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HUW TALAI (fl. c. 1550-1580), poet nothing is known of his life, but at least two examples of his work exist in manuscript. They are cywyddau of praise to Rhys ap Morys of Bryn y Beirdd, Llandeilo-fawr, and Gruffydd Dwnn of Kidwelly.
HUWS, MORIEN MON (Morien Môn; 1856 - 1932), Nonconformist minister and poet Born at Amlwch, Anglesey, 10 August 1856, he was educated at Rhos-y-bol school in that county when Sir John Rhys was its headmaster. He began to preach when he was seventeen; he also, in early youth, began to win prizes in eisteddfodau. He emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1880, became a member of the Congregational Association in Oneida County, New York State, and pastor of Peniel church, Remsen, in
HUWS, RHYS JONES (1862 - 1917), Independent minister
HWMFFRE ap HYWEL (fl. first half of the 17th century), poet
HYWEL ab EDWIN (bu farw 1044), king of Deheubarth son of Edwin ab Einion and great-grandson of Hywel Dda. When, in 1033, the usurper, Rhydderch ap Iestyn died, Hywel and his brother Maredudd, as senior heirs of Hywel Dda, became joint kings of Deheubarth. Maredudd's death in 1035 left Hywel sole ruler, and on him fell the brunt of defending the south against the Vikings and the northern usurper, Gruffudd ap Llywelyn. Expelled by Gruffudd in 1042
HYWEL ab EINION LLYGLIW (fl. 1330-1370), poet and uncle to Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion Llygliw. Nothing is known about him, but his love poem addressed to Myfanwy Fychan of Castell Dinas Bran, Llangollen, is preserved in NLW MS 1553A (275), NLW MS 4973B (369b), NLW MS 6209E (216), and published in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales; for an English translation see T. Pennant, Tours in Wales. The poet is named Hywel ab Einion of Maelor
HYWEL ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (bu farw 1170), soldier and poet against Henry II. In 1159 he accompanied a Norman force from Carmarthen against the lord Rhys, then in revolt against Henry II. This move was probably prompted by Owain Gwynedd's desire to keep on good terms with the Crown. We hear little more of Hywel until his death in battle against his half-brothers near Pentraeth, Anglesey (1170), in the strife that followed the death of Owain Gwynedd. Hywel was
HYWEL ap 'Syr' MATHEW (bu farw 1581), poet, genealogist, and soldier A native of the Teme valley in Radnorshire. His poetry includes cywyddau written to bishop Richard Davies, William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, Mathew ap Morus of Ceri, Siencyn ap Dafydd of Llanarthney, and an awdl to Lewys Gwyn of Glyn Nedd (Neath) (Llanstephan MS 133 (71, 712), Llanstephan MS 30 (384); Hafod MS. 13 (197); Brogyntyn MS. 2 (529)). We learn from the late 16th century copy of his
HYWEL ap DAFYDD ap IEUAN ap RHYS (fl. c. 1450-1480) Raglan, poet HYWEL DAFI of Raglan, according to Peniarth MS 101 (262), a poet of whose work many examples remain in manuscript. These include a few religious and love poems, and a large number addressed in the standard convention to various members of the ruling families of his period in South Wales, e.g. Gruffudd ap Nicolas of Dynevor, Phylip ap Tomas of Llangoed in Brecknock, Rhys ap Siancyn of Glyn Nedd
HYWEL ap DAFYDD LLWYD ab Y GOF (fl. c. 1500), poet nothing is known of his life, but some examples of his work remain in manuscript, these being love poems and an elegy to the poet Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.
HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw c. 1381) Son of Gruffydd ap Hywel (from Collwyn), of Bron-y-Foel in the township of Ystumllyn and the parish of Ynyscynhaiarn, Eifionydd, by Angharad, daughter of Tegwared y Bais Wen. His paternal grandmother was a grand-daughter of Ednyfed Fychan. A younger son, he acquired fame in the French Wars of Edward III. The tradition that he won his spurs at Poitiers is not, however, confirmed by the evidence
HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD ap IORWERTH (fl. c. 1300-1340) makes him the son of Gruffydd ap Ednyfed Fychan (ii, 16), thus identifying him with the Hywel ap Gruffydd who, as a partisan of Edward I, was drowned in the Menai Straits in 1282; on this identification, Hywel y Pedolau would be the ancestor of the Sir Gruffydd ap Rhys of South Wales whose descendants were later settled at Abermarlais in Carmarthenshire (see Ednyfed Fychan, Sir Gruffydd Llwyd, and Sir

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