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OWAIN GWYNEDD (OWAIN GWYNEDD; c. 1100 - 1170), king of Gwynedd and Iâl, and forced to re-admit his younger brother, Cadwaladr, exiled in 1152, to a share of power in Gwynedd. Owain, with characteristic prudence and insight, realised the great potentialities of the Angevin monarchy, did homage to Henry, and apparently agreed to change his official style from ' king ' to ' prince.' He made no attempt, moreover, to break the feudal link with England, when at the
OWENS, OWEN (1792 - 1862), Independent minister, and schoolmaster Born at Maes Angharad, Dolgelley, 21 August 1792. He was admitted to membership of the church by Cadwaladr Jones at Dolgelley in 1811. He kept a school, first in his own neighbourhood and later at Dinas Mawddwy, where he began to preach. In 1821 he was ordained minister of Rhes-y-cae and Salem churches, Flintshire, where he spent the rest of his life. He died 13 October 1862, and was buried in
PIERCE, ELLIS (Elis o'r Nant; 1841 - 1912), author of historical romances and bookseller antiquities. By his fearless writing he made many vindictive enemies. In 1870, he was forced to retire to Utica in the U.S.A., but he returned in 1874 to commence an itinerant business in books and general merchandise. In 1882 he wrote for the Baner an account of a notorious character called 'Cadwaladr y Clogwyn' who was buried at Betws-y-coed in 1804. The account bore such a close resemblance to a
teulu PRICE Rhiwlas, children included the heir, CADWALADR (Price) (below), Dr. Elis Prys, Plas Iolyn, Denbighshire, Thomas Vaughan, Pant Glas, and two other sons who became abbots of Aberconway (Griffith, Pedigrees, 204). Sir Robert, who became cross-bearer to Cardinal Wolsey, died before or in 1534; his will was proved at the P.C.C. of Canterbury; he also was buried in Ysbyty Ifan church. CADWALADR AP ROBERT CADWALADR
PRICE, PETER (1864 - 1940), Independent minister Merionethshire in the 17th and 18th centuries. When the Quakers departed from Tyddyn-y-Garreg and the chapel that they had erected nearby, it was Peter Price, Fronolau, who was a deacon at the Independent church at Dolgellau, under the ministry of Cadwaladr Jones (1783 - 1867), who was mainly instrumental in securing that chapel for the Independent denomination. It was rented in 1847, and bought in 1854, and
PRYS, ELIS (Y Doctor Coch, The Red Doctor; 1512? - 1594) Plas Iolyn, Second son of Robert ap Rhys ab Meredydd of Plas Iolyn, Ysbyty Ifan, Denbighshire. It is said that his grandfather, Rhys ab Meredydd, or Rhys Fawr, fought at Bosworth with Henry VII. His father, Robert ap Rhys, was chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey, and Henry VIII gave him the lands of Dolgynwal and parts of Penllyn, where his son Cadwaladr founded the family of Price of Rhiwlas (see articles Price of
RHODRI MOLWYNOG (bu farw 754), king of Gwynedd son of Idwal son of Cadwaladr (died 664) of the line of Cunedda Wledig. He was succeeded by two sons, Hywel (died 825) and Cynan.
RHYS WYN ap CADWALADR (fl. c. 1600) Giler,, poet second son of Cadwaladr ap Morris Gethin of Foelas. Some of his englynion and cywyddau are preserved in manuscript, among them an elegy to his son (Llanstephan MS 54 (259)), and a cywydd ymryson with Thomas Prys in Jes. Coll. MS. 12 (319), and NLW MS 3047C (84), and, in the same manuscripts, two cywyddau in reply to him by Thomas Prys and a satirical cywydd to him by Huw Machno. In Llanstephan MS
ROBERTS, CADWALADR (bu farw 1708/9), poet harp of Wiliam Llwyd, Llangedwyn, for Siôn Prys is of social interest (Cwrtmawr MS 128A (122)). 'Llyfr Cadwaladr Roberts, 1676' (Cwrtmawr MS 227B), is his anthology of poetry by some of his contemporaries, including Huw Morys and Edward Morris. The tunes to which he wrote are frequently noted in the manuscripts. He was a very mediocre poet, and his poetry contains a profusion of colloquial forms. His
ROBERTS, DAVID (Dewi Ogwen; 1818 - 1897), Independent minister Born 19 April 1818 at Bangor, son of the Rev. Dafydd Roberts, a Calvinistic Methodist preacher and superintendent of one of Charles of Bala's schools; his mother was of the same lineage as John Jones of Tal-y-sarn and Cadwaladr Owen of Dolwyddelan. He was first educated in a private school in the town and later in Dr. Arthur Jones's school. In 1833 he was apprenticed as a printer in the office of
ROBERTS, KATE (1891 - 1985), author Kate Roberts, known as Cadi within her family, was born on February 13, 1891 in Rhosgadfan, Caernarfonshire. She was the first child born to Owen Owen Roberts (1851-1931), a slate quarryman, and Catherine Roberts (née Cadwaladr) (1855-1944), formerly a midwife. Both her parents had been married before and widowed; Kate had four older half-siblings from her parents' first marriages (John Evan
ROBERTS, ROBERT (Bob Tai'r Felin; 1870 - 1951), folk singer Born 1 September 1870 at Tai'r Felin, Cwmtirmynach, Bala, Merionethshire, son of Cadwaladr and Betsi Roberts (née Rowlands, of Cae Gwernog, Capel Celyn). He followed his father as miller and farmer. He married Elizabeth Jane Roberts of nearby Fron-goch farm. They had three children, Cadwaladr, Harriet and Morris. At Cwmtirmynach Presbyterian chapel he was precentor for nearly 50 years, Sunday

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