Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (d. 1203), king of Gwynedd . He died in or about May 1203, having, says Giraldus Cambrensis, won the esteem of both nations by maintaining a just balance between Welsh and English. He was a donor to the Shropshire abbey of Haughmond, bestowing upon it the vills of Stocket and Cricket in his lordship of Ellesmere and adding to its possessions in Nevin, where it had the church by gift of his uncle Cadwaladr. By his wife, Emma
GRIFFITH, SIDNEY (d. 1752), Methodist and associate of Howel Harris Daughter of Cadwaladr Wynne of Voelas, Ysbyty Ifan (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 326; her christian name came from her grandmother Sidney Thelwall of Plas-y-ward, Ruthin); married William Griffith of Cefn Amwlch, c. 1741 (her son was born in 1742). Her husband was a boor and a drunkard, and her life with him was unhappy. In 1746, a sermon by Peter Williams (1723 - 1796) brought her into
THOMAS, ROBERT (Ap Vychan; 1809 - 1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters he was descended from the distinguished family of Vaughans of Caer-gai, Llanuwchllyn. He edited Cofiant Cadwaladr Jones, Dolgellau, and was joint editor of the Dysgedydd from 1865 to 1880. He was chairman of the Union of Welsh Independents in 1876. He had early attracted attention as a preacher and retained his popularity until the end; he had a great gift for swaying the congregations at a
JONES, ROBERT (1560 - 1615), priest, of the Society of Jesus Rome an English translation of a treatise ' De Potestate Papae,' but the general, Aquaviva, withheld permission to publish it, following the established policy of denying as far as possible local opportunity to adversaries of promoting disunion. He wrote an Italian narrative of the execution at Leominster in 1610 of Fr. Roger Cadwaladr, whom he succeeded in visiting in prison on the day he was
JONES family, smiths, poets, musicians and preachers Cilie, Alun Jeremiah - were poets skilled in the strict and in the free metres and much of their work has survived. Several anecdotes relating to the family can be found in Ail gerddi Isfoel a hunangofiant byr (1965), and in Awen ysgafn y Cilie. FREDERICK CADWALADR (Fred, 1877 - 1948), Independent minister, writer and nationalist Religion Literature and Writing Patriots Politics, Government and Political
WILLIAMS, JOHN, goldsmith Son of William Coetmor and grandson of the John Coetmor who was an illegitimate son and twenty-third child of Meredydd ap Ieuan ap Rhobert of Cesail Gyfarch in Eifionydd - two of John Coetmor's half-brothers were Humphrey Wynn of Cesail Gyfarch and Cadwaladr Wynn of Wenallt in Nanhwynen (today, ' Nant Gwynant'); pedigrees are given by J. E. Griffith, 280-1 and 393 - but on p. 393 he follows the
JENKINS, ROBERT THOMAS (1881 - 1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography Born 31 August 1881 in Liverpool, son of Robert Jenkins and Margaret (née Thomas). The family moved to Bangor when his father was appointed clerk to William Cadwaladr Davies, registrar of the new college, but after the early death of his parents (his mother in 1887 and his father in 1888) he was raised by his mother's family at Bala; he always acknowledged a deep debt to his grandmother, Margaret
CLARE family been lost to the Welsh - see under Cadwaladr, died 1172), and further succeeded to the lordship of Chepstow on the death of his uncle (?) Walter, mentioned earlier. His son RICHARD (died 1176), ' Strongbow,' acquired great renown by his conquests in Ireland - he has left his name on the map of Ireland, in a river, a town, and a county. He had no sons, but his daughter ISABEL married William Marshal
HARLEY family (earls of Oxford and Mortimer), Brampton Bryan, Wigmore connections with Wales. THOMAS HARLEY (1548? - 1631) was a member of the Council of the Marches, made a vain attempt to get the stewardship of Maelienydd, but in 1601 bought Wigmore, where his son, Sir ROBERT HARLEY (1579 - 1656) was born. This Robert (Member of Parliament for Radnor borough, 1604-11) was at Oriel College, Oxford, where his tutor was Cadwaladr Owen (1562 - 1617) of Maentwrog, Meironnydd
ROBERTS, KATE (1891 - 1985), author Kate Roberts, known as Cadi within her family, was born on February 13, 1891 in Rhosgadfan, Caernarfonshire. She was the first child born to Owen Owen Roberts (1851-1931), a slate quarryman, and Catherine Roberts (née Cadwaladr) (1855-1944), formerly a midwife. Both her parents had been married before and widowed; Kate had four older half-siblings from her parents' first marriages (John Evan
CADWALADR, BETSI - see DAVIS, ELIZABETH
JONES, FREDERICK CADWALADR (1877 - 1948), Independent minister - see JONES

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