Dictionary of Welsh Biography

HOMFRAY family, iron-masters Penydarren son, JOHN HOMFRAY, bought Penllyn castle. SAMUEL HOMFRAY (bu farw 1822), iron-master Business and Industry The younger brother of Jeremiah, became, after 1789, the sole manager of the prosperous Penydarren works. About the year 1793 he discovered the method of making the 'finers metal,' the leading feature in the manufacture of bar iron, by improving the quality and increasing the quantity made. He
HUW ap DAFYDD (fl. 1550-1628), poet Fychan of Bryn Cynddel, Siôn ap Hywel Fychan of Penllyn, Sir Roger Salusbury of Llewenni, Pierce Salusbury of Bachymbyd, Pirs Griffith of Penrhyn, Lewys Owain of Dolgelley, and Siôn ab Elis Eutun (Eyton) of Ruabon.
HUW, ROLANT (1714 - 1802), poet lived at Graienyn, Llangower, Meironnydd, and was also factor to the neighbouring estates of Fachddeiliog and Rhiwedog. He is an important link in the bardic tradition of Penllyn, for he was an instructor of bards, of whom the best known is Robert William (1744 - 1815) of Pandy in Tre-Rhiwedog. Some of his work has been printed in Beirdd y Bala (correct ' Robert Saunderson ' in the introductory
IEUAN (IFAN) ap SION (fl. c. 1612-1636), poet Some examples of his work remain in manuscript; they include an elegy to Tomas Llwyd ap Rhobert of Penllyn (Llanstephan MS 133 (292)), a begging poem to Master William Wyn of Gwydir (Cardiff MS. 83 (485)), and englynion, including some on Llanrwst bridge (NLW MS 3049D (449, 507))
IEUAN ap TUDUR PENLLYN (fl. c. 1480), poet son of the poet Tudur Penllyn of Caer-gai. Much of his work remains in manuscript, and this includes poems written to members of the Abertanad, Mold, Ynys-ymaengwyn, and Gwydir families, another addressed to Dafydd ab Owain, abbot of Strata Marcella, a satire on Flint, and satirical englynion forming part of the bardic controversy, or ymryson, between Guto'r Glyn and Ieuan.
IEUAN BRYDYDD HIR HYNAF (fl. c. 1450), poet , Tudur Penllyn.
IEUAN DEULWYN (fl. c. 1460), poet composed by Hywel Rheinallt (or Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys, according to one manuscript - see Mynegai) to Ieuan Deulwyn and three other poets, Dafydd Nanmor, Deio ap Ieuan Du, and Tudur Penllyn remains, and also one composed by Tudur Aled to Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Rhys Nanmor, and Ieuan Deulwyn.
IEUAN LLWYD SIEFFRAI (fl. c. 1599-1619), poet of Rhûg (see the article on that family), which asserts a close relationship between himself and the poet, englynion of praise to Pirs Griffith of Penrhyn, others welcoming Richard Hughes to Penllyn, a cywydd of thanks to Robert Vaughan of Llwydiarth (see article on that family) for welcoming the poet to his home, another begging a sword from Maredudd ap Huw Lewys for Foulkes Holland, and a few
JONES, MEIRION (1907 - 1970), educationist two books, Elizabeth Davies, published by University of Wales Press (1960), and a volume for children, Am Hwyl published by Gwasg Gee in 1967. As the Secretary of Penllyn Historical Society he was the instigator of memorials to Michael D. Jones and John Puleston Jones. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church of Wales for 27 years, and secretary of Capel Tegid, Bala. The imposing list of
LLYWARCH HEN (fl. 6th century), British prince and a hero of a cycle of Welsh tales dating from the mid-9th century appear in Dwnn (Visitations) and the descent from him of the leading families of Penllyn and the surrounding country, together with the legend of his burial in Llanfor, and the association of his name with the old remains there and elsewhere in Wales. The unravelling of the recorded facts concerning the historical Llywarch from these legendary accretions is the work of Sir Ifor Williams, on whose
LLYWELYN ap IORWERTH (fl. 1173-1240), prince 1199 he promised to become a leader of the calibre and vision of Owain Gwynedd; in fact, between 1199 and 1203, he restored the undivided sovereignty of his grandfather over the whole of Gwynedd, including Merioneth and Penllyn. The attitude of the English crown remained for a time uncertain, until king John resolved on a policy of friendship which was marked by Llywelyn's marriage in 1205 to Joan
MARGED vch IFAN (MARGED vch IFAN (Margaret Evans; 1696 - 1801?), 'character' She is first heard of in the Nantlle Vale, Caernarfonshire (W. R. Ambrose, Hynafiaethau Nant Nantlle, 59), as the keeper of Telyrniau tavern, Gelli, in the heyday of the Drws-y-coed copper-workings in the mid-18th century; we are told that she could make a fiddle and a harp, and play upon either while her customers danced. Afterwards she moved to Penllyn at the foot of lake Padarn (Llanberis

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