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RICHARDS, THOMAS (1710 - 1790), cleric and lexicographer lexicon (1632) of Dr. John Davies of Mallwyd into Welsh, adding to them words which he had seen in the work of Edward Lhuyd, in Wotton's edition (1730) of the Laws of Hywel Dda, and in old vocabularies, besides many Glamorgan dialect words heard by him. This work was published in 1753, another edition appearing in 1759. Thereafter, he added to this dictionary and a prospectus was issued in 1790, a few
ROBERT ap MAREDUDD ap HYWEL ap DAFYDD ap GRUFFYDD (fl. early 15th century) - gweler WYNN
ROBERT, GRUFFYDD (c. 1527 - 1598), priest, grammarian and poet Gruffydd Robert was a native of Caernarfonshire. The date of his birth is not known, but documents preserved in Milan show him to have been born circa 1527 to one Robert and to domina Catherina de Griffis: Catrin ferch Gruffudd, a woman of gentry stock. The intriguing possibility is that these individuals may have been the poet Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel and her then partner, Sir Robert ap
ROBERTS, GWYNETH PARUL (1910 - 2007), doctor and missionary son, Hywel Griffith Roberts, became a surgeon in south Wales. The family returned to Britain on furlough in 1914 and the parents had to leave the two children with family members in Rhyl. Gwyneth Roberts was educated in Christchurch School and Rhyl County School, and at the University of Wales Colleges of Bangor and Cardiff, and worked as a doctor in hospitals in Cardiff, Wolverhampton, Manchester
ROBERTS, HOWELL (Hywel Tudur; 1840 - 1922), poet, preacher and inventor
ROBERTS, IOAN (1941 - 2019), journalist, producer and author interviews, and the autobiographies of Gwilym Plas, Llwyndyrus, Stewart Jones and Hywel Heulyn. He was one of the ablest editors of Plaid Cymru publications in both languages - at the national level with Y Ddraig Goch and Welsh Nation and in his local constituencies, Pontypridd in the 1989 by-election, and later Caernarfon after he returned to live in Pwllheli. Dafydd Wigley has said that he owes Ioan
ROBERTS, PETER (fl. 1578-1646), attorney and chronicler Born 2 February 1577/1578, son of Robert ap Hywel ap Rhys, of Bron-yr-wylfa, near S. Asaph, and his wife Agnes - a Griffith of Gwern-eigron; he probably went to S. Asaph cathedral school. By 1599 he was notary public at S. Asaph, and in 1624 (30 June) he was appointed proctor in the bishop's court. In 1606 he married Jane, one of the daughters of David ap Lewis ap Gronw, of Meiriadog; and he
teulu SALUSBURY Rug, Bachymbyd, This family was founded at Bachymbyd, between Ruthin and Denbigh, at the close of the 15th century by JOHN SALUSBURY, fourth son of Thomas Salusbury of Lleweni (died 1471). It acquired Rug by the marriage of John's eldest son PIERS SALUSBURY to Margaret Wen, daughter and heiress of Ieuan ap Hywel ap Rhys, lord of Rug, near Corwen, Meironnydd. Rug became the more important of the two seats, though
SAMUEL, WYNNE ISLWYN (1912 - 1989), local government officer, Plaid Cymru activist and organiser native Welsh laws of Hywel Dda, a subject which had attracted his attention since his youth. He gave a number of public lectures on the standing of women in the Welsh laws. He was called to the bar from Grays Inn in 1956, and was offered a post with the UNO at Geneva. He was appointed lecturer in law at Chester Technical College in 1964 and became town clerk of Tenby, the unofficial capital of
SION ap HYWEL ap LLYWELYN FYCHAN, poet
SIÔN ap y BEDO ap DAFYDD ap HYWEL ap TUDUR - gweler SION CERI
SION CERI (fl. 1500?-1530?), poet His full name was Siôn ap y Bedo ap Dafydd ap Hywel ap Tudur. (Bodl. Welsh, c.4, 27b). Poems attributed to him are found in Bodewryd MS 1D; Esgair MS. 2; Brogyntyn MSS. 1, 2, 3; Cwrtmawr MS 204B, Cwrtmawr MS 244B, Cwrtmawr MS 448A; Peniarth MS 69, Peniarth MS 77, Peniarth MS 82, Peniarth MS 84, Peniarth MS 86, Peniarth MS 87, Peniarth MS 98, Peniarth MS 100, Peniarth MS 103, Peniarth MS 112

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