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HUWS, WILLIAM PARI (1853 - 1936), Independent minister Born 27 September 1853 at Penrhyndeudraeth, son of Gwilym Prysor, a cultured poet and writer. The family moved to Dolwyddelan where he and his brothers, the Rev. G. Parry Hughes (Calvinistic Methodist) of Morfa Nefyn and the Rev. Rowland Hughes of Cardiff, were brought up. After leaving elementary school he worked for a time in the Blaenau Ffestiniog quarries, after which he went to Llanrwst
IEUAN ap RHYDDERCH ap IEUAN LLWYD (fl. 1430-1470), gentleman and poet Son of Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd of Rhydderch Park, in the parish of Lanbadarn Odyn, a wealthy landowner who held office under the Crown in 1387. According to Dwnn, i, 28, the mother of ' Ieuan ap Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd y prydydd ' was Annes, daughter of Gwilym ap Philip ab Elidir. But Dwnn, i, 45, 85, states that Rhydderch ap Ieuan Llwyd married twice, (1) ' Marged ferch Gruffydd Gryg ap Ieuan
IEUAN DEULWYN (fl. c. 1460), poet Llwyd ap Gwilym of Castell Hywel, Llywelyn ap Dafydd ab Einion of Llanllawddog, and his family, Siôn ap Dafydd of Llys Newydd, and John Lewys and his father of Prysaddfed in Anglesey. He composed religious and love poetry, and also one poem of controversy, or ymryson, addressed to Bedo Brwynllys; Ieuan was himself a keen Yorkist, and he accused Bedo of being hypocritical in this matter. An elegy
IFOR HAEL, patron of bards This is the name given by Dafydd ap Gwilym to his chief patron, Ifor ap Llywelyn, Bassaleg, Monmouth. Although we are accustomed to calling it in Welsh 'Maesaleg' there are definite proofs that the name was 'Bassalec' or 'Basselec' in the 12th century (see the 'Book of Llandaff') and earlier the lineage of Ifor is given in Peniarth MS 133 (R., i, 833) (180), 'tredegyr ymassalec' (Tredegar in
IOLO GOCH (c. 1325 - c. 1400), poet poem to king Edward III. But a poem in the form of a dialogue between his body and his soul maps out a bardic circuit to the south-west of the country naming a number of patrons there, including the abbots of Whitland and Strata Florida and Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd. Iolo Goch was one of a group of poets who were the first to employ the cywydd metre, and his elegy to Dafydd ap Gwilym, about 1350
IOLO GOCH (c. 1320 - c. 1398), poet was the contemporary of Dafydd ap Gwilym and Llywelyn Goch Amheurig Hen, upon both of whom he wrote elegies. He also carried on a poetic controversy with Gruffydd Gryg. His awdlau were written in the manner of the 'Gogynfeirdd,' and even his cywyddau bear many traces of antiquity both in respect of vocabulary and syntax. Like Dafydd ap Gwilym he had quarrelled bitterly with the Grey Friars. One of
JAMES, DAVID EMRYS (Dewi Emrys; 1881 - 1952), minister (Congl.), writer and poet adult education, and ' Y Bwthyn ' became the haunt of poets and writers. He was one of the masters of cerdd dafod, winning among many other prizes at the national eisteddfod the crown in Swansea, 1926 (for ' Rhigymau'r ffordd fawr'), and the chair four times - Liverpool, 1929 ('Dafydd ap Gwilym'); Llanelli, 1930 ('Y Galilead'); Bangor, 1943 ('Cymylau amser'); and Bridgend, 1948 ('Yr Alltud'). He was
JAMES, WILLIAM (1848 - 1907), Unitarian minister, schoolmaster, and public worker school from 1873 to 1883, and was a J.P. and a public worker, to show what a full life he led. Following in the footsteps of Gwilym Marles (William Thomas, 1834 - 1879), he brought the influence of Martineau to bear on his denomination and his district. He was cultured and great-hearted. He was secretary and president of the Unitarian Association and published his address from the chair, Crefydd Cymru
JENKINS, DAVID (1912 - 2002), librarian and scholar Celtic Studies (vol. 8, 1925-37, 140-5) on the personal and place-names in the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym. The subject had been suggested to him by his teacher, T. Gwynn Jones, as one who knew the topography and place-names of the area and the result was a study that places the poet and his associations firmly in the commote of Genau'r Glyn, an important step in reclaiming the historical poet. David
JENKINS, JOHN (1779 - 1853), Baptist minister, theologian, editor, and publisher sell his books. His most important volume, Gwelediad y Palas Arian, comprising a corpus of theology 'to display the strength of the evangelical Church,' was published in 1811 (2nd imp. 1820, 3rd 1864). In 1815 he started, with the co-operation of Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg, 1778 - 1835), Y Parthsyllydd; neu Eirlyfr Daearyddol, and between 1819 and 1831 published his laborious Esponiad, a
JOHN, WALTER PHILLIPS (1910 - 1967), minister (B) presenter of Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol. Liberal in standpoint, he was zealous for mutual understanding and cooperation among the Christian bodies of Wales. A volume of his sermons Rhwydwaith Duw (1969) appeared posthumously and he was joint author with Gwilym T. Hughes of a history of Welsh Baptists in London, Hanes Castle Street a'r Bedyddwyr Cymraeg yn Llundain (1959).
JOHNES, ARTHUR JAMES (1809 - 1871), county court judge a prize offered by the Cymmrodorion Society for an essay on The Causes which in Wales have produced Dissent from the Established Church. A second edition (expanded) appeared in 1832, and a third in 1870. In 1834 he published some translations of poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym. Johnes took an active part by voice and pen in resisting the scheme (c. 1838) to unite the sees of Bangor and S. Asaph and

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