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IOLO GOCH (c. 1320 - c. 1398), poet to Iolo in the manuscripts the oldest which can be dated is the awdl to Dafydd ap Bleddyn, bishop of St Asaph from 1314 to 1346, and one of the latest is the cywydd to Ieuan Trevor II, bishop of St Asaph, composed, in all probability, in 1397. Between these two poles we can trace the following cywyddau written by him: panegyric upon Edward III, end of 1347; elegy upon Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd who died
IORWERTH FYNGLWYD (fl. c. 1480-1527), bard of S. Bride's Major, Glamorganshire. The cywyddau written in the course of a bardic controversy with Rhisiart ap Rhys Brydydd in John Stradling's house in Merthyr Mawr prove that Rhisiart ap Rhys Brydydd was Iorwerth Fynglwyd's bardic teacher. Over fifty of his compositions survive in manuscripts and there was much transcribing of them, not only by Glamorgan copyists but by scribes in North Wales
JAMES, Sir DAVID JOHN (1887 - 1967), businessman and philanthropist the Pantyfedwen Trust which was administered from London. Its purpose was to promote religious, educational and charitable causes in Wales. This was abolished in 1957 when he founded the Cathryn and Lady Grace James Trust (named after his mother and his wife). In 1967 he founded a second Trust in the name of John (his father) and Rhys Thomas James (his brother who died young). Late in the 1950s
JARMAN, ALFRED OWEN HUGHES (1911 - 1998), Welsh scholar Branch of the International Arthurian Society and one of the International Vice-presidents; he also served as a permanent member of the Eugène Vinaver Trust. He was Sir John Rhys Fellow at Jesus College Oxford in 1975-76. He retired from his Chair in 1979 and was awarded a Leverhulme Scholarship in 1979-81. A.O.H. Jarman's main fields of research were the Myrddin/Merlin legend, the origins and
JENKINS, DAVID (1912 - 2002), librarian and scholar northern Germany in 1945. He returned in 1946 to a permanent position in the department of printed books at the National Library where he had a successful career. He was appointed Keeper (Head) of the department in 1957 and Librarian in 1969. In 1948 he married Menna Rhys, the daughter of Reverend Owen Evans Williams, minister of Horeb, Penrhyn-coch from 1919 to 1954. There was a son and a daughter from
JENKINS, DAVID ARWYN (1911 - 2012), barrister and historian of Welsh law orthodox, but his contribution to Welsh public and literary life over his long lifetime was prodigious and extended across a wide range of areas of interest. His literary career began in the mid-1930s, sometimes using the pseudonyms 'Myrddin Gardi' or 'D. Meurig Rhys', and he was one of the inaugural editors of the periodical Heddiw which was launched in 1936. His subjects were varied, but an important
JENKINS, KATHRYN (1961 - 2009), scholar and hymnologist , Sir John Rhŷs Scholar at Jesus College Oxford 1985-86 and she gained her PhD at Aberystwyth in 1987. After a brief spell as assistant warden at Trefeca College, the Presbyterian Church lay centre, she returned to Aberystwyth as Reseach Fellow from 1988 to 1992 when she was appointed lecturer in Welsh at St. David's University College Lampeter. Much to the surprise of most of her friends and
JOHN, JAMES MANSEL (1910 - 1975), Baptist minster and college professor wife had died in 1955 while he was minister in Aberafan, and in August 1959 he married Dorothy Penhale, a Port Talbot schoolmistress. They had one son, Rhys (born 1963). Mansel John had an enduring interest in rugby and while a pupil in Aberdare Boys' Grammar School he was given a trial for the Welsh schoolboys' team. He served on the executive committees of Undeb Cymru Fydd and the Welsh Association
JOHNES, THOMAS (1748 - 1816), landowner and man of letters Born at Ludlow, 20 August 1748 (O.S.), eldest child of Thomas Johnes (died 1780, M.P. for Radnorshire, 1777-80), a descendant of Sir Thomas Johnes of Abermarlais, nephew of Sir Rhys ap Thomas; educated at Shrewsbury, Eton, and Edinburgh University; M.P. for Cardigan Boroughs 1775-80, Radnorshire 1780-96, Cardiganshire 1796-1816; colonel of the Carmarthenshire militia, 1779-98; lord lieutenant of
JOHNS, DAVID (fl. 1569-1586), cleric and poet period, e.g. that of Siôn Dafydd Rhys to the grammar he published in 1592. The voluminous notes in the manuscript are also important. Two of his prose translations from Latin are to be found in Peniarth MS 159 under the titles 'Gweddi Saint Awgwstin' and 'Dengran gwahaniaeth kristnogion y byd.' Some writers have confused him with 'Syr' Thomas Jones.
teulu JONES Llwyn-rhys, marriage, aged 69 (gravestone serving as a gatepost in Llanbadarn Odwyn churchyard). They are said to have had twelve children. Eight are named in the will of John Jones (2 March 1721): David the eldest; SAMUEL, to whom the lease of Llwyn-rhys passed after his father's death; Jenkin; EVAN; GWEN, wife of Morgan Pugh, probably a younger brother of Philip Pugh, senior (see article on his son); SARAH, a
JONES, DAFYDD RHYS (1877 - 1946), schoolmaster and musician successful years. In 1914 he returned to Britain to teach in Hereford. G.J. Williams, the headmaster of Cwmystwyth school (and cousin of Professor Griffith John Williams), was called for military service and replaced by temporary headteachers. In January 1917 Dafydd Rhys Jones began his second term as headmaster of his old school, and remained there until the permanent headmaster returned at the end of

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