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LEWIS, HUGH (1562 - 1634), cleric, author, poet His forbears were bondsmen of the township of Bodellog near Caernarvon. His great-grandfather was known as William of Bodellog whose son William ap William married Margaret Bennett and had three sons - Ieuan, Rhys, and Lewis. This Lewis married Agnes, daughter of William Foxwist of Prysgol, a member of the lower gentry. Of this marriage four sons were born - Hugh, Griffith, Richard and John. Hugh
LEWIS, JANET ELLEN (1900 - 1979), novelist, poet and journalist on the editorial staff of the Daily News and the Sunday Times in the 1930s. In 1937 she married Graeme Hendrey; they had one daughter, Katrina, and the family moved to live in rural Surrey. She and her husband became friends with a number of literary figures, including Anglo-Welsh writers such as Ernest Rhys, Hilda Vaughan, and Charles Morgan. Later, in 1967, Lewis published an edited volume of the
LEWIS, JOHN (bu farw 1616?) Llynwene, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, barrister, and author of The History of Britain (Lincoln's Inn Admissions) and called to the Bar after 4 June 1570 (Black Book of Lincoln's Inn). It is more probable that he is the person who entered the Inner Temple, 20 August 1568. There is no certainty when he was called to the Bar. Peniarth MS 252, which is a collection of papers which belonged to him, the greater part being in his hand, shows that Lewis was acquainted with Dr. John David Rhys and
LEWIS, JOHN HUW (1931 - 2008), printer and publisher Huw Lewis was born on 13 January 1931 at Brondeifi, Llandysul, Ceredigion, the eldest of the four children of Rhys Lewis and Myra Lewis (née Evans). He was educated at Llandysul Primary School, Llandysul Grammar School and at Llandovery College, where he was awarded a scholarship to the London College of Printing. He served his two years of National Service in the Army, mainly in Egypt, spending
LEWIS, JOSEPH RHYS (Alaw Rhondda; 1860 - 1920), musician
LEWIS, TIMOTHY (1877 - 1958), Welsh and Celtic scholar Welsh. What made his perspective in much of his work unacceptable to scholars of Welsh of the University of Wales was that he was not satisfied with trying to explain the hypothetical philological derivation of words in the tradition of John Rhŷs and J. Morris-Jones; but chose instead to search in the language itself, or in cognate or neighbouring languages for words which could have been borrowed
LEWYS ap RHYS ab OWAIN - gweler DWNN, LEWYS
LLYWELYN ap RHISIART (fl. 1520-1565), Chief Bard of the Three Provinces', and one of the most notable poets in the history of Glamorgan in accordance with the celebrated principles laid down by his master. As one of the last - if, indeed, he was not the very last - Welsh poets of the Roman Catholic faith, there is a special interest in his devotional poems. He sang very devoutly to the Rood at Llan-faes and Llangynwyd, and also to the Virgin of Pen-rhys when Pen-rhys attracted thousands of pilgrims. As the writing of poems on the
LEWYS, DAFYDD (bu farw 1727), cleric of Bwyd Enaid 1723, a book of stanzas based on verses from the Bible, and was among those responsible for printing Gemmeu Doethineb by Rhys Prydderch, 1714, Llythyr at y Cyfryw o'r Byd …, 1716, and probably Pregeth a Bregethwyd … Mehefin y 7, 1716 … Gan … Gwilim Arglwydd Esgob Ely 1716. A hymn by him was included in a booklet printed by Nicholas Thomas, Carmarthen, 1740, and another of his
LLAWDDEN (fl. 1450), cywyddwr His cywydd to Ieuan Gwyn ap Gwilym Fwyaf shows that he was a native of Loughor, but he was known as ' Llawdden of Machynlleth.' Most of his poems were written to the families of Thomas ap Rosier of Hergest, and Phylip ap Rhys and Maredudd Fychan of Maelienydd. In the Carmarthen Eisteddfod of 1451 he is known to have accused Gruffudd ap Nicolas of being bribed to give the chair to Dafydd ab Edmwnd
LLEWELLYN, Sir DAVID RICHARD (1879 - 1940), coalowner and he was awarded an hon. LL.D. by the University of Wales in 1929. He moved to The Court, St. Fagans. His chief hobbies were hunting (both he and his brother were masters of the Bwllfa hunt) and horses. He married Magdalene (daughter of Henry Harries, ' Afonwy ', Baptist minister of Treherbert) in 1905 and they had 4 sons and 4 daughters. Following the death of their eldest son Rhys the baronetcy
LLEWELYN, MARY PENDRILL (1811 - 1874), translator and writer

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