Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADWALADR (d. 664), prince He was the son of Cadwallon ap Cadfan. On his father's death in 633, Gwynedd fell under the power of an adventurer, Cadafael ap Cynfedw, whose rule seems to have ended with his ignominious retreat from the battlefield of Winwed Field in 654. Cadwaladr then came to his own, but fell a victim to the great pestilence of 664. Uneventful as was his reign, he became a great figure in later bardic lore
BEUNO (d. 642?), patron saint oldest manuscript of the Venedotian Code, under the name of 'clas Beuno,' as warranting (with Bangor) the legal privileges of the cantref of Arfon. According to tradition, the site was given by Gwyddeint, a cousin of Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd, and, therefore, about 630. A long list of other donors who enriched the community in later years appears in the records of the church; they made it one of the
MAELGWN GWYNEDD (d. c. 547), king of Gwynedd and monk Son of Cadwallon Lawhir and great-grandson of Cunedda Wledig, he ruled over Venedotia (Gwynedd) in the second quarter of the 6th century. His kingdom seems to have comprised most of north-west Wales, including Anglesey, while tradition credits him with a favourite stronghold at Degannwy on the Creuddyn peninsula. As a fifth and last ruler arraigned by Gildas for his misdeeds, he is addressed as
YORKE, PHILIP (1743 - 1804) Erddig, Erthig,, antiquary the Welshwoman is not predominant' (Cust, Chronicles, ii, 251, 261), he developed an antiquarian interest in her descent from Marchudd, lord of Uwchdulas, and by 1795 had come to 'think the race of Cadwallon more glorious than the breed of Gimcrack'; in that year Richard Marsh of Wrexham printed for him, with dedication to Thomas Pennant, Tracts of Powys, based on the few printed sources available
MORTIMER family Wigmore, captured the prince Rhys ap Hywel. He was also responsible for the death of Maredudd ap Madog ab Idnerth in 1146. ROGER de MORTIMER was imprisoned for two years in 1179 owing to his followers having been involved in the death of Cadwallon ap Madog, and in 1191 he was banished for three years, this time on a charge of conspiring with the Welsh against the king. He returned in due course, and in 1195 drove
WILLIAMS, Sir IFOR (1881 - 1965), Welsh scholar of Cadwallon, another in praise of the lord of Tenby, ' Armes Prydain ', and the englynion in the Juvencus MS at Cambridge. Radio gave Ifor Williams the opportunity to develop his special gift for writing short essays, presenting a scholarly topic in popular terms or philosophising in a light vein. Three collections were published - Meddwn i (1946), I Ddifyrru'r Amser (1959) and Meddai Syr Ifor
CADWALLON Maelienydd - see ELSTAN GLODRYDD
CADWALLON ap CARADOG ap IESTYN - see MORGAN ap CARADOG ap IESTYN

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