Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GRUFFYDD ap MADOG (d. 1191) son of Madog ap Maredudd by Susanna, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan, and the founder of the principal ruling family of northern Powys during the 13th century. When the province was divided into two spheres of influence on the death of Madog ap Maredudd in 1160, territories north of the Rhaeadr were subject to further subdivision among Gruffydd and his brothers - see Owain Fychan and Owain
HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD ap IORWERTH (fl. c. 1300-1340) According to a story recorded by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt about 1650, Hywel ap Gruffydd ap Iorwerth was descended from Hwfa ap Cynddelw, founder of one of the so-called 'Fifteen Tribes.' His mother was said to have nursed Edward II after his birth at Caernarvon in 1284; as a result, Hywel enjoyed the favour of the king and was knighted by him. He was a man of great physical strength, able to
MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1236), lord of Powys Elder son of Gruffydd Maelor I, and Angharad, daughter of Owain Gwynedd. With his brother Owen, he succeeded Gruffydd in 1191 and, on Owen's death in 1197, became sole ruler of Powys north of the Rhaeadr and the Tanat. Under his son, Gruffydd Maelor II, this area, comprising Welsh and English Maelor, Iâl, Cynllaith, Nanheudwy, and part of Mochnant, became known as Powys Fadog, in contrast with
MADOG FYCHAN ap MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1269), son and brother to the Princes of Powys Fadog Grandson of Gruffydd Maelor I, and brother of Gruffydd Maelor II. When his father died in 1236 Madog Fychan joined in the subsequent partition of Powys Fadog. He adopted the same attitude as Gruffydd Maelor I to the major political problems of the time; in 1245 he is found among the allies of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, and in 1258 he is on the side of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. The fact that his surety for
CADELL ap GRUFFYDD (d. 1175) The son of Gruffydd ap Rhys (died 1137). He is first heard of in 1138, when, with his brother Anarawd and Owain and Cadwaladr of Gwynedd, he brought a Viking fleet of fifteen ships, no doubt from Dublin, to the mouth of the Teify, in a vain endeavour to capture Cardigan, the last foothold left to the Normans in Ceredigion. During the next few years he was overshadowed by his elder brother, but
GRUFFYDD, IFAN (1896 - 1971), author Born 1 February 1896 at Rhos-y-ffordd, Llangristiolus, Anglesey, the son of Mary Gruffydd. From 1909 onwards he worked on various farms in the neighbourhood, including Fferam, Paradwys. He enlisted in 1914 and remained in the army until 1920, serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France and Egypt. On his return he worked as a gardener on the Trescawen estate for 12 years, and then as a road
GRUFFYDD, ROBERT (1753 - 1820), musician
ELLIS family Bron y Foel, Ystumllyn, Ynyscynhaearn Evans family of Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog; Ieuan, brother of Sir Hywel y Fwyall, was ancestor of the Madryn family. HYWEL AP MEREDYDD, of Bron y Foel, whose wife was Gwenllian, daughter of Gruffydd ap Ednyfed Fychan, had a son, GRUFFYDD AP HYWEL, who, by his wife Angharad, was the father of EINION AP GRUFFYDD, sheriff of Caernarvonshire 1354-6, and Sir Hywel y Fwyall. Einion ap Gruffydd was succeeded by
DAFYDD BAENTIWR (fl. c. 1500-1530?), a poet His only extant work is his bardic controversy (ymryson) with Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys Llwyd. It contains a poem addressed to Gruffydd by Dafydd, a poem in reply by Gruffydd, and another by Dafydd. This controversy is to be found in the following manuscripts - Cardiff 7, Mostyn 143, NLW MS 5269B, Peniarth MS 112 Peniarth MS 152; and parts of it in NLW MS 728D and Peniarth MS 78.
CHERLETON family JOHN CHERLETON (1268 - 1353) Son of Robert, lord of Cherleton in Wrockwardine, Salop. In 1309 he married Hawise Gadarn ('the Hardy'), sister and heir of Gruffydd ab Owain (died 1309 - see under Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn), lord of Powys; thus the Cherletons were lords of this part of Wales in the 14th and early 15th century. The occupation of Powys by John Cherleton was opposed by Gruffydd ap
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet Gruffydd Robert was a native of Caernarfonshire. The date of his birth is not known, but documents preserved in Milan show him to have been born circa 1527 to one Robert and to domina Catherina de Griffis: Catrin ferch Gruffudd, a woman of gentry stock. The intriguing possibility is that these individuals may have been the poet Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel and her then partner, Sir Robert ap
EINION WAN (fl. 1230-1245), poet Six sequences of his englynion are extant, two of which are to Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor of Powys Fadog, two to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (died 1240), and one sequence each to Dafydd (died 1246) and Gruffydd, the sons of Llywelyn. One of the sequences to Madog and one of those to Llywelyn are elegiac, and in each case the other sequence was addressed to the respective princes during their lifetime. The

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