Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MORGAN, DAFYDD SIENCYN (1752 - 1844), musician Addoli - the hymn-tune called ' Horeb ' in the last-named work is the one generally known as ' Penllyn.' He died at Penllwyn-du, near Cardigan, 18 November 1844, and was buried in Llangoedmor churchyard.
MYDDELTON family Gwaenynog, The Denbighshire Myddeltons claimed descent from Rhirid Flaidd, lord of Penllyn (died 1207), but had adopted the English surname after the marriage of his descendant Rhirid ap David (c. 1393-4) to the daughter of Sir Alexander Myddelton of Myddelton, Salop. His great-grandson, DAVID MYDDELTON, was Receiver for North Wales under Edward IV and Richard III. David's eldest son settled at Gwaenynog
OWEN, GERALLT LLOYD (1944 - 2014), teacher, publisher, poet cynghanedd, but soon the pupil had outstripped his tutors and he taught himself thereafter, going on to hold classes himself in Penllyn and further afield. In his teens, when he should have been studying, he produced numerous poems which became the basis of his first volume Ugain Oed a'i Ganiadau (Songs of a twenty-year old) published by Argraffty'r Llyfrfa Caernarfon in 1966. Aberystwyth's loss was Bangor
PAGE, JOHN (Ioan Glan Dyfrdwy; 1830? - 1852), poet Of unknown (English) origin, was brought up at Bala. He was one of the four founders of 'Cymdeithas Lenyddol Penllyn' (see under John Peter). He died 17 June 1852. A booklet of his verse, Briallu o lanau y Dyfrdwy, was published at Bala in 1852.
PARRY, MORRIS (fl. 1661-1683), cleric and bard 3057D, Wynnstay MS. 6, NLW MS 11993A, and B.M. Add. MSS. 14891, 14892, 14975, and 14994. An elegy composed on his death by Siôn Dafydd of Penllyn is found in NLW MS 3027E. He appears to have been the possessor of a manuscript copy of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir's work, 'The history of the Gwydir family,' about 1674. He was buried at Llanelian, 26 September 1683.
PETER, JOHN (Ioan Pedr; 1833 - 1877), Independent minister and college tutor, and Welsh scholar Lenyddol Penllyn.' Further efforts after self-cultivation led him to study foreign languages, and to two journeys (1856, 1857) on the Continent. He began preaching, and in September 1855 went to the Independent College at Bala, becoming in 1859 tutor there; and from 1859 to 1870 he was pastor of the Independent churches of Bala and Tyn-y-bont. In 1861 he married Elizabeth Noall, a woman of no mean
PRICE family Rhiwlas, PRICE (died 1554) of Rhiwlas, is described as the third son of Sir Robert ap Rhys. He married Jane, daughter of Meredydd ap Ieuan ap Robert of Gwydir. To him came much land which belonged formerly to the abbey of Strata Marcella (Ystrad Marchell), near Welshpool. Cadwaladr held lands in the commote of Penllyn in the time of Philip and Mary. The bard and herald Gruffudd Hiraethog sent him a cywydd (c
PRYS, ELIS (Y Doctor Coch, The Red Doctor; 1512? - 1594) Plas Iolyn, Second son of Robert ap Rhys ab Meredydd of Plas Iolyn, Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire. It is said that his grandfather, Rhys ab Meredydd, or Rhys Fawr, fought at Bosworth with Henry VII. His father, Robert ap Rhys, was chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey, and Henry VIII gave him the lands of Dolgynwal and parts of Penllyn, where his son Cadwaladr founded the family of Price of Rhiwlas (see articles Price of
PUGH, HUGH (1803 - 1868), schoolmaster and Independent minister the Penllyn and Edeirnion young men's association in order to instruct the young men of the district in the principles of Dissent and Liberalism, and he published Catechism yr Ymneillduwr in which he laid particular emphasis on the problems arising from the connection between the Church and the State. Previously, this matter had been very little discussed either in Wales or England. He was bitterly
RHIRID FLAIDD (fl. 1160), nobleman and warrior in Llŷn) Haer had a daughter, Generis, the mother of Rhirid Flaidd. Haer is supposed to have taken Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, king of Powys, as her second husband, and Gwrgenau consequently received lands in Powys from his wife's half-brother, king Maredudd. Rhirid, who is said to have inherited his father's lands in Mochnant and Penllyn, at Pennant Melangell and Rhiwaedog, as well as the maternal
ROBERTS, GRIFFITH (Gwrtheyrn; 1846 - 1915), littérateur of his which are now in the National Library, show his great interest in the older literature. In a totally different field, he published in 1897 Pum Plwy Penllyn, a most useful history of Poor Law administration in Penllyn from 1720 till 1897.
ROBERTS, THOMAS (1884 - 1960), educationalist and scholar text amended for the second edition in 1937. There was a long interval till the appearance of Gwaith Tudur Penllyn ac Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn in 1958. The pattern here is similar - a full introduction dealing with the life and background of the poets, a discussion of the authenticity of the poems, and one new feature, some comments on the poets' metrical usages. A standard text based on every

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