Dictionary of Welsh Biography

GWILYM DDU O ARFON (fl. c. 1280-1320), poet it is said that he lived in the place called Muriau Gwilym Ddu (Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon). A little of his work remains in manuscript and this includes two poems in praise of Sir Gruffydd Llwyd of Tregarnedd and written while Gruffydd was imprisoned in Rhuddlan castle, and an elegy to Trahaearn Brydydd ap Goronwy, or Trahaearn Brydydd Mawr - Jes. Coll. MS. 1 and 'Llyfr Coch Hergest' (1225, 1229
HUGHES, THOMAS (1854 - 1928), Wesleyan minister Born 25 October 1854 at Rhuddlan. He was educated at the National School at Rhuddlan and at St Asaph grammar school. He was admitted to Aberystwyth College (1875), ordained to the ministry (1877), and sent to the Headingley Theological College, Leeds (1877-80). After spending a year at Shaftesbury, Dorset, he started his work in the Welsh churches. He laboured at Widnes (1881), Pen-y-groes
JONES, JOHN (Idris Fychan; 1825 - 1887), shoemaker and harpist Born at Dolgelley, a member of the same family as Ellis Roberts (Eos Meirion), harpist to the Prince of Wales. His mother was considered a good singer with the harp. He went to London in 1851 but moved to Manchester in 1857. Besides being considered the best singer with the harp in his day, he was also accounted a good poet. He was awarded the prize at the Rhuddlan eisteddfod of 1850 for an essay
JONES, JOHN (1773 - 1853), cleric the province of Powys but because of his move to the vicarage of Rhuddlan in 1820, he declined the post. But from then on he was prominent as a patron and adjudicator in the provincial eisteddfodau. In 1819 he married Margaret Morris, heiress of Plas and Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch estate, Denbighshire. From Rhuddlan he moved to Llandderfel rectory in 1828 and remained there until 1840 when he moved
JONES, JOHN (Talhaiarn; 1810 - 1869), architect and poet Born 19 January 1810 at the 'Harp' inn, Llanfairtalhaearn, Denbighshire. He was educated at the local school and at schools at Rhuddlan and Abergele, but returned home to be taught his father's trade - that of a joiner. When he was 15 years of age he was apprenticed to an architect of the name of Ward who was at that time superintendent of lord Bagot's mansion, Pool Park, Ruthin. In 1830 he was
JONES, ROBERT (1745 - 1829), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter and author (1768), Rhuddlan (1769), Brynsiencyn (1770), Llangybi (1772-3), and Brynengan (1778). In 1768 he began to exhort among the Calvinistic Methodists and became a prominent figure in their assemblies. He preached throughout North and South Wales, and in 1779 got as far as London. He married Magdalen Prichard at Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, 2 November 1772; his wife was the daughter of Richard Griffiths, one of
JONES, Sir ROBERT (1857 - 1933), orthopaedic surgeon Born at Rhyl, 28 June 1857, son of Robert Jones, journalist, and Mary Hughes, Rhuddlan. When the boy was 5 years old his father moved to London. Educated at Sydenham College, he afterwards studied medicine at Liverpool, living and serving an apprenticeship with his uncle Dr. H. O. Thomas at 11 Nelson Street, which on his father's death two years later became his permanent home. He qualified in
JONES, WILLIAM (Gwrgant; 1803 - 1886), lawyer and writer name of Gwilym Brwynog. He published a book called Gwreiddiau yr Iaith Gymraeg. Gwrgant was a popular adjudicator at eisteddfodau; as one of the three adjudicators at the Rhuddlan eisteddfod (1850) he read the adjudication awarding the chair prize for a poem in the open metres to Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd). Gwrgant took an active part in London Welsh activities all his life; he was a member
LACY (DE) family, constables of Chester Halton, These De Lacys were descendants of Ilbert, a companion of the Conqueror and a close kinsman of Walter (died 1085) of Ewyas. The family became prominent in Welsh affairs in the time of ROGER (died 1212). He was known as Roger of Hell because of the ferocity of his raids into Wales; it is said that on one occasion he rescued Ranulf, earl of Chester, from Rhuddlan Castle when the earl was besieged
LESTRANGE family Great Ness, Cheswardine, Knockin, the prince of Powys against Llywelyn in 1257, and ROGER LESTRANGE (died 1311), son of John, guarded the castle of Dolforwyn for Gruffydd, in whose support he wrote to Edward I claiming lands between the Rhiw and the Luggy. Hawise (above), Gruffydd's wife, was a leader in the plot for the rebellion of Dafydd against Llywelyn in 1274. Roger Lestrange was a justice at Rhuddlan in 1278, controlled the
LOVEGROVE, EDWIN WILLIAM (1868 - 1956), schoolmaster and an authority on Gothic architecture Association; Bristol and Gloucestershire Transactions. Among the buildings he studied were the cathedrals of St. Asaph, St. David's and Llandaff; Valle Crucis abbey, Llanthony priory, and Rhuddlan friary.
MUTTON, Sir PETER (1565 - 1637), judge and politician died at Llannerch, 14 November 1637). The son of a modest landowner in the vale of Clwyd, whose family had been prominent in the borough of Rhuddlan for two centuries, Peter or Piers Mutton was one of the most eminent Welsh lawyers of the 17th century. Educated at S. Alban Hall, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the Bar in June 1594; throughout his career he took an important part in

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