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GWILYM ap IORWERTH - gweler WILLIAMS, WILLIAM
GWILYM ap SEFNYN, poet no details of his life remain, but it appears that he was of North Wales. Much of his poetry has been preserved in manuscripts, and this includes cywyddau addressed to Gwilym ap Gruffydd of Penrhyn and his son, Wiliam Gruffydd Fychan; one vaticinatory cywydd (NLW MS 6499B (370)); and a number of englynion. Two more personal cywyddau are found, one being a religious confession and the other an
GWILYM DDU O ARFON (fl. c. 1280-1320), poet it is said that he lived in the place called Muriau Gwilym Ddu (Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon). A little of his work remains in manuscript and this includes two poems in praise of Sir Gruffydd Llwyd of Tregarnedd and written while Gruffydd was imprisoned in Rhuddlan castle, and an elegy to Trahaearn Brydydd ap Goronwy, or Trahaearn Brydydd Mawr - Jes. Coll. MS. 1 and 'Llyfr Coch Hergest' (1225, 1229
GWILYM RYFEL (fl. 12th century), poet All that remains of his work are two chains of englynion of intercession to Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd. These belong to the period 1174-75 when David ruled over the greater part of Gwynedd, including Anglesey. Gwilym Ryfel was one of the friends lamented by Gruffudd ap Gwrgenau in a chain of beautifully written englynion, and from this work (Hendregadredd MS. 76a, The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales
GWILYM TEW (fl. c. 1460-1480), one of the bards of Glamorgan The pedigree books describe him as the son of Rhys Brydydd, but some details which are available suggest that he was a brother to that bard. It is evident, therefore, that he was a member of the most renowned family of major bards that Glamorgan ever produced, descendants of Rhys Fychan of Tir Iarll, of the line of Einion ap Collwyn. Although Rhys Brydydd lived in Llanharan it is probable that
GWYN, EDWARD ap HUGH Bodewryd (bu farw 1596/7) - gweler WYNN
GWYN, EDWARD ap HUW Bodewryd (bu farw 1596/7) - gweler WYNN
GWYN, JOHN (bu farw 1574), lawyer, placeman, and educational benefactor Born at Gwydir, Llanrwst, he was the fifth and youngest (or possibly fourth) son of John Wyn ap Meredydd, a direct descendant of Owain Gwynedd. His eldest brother Morys was the father of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and another, Robert (third son), who built Plas Mawr, Conway, became second husband of Dorothy Williams, grandmother of archbishop John Williams. John Gwyn entered Queens' College
GWYN, JOHN EDWARD ap HUW GWYN (bu farw 1614), high sheriff of Anglesey - gweler WYNN
GWYNFARDD BRYCHEINIOG (fl. c. 1180), poet the former. The awdl to the lord Rhys could have been written any time after 1172, the year when Henry II met Rhys ap Gruffydd and created him justiciar of South Wales and so a ' lord '. The awdl may have been composed in the year 1176, when the 'eisteddfod' took place at Cardigan, but there is no certainty about this; it may have been written at a later date.
GWYNLLYW (fl. late 5th-early 6th century), saint was the son of Glywys, ruler of the kingdom of Glywysing which extended over parts of eastern Carmarthenshire, Glamorganshire, and Monmouthshire. Gwynllyw's mother was Guaul, daughter of Ceredig ap Cunedda. The oldest source for the details of his life is the ' Life of S. Cadoc,' composed in the main towards the end of the 11th century. The ' Life of S. Gwynllyw ' and the ' Life of S. Tatheus
GWYNN, EIRWEN MEIRIONA (1916 - 2007), scientist, educator and author accountant in the Government Exchequer and Audit Department. Their son Iolo was born in London in 1944. This was not only reason for Harri to give up his senior position at the Ministry of Supply in 1950, but also for a change in the family name. According to his autobiography, the only way to put the name Iolo ap Gwynn on the child was for their parents to remove 'Jones' officially from their names also

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