Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS PENLLYN (d. 1623), poet He was a descendant of Tudur Penllyn. He is described in Cwrtmawr MS 11B as 'the poet of the distinguished house of Rhiwedog,' Meironnydd. Poems attributed to him are found in Cwrtmawr MS 243B; Llanstephan MS 35, Llanstephan MS 124, Llanstephan MS 133; NLW MS 3061D; NLW MS 16B, NLW MS 278B, NLW MS 567B, NLW MS 5269B, NLW MS 6494D, NLW MS 6495D, NLW MS 6496C, NLW MS 7012C; Peniarth MS 87; and
TUDUR PENLLYN (c. 1420 - c. 1485-90), bard For his pedigree, see Peniarth MS 125: Cywyddau ymryson Edmwnd Prys a Wiliam Cynwal, Peniarth MS 139i Peniarth MS 139ii Peniarth MS 139iii, Peniarth MS 176: Achau, Wrexham MS. 1, and Stowe MS. 669. He was Tudur Penllyn ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth Foel, but in one manuscript he is called Tudur Penllyn ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Iorwerth Foel. He traced his descent from Meirion Goch, an Edeirnion nobleman who
VAUGHAN family Corsygedol, bard Tudur Penllyn. Robert Vaughan, the antiquary, of Hengwrt, says that Jasper Tudor 'lay in Corsygedol, when he fled to France in the time of Edward IV,' Vaughan adding that, 'as some say,' Henry, earl of Richmond, was with him. Griffith Vaughan's wife was Lowry, niece of Owain Glyn Dwr. Dwnn gives the following pedigree for the Griffith Vaughan of 1588 : Griffith Vaughan, son of Richard, son of
VAUGHAN family Hergest, Kington , Herefordshire, in 1484, and he was made seneschal of the lordship of Brecknock by Thomas ap Sir Roger Vaughan of Tretower. He was an arbitrator in a case of murder in 1485 (B.M. Harl. MS. 6079). The bards were extravagant in their eulogies on him. Tudur Penllyn says that he was the controller of all taxes in Powys, and that he was a constable on the banks of both the Vyrnwy and the Wye. Nine children are
VAUGHAN, Sir GRUFFUDD (d. 1447), soldier Guilsfield; and David Lloyd, ancestor of the Lloyds of Leighton and Marrington. Reynold and David Lloyd received the royal pardon, 21 December 1448. Tudur Penllyn composed an elegy upon the deaths of three sons of David Lloyd and his brother Cadwaladr, who died at the same time. The theory put forward by the compilers of the History of Parliament, that this David Lloyd was Member of Parliament for
WILIAM PENLLYN (fl. c. 1550-1570), chief harpist His name is included in the list of harpists in the province of Aberffraw, given in Peniarth MS 147 (203), and he graduated chief harpist (and instructor, Peniarth MS 144 (267)) at the Caerwys eisteddfod, 1568. An entry in Moelyrch manuscript (Peniarth MS 103 (66)) by Wiliam Penllyn states that he entertained there 'when Christmas fell on Friday' (i.e. 1551, 1556, or 1562) in company with other

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