Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAFYDD ap HYWEL ap IEUAN FYCHAN (fl. ? 1480-1510), poet Little is known about him except that he is said to have been buried at Llandrillo, Meironnydd. His work includes elegies upon two other poets, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and ' Sir ' Rhys.
DAFYDD AP MAREDUDD GLAIS, murderer, civic official, scribe and translator result of which Sir William ap Thomas and Gruffydd ap Nicolas were accepted by both sides as arbiters. On 12 September 1441 the parties concluded a tripartite agreement whereby Dafydd and his kinsmen agreed to pay 304s for the use of the dead men's relatives; Dafydd was also required not to come into the town of Aberystwyth or the town or church of Llanbadarn Fawr for a time. On 2 July 1445, the king
DAFYDD ap PHYLIP ap RHYS Syr (fl. c. 1500-1540), poet (probably in holy orders) who was from the parish of Llangyfelach, near Swansea, according to Iolo Morganwg (NLW MSS 13062B (467)). Only one of his poems remains, a cywydd in praise of Sir Rhys ap Thomas.
DAFYDD ap SIANCYN (SIENCYN) ap DAFYDD ap y CRACH (fl. mid 15th century), Lancastrian partisan and poet Descended on his father's side from Marchudd (Peniarth MS 127 (57); Powys Fadog, vi, 221), and on his mother's from prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Peniarth MS 127 (105), Peniarth MS 129 (128, 130); Dwnn, ii, 102, 132) - she was Margred, daughter of Rhys Gethin, partisan of Owain Glyn Dwr (on him see Lloyd, Owen Glendower, 66). His exploits during the Wars of the Roses are related in Sir John Wynn's
DAFYDD FYNGLWYD (fl. c. 1500-1550), poet Son of a poet and a native, presumably, of South Wales. Nothing is known of his life, but some of his poetry remains in manuscript. This includes englynion in praise of Gruffudd Dwnn's mansion in Ystrad Merthyr (Llanstephan MS 40 (60)), a cywydd written to Sir Harry ap Sir Thomas Johns of Abermarlais (Llanstephan MS 30 (444)), and another to Sir John Perrot (see the article on the family) of
DAFYDD GAM (d. 1415), Welsh warrior , Newton (near Brecon), Tre-gaer, Buckland, and Penderyn, until the male line died out and the surname disappeared. The last sheriff to bear it was Hoo Games of Newton (1657). Through the marriage of his daughter Gwladus to Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan, died 1469), Dafydd Gam was forefather of all the Herberts.
DAFYDD GOCH BRYDYDD o FUALLT (fl. end of the 16th century), poet Among his extant poems are those written to Sir John Salusbury (NLW MS 6495D and NLW MS 6496C), Sir John Wynn of Gwydir (Cardiff MS. 83), and Gruffydd Fychan of Cors y Gedol (Llanstephan MS 118). It is also possible that he is the ' Dafydd Goch ' whose poetry is to be found in the following manuscripts: Llanstephan MS 38, Llanstephan MS 49, Llanstephan MS 118, Llanstephan MS 125, Llanstephan MS
DAFYDD GORLECH (1410? - 1490?), writer of cywyddau brud (vaticinations) 'Dafydd Gorlech Caermden' according to Peniarth MS 49 (167b). Twenty-five cywyddau are attributed to him in the manuscripts, but eleven of these are attributed to other writers as well. Among the fourteen attributed to him alone there is a cywydd which begins 'Am eryr braich môr a bryn' and contains references to Sir Roger Vaughan. Sir Roger was caught by Jasper Tudor in 1471 and executed at
DAFYDD LLWYD (d. 1619) HENBLAS,, poet and scholar according to Dwnn). Noted for his scholarship, he is said to have known eight languages. A number of his poems, all in strict metre, have been preserved in manuscript. They include an elegy to his wife, Catherine, and three englynion to one of his sons. ' Sir ' Huw Roberts and Richard Cynwal composed elegies upon his death.
DAFYDD LLWYD ap LLYWELYN ap GRUFFUDD (c. 1420 - c. 1500) Mathafarn, poet earliest of his poems which can be dated is his elegy to Sir Gruffudd Vaughan (died 1447), and the poet lived to sing the praises of Arthur, son of Henry VII, who was born in 1486 -if we can accept the testimony given in Collections, historical & archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire, xxxi, 195. he was composing as late as 1497. No elegy by him Arthur (died 1501) is known, nor to Henry VII (died
DAFYDD, MEURIG (fl. second half of the 16th century), professional bard, staunch Papist, and one of the most important literary characters in Glamorgan Born at Llanishen near Cardiff. He married Joan Mathau, granddaughter of Sir Cristor (Christopher) Mathau (Mathew), of Llandaff. He was for forty years the family bard of the Lewises of Van, Caerphilly (see the article on them), but periodically went out on tour, visiting the houses of the gentry in Glamorgan, Gwent, and south Brecknock. Like the other bards of his generation, he was a
DANIELS, ELEANOR (1886 - 1994), actress the London Victoria College of Music and Drama in 1910, she attended Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's Academy of Drama in 1912, winning the gold medal for elocution. The same year she had the honour of reciting at the Carmarthenshire Dinner held at the Criterion in London in honour of the Right Honourable Lloyd George, for which she was highly commended. In 1913 she was tempted to transfer her allegiance

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