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teulu PUW, prominent Roman Catholic family Penrhyn Creuddyn, family. PHYLIP PUW (died 1637), Roman Catholic recusant Religion Second son of Robert Puw (above) of Penrhyn Creuddyn, Caernarfonshire. He married Gaynor Gwyn, daughter of Sir Richard Gwyn of Caernarvon, and Elen Griffith of Penrhyn, Is-y-garth, grand-daughter of Sir William Griffith, the chamberlain (see Griffith of Penrhyn, in Appendix). We first come across him when he was in Rhiwledyn cave with his
RODERICK, JOHN (1673 - 1735), grammarian, printer and publisher of almanacks and books, poet, and eisteddfodwr The belief that he was a native of the southern part of Cardiganshire was challenged some years ago (Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, iii, 275-90) and it is now believed that he was born in the parish of Cemaes, Montgomeryshire; he was possibly the John, son of David Roderick and Elen his wife, who was christened in Cemaes church on 23 April 1673. However, on p. 7b of B.L. Add. MS
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH JOHN (1892 - 1963), University professor and Welsh scholar and he died within a few days on 10 January 1963. In 1922 G. J. Williams married Elizabeth Elen Roberts of Blaenau Ffestiniog, a fellow student in the college at Aberystwyth (1910-14) who taught Welsh at the girls' county school, Treforest, Pontypridd (1914-18) and at Ebbw Vale county school, Monmouthshire (1918-22). They had no children and she died in St. David's Hospital, Cardiff on 31 January

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