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ADDA FRAS (1240? - 1320?), poet and writer of prophecies According to John Davies and Thomas Stephens, he flourished about 1240. He is referred to in Peniarth MS 94 (26) and Llanstephan MS. 119 (82), as living about 1038, and contemporary with Goronwy Ddu o Fôn. But in G. P. Jones, Anglesey Court Rolls, 1346, 37, 39, mention is made of 'the son of Adda Fras ' and 'the suit of Goronwy Ddu, attorney for the community of the township of Porthgir.' In
BLEDDYN FARDD (fl. 1268-1283), one of the bards of the independent Welsh princes his elegy upon the death of Goronwy ab Ednyfed (died 1268), and the latest is his ode to the three sons of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, after the execution of prince David in 1283. The Bleddyn Fardd whose elegy was composed by Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr was a different person.
teulu BULKELEY , was the most noteworthy. Then follow the Bulkeleys of Cremlyn, Cleifiog, Plas Goronwy, and Ty'n-y-caeau, more subsidiary still. The family's ancient home was in north-east Cheshire. The exact date of the migration west is not known, nor is there proof that the first stopping-place was Beaumaris (certain happenings point to Conway). It is safe to say that the Bulkeleys were settled in Anglesey before
CARADOG ap IESTYN (fl. 1130), founder of the family of 'Avene' in Glamorgan his brothers, Gruffydd and Goronwy, he was concerned in 1127 in a deed of violence, the bearing of which is uncertain. But it is clear that, on the collapse of Iestyn's rule, he received from Robert Fitz Hamon the land between Nedd and Afan (and perhaps more) as a subordinate holding, to be retained by his descendants for many generations. By his wife, Gwladus, daughter of Gruffydd ap Rhys, he had
DAFYDD ap GWILYM (fl. 1340-1370), poet all parts of Wales : he knew Gruffudd Gryg of Anglesey and Madog Benfras of Maelor. He sang to Newborough in Anglesey, visited the cathedral at Bangor, and eulogized the dean, Hywel ap Goronwy. Men and women of noble birth in Ceredigion were also the subjects of eulogies by him. It has been generally supposed that Dafydd's chief patron was Ifor ap Llywelyn, or Ifor Hael, of Bassaleg (now in
DAVIES, ALUN TALFAN (1913 - 2000), barrister, judge, politician, publisher and businessman Alun Talfan Davies was born on 22 July 1913 in Gorseinon near Swansea, the youngest of four sons of William Talfan Davies (1873-1938), a Methodist minister, and his wife Alys (née Jones, 1879-1948). The older brothers were Elfyn Talfan Davies, Aneirin Talfan Davies, and Goronwy Talfan Davies. Alun was educated at Gowerton Grammar School, then studied law at the University College of Wales
DAVIES, ALUN (1916 - 1980), historian the London School of Economics, attracted there mainly by Professor Medlicott. His title was Reader in International History and his chief occupation was to supervise research students in conjunction with Sir Goronwy Edwards (1891-1976) the director of the Institute for Historical Research at London University. During his time in London he held the important post of secretary of the Royal Historical
DAVIES, ANEIRIN TALFAN (1909 - 1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher Aneirin Talfan Davies was born on 11 May 1909 in Dre-fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire, the second of four sons of the Rev. William Talfan Davies (1873-1938), from Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion, and Alys (née Jones, 1878-1948). His elder brother was Elfyn Talfan Davies (b. 1907), and his younger brothers were Goronwy Talfan Davies (1911-1977) and Alun Talfan Davies (1913-2000). In 1911, when Aneirin
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner join the Labour Party. Having qualified as a solicitor he joined the company of Morgan, Bruce and Nicholas in Porth and Pontypridd. He got to know the prominent trade unionists of the south Wales coalfield, and was invited to share a stage with Aneurin Bevan in 1959; he also came into contact with Goronwy Roberts, Cledwyn Hughes and most importantly James Griffiths, who regarded him as a son and
DAVIES, JOHN HUMPHREYS (1871 - 1926), bibliographer, man of letters, and educationist of Welsh Ballads, 1909-11; and his editions of the Life and Opinions of Robert Roberts, 1923, and the Letters of Goronwy Owen, 1924. His knowledge of Welsh public life during the first quarter of the 20th century was unrivalled, and there were few sides of it which he did not touch and adorn. He was one of the founders of the Calvinistic Methodist Historical Society, to the Journal of which he
DAVIES, ROBERT (Cyndeyrn; 1814 - 1867), musician , near Bangor; she was known as 'Meinwen Elwy' and was descended from the family of the poet Goronwy Owen. In 1840 the family moved to S. Asaph, where he was appointed principal alto in the cathedral choir, a position he held for twenty-seven years. There, he established the ' Glee Society ' and the ' Philharmonic Society ' and was selected to conduct the massed church choirs of the see of St Asaph. He
EDNYFED FYCHAN, noble family of Gwynedd prominently amongst the counsellors of those princes. For some years before his death in 1268, GORONWY AB EDNYFED was seneschal to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd (A History of Wales, ii, 743; Litt. Wall., 4, 28, 45). His brother, TUDUR AB EDNYFED, was captured during Henry III's inconclusive campaign against Dafydd ap Llywelyn in September 1245, and was released in May 1247 on swearing fealty to the king. Despite

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