Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig

IFOR BACH (fl. 1158), lord of Senghenydd
IFOR CERI - gweler JENKINS, JOHN
IFOR CWMGWYS - gweler THOMAS, JOHN
IFOR HAEL, patron of bards This is the name given by Dafydd ap Gwilym to his chief patron, Ifor ap Llywelyn, Bassaleg, Monmouth. Although we are accustomed to calling it in Welsh 'Maesaleg' there are definite proofs that the name was 'Bassalec' or 'Basselec' in the 12th century (see the 'Book of Llandaff') and earlier the lineage of Ifor is given in Peniarth MS 133 (R., i, 833) (180), 'tredegyr ymassalec' (Tredegar in
IFOR MEURIG - gweler IFOR BACH
JAMES, JOHN LLOYD (Clwydwenfro; 1835 - 1919), Congregational minister and historian , 18 December 1859 at S. Bride's-super-Ely, Glamorganshire, and took charge of Whitchurch (ordained there 2 February 1860). He ministered at Capel Ifor, Dowlais, 1869-75, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, 1875-9, March, Cambridgeshire, 1879-95, and 1899-1902. He retired in 1915 and died 17 April 1919. Clwydwenfro contributed much to Welsh periodical literature. A story by him, ' Edwin Powel
JENKINS, ALBERT EDWARD (1895 - 1953), rugby player Born 11 March 1895 at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, he became the town's idol. His talent on the rugby field flowered when he played as full back for the 38th Division during World War I, but it was as a centre for Llanelli club that he came into prominence. Llanelli was the most successful club for a period during the 1920s, with men like Dai John, Ernie Finch and Ifor Jones in its ranks, but it
JENKINS, JOHN (Ifor Ceri; 1770 - 1829), cleric and antiquary . Agincourt in the West Indies, being later transferred to H.M.S. Theseus. He returned home to recover his health, and after convalescence was appointed rector of Manordivy, Pembrokeshire, and, in 1807, vicar of Kerry, Montgomeryshire, the living being in the gift of Thomas Burgess, bishop of S. Davids. He died 20 November 1829. He built a new parsonage at Kerry, and the poets called it ' The Court of Ifor
JENKINS, ROBERT THOMAS (1881 - 1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography mischievous fashion in the room of (Sir) Ifor Williams. In 1937 he became editor of the history and law section of the Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, in 1938 assistant editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and in 1947, after the death of Sir J.E. Lloyd, joint-editor with Sir William Llewelyn Davies. The Welsh version appeared first in 1953 and when its English counterpart, The Dictionary of Welsh
JOHNES, ARTHUR JAMES (1809 - 1871), county court judge at one time his district extended from Holyhead to Hay. He devoted himself to his work with great earnestness, but his interests were by no means confined to his professional duties. He was associated with such literary clerics as Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), and Thomas Richards, and was one of the promoters of the Cambrian Quarterly Magazine (1830-3). In 1831 he won
JONES, GWENAN (1889 - 1971), educationalist and author , 1910-1914, completing an M.A. dissertation in her spare time, a comparison of two texts of Brut y Brenhinedd. During this time she was invited by Ifor Williams to join the Macwyaid and her contributions were published in Y Brython under the pseudonym Macwyes y Llyn. She was awarded a scholarship to study the relationship between drama in medieval Wales and Cornwall and in England under the
JONES, JOHN (1773 - 1853), cleric Tremeirchion, 1797-99, and then in Llanyblodwel near Oswestry. While he was there he met Walter Davies, ' Gwallter Mechain ', John Jenkins, ' Ifor Ceri ' and others of the circle of 'literary parsons' and thereafter he became one of the circle. From Llanyblodwel he went to Wrexham as a curate but in 1811 he was ordained vicar of Llansilin parish. In 1819 he was appointed secretary of the Cambrian Society of

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