to Edward I. Llywelyn's son, EDNYFED, married GWENLLIAN, daughter and co-heiress of Gruffydd ab Adda ap
VAUGHAN family Trawsgoed, Crosswood, is usually associated with Caernarvonshire. It is claimed that the first member of the family to settle at Trawsgoed was ADDA AP LLEWELYN FYCHAN (c. 1200); the older pedigrees agree in stating that he married Tudo (or Dudo), daughter and heiress of Ieuan Goch of Trawsgoed. Their great-grandson, MORUS FYCHAN AP IEUAN, is said to have stabilised the Fychan, hence Vaughan, as surname. Among the family
WYNN family Ynysmaengwyn, Dolau Gwyn, This is another Merioneth family claiming descent from Osbwrn Wyddel. Osbwrn's son Kenric (Cynwrig) had a son LLYWELYN, who married Nest, daughter and heiress of Gruffydd ab Adda of Dôl Goch and Ynysmaengwyn. The descendants of Llywelyn and Nest, in direct line (as far as Ynysmaengwyn was concerned), were GRUFFYDD, EINION (who married Tanglwst, daughter of Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd, Gogerddan
IOLO GOCH (c. 1325 - c. 1400), poet on a new horse, and he is referred to later as 'Iolo Goch of Llechryd'. Iolo's wife's name was Margred ferch Adda Fychan. One daughter of that marriage is named in the genealogy, Nest, but it is likely that Dafydd ab Iolo Goch and Iolyn ab Iolo Goch, whose names occur as witnesses in a number of documents from Maelor around the end of the fourteenth century, were also their sons (or Iolo's
EVANS, LEWIS PUGH (1881 - 1962), soldier and public figure, Brigadier General, VC, CB, CMG, DSO Merionethshire that could trace its roots back to the Second Royal Tribe of Wales. Among his ancestors were the Vaughan family of Corsygedol and the Owen family of Dolgellau (who include Baron Lewis Owen, M.P., Sheriff and Baron of the Exchequer for North Wales – his wife claimed she was a descendent of Owain Glyndwr's sister), Gruffydd Dda who fought at the battle of Agincourt, and Sir Gruffydd ab Adda of
PRICHARD, CARADOG (1904 - 1980), novelist and poet . Although he retired from the Daily Telegraph in 1972, Caradog continued to do occasional journalistic work; for instance he would send reports to the Telegraph from the National Eisteddfod and had a column in the Bangor and North Wales Weekly News. He published a candid and entertaining autobiography, Afal Drwg Adda ('Adam's Rotten Apple'; 1973), and a complete collection of poems (1979). Both books
DAFYDD AP GWILYM (c. 1315 - c. 1350), poet must be admitted that he could have lived until about 1360 or even later. Dafydd ap Gwilym was one of a number of poets composing in the new cywydd metre in the second quarter of the 14th century. His most prominent contemporaries were Madog Benfras, Gruffudd Gryg, Gruffudd ab Adda, Iorwerth ab y Cyriog and Iolo Goch. Although these poets all display the same creativity in the field of love and
MOSTYN family Mostyn Hall, ) with Margaret, heiress of Madog Gloddaeth (high sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1325/6), and, as will be seen, Bodysgallen, in Caernarvonshire, was also a Mostyn house. Full details of the earlier generations are given in the History. Ieuan, fourth son of Iorwerth Ddu (of the Pengwern family), entered the church and, as John Trevor II, was elected bishop of St Asaph, 1395. IEUAN FYCHAN AP IEUAN AB ADDA

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