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MADOG ap GWALLTER, friar, a religious poet (Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, iv, 133-4) holds it as very probable that this poet is to be identified with the Friar Madog ap Gwallter whose Welsh poems survive, and in that case this poet hailed from Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, which even as early as 1254 is wrongly associated with Edeirnion, though actually it is in Dinmael.
MAELGWN ap RHYS (bu farw 1295), rebel of 1294 a son of Rhys Fychan, last lord of Geneu'r Glyn in north Cardiganshire, and a descendant of Maelgwn ap Rhys ap Gruffydd. When in 1294 a general uprising against alien rule broke out in Wales, led by Madog ap Llywelyn in North Wales, and Morgan in Glamorgan, Maelgwn assumed the leadership of the insurgents in Cardiganshire. The campaign in west Wales comprised a hard, but unsuccessful, siege of
teulu MATHEW Castell y Mynach, This family had held posts as stewards and seneschals during the 14th cent, for absent English lords. It was of the same stock as Lewis of Van, and derived according to 15th century pedigrees from Gwaethvoed of Ceredigion. Sir DAVID MATHEW (fl. 1428-84), the son of a supporter of Owain Glyn Dŵr, was a dependent of the Nevilles and a leading Yorkist. From Sir David and his wife Wenllian Herbert
MATTHEWS, ABRAHAM (1832 - 1899), minister (Congl.) and one of the pioneers of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia for another year and at that critical hour saved the great venture from disintegrating. By that time he was the chief (if not the only) public figure there. He farmed the land to support his family; but he strove voluntarily for years to minister the churches in the Camwy valley, particularly those at Trerawson, Glyn Du, Moriah and Tair Helygen. It is said that the only stipend he received for his
teulu MAURICE Clenennau, Glyn (Cywarch), Penmorfa ). By his second wife, Jonet, daughter of Sir James Owen, Pentre Evan, Pembrokeshire, Ellis ap Maurice was the father of (a) James Maurice (living in 1595), rector of Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire, and Llanfwrog, Denbighshire, and chancellor of Peterborough; (b) a daughter, Catherine, who married Robert Wynn ap John, Glyn (Cywarch), Merioneth, and (c) Mary, the wife of Morris ap Robert, Llangedwyn. The
MAURICE, HUGH (1775 - 1825), skinner, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts Born at Tyddyn Tudur, Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Denbighshire, in 1775 (christened 5 June), son of Peter Maurice and Jane, his wife, sister of Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr). He worked with his uncle in Upper Thames Street, sharing his literary and social activities in London. Under the latter's direction he began to transcribe Welsh manuscript texts in prose and verse, and he became a prominent member
MEREDITH, JOHN ELLIS (1904 - 1981), minister (Presbyterian Church of Wales) and author their pacifism. He also valued the continuing friendship of some of his fellow students at Oxford, T. Rowland Hughes, Professor Alun Moelwyn Hughes and Reverend Glyn Parry Jones. He received golfing lessons from Dai Rees, the professional at Aberdare Golf Club, though it cannot be claimed that he spent much time at the game. Later in life he became a keen fisherman. In 1937 J. E. Meredith received a
MEREDITH, LEWIS (Lewys Glyn Dyfi; 1826 - 1891), preacher and writer , Blodau Glyn Dyfi, 1852. In 1865 he married Nillie E. Phelps, the daughter of a prominent Methodist Episcopal minister. He died 29 September 1891, and was buried in Oak Park, Chicago. He had a brother, RICHARD MEREDITH (1826 - 1856), who wrote articles for the Traethodydd and Winllan, sometimes under his own name and sometimes under the pen-name Caradog. He was for a short time a Wesleyan lay preacher
MEREDUDD ap RHYS (fl. 1450-1485), gentleman, cleric, and poet diocese of St Asaph, though no evidence has been found that he became vicar so early in the century. It is also noted that he was rector of Meifod and rector of Welshpool in 1450, both livings being probably sinecures. Meredudd had a long life. He was living in 1483 when he wrote an elegy for king Edward IV. And about this time, i.e. probably in the 80's, he is accused by Guto'r Glyn of envying him and
MORGAN ap HUW LEWYS (fl. c. 1550-1600), poet ; later the place went from another branch of the family and became part of the Llanfair-is-gaer estate. It is not certain whether the poet was the Morgan ap Huw Lewys who received holy orders in 1580, and who was patronized by Wiliam Glyn of Glynllifon. If so, then he may have been chaplain to Wiliam Glyn for a short period before marrying and settling in Hafod-y-wern. The name Morgan ap Huw Lewys is
MORGAN, CLIFFORD (Cliff) ISAAC (1930 - 2013), rugby player, sports writer and broadcaster, media executive , replacing the dropped Glyn Davies. The Welsh team had been announced at 6.30pm on the previous Monday whilst Morgan was on the bus home from work as a management trainee at the Electricity Board in Cardiff. By the time he arrived back at Trebanog, a crowd of people with flags were waiting, cheering. Morgan always remembered that even the bus driver got off and shook his hand. The game ended in a 3-3 draw
MORGAN, GEORGE OSBORNE (1826 - 1897), politician Son of the Rev. Morgan Morgan, vicar of Conway from 1838 to 1870 (and a son of David Morgan, Llanfihangel-Geneu'r-Glyn and his wife Avarina Richards, a member of Ffos-y-bleiddiaid family (see under Vaughan Lloyd), and Fanny Nonnen daughter of John Nonnen, Gothenburg, Sweden. He was born 8 May 1826 at Gothenburg, where his father was a chaplain. Educated at Friars school, Bangor, Shrewsbury school

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