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TRAHAEARN ap CARADOG (bu farw 1081), king of Gwynedd at a low ebb. On Bleddyn's death in 1075, he seized authority in Gwynedd. Challenged by Gruffudd ap Cynan, the representative of the old Venedotian house, he was defeated at Dyffryn Glyngin in Meirionydd, but later in the year he retrieved himself at Bron yr Erw and drove Gruffudd into second exile in Ireland. In 1078 he invaded South Wales and killed its king (Rhys ab Owain) at Goodwick. The
TYDECHO (fl. 6th century), Celtic saint century bard Dafydd Llwyd ap Llewelyn ap Gruffudd, who lived at Mathafarn, not far from where S. Tydecho is supposed to have settled. From his ' Cywydd Tydecho Saint ' we learn that the saint lived the life of a hermit with his sister Tegfedd, and was frequently annoyed by that arch-enemy of the saints, Maelgwn Gwynedd. In the following century Mathew Brwmfield wrote a Cywydd to Tydecho and the two
teulu VAUGHAN Corsygedol, a general account of Corsygedol and the Vaughans in Archæologia Cambrensis, vi (1875), 1-16; this account was edited and annotated by W. W. E. Wynne of Peniarth from a transcript by Angharad Llwyd from a Mostyn manuscript compiled in 1770 by William Vaughan (below). Various members of the family, as shown by Edward Breese in Kalendars of Gwynedd, served as high sheriffs of Merioneth (and some of
VAUGHAN, ROBERT (1592? - 1667), antiquary, collector of the famous Hengwrt library translated 'Brut y Tywysogion' into English. He published at Oxford in 1662 a small book entitled British Antiquities Revived, containing a refutation of Sir Thomas Canon's arguments that Cadell was the eldest son of Rhodri Mawr and that, consequently, the princes of Deheubarth had superiority over those of Gwynedd, a correction of the pedigree of the earl of Carbery as given in Percy Enderbie's Cambria
VAUGHAN-THOMAS, LEWIS JOHN WYNFORD (1908 - 1987), broadcaster, author and public figure , three kilometres from Aberhosan as the location gave an excellent view of the landscape towards the mountains of Gwynedd. A celebration of his life, led by his son, Emyr Daniel, and others, was held on Friday, 27 November 2009 in his adopted town of Fishguard.
teulu VINCENT This notable clerical family, connected by birth and marriage with numerous landed and clerical families in Gwynedd, sprang from the Corbets of Ynys-y-maengwyn (says J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 237). VINCENT CORBET of Ynys-y-maengwyn (died 1723) had a son, THOMAS VINCENT, whom [it is said] he 'disinherited'; this Thomas (1677 - 1738) was successively vicar of Bangor and rector of Llanfachraeth
WILIAM LLYN (1534 or 1535 - 1580) Llŷn, poet panegyric and elegiac cywyddau, two cywyddau seeking a reconciliation with patrons who were vexed with him, a flyting addressed to Owain Gwynedd (fl. 1550-90) concerning the welcome given the 'fox from Lleyn ' at Caergynyr, some eight begging cywyddau, a few cywyddau on love, and a number of englynion. His awdlau, his cywyddau of praise, and his begging cywyddau, all show that he was one of the greatest
WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH VAUGHAN (1940 - 2010), journalist and gay activist Griff Vaughan Williams was born on 9 November 1940 in Bangor, Gwynedd, the only child of Griffith Williams (b. 1910), and his wife Katherine (née Turner, 1910-1968). He was educated at Friars grammar school in Bangor before studying journalism in Cardiff, and then worked for a number of magazines and provincial newspapers around the country until he joined the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1727 - 1798), Dissenting minister, scholar and author exploit was a defence of the discovery of America by Welshmen in the 12th century under the title of An enquiry into the truth of the tradition concerning the discovery of America by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the year 1170, 1791. This was followed by Further observations on the same subject in 1792.
WILLIAMS, Sir JOHN KYFFIN (1918 - 2006), painter and author University of Wales 1978, OBE 1983, Deputy Lieutenant of Gwynedd 1987, honorary fellowships of the University of Wales Swansea (1989), the University of Wales Bangor (1991) and the University of Wales Aberystwyth (1992), the Cymmrodorion medal 1991, President of the Royal Cambrian Academy (for two periods), member of the Court of the National Library of Wales, the Glyndwr Award of the Tabernacle Trust
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ARTHUR (Berw; 1854 - 1926), cleric and poet prepare for holy orders. He was ordained deacon by bishop Campbell of Bangor, 4 June 1882, and licensed to the curacy of Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Merioneth, where Thomas Edwards (Gwynedd) was rector. He was ordained priest, 8 March 1884, and, in November 1888, went as rector to Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Caernarfonshire. From there, in May 1891, he was appointed by bishop D. L. Lloyd vicar of Betws Garmon
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Eos Gwynfa, Eos y Mynydd; c. 1769 - 1848), poet Born either in the parish of Llanfyllin or in the parish of Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Montgomeryshire, c. 1769. He spent the greater part of his life at Tŷ-uchaf, near Pontysgadarn, Llanfihangel, following his trade as a weaver. He joined the Independents and was one of those responsible for building Braich-y-waun chapel. He was also one of those who persuaded Ieuan Gwynedd to start preaching. He

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