Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GWRTHEYRN he was writing, to ' Guorthigirn Guortheneu ' son of ' Guitaul ' son of ' Guitolin ' son of ' Gloiu ' he gives eleven names. Between 450 and 798 there are 348 years; share these among the eleven persons and each is given a generation of thirty-one and seven-elevenths years. That is not unreasonable. Later, ' Guorthigirn ' became ' Gwrtheyrn ' and 'Guorthenau' became 'Gwrthenau,' i.e. 'very thin
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH (Gwrtheyrn; 1846 - 1915), littérateur the places in which he lived. In poetry, he was well disciplined in the strict metres, and although his own volume of verse, Caneuon Gwrtheyrn, 1873, does not rank very high, his work as an instructor of poets was of great importance in the life of his region - for instance, Dewi Havhesp owed much to his criticism. His articles in the Liverpool Brython, on the old cywydd poets, and the manuscripts
JONES, GWILYM CERI (1897 - 1963), minister (Presb.) and poet prizes for englynion and a love-poem. At Pwllheli in 1955 he won the chair for his awdl to ' Gwrtheyrn '. The booklet, Dwy Awdl, contains an awdl by him on ' Bro'r Ogofeydd ' and one by T. Ll. Jones; and a posthumous collection of his poems was published, entitled Diliau'r Dolydd (1964).
HUGHES, HOWEL HARRIS (1873 - 1956), minister (Presb.), principal of the Theological College, Aberystwyth of Griffith Roberts ('Gwrtheyrn'), Bala; they had three sons. He suffered from debility in his last years, and died 23 November 1956. He was a powerful and influential preacher, who held many a memorable service during an Assembly or Association meeting. He became a person of influence in his denomination. He was Moderator of the Association in the North in 1943, and of the General Assembly during
LLOYD family Rhiwaedog, Rhiwedog, extended at Rhiwaedog to itinerating bards (clerwyr), particularly during the 16th and 17th century. Griffith Roberts (Gwrtheyrn, 1845 - 1915), Bala, gives (in two of his manuscripts, now NLW MS 7411C, NLW MS 7421B) the names of many bards who wrote poems to various members of the Rhiwaedog family and who visited the house. Amongst them are Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Ceri, Bedo Hafhesp, Siôn Mawddwy, Siôn
GILDAS (fl. 6th cent), monk Gwrtheyrn who had invited them to become his hired soldiers to fight against the Picts and the Scots. They turned against him who had hired them and despoiled the island. They were defeated at last by Emrys (Ambrosius) in a battle. Thenceforward the Britons were sometimes the victors, but sometimes the mercenaries were victorious, for a period the termination of which is marked in these words - 'usque ad
GWRTHEYRN - see ROBERTS, GRIFFITH

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