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FITZOSBERN, WILLIAM (bu farw 1071), earl of Hereford, lord of Breteuil in Normandy Kinsman and friend of king William I. He was the first to urge William to invade England, and became the ' prime agent ' in its conquest; he was mainly responsible for establishing Norman rule on the Welsh border and for conquering Gwent. He became earl of Hereford early in 1067 and his vigorous attacks on the border country brought about an alliance between Bleddyn and Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of
FITZSTEPHEN, ROBERT (bu farw c. 1183), one of the conquerors of Ireland Son of Stephen, constable of Cardigan castle in 1136, by Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr. He had lands in Cemais and succeeded his father as constable of Cardigan. When Henry II invaded the realm of Owain Gwynedd in North Wales in 1157, Robert went to his assistance with a fleet. In the fighting he was badly wounded but escaped to the waiting ships. He seems to have successfully defended the
FOULKES, ISAAC (Llyfrbryf; 1836 - 1904), newspaper proprietor and publisher issued from his press were Dafydd ap Gwilym, 1873, Y Mabinogion Cymreig, 1880, Iolo Manuscripts, 2nd ed., 1888, Philip Yorke, The Royal Tribes of Wales, 1887, and John Fisher, The Cefn Coch MSS., 1899. He published some outstanding biographies, including those of Thomas Charles Edwards, John Hughes (1827-1893), Daniel Owen the novelist, John Ceiriog Hughes (Ceiriog), and the poems and letters of
FRANCIS, EDMUND (1768 - 1831), Sandemanian Baptist minister Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu, 1767 - 1850); it was Francis who supervised the publication of the hymnary edited by J. R. Jones of Ramoth; and in 1829 he published Welsh translations of three of the works of Archibald McLean. He died in December 1831, on the fifth according to his tombstone at Llanllyfni, on the eighth according to the Ramoth (Llanfrothen) church book. A granddaughter of his married the
teulu GAMAGE Coety, Coity, left little trace of their existence. The latter married a Welsh heiress, Margaret, daughter of Llywelyn ap Ieuan Llywelyn of Radyr. The connections of two better-known contemporaries, Ralph, steward of the manors of the bishop of Llandaff in 1440 and coroner of Glamorgan in 1446, and Gilbert, seneschal of Ogmore, 1441, with the Coety family, are not known. John Gamage's son, MORGAN, married Eleanor
GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS (1146? - 1223), archdeacon of Brecon and mediaeval Latin writer Born some time between 1145 and 1147 at Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, the youngest son of William de Barri and Angharad, daughter of Gerald de Windsor and Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr. He received his early education from his uncle David FitzGerald bishop of S. Davids, and at the abbey of S. Peter, Gloucester. Subsequently he was a student at the University of Paris, and after his return thence
teulu GLYN Glynllifon, . HWLKIN LLOYD, Tudur's son, held the town of Caernarvon for the king under William de Tranmere in 1403, and died the following year. MEREDYDD LLOYD, his son, was bailiff of Uwch Gwyrfai in 1413-15, and accompanied some forces sent to protect Guernsey in 1456. The next heir, ROBERT AP MEREDYDD [died c. 1509 ] was twice married, each wife being a member of English families who administered Gwynedd for the
GORONWY GYRIOG (fl. c. 1310-1360), poet Father, apparently, of the poet Iorwerth ab y Cyriog. No details are known concerning him, but examples of his work are found in the ' Red Book of Hergest ' and other manuscripts. They include an awdl addressed to Madog ab Iorwerth, bishop of Bangor, and an elegy to Gwenhwyfar, wife of Hywel ap Tudur of Anglesey (brother to Goronwy of Penmynydd). It appears that he was also the author of at least
teulu GRIFFITH Cefn Amwlch, Penllech, Llŷn This family claimed descent from Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr, prince of Deheubarth, through Trahaearn Goch, lord of Cymydmaen. Associations with Penllech can be traced back to the early years of the 14th century, but the first of the family to be definitely described as of Cefn Amwlch is one Dafydd Fychan who was alive in 1481. Suspected of recusancy during the years 1577-1581, and strongly antagonistic
teulu GRIFFITH Garn, Plasnewydd, of this family were poets, viz. Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (died 1532), and his son Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan (c. 1485 - 1553); the father lived at Llannerch, in the township of Llewenni, Denbighshire, a house afterwards associated with the Davies family, of Llannerch and Gwysaney. A ' Cowydd i'r Crud ' by him is in NLW MS 3048D. T. A. Glenn, who could not (in 1934) accept some of the
teulu GRIFFITH PENRHYN, The family was perhaps the first in North Wales to emerge as the owners of a modern landed estate. They claimed descent from Ednyfed Fychan through his son Tudur. The conventional pedigrees attribute the acquisition of Penrhyn and Cochwillan (see Williams of Cochwillan) to the marriage (c. 1300-1310) of Griffith ap Heilyn ap Tudur ab Ednyfed Fychan (died c. 1340) to Eva, daughter and heiress of
teulu GRIFFITH Carreg-lwyd, This family was descended from Ednyfed Fychan. EDMUND GRIFFITH of Porth yr Aur, Caernarvon, was the third son of William Griffith Fychan of Penrhyn, in the county of Caernarvon. He married Janet, daughter of Maredudd ap Ieuan ap Robert, the great-grandfather of Sir John Wynn the most notable of the house of Gwydir. Their fourth son was WILLIAM GRIFFITH (c. 1516 - 1587), who became rector of

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