Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CADFAN, prince and S. Beuno; the account of Geoffrey of Monmouth is mostly fiction, but some colour is given to the statement that he sheltered Edwin of Deira by the triad which makes the Northumbrian one of the three oppressors of Anglesey nurtured in the island. He was the father of Cadwallon, the British leader in the conflicts of the next age.
GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS (1146? - 1223), archdeacon of Brecon and mediaeval Latin writer was his very qualifications for being bishop of S. Davids - his Welshness, his learning, and his personal energy - that made him unsuitable in the eyes of his opponents. He sought the support of some of the Welsh princes, but all his labour was in vain; by 1203 he had lost his supporters at S. Davids itself. In November of that year Geoffrey of Henlaw, prior of Llanthony, was appointed bishop, and
BACON family, iron-masters and colliery proprietors iron-works at Pen-y-darren. Before Tanner had transferred his lease (in or about March, 1786) to Richard Crawshay of London, later the celebrated iron-master, Anthony Bacon had died at Cyfarthfa (21 January 1786) at the age of 67. He had left 'the extensive Works of Cyfarthfa, Plymouth and Hirwaun, all in full operation, guided by his single will,' together with an estate called ' Banklands ' in the
AURELIUS CANINUS (fl. 540), prince Aurelianus stigmatized earlier in the work. 'Caninus' may have been a jest of the author at the expense of the prince's Celtic name. Aurelius is held up to scorn as a man of unclean life, a murderer, a lover of civil war and plunder. His relatives are all dead and he stands alone, like a dry tree in an open field. The notice ends with a stern call to repentance. In the deft hands of Geoffrey of Monmouth
DAFYDD ap MAREDUDD GLAIS (fl. 1429-1468), cleric, murderer, civic official, and translator of a chronicle of the kings of England into Welsh undoubtedly belonged to the church of Llanbadarn, which had been appropriated to Vale Royal since 1360. In 1442, he was convicted of the murder of Griffith Prouth, but, being in holy orders, he was not condemned to death. The names of the pledges for his fine are preserved in the ministers' accounts for Cardiganshire. In 1444, he wrote Peniarth MS 22, which contains a copy of the Welsh version of Geoffrey
AMBROSIUS AURELIANUS (fl. ( c. 475)), British leader posterity, but of them Gildas had no good opinion, as can be readily believed, if his Aurelius Caninus was of their number. To Welsh tradition he became known as Emrys Wledig (Ruler), but confusion arose when he was identified with the Ambrosius of Nennius, the boy hero of the folk tale who confounded the magicians of Vortigern and gave his name to Dinas Emrys, near Beddgelert. Geoffrey of Monmouth treats
BOSANQUET family ), made the court his chief seat and was sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1814. The grandson SAMUEL RICHARD BOSANQUET (1800 - 1882) gave a long life to the service of the county, in which he became chairman of quarter sessions. Meanwhile, the link with Wales was drawn closer by the acquisition of valuable Welsh manuscripts, among them an early Welsh version of Geoffrey of Monmouth, which was edited by
GLYN, WILLIAM (1504 - 1558), bishop elder half-brother, JOHN GLYN, was dean of Bangor, 1505?-1534 and his brother, GEOFFREY GLYN (died 1557), founded Friars School, Bangor.
DAFYDD AP MAREDUDD GLAIS, murderer, civic official, scribe and translator ordered Gruffydd ap Nicolas and others to make inquisition in the county of Cardigan 'touching all treasons, felonies and trespasses done there by David ap Mereth Gleyse of Haberustoth'. In 1444, he wrote Peniarth MS 22. This contains a copy of a Welsh translation (the Dingestow version) of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and his own translation from Latin into Welsh of a short and
TREVITHICK, RICHARD (1771 - 1833), engineer tramway, then recently erected to convey the manufactured iron from the Penydarren, Dowlais, and Plymouth Works to the Basin or Navigation (now called Abercynon) and so avoid the canal, then largely owned and controlled by their competitor, Richard Crawshay of Cyfarthfa. By 13 February 1804, the steam engine was completed, and Trevithick wrote, ' We put it on the tramway. It worked very well. … ' By 20
LIVSEY, GEORGE FREDERICK (1834 - 1923), bandmaster Circus and Menagerie, which was famous for its band as well as its exhibition of exotic creatures. The 1841 census shows the entire family to be living in lodgings in Birmingham with other touring musicians. Merthyr Tydfil was a regular venue in Wombwell's itinerary. In 1848 Ralph Livsey was enticed to leave Wombwell's to lead the private brass band formed by the ironmaster Robert Thompson Crawshay at
THOMAS, WILLIAM (fl. c . 1685? - c . 1740?), secretary to Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford by Thomas of a letter written by Moses Williams. For his contribution to the important (folio) edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, published in London in 1721 - see the account of Timothy Thomas; it is certain that it was William who corrected and enlarged the biographical account of Chaucer, originally written by John Dart.

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