Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNN family Gwydir, Wyrion Gruffydd ' in Penyfed. The descendants of this union are found at Gesail Gyfarch, Ystumcegid, Clenennau, and Brynkir. During the revolt of Owain Glyndwr, Ieuan ap Maredudd ap Hywel ap Dafydd ap Gruffydd of Cefn-y-fan (later called Ystumcegid) and Gesail Gyfarch supported the crown and died in 1403 while defending Caernarvon castle against Glyndwr's forces; his brother, Robert, was one of Glyndwr
HODDINOTT, ALUN (1929 - 2008), composer and teacher The Beach of Falesá, The Trumpet Major, and What the old man does is always right. He was proud to be called a Welsh composer, and drew on Welsh authors for material, but there is no influence of folk music on his idiom, and the strongest musical influence on him was probably the Italian tradition. He was awarded a C.B.E. in 1981, and the Glyndwr award for outstanding contribution to the arts in
PHILLIPS, DAVID RHYS (1862 - 1952), librarian 1907 to 1951. There can be little doubt that his zeal and enthusiasm sustained the society and its journal. His own publications include: Select bibliography of Owain Glyndwr (1915), The romantic history of the monastic libraries of Wales (1912), Dr Griffith Roberts, Canon of Milan (1917), Lady Charlotte Guest and the Mabinogion (1921), The Celtic countries, their literary and library activities
WILLIAMS, PETER (Pedr Hir; 1847 - 1922), Baptist minister, author, and eisteddfodwr Moses in 1903 and 1907; but his most ambitious effort, Owain Glyndwr, was acted and published in 1915. He was deeply touched by the revival of 1904-5, and his Key and Guide to Welsh, published in 1911, was really an effort to rouse the young members of his church, many of them with insufficient knowledge of Welsh, to polish up their knowledge of it, examine its niceties, and at the same time open
MORTIMER, ROGER de (4th earl of March, 4th earl of Ulster), (1374 - 1398) Richard, and the disappointment when this expectation was thwarted may well have been one of the causes of the Glyndŵr rebellion. Once more, Owain Glyndŵr's Penmynydd supporters had no quarrel with a Mortimer, and no cause to love a family which had usurped Mortimer 'rights.' Indeed, many in Wales believed (E.H.R., xxxii, 560; Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 28, 53, 69) that Richard II was still alive.
JAMES, THOMAS DAVIES (Iago Erfyl; 1862 - 1927), clergyman, and popular preacher and lecturer in both Welsh and English, and he was in demand not only throughout Wales but also in Welsh centres in England. He preached in London during World War I, in Liverpool cathedral in 1927, and he had been invited to deliver a Welsh sermon in St. Paul's cathedral, London, in 1928. His most popular lectures were those on Robert Owen, Twm o'r Nant, Mynyddog, Ceiriog, Y Bardd Cwsg, Owain Glyndŵr and Ann
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher 'Hannah Hallelujah'. But Elen could turn her hand to any genre, and in 1983 she played the part of Lady Grey in the film Owain Glyndwr on S4C. She also starred in English series, including District Nurse, with the actress Nerys Hughes. Nerys was very generous in her praise towards Elen, noting her professionalism instantly, and the fact that she never forgot her lines. She was described by John Hefin
ELDRIDGE, MILDRED ELSIE (1909 - 1991), artist well as the children who remain in harmony with the pastoral world, are painted with remarkable precision, especially given the sheer scale of the work. The work, one of the most significant achievements in mural painting since the war, is, after some years in storage, now on display at Oriel Sycharth, Glyndwr University, Wrexham. During the period in which Eldridge was painting the mural (1951-6
WYNN family Bodewryd, HOWELL is named as one of the heirs of ' Gwely Meuric ap Gathayran ' in the Record of Caernarvon. Howell is described as a free tenant in Caerdegog in 1391. He took part in the war of Owain Glyndwr, and was one of the long list of amerced persons, 10 November 1406. His wife was Angharad, daughter of Madoc ap Howell Gymen. His son GRIFFITH AP HOWELL's name is found in documents in 1421-2. LLEWELYN, son
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner Dr Derec Llwyd Morgan. Dr Meredydd Evans, Cledwyn Hughes, John Morris and Ken Hopkins took advantage of his expertise in the preparation of important documents to facilitate campaigns for Wales, and he used his knowledge of the law to assist the Welsh Language Society, the Glyndŵr Fund, the Welsh Sunday Schools Council, Modern Welsh Publications (of which he was the first chair) as well as
WILLIAMS family Cochwillan, Descended from the same stock as Griffith of Penrhyn, the founder of the family was ROBIN AP GRIFFITH (died c.1445) Brother of the Gwilym ap Griffith who established the Penrhyn fortunes on a firm foundation. Robin may have been settled in Bodfeio as early as 1389. He married (1) Angharad, daughter of Rhys ap Griffith and (2) Lowry, daughter of Grono ap Ifan. He supported Owain Glyndwr in the
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author University of Wales 1978, OBE 1983, Deputy Lieutenant of Gwynedd 1987, honorary fellowships of the University of Wales Swansea (1989), the University of Wales Bangor (1991) and the University of Wales Aberystwyth (1992), the Cymmrodorion medal 1991, President of the Royal Cambrian Academy (for two periods), member of the Court of the National Library of Wales, the Glyndwr Award of the Tabernacle Trust

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