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teulu EVANS Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog being John Davies (Siôn Dafydd Las), Huw Morys, Evan Williams, John Prichard Prys, and Ellis Rowland, Harlech. The full pedigree table of the Evans and Griffith families contains the names of several clergymen. In this connection note that Mary Anwyl (above), after her husband Evan Griffith died, became the wife of John Griffith, rector of Ffestiniog, and that John Griffith, after her death, married
GWYN, JOHN (bu farw 1574), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor Born at Gwydir, Llanrwst, he was the fifth and youngest (or possibly fourth) son of John Wyn ap Meredydd, a direct descendant of Owain Gwynedd. His eldest brother Morys was the father of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and another, Robert (third son), who built Plas Mawr, Conway, became second husband of Dorothy Williams, grandmother of archbishop John Williams. John Gwyn entered Queens' College
teulu HANMER Hanmer, Bettisfield, Fens, Halton, Pentre-pant, . William Owen of Brogyntyn, the patron of Huw Morys. Puritan sympathies are suggested by his commission to Robert Lloyd, vicar of Chirk, to translate into Welsh The Plaine Mans Path-way to Heaven by Arthur Dent (died 1607), the strongly Puritan vicar of Shoebury, Essex (Llwybr Hyffordd, 1630, 'Epistol'). He was a correspondent of William Camden the antiquary. He maintained the connection with the parent
HOWELL, GWILYM (1705 - 1775), almanac-maker and poet He was born in the parish of Llangurig, Montgomeryshire, but spent the greater part of his life in the parish of Llanidloes where, for many years, he was the steward of the Berth-lwyd estate. In 1762-3 he was mayor of Llanidloes. He was not only a poet himself but collected the works of other poets, in particular those of Huw Morys. Iolo Morgannwg says that when Gwallter Mechain was preparing his
HUGHES, RICHARD (c. 1565 - 1619), poet , ' Cyfeiriadau at Richard Hughes, Cefn Llanfair.' He was a poet of love; a poet of love who preceded Huw Morys and his school. He employs only three metres in his poems, most of which are in the form of dialogues. The tang of the countryside is to be found in his poetry. He died between early February and early May 1619 and was buried in Llanbedrog church; Gruffydd Phylip wrote an elegy upon him (Y Cymmrodor
HUMPHREYS, ROBERT (fl. c. 1720), poet and native (apparently) of Rhagat, near Corwen, Meironnydd. Some of his work is preserved in manuscripts, and this includes 'begging poems' written to Thomas Carter of Kinmel and Thomas Holland of Teirdan, and various englynion which include praises to John Rhydderch, the Shrewsbury printer, two upon the grave of Huw Morys, the poet, a number satirizing Newborough in Anglesey; these last drew
HUW TALAI (fl. c. 1550-1580), poet nothing is known of his life, but at least two examples of his work exist in manuscript. They are cywyddau of praise to Rhys ap Morys of Bryn y Beirdd, Llandeilo-fawr, and Gruffydd Dwnn of Kidwelly.
JENKINS, DAVID (1912 - 2002), librarian and scholar 1992 and 1993. He attended Ardwyn grammar school, Aberystwyth and then, in 1932, he became a student at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth where he graduated in Welsh Literature in 1935. As the Sir John Williams Research Student 1937-39 he began his research on the life and work of the poet Huw Morys (Eos Ceiriog, 1624-1709). He published a valuable article in The Bulletin of the Board of
JONES, GWILYM THOMAS (1908 - 1956), solicitor and administrator leukemia at the age of two, Goronwy Morys Gwilym Jones (b. 1948), and Iwan Pennant Gwilym Jones (b. 1952). Gwilym T. was a committed patriot, and he pioneered Caernarfonshire County Council's Welsh language policy, including Welsh signs throughout the county. He was Vice-chairman of the Council of the National Eisteddfod, 1954-55, and at that time he was elected a member of Gorsedd y Beirdd. He was
LEWIS, OWEN (1533 - 1594), bishop of Cassano, signaturae ' - an appointment which made him a man of considerable influence in the papal court. It is certain that Owen Lewis was one of those who induced Gregory to support Thomas Stukeley's raids on Ireland in 1578; he also played an important part in the establishment of the English College at Rome, and it was at his suggestion that Morys Clynnog was appointed warden. The troubles of that college's
MORUS BERWYN (fl. c. 1553-1615), poet A native, apparently, of the Berwyn district of North Wales. A number of his poems remain in manuscripts. Most of these are addressed to various members of North Wales families, including John Salusbury of Lleweni and his wife Katheryn (of Berain), Sir William Morys of Clenennau, Robert Wyn of Foelas, Thomas Vaughan of Hafod, captain William Thomas. There are also a poem in praise of Bishop
MORYS ap HYWEL (ap TUDUR) (fl. c. 1530), a poet

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