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teulu GRIFFITH PENRHYN, battle of the Spurs, and the siege of Tournai in August 1513, and was knighted at Tournai 25 September 1513. (L. and P. Henry VIII, vol. I, part i, 1176, 1496, part ii, 2301, 2480, 2575.) Poems by Lewis Môn, Huw Llwyd ap Dafydd, Tudur Aled, and Gruffydd ap Tudur ap Hywel refer to his part in the campaign. (NLW MS 3051D, Mostyn MSS. 233, 520, 523, 537, 585; Cardiff MSS. 2, 103; Gwaith Tudur Aled, ed. T
teulu GRIFFITH Carreg-lwyd, Llanfaethlu on 30 May 1544, only to be evicted from his living later that same year, and to be reinstated sometime during 1558-9. It was he, who, for 700 pounds, purchased the Ty'n-y-pant estate (later renamed Carreg-lwyd) in Anglesey, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Gruffydd ap Robert, Carne, Anglesey. William Griffith died at Llanfaethlu on 17 November 1587. His son JOHN GRIFFITH (alive on 10 June 1608
GRIFFITH, DAVID (1792 or 1794 - 1873), Independent minister represented his ward on the county council … Robert Griffith did not discharge his duties as a minister - he was probably the most negligent minister ever to have had charge of a church.' (W. J. Gruffydd in Hen Atgofion, 31, 32). Under his leadership sufficient money was raised to open a British school at Bethel and to get a college-trained master to run it. He was for twenty years the secretary of the
GRIFFITH, EDMUND (1570 - 1637), bishop Born in 1570, the fourth son of Griffith ap John Griffith of Cefn Amwlch, Llŷn. Educated at Brasenose, Oxford (B.A. 1589; M.A. 1592; B.D. 1599), he became rector of Llandwrog 1596-1637, canon of Bangor 1600, sinecure rector of Llanfor, Meironnydd 1601, rector of Llanbedrog 1604, archdeacon of Bangor 1606, dean of Bangor 1613-33, and bishop of Bangor 1633-7. By his wife Gwen, daughter of Morris ap
GRIFFITH, HUW WYNNE (1915 - 1993), minister (Presb) and a prominent ecumenical leader suffered greatly but with courage and dignity. His funeral, conducted by his minister, Reverend Pryderi Llwyd Jones, was on 25 March 1993 in Morfa Chapel, Portland Street, Aberystwyth. Tributes were paid to him by Reverend Erastus Jones and Principal Elfed ap Nefydd Roberts, two who had been involved with Huw Wynne Griffith in the ecumenical movement. He was laid to rest in Aberystwyth Plasgrug cemetery
GRIFFITH, JOHN (fl. 1548-1587), civil lawyer He was probably the son of William Griffith of Plas Mawr, Caernarvon, and of Trefarthen, Llanidan, Anglesey (died 1587), the eldest son of the second marriage of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn. His mother was Margaret, daughter of John Wyn ap Meredith of Gwydir and aunt to the first Sir John Wynn. He became a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, in 1548, took his B.C.L. in 1551 (18 July) and his
GRIFFITH, ROBERT (1847 - 1909), musician home of Idris Vychan who taught him to play the harp and to sing 'pennillion'. His greatest contribution to the literature of music was his Cerdd Dannau, a treatise on harp music and harpists, published in 1913, two years after his death; his wife, Isabella Davies, niece of Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan, 1809 - 1880,), gave him much help in compiling the material for his work. He died 8 October 1909 and
GRIFFITH, THOMAS TAYLOR (1795 - 1876), surgeon and antiquary Born at Wrexham, 11 December 1795, he was one of the eleven children (and the eldest son) of Thomas Griffith (1753 - 1846, surgeon), and great-grandson of John Griffith (1654 - 1698) or Siôn Gruffydd of Cae Cyriog, genealogist and herald, who died 31 October 1698. The family of Cae Cyriog in the Hafod township, Ruabon, was there at least as early as the mid 15th century (P. Fadog, ii, 184). His
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1853 - 1918), mining engineer and author [2nd ed. 1912, ed. by W. J. Gruffydd ]. In 1893 he married Annie, second daughter of Thomas Morris, Aberystwyth; and was landlord of the Waterloo Hotel there. He died 25 November 1918, leaving two sons, and was buried at Aberystwyth cemetery.
GRUFFUDD ab ADDA ap DAFYDD (fl. 1340-1370), poet and prose writer He was a contemporary and friend of Dafydd ap Gwilym, who composed a marwnad upon him. From this poem we gather that he was a native of Powys Wenwynwyn and was killed by a friend's sword at Dolgelley, where he lies buried. For his poetry see Jones and Lewis, Mynegai, and Brogyntyn MS. 2 in the National Library of Wales. Rhetorical compositions attributed to him and entitled ' Breuddwyd Gruffudd
GRUFFUDD ab YR YNAD COCH (fl. 1280), poet He sang a fine elegy on the death of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, prince of Wales, in 1282. Certain religious poems are also attributed to him, but on insufficient grounds.
GRUFFUDD ap CYNAN (c. 1055 - 1137), king of Gwynedd Son of Cynan ap Iago, who was an exile in Ireland, and Rhagnell (Ragnhildr), a daughter of the royal house of the Scandinavians of Dublin. After 1039, when Iago was treacherously slain by his own men, Gwynedd was ruled by usurpers who were not of the royal line. One of these was Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. who was killed in 1075 and succeeded by his cousin, Trahaearn ap Caradog, king of Arwystli. In that

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