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teulu ANWYL Park, Llanfrothen to Edward, eldest son of Edward Anwyl of Bodtalog, Towyn, his heir-at-law, in addition to other bequests. The will was the subject of litigtion for many years, and although in 1716 the Master in Chancery considered that the estates if sold would not discharge the debts, legacies, and costs, they eventually passed, however encumbered, to the Williams es and the Owen s. Park and Llwyn were mortgaged
CADFAN (fl. 550?), saint According to tradition he was the son of Eneas the Breton and crossed from Brittany to Wales with a party of other monks, many of them his relatives who were intent upon missionary work. He is the patron of Llangadfan in Montgomeryshire and is credited with the foundation of the monastic settlement on Bardsey island. But his main achievement was the establishment of the 'clas' of Towyn in
CADWALADR (bu farw 1172), prince mistranslation of the Brut by Ab Ithel) and was reconciled to his brother, who drove off the invaders. Trouble still beset him. In 1147 his nephews, Hywel and Cynan, entered Meirionnydd, the one from the south and the other from the north, and attacked his castle of Cynfail, held loyally for him by Morfran, head of the neighbouring 'clas' of Towyn. They were successful and in another two years Cadwaladr gave
DAFYDD LLWYD ap DAFYDD ab EINION ap HYWEL (bu farw before 1469), prominent figure in Cydewain and a generous patron of the 15th century bards wife was Gwenllian, daughter of Meredith ab Owen ap Griffith ab Einion, lord of Towyn. They had two sons and a daughter, Rhys, Robert, and Ellen. RHYS AP DAFYDD LLWYD (died 1469) He was an esquire of the body to Edward IV and his steward in Cydewain, Kerry, Cyfeiliog, and Arwystli. He was also governor of Montgomery castle. He was lost in the battle of Danesmore or Banbury, 1469. An elegy by Dafydd
DAVIES, DAVID LLOYD (Dewi Glan Peryddon; 1830 - 1881), poet, singer, etc. same paper he gave vivid descriptions of some Merioneth 'characters' whom he had known when he lived in Wales, and of life in the Bala district, including an account of some contemporary minor poets in Bala and district. In the 50s and 60s of the 19th century he conducted choirs in the Llwyn Einion, Llanfachreth, Rhyd-y-main, and Towyn districts of Merioneth; he also composed some music. After he had
DAVIES, DAVID VAUGHAN (1911 - 1969), anatomist David Vaughan Davies was born on 28 October 1911 at Dolfonddu, Cemais, Montgomeryshire, the younger son of Joshua Davies (1873-1964), farmer, and his wife Mary (née Ryder, 1876-1950). In 1924 he went to Towyn County School, and in 1931 he went on to University College, London as an exhibitioner and then to University College Hospital Medical School having been awarded a Ferriere Scholarship. It
DAVIES, JOHN CADVAN (Cadvan; 1846 - 1923), Wesleyan minister fighter when he thought he had lost unfairly - two famous battles being concerned with the pryddest at the New Year's Day eisteddfod at Dolgelley, 1894 (see 'Dydd Coroniad') and the love lyrics at the national eisteddfod, Liverpool, 1900. He published Caneuon Cadvan, i (Rhosymedre, 1878); Caneuon Cadvan, ii (Dolgellau, 1883); Caneuon Cadvan, iii (Towyn, 1893); Dydd Coroniad (Beaumaris, 1894); Caneuon
EDWARDS, EDWARD (1726? - 1783?), cleric and scholar Born at Talgarth, Towyn, Meironnydd, son of Lewis Edwards, 'esq.'; matriculated at Jesus (Oxford) in May 1743, 'aged 17'; and graduated in January 1746/7 (B.D. 1756, D.D. 1760). Elected Fellow in 1747, he retained his Fellowship till 1783, and was also (from 1770 at latest) rector of Bessels-leigh near Oxford; from 1762 till 1783 he was vice-principal of Jesus. He resigned in 1783 to become
EDWARDS, WILLIAM ROBERT (Glanllafar; 1858 - 1921), Congregational minister, poet, and littérateur remainder of his days. He died 23 February 1921 and was buried in Dunmore cemetery, Scranton. His wife was Ellen Anwyl, Cae'r Berllan, Towyn, Meironnydd, and they had a son and two daughters. W. R. Edwards made a name for himself as a poet and littérateur. He won many prizes at eisteddfodau, including five bardic chairs. Over a long period he was in great demand as adjudicator of literary subjects at the
EINION ap GWALCHMAI (fl. 1203-1223), poet A portion of an awdl by him to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth mentions that prince as fighting against the English, and was therefore probably composed after the turn of the century. He also composed a beautiful elegy to Nest, daughter of Hywel, of Towyn, Meironnydd, and three awdlau to God. In one of these he refers to his intention to go on a pilgrimage over the Alps to the Holy Land. References in his
ELLIS, HUW (1714 - 1774), harpist Born at Trawsfynydd, Meironnydd. A skilled player of the 'telyn deir-res' (triple harp), he was considered the best Welsh folk-song player of his time. He met his death by drowning in the river Dysynni, near Towyn, Meironnydd, 5 August 1774, and was buried in Towyn churchyard.
ELLIS, JOHN (bu farw 1665), cleric and quasi-Puritan the new promotion, which included the natural revenue of the rectory ('nearly £100 a year,' it was reputed in 1648), together with a reserved rent of £40 per annum from the rectory of Towyn and £80 from the prebend of Vaynol allowed him as 'augmentations' by the Puritan authorities. Ellis was named one of the twenty-five ' approvers ' under the Propagation Act of 1650; his name is occasionally found

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