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teulu RICHARDS Coed, Caerynwch, deputy-herald by TUDOR VYCHAN (Tuder Vaughan ap David Lloyd in Caerynwch document 996, dated 23 September 1588). ROBERT VAUGHAN, of Caerynwch, third in descent from Tudor Vychan, was buried at Dolgelley on 30 July 1693. His wife, Margaret, was one of the daughters of Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, the antiquary. GRACE VAUGHAN, daughter and heiress of Robert Vaughan, of Caerynwch, married (9 November 1698
RICHARDS, THOMAS (1710 - 1790), cleric and lexicographer the parish of Coychurch. What became of them is not known, but Iolo maintained that it was in those manuscripts that he 'discovered' many of his fictions, such as the 'Aberpergwm Brut' and some of the cywyddau which he said were written by Dafydd ap Gwilym. According to William Thomas's diary, as printed in Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1949 (48), Richards died 20 March
ROBERT (fl. 1099-1147), earl of Gloucester Natural son of king Henry I of England; born before his father's accession to the throne. The legend (found in the 'Gwentian Brut,' The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, ii, 540) that his mother was Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, is one of Iolo Morganwg's fabrications, though Henry did, indeed, have a son by Nest later on. Robert has a great and honourable place in English history (see D.N.B
ROBERT ap GWILYM DDU - gweler WILLIAMS, ROBERT
ROBERT ap HARRY (fl. c. 1580), poet
ROBERT ap MAREDUDD ap HYWEL ap DAFYDD ap GRUFFYDD (fl. early 15th century) - gweler WYNN
ROBERT ap MEREDYDD Glynllifon - gweler GLYN
ROBERT ap RHYS Sir , chaplain to the Courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII - gweler PRICE
ROBERT (ab) IFAN (fl. c. 1572-1603), poet Of a good family at Brynsiencyn, Anglesey. His genealogy is given in full in Peniarth MS 158 at the end of the interesting copy which he prepared for his own use (in May 1587) of the contents of the bardic grammars, etc.; there he states that his mother's name was Marged, daughter of Huw ap Rhys of Fysoglen (Maesoglan), and explains how his father, Ifan ap Wiliam, came to own land in Anglesey
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, GLYN (1904 - 1962), historian and administrator from 1535-1832 and in 1929 was awarded an M.A. as well as the Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd prize for his thesis which reveals the influence of Lewis Namier. In the same year he was appointed assistant lecturer at University College, Swansea where he remained until 1939 when he joined the Civil Service. By 1942 he was an assistant secretary in the Ministry of Supply and in 1944 was promoted deputy head
ROBERTS, HUGH (1644? - 1702), Quaker Born at Ciltalgarth near Bala, Meironnydd, c. 1644, son of Robert ap Hugh, of Llwyndedwydd, Llangwm, who had taken Ciltalgarth on lease. He joined the Society of Friends in 1666 and suffered much in consequence; he and his wife were fined ten pounds each for worshipping with Friends in Llwyn-y-brain, Cwmtirmynach, 1675. He was a member of the deputation which went to London in 1681 to see William

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