Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PARRY, JOHN (1835 - 1897), leader of the Anti-tithe movement Born at Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, 24 July 1835, son of the Rev. Hugh Parry. He was carpenter, shepherd, estate agent, writer, and poet, and owner of an exceptionally rich and varied library (now in N.L.W.). He was the author of the supplement in the 1893 edition of Hanes y Merthyron (by Thomas Jones of Denbigh) (1756 - 1820), of an article on ' Helynt y Degwm ' (Y Traethodydd, 1887), etc. A member of the
POWELL, RICHARD (1769 - 1795), poet and schoolmaster Born in Llanegryn, Merioneth. He is probably the Richard (son of Hugh Powell, a weaver, and Jemimah Parry) whose christening [on a date which is now illegible] is recorded in the parish register. In 1793, at the Bala eisteddfod of the Gwyneddigion Society he won the medal out of eleven competitors for his 'Awdyl ar Dymhorau y Vlwyzyn.' His 'Carol Plygain Ddydd Natolic' is to be found in a volume
THOMAS, EVAN (d. 1781) Cwmhwylfod, Sarnau, transcriber and owner of manuscripts It was a manuscript transcribed by him (now NLW MS 686B) that E. Stanton Roberts edited and published under the title Llysieulyfr Meddyginiaethol a briodolir i William Salesbury (Liverpool, 1916). Evan Thomas also owned Cwrtmawr MS 1D, NLW MS 642B and (a fact not then known to E. Stanton Roberts) NLW MS 4581B. The latter is a copy made by Roger Morris, Coed y Talwrn, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, of
JONES, THOMAS (1818 - 1898), parish clerk of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, and living before that at Tyn-llan and Newhavren, Llantrisant, Anglesey. Thomas Jones deserves a brief mention by virtue of his industry in transcribing and collecting over forty volumes of music manuscripts, mainly ecclesiastical but with also a large admixture of secular music, including folk-songs, 'national' airs, part-songs, etc. His collection (now NLW MS 8112-52
DAVIES, DAVID THOMAS FFRANGCON (1855 - 1918), singer lessons on the organ by Dr. Roland Rogers. He was advised to apply for the post of minor canon at Bangor cathedral but, to his great disappointment, was unsuccessful. This decided him to concentrate on a musical career and to endeavour to realize his dream of becoming a singer. He now applied for a curacy at S. Mary's, Hoxton, London, was duly appointed, and there received sympathy and encouragement
BLEDDYN ap CYNFYN (d. 1075), prince challenged their power in the battle of Mechain, an encounter in which Bleddyn proved victor and the only survivor of the four. He was now threatened by the advance of the Normans into North Wales; in 1073, Robert of Rhuddlan established himself on the banks of the Clwyd and shortly afterwards surprised Bleddyn in a stealthy attack, in which the Welsh leader lost much booty and narrowly escaped capture
COBB, JOSEPH RICHARD (1821 - 1897), antiquary Born 25 April 1821, at Broughton castle, Oxfordshire. By profession he was a lawyer, and also a promoter of railways; it was he, e.g., who got the ' Brecon and Merthyr Railway ' constructed. His chief interest, however, was in antiquities, and he was a prominent member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. He played a leading part in the restoration of the priory church (now the cathedral
DAFYDD Y COED (fl. 1380), poets minor poems prove him to have been a resident of South Wales. One of his poems is a satire upon Rhayader (now in Radnorshire), and in an anonymous lampoon upon him in the ' Red Book ' (col. 1361) Llandovery is named.
JONES, JOHN (Jac Glan-y-gors; 1766 - 1821), satirical poet acquired the licence of 'The King's Head' tavern, Ludgate Street, and from that time until his death in 1821 his home was the regular resort of the London Welsh, although it is not officially recorded that the Gwyneddigion ever met at the ' King's Head,' and the Cymreigyddion only met there for three months [in 1818 ]. John Jones is now chiefly remembered because of his lampoons, some of which can be
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (fl. 1853), translator and author in 1853. See now the note by E. Wyn James in Canu Gwerin, 27 (2004), p.46 (n.27), which shows that Thomas Levi was the author of the two volumes published under the pseudonym 'Y Lefiad'. The Methodist minister William Williams (1817-1900) contributed an introduction to Thomas Levi's translation, Crynodeb o Gaban 'Newyrth Tom (1853).
MORGAN, JOHN (1662 - 1701), cleric and author Diweddaf - published (posthumously) in 1704. A copy of this essay and a similar prose work called Ystyriaethau ar y Chwe peth diwethaf, together with a number of his poems - all in his own handwriting - are found in a kind of C.P.B. called ' Llyfr John Morgan ', now in the library, U.C.N.W. (Bangor MS. 421). His prose is of high quality, but his poetry lacks distinction. He died 14 September 1701.
MAURICE family Clenennau, Glyn (Cywarch), Penmorfa kindred, the one lineally descended of Owen Gwynedd, prince of Wales, consisting then and now of four houses, viz., Keselgyfarch, y Llys ynghefn y fann, now called Ystymkegid, Clenenny, and Brynkir, Glasfryn or Cwmstrallyn; the other sect descended of Collwyn [ap Tangno], wherof are five houses or more, viz. Whelog, Berkin, Bron-y-foel, Gwynfryn, Talhenbont, and the house of Hugh Gwyn ap John Wynne ap

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