Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BLEDDYN ap CYNFYN (d. 1075), prince challenged their power in the battle of Mechain, an encounter in which Bleddyn proved victor and the only survivor of the four. He was now threatened by the advance of the Normans into North Wales; in 1073, Robert of Rhuddlan established himself on the banks of the Clwyd and shortly afterwards surprised Bleddyn in a stealthy attack, in which the Welsh leader lost much booty and narrowly escaped capture
BLEDRI ap CYDIFOR (fl. 1116-30), chieftain The Normans entrusted the castle of Robert Courtemayn near Carmarthen, situated perhaps at Abercywyn, to him during the Welsh revolt of 1116. He figures in the Pipe Roll of 1130 as ' Bledericus Walensis,' who owes £1 for the killing of a Fleming by his men and one mark in respect of scutage. The cartulary of Carmarthen priory shows that, at some time between 1129 and 1134, ' Bledericus ' bestowed
BODVEL family Bodvel, Caerfryn, charge he was in 1591 making for Ireland with three fellow- aspirants to the priesthood, guided by Robert Puw of Penrhyn, when they were arrested at Holyhead and imprisoned for three months at Beaumaris, refusing to recant under torture. On release Gwynne went to Spain, entering the seminary at Valladolid in 1596. He was ordained in 1602 and sent on mission to Wales next year; but his ship was
BODWRDA family Bodwrda, , daughter of John Griffith, Cefn Amwlch. He was educated at Shrewsbury school and on 27 October 1639 entered St. John's College, Cambridge (following his elder brothers John and Hugh), under the tutorship of his uncle William Bodwrda, and holding a scholarship founded by Dr. John Gwyn in 1574 from rents in Maenan, on the nomination of his second cousin Robert Wynne, Bodysgallen, as 'neerest in relation of
BOSANQUET family Northumbrian branch of the family, which is seated at Rock, near Alnwick, viz. ROBERT CARR BOSANQUET (1871 - 1925), was a distinguished archaeologist and in that capacity was appointed in 1908 a member of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales; he served upon this body until his death and contributed many notices of Roman sites to the inventories which it issued.
BOWEN family Llwyn-gwair, the eldest son of James Bowen and Alice, daughter of Robert Rowe and married Easter, daughter of William Thomas, Pentowyn, Carmarthenshire, and they had six sons and six daughters. Anne, one of the daughters, became the wife of the Rev. David Griffiths, Nevern. Llwyn-gwair served as a stepping stone for John Wesley on his journeyings to and from Ireland (see Wesley, Diaries), whilst David Jones
BRAOSE family Robert of Normandy, but in 1110 revolted against Henry, his estates being confiscated. He regained possession in 1112 and, shortly after 1130, the territories passed to his eldest son, WILLIAM, the third baron, who, c. 1155, also inherited one-half of the Honour of Barnstaple, agreeing to pay a fee of 1,000 marks. William married Bertha, daughter of Milo of Gloucester, whose vast territories, after the
BREESE, JOHN (1789 - 1842), Independent minister Born at Llanbrynmair, September 1789. In his younger days he was almost entirely dependent on the Sunday school for his education. At the age of 20 he was admitted a full member of the church in the Old Chapel, then under the ministry of John Roberts (1767 - 1834), and when he was 24 he was invited to start preaching. His friends helped him to go to a school in Shrewsbury, after which he was
BROUGHTON family Marchwiel, of North Wales. His younger brother ROBERT BROUGHTON of Stryt-yr-hwch, Marchwiel, fourth son of Morgan Broughton, was captain of the 150 men raised in Denbighshire for the second bishops' war and led them in the northern campaign. He was a colonel in the forces sent to quell the Irish rebellion of 1641, but brought his regiment back to Chester in January 1644 to serve against the Roundheads, and
BRUNT, Sir DAVID (1886 - 1965), meteorologist and vice-president of the Royal Society Birmingham and two years in a similar post at the Monmouthshire Training College, Caerleon. While he was at Caerleon, he married in 1915 Claudia Mary Elizabeth Roberts of Nant-y-glo, Monmouth, who had been a fellow student both at Abertillery and Aberystwyth. They had one son who died unmarried. The real turning point in David Brunt's career came in 1916 when he enlisted in the Royal Engineers
BRYAN, ROBERT (1858 - 1920), poet and composer the B.A. and Mus. Bac. degrees, but a severe breakdown in health in 1893 compelled him to leave Oxford and to give up all work for a long period. Until 1903 he lived mainly at Wrexham and Marchwiel; in that year he moved to Caernarvon, where his brothers, Edward and Joseph Davies Bryan (infra), who were in business in Egypt, had a house. From that date Robert Bryan spent most of his winters in Egypt
BRYANT, TOM (1882 - 1946), harpist Born 22 July, 1882, at the Carpenter's Arms, Efailisaf, near Pontypridd, Glamorganshire John Bryant, his uncle, taught him to play the harp. He began to compete at eisteddfodau at a young age, winning many prizes. He took the first prize at the National Eisteddfod from 1891 to 1896. With Watkin Hezekiah Williams, and Robert Rees, the former lecturing on folk-songs and the latter singing to

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