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DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN (bu farw 1246), prince lose anything he could retain, Dafydd now resorted to delaying tactics, until, in the summer of 1241, Henry could wait no longer and led an expedition into North Wales. His progress was unexpectedly easy; an abnormal drought removed many of the usual obstacles, and the prince was forced to agree, at Gwern Eigron, near S. Asaph, on 29 August, to a peace which required him to resign all claim to the
EVANS, ARTHUR (1755 - 1837), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Felindre, Penboyr, Carmarthenshire, 2 September 1755, son of Thomas Evans. Left an orphan, he was brought up as a weaver by an uncle. In 1773 he joined the C.M. society then held at Gwern-yr-hafod and later at Conwil. Intending to take orders, he went to Carmarthen Academy, but failed to obtain orders. In 1782 he began preaching, and about the same time married (he had four children
GRUFFYDD ap LLYWELYN (bu farw 1244), prince at Gwern Eigron, the first part only of the agreement was fulfilled, for Gruffydd was now made a prisoner in the Tower of London where for over three years he spent an easy confinement in the company of his wife and some of their children, a pawn in the game of Anglo-Welsh politics. His attempt to escape on 1 March 1244 had a fatal ending. He had four sons - Owain Goch, Llywelyn, Dafydd and Rhodri
GWRTHEYRN '); ' Gweirnyawn ' from ' Gwern '; ' Tygyryawn ' from ' Tengyr,' ' Tyngyr '; ' Lleissyawn ' from ' Lles.' A name ending in '-iawn' can therefore denote the descendants of the family of some chieftain or the district in which they dwell. For the position of Gwerthrynion between the rivers Wye and Ieithon, see Lloyd, A History of Wales, 253-4. For an attempt to explain the name as an example of 'calumpnia iuste
HUMPHREYS, RICHARD (1790 - 1863), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born in June 1790, son of Humphrey Richard, Gwern-y-cynyddion, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Meironnydd. His father moved to Faeldref, another farm in the district, about 1800, and it was in Faeldref that Richard Humphreys spent the greater part of his life, farming, preaching, and, for a period, also keeping a shop at Dyffryn. He went to school at Shrewsbury and began to preach in 1819. He was ordained in
IFOR HAEL, patron of bards Bassaleg), (181) 'Gwern y klepa ymassalec' (Gwern y klepa in Bassaleg) and the ancestry of the Philip who was there in 1550 is traced back to 'Tomas ap Ivor hael ap Llywelyn ap Ivor.' The three brothers, Morgan, Philip, and Ifor Hael are named in Peniarth MS 176, Peniarth MS 206, (R. i, 977); see also NLW MS 3033B (39-40) and Peniarth MS 140 (74-6). For the complete pedigree see Dwnn, i, 218. Their
JONES, ELEN ROGER (1908 - 1999), actress and teacher Merch Gwern Hywel in 1976. After her seventieth birthday, she became a more regular face on television, acting the part of Miss Brooks in Joni Jones and Ann Robaits, Heidden Sur in Hufen a Moch Bach. She also performed in two series that became very popular on S4C, Gwely a Brecwast and Minafon, an adaptation of a novel by Eigra Lewis Roberts, Mis o Fehefin, where she became well known as the character
JONES, ELIZABETH MAY WATKIN (1907 - 1965), teacher and campaigner ), proficient at both instructing others and setting words to musical tunes. Her mother, who had been brought up at Rhydlydan, Pentrefoelas, Denbighshire, taught in her local area and later at Barnsley, Yorkshire, and Llandudno. The parents were married in April 1906 and set up home initially at Gwern Tegid, Capel Celyn, later moving to the Post house in the village. Annie was a warm and endearing presence
JONES, THOMAS GRIFFITHS (Cyffin; 1834 - 1884), antiquary -singer. In the summer of 1861 he succeeded in founding the Powys Cymreigyddion society, and became its first president. When the Powysland club was formed he became an active member, and contributed to the Mont. Coll. He was a Nonconformist (Independent) and a Liberal. He married, 7 February 1871, Mary Anna, daughter of Samuel Pryce, Gwern-y-pant; they had six children.
LEWIS, ELLIS (fl. 1640-1661), translator Born at Llwyn-gwern, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd, son of Cadwaladr Lewis ap Howel ap John and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Ellis Fychan, Brynllech, also in Llanuwchllyn. Little is known of Ellis Lewis except for references to him (and to his father) in Subsidy Rolls, etc. There exists a document of 16 August 1641 which shows that he possessed much land in the parishes of Llanuwchllyn and Llanycil
LEWIS, JOHN SAUNDERS (1893 - 1985), politician, critic and dramatist Methodist Revival in 1974 as 'the story of the rebirth of our nation', and the Revival and its aftermath are the background to the play Dwy Briodas Ann (composed in 1962 and published in 1973), his second novel, the 'historical romance' Merch Gwern Hywel (1964), and the lecture 'Ann Griffiths: Arolwg Llenyddol' (1965), in which he sought to explain the unsentimental sincerity of the hymn-writer's
teulu MORGAN Tredegar Park, from Bledri was LLYWELYN AB IFOR, lord of S. Clears and Gwynfe, who married Angharad, the daughter and sole heir of Sir Morgan ap Maredydd, said to be descended from the Welsh lords of Caerleon and, in her right, acquired the estates of Tredegar and Cyfoeth Feredydd. Of this union there were three children, MORGAN of Tredegar and S. Clears, Ifor Hael, the ancestor of the branch of the family at Gwern

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