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DEE, JOHN (1527 - 1608), mathematician and astronomer of his extant which definitely connects his family with Radnorshire; this is in Peniarth MS 252, and it is in Dee's autograph, addressed to his 'Cosen Nicholas ap Meredith at Prestene,' and containing allusions to 'cosens' William, Thomas, and John Lewis - the last-named being the John Lewis of Llynwene, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Radnorshire, whose collection of papers forms the manuscript in
DEINIOL (bu farw 584), saint, founder of Bangor and first bishop in Gwynedd son of Dunawd son of Pabo Post Prydyn, of the same royal line as Urien Rheged - Dwyai, daughter of Gwallog ap Lleenog was not his mother but his second cousin. As Deiniol and Maelgwn Gwynedd were contemporaries, so were his grandfather Pabo and the sons of Cunedda Wledig. Pabo, then, must have accompanied them to Wales, not because of any loss of territory but in order to acquire more. According
DEIO ap IEUAN BWL (fl. c. 1530), poet His only known poem is a cywydd in praise of Llywelyn ap Ieuan ap Howel of Moelyrch while seeking also the gift of two dogs for William ap Mathew ap Griffith. According to Lewis Dwnn, Llywelyn died 1534.
DEIO ap IEUAN DU (fl. 1460-1480), poet He himself states that his home was in Creuddyn, Ceredigion, and he is referred to in some manuscripts as ' Deio Du of Penadeiniol.' He sang eulogies to the noble families of Glamorgan, Ceredigion, Meirionnydd, and Denbighshire. The most interesting of his patrons was Gruffydd Fychan of Cors-y-gedol, one of Jasper Tudor's most ardent supporters in the years 1460-8. Deio ap Ieuan Du is the author
DEIO LLIWIEL (LLYWEL?) (fl. beginning of 16th century?), poet Two of his poems have been preserved, viz. ' Cywydd mawl i Rys ap Morys ' in Llanstephan MS 226, and ' Cywydd i'r Cybydd a'r Ocrwr ' in Llanstephan MS 133, Llanstephan MS 134, Llanstephan MS 135, Havod MS. 20, B.M. Add. MS. 14886, and NLW MS 970E, NLW MS 6511B, NLW MSS 13064D, NLW MS 13079B.
teulu DEVEREUX Lamphey, Ystrad Ffin, Vaynor, Nantariba, Pencoyd, steward of the household of Mary, Princess of Wales, and C. J. of South Wales; in 1526 chamberlain of South Wales and of the counties of Cardigan and Carmarthen. He was also high steward of Builth and steward of Old Carmarthen. In 1531 a large share of the confiscated estates of Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd (see under Rice of Dynevor) fell to Devereux, who thus 'assumed the leadership of West Wales ' (Laws
DEWI ap DIDYMUS - gweler THOMAS, DAFYDD
DEWI ap IAGO - gweler DAVIES, JAMES
DOGMAEL (fl. 6th century), saint No details of the life of S. Dogmael are extant. The Welsh genealogies connect him with one of the three saintly tribes of Wales by making him the son of Ithel ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig. To judge from the churches bearing his name, his activities in Wales were confined almost entirely to Pembrokeshire; for Llandudoch or S. Dogmaels (on the Teifi, opposite v) together with Capel Degwel in the
teulu DOLBEN Segrwyd, councillors and civic officials. DAVID DOLBEN (1581 - 1633), bishop of Bangor Religion Son of Robert Wyn Dolben (great-grandson of the first Robert Dolben above) and of Jane, daughter of Owen ap Reinallt of Glyn Llugwy. He entered S. John's College, Cambridge, in 1602, holding one of the scholarships founded by Dr. John Gwyn (died 1574), and graduated B.A. 1606, M.A. 1609, and D.D. 1626. Ordained by George
DWN, HENRY (before c. 1354 - November 1416), landowner and rebel Henry Dwn of Croesasgwrn, Llangyndeyrn, in Carmarthenshire, was the son of Gruffudd Dwn (also called Gruffudd Gethin) ap Cadwgan and Annes, daughter of Cadwgan ap Ieuan, and a direct descendant of Llywelyn ap Gwrgan, lord of Cydweli. Dwn first appears in the historical record serving in Picardy and Normandy in 1369 under John of Gaunt, the first Duke of Lancaster, who appointed him steward of the
DWNN, GRUFFYDD (c. 1500 - c. 1570), country gentleman The most distinguished of the Dwnns of Carmarthenshire and the first to live at Ystrad Merthyr, near Kidwelly, a mansion erected in 1518. He was twice married and had eight children, the eldest of whom was 11 years old in 1533, but he lived to see his family disintegrate in the many epidemics of the period. Poets like ' Syr ' Owen ap Gwilym, Harri ap Rhys ap Gwilym, Thomas Vychan, Wiliam Llŷn

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