Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MAB Y CLOCHYDDYN (fl. c. 1380), poet He is reputed to have been a native of Llanafan-fawr, Brecknock. Two examples of his work are found in the 'Red Book of Hergest' and a number of other manuscripts. They are an elegy to Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Madog and wife of Hywel ap Tudur ap Gruffudd of Anglesey, and two englynion.
GORONWY GYRIOG (fl. c. 1310-1360), poet Father, apparently, of the poet Iorwerth ab y Cyriog. No details are known concerning him, but examples of his work are found in the ' Red Book of Hergest ' and other manuscripts. They include an awdl addressed to Madog ab Iorwerth, bishop of Bangor, and an elegy to Gwenhwyfar, wife of Hywel ap Tudur of Anglesey (brother to Goronwy of Penmynydd). It appears that he was also the author of at least
JONES, EZZELINA GWENHWYFAR (1921 - 2012), artist and sculptor Ezzelina Jones was born in Pontarddulais on 28 June 1921, the second of the three children of Godfrey Hugh Beddoe Williams, a doubler in the Clayton Tin Works, and his wife Elizabeth Mary Williams. She had two sisters, Elizabeth Jane (Betty) and Rita. In the early years Ezzelina was known in the family as Gwen or Gwenhwyfar. It appears that she was given the unusual name of Ezzelina in memory of
HUGHES, ISAAC (Craigfryn; 1852 - 1928), novelist Trefor, which was awarded first prize at the national eisteddfod held at Merthyr; in the same year his novel, Y Ferch o Gefn Ydfa, was published. This was followed by Y Ferch o'r Scer, 1892, Gwenhwyfar, Y Llofruddiaeth yng Nghoed y Gelli, 1893, and O'r Cryd i'r Amdo, 1903. Some of these tales have been translated into English. He made a study of local legends and folklore and two of his finest
GRUFFUDD ap MAREDUDD ap DAFYDD (fl. 1352-1382), poet 'breastplated steed' and urges it to make haste. His magnificent elegy to Gwenhwyfar o Fôn bears the characteristics of sincerity, and one may well believe that 'the privation of a long life without her' was the expression of a genuine and real experience. His mode of expression was the traditional metrical system of the awdl, but he was undoubtedly one of the first to introduce englynion at the beginning of
HUGHES, JOSEPH (Carn Ingli; 1803 - 1863), cleric and eisteddfodic poet 1863; he lies buried in S. Bartholomew's churchyard, Meltham, with his wife and his only child, Jane Gwenhwyfar. He was known in Wales as Carn Ingli. He used to return to Wales nearly every year for the national eisteddfod. He conducted it on many occasions, and was always in great demand during the period of the 'clerical' eisteddfodau; he and Ab Ithel were the chief promoters of the remarkable
HOLBACHE, DAVID (fl. 1377-1423), lawyer, founder of Oswestry Grammar School Welshman, Adam Usk, for Adam's pardon (20 March 1411 - Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1408-13, 283) states that it was granted on the petition of ' David Holbache, esquire.' At some time between 1418 and 1421 (the original documents are lost), Holbache endowed a free grammar school at Oswestry, the first of its kind in (what was then) Wales; the endowment was increased by his widow Gwenhwyfar. Holbache's will was
LEWIS, LEWIS WILLIAM (Llew Llwyfo; 1831 - 1901), poet, novelist, and journalist and in the U.S.A. - as a singer, Llew Llwyfo swept everything before him; he was also an eisteddfod conductor. In one way or another, he was one of the most gifted Welshmen of the 19th century. He died 23 March 1901 at Rhyl, and was buried in Llanbeblig cemetery, Caernarvon. Llew Llwyfo was a writer of 'heroic' verse. He won the chair with his 'Gwenhwyfar' in the Merthyr Tydfil eisteddfod, 1859
YALE family Plâs yn Iâl, Plas Grono, This ancient Denbighshire family was descended from Osbwrn Wyddel of Cors-y-gedol, Meironnydd, ancestor of the Vaughans of that place through the marriage of Osbwrn's great-great-grandson Elise with the heiress of Allt Llwyn Dragon, later Plâs yn Iâl. His grandson THOMAS YALE (c. 1526 - 1577), ecclesiastical lawyer Law Religion Third son of David Lloyd (Yale) by Gwenhwyfar Lloyd of Llwyn-y-maen
TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Rhys ab Einion and wife of Robert Salusbury of Llanrwst (op. cit., I, iv, 38), and it may be assumed that he was a kinsman of Gruffudd ap Dafydd ap Maredudd, mayor of Ruthin, if, as the poet says, he too was one of the descendants of Llywelyn Chwith (op. cit., II, cxix, II). It is difficult to find out when he first started to write poetry, but there are definite references by him
JONES, SAMUEL (1898 - 1974), journalist, broadcaster and Head of the BBC in Bangor 1898) and Gwenhwyfar (born 1905). This was a faithful family of Baptists who worshipped at Calfaria Chapel, Clydach. Affectionately known as 'Sammy bach', Sam Jones was educated at the local primary school and then in 1910/11 at the Ystalyfera County Intermediate School. In 1912 the school was relocated to Pontardawe and called Pontardawe Higher Elementary School. On 3 September, 1917 Sam Jones

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