Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ELIDIR SAIS (fl. end of the 12th century and the first half of the 13th.), a poet to be found in Dr. Henry Lewis's Hen Gerddi Crefyddol (together with a note on their authenticity in the introduction, xi). Elidir does not appear to have approved of Llywelyn the Great's aggressive policy. He mourns the death of Rhodri very bitterly, and laments that there is no one left to 'curb aggressors.' Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd was forced by the rise of his nephew, Llywelyn, to retreat to
GWALCHMAI ap MEILYR (fl. 1130-1180), court poet 1136-8, and around Rhuddlan (1150?). This poem, which combines nature, love, and 'vaunting' themes, is one of the finest achievements of the Welsh muse in the 12th century. Gwalchmai had several sons. Poetry composed by two (or three) of them is extant, viz. Einion and Meilyr ap Gwalchmai and, possibly, Elidir Sais. The Record of Caernarvon reveals the connection of Gwalchmai and his sons with
IEUAN ap RHYDDERCH ap IEUAN LLWYD (fl. 1430-1470), gentleman and poet Son of Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd of Rhydderch Park, in the parish of Lanbadarn Odyn, a wealthy landowner who held office under the Crown in 1387. According to Dwnn, i, 28, the mother of ' Ieuan ap Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd y prydydd ' was Annes, daughter of Gwilym ap Philip ab Elidir. But Dwnn, i, 45, 85, states that Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd married twice, (1) ' Marged ferch Gruffydd Gryg ap Ieuan
GRUFFUDD ap NICOLAS (fl. 1415-1460), esquire and a leading figure in the local administration of the principality of South Wales in the middle of the 15th century It is likely that he was born before the end of the 14th c. Nothing is known of his early years, but it is said that he was the posthumous son of Nicolas ap Phylip ap Syr Elidir Ddu (one of the knights of the Sepulchre) by his wife Jennet, daughter of Gruffydd ap Llewelyn Foethus. The first authentic record of him is as the holder of the office of king's approver for the lordship and new town of
JONES, SAMUEL (1898 - 1974), journalist, broadcaster and Head of the BBC in Bangor of radio broadcasting. He left The Western Mail permanently in 1933. In 1935 the post of Programmes Director, BBC Welsh Region, was advertised. It was assumed, as he had already carried out those duties, that Sam Jones would be selected. It was not to be. He was bitterly disappointed at being overlooked in favour of William Hughes Jones (Elidir Sais). Sam Jones was offered the post of North Wales

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