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GWGON BRYDYDD (fl. c. 1240), poet Nothing is known about him, but one example of his work remains, this being an elegy to prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth - Cwrtmawr MS 454B (554), NLW MS 4973B (47); Peniarth MS 240 (13); The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 1890, 235.
GWILYM ap IORWERTH - gweler WILLIAMS, WILLIAM
GWILYM RYFEL (fl. 12th century), poet , 257a) it appears that he came from Powys, and that he was killed far from his home, where his blood could not be avenged by his kin. Like Gwalchmai he appears to have been both poet and soldier. It is certain that much of his poetry is lost, for Iorwerth Beli, writing a century or more after his time, names him (The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 317b) one among four, with Llywarch (Brydydd y Moch
GWRTHEYRN '; the ' Guorthigirniaun ' of the 8th century developed, through various forms, into ' Gwertheyrn-iawn ' or ' Gwrtheyrniawn,' and, by transposition, into ' Gwerthrynion ' (as in the Bruts). Its meaning can be seen if one compares pairs such as ' Edern ' and ' Edeirniawn,' or the tribal families of Powys according to Gynddelw (Ll. H., 163-6), e.g. ' Yorueirthyawn ' from ' Iorwerth ('Iorferth
teulu HANMER Hanmer, Bettisfield, Fens, Halton, Pentre-pant, .1388) became a justice of the king's bench in 1383 and was knighted in 1387. He married Agnes (or Angharad), daughter of Llywelyn Ddu ap Gruffydd ap Iorwerth, and the Welsh tone of the family appears in the support they gave to Owain Glyn Dwr, who married Sir David's daughter Margaret. Her brothers GRIFFITH (who married into the Tudor family of Penmynydd) and PHILIP joined in proclaiming him prince
HENRY (1457 - 1509), king of England ap Iorwerth, and of the Mortimer family. Henry spent his early years in Wales, mainly under the tutelage of his uncle, Jasper Tudor, earl of Pembroke. After the final Lancastrian disaster of 1471, Henry and Jasper fled to Brittany where they remained until the epochmaking landing at Milford Haven 7 August 1485. The subsequent dramatic march to Shrewsbury led to the decisive victory of Bosworth, 22
HOLBACHE, DAVID (fl. 1377-1423), lawyer, founder of Oswestry Grammar School Despite his (as yet unexplained) English surname, he was a Welshman; according to the pedigrees in Harl. MS. 4181 (Powys Fadog, iv, 93) and Peniarth MS 129 (by his fellow-countryman Gutun Owain), he was son of Ieuan Goch ap Dafydd Goch ap Iorwerth ap Cynwrig ap Heilyn (of Pentre-heilyn, in Ellesmere) ap Trahaearn ab Iddon; he had lands at Dudleston in Chirkland; he was steward of the town and
HUGHES GRIFFITHS, ANNIE JANE (1873 - 1942), peace campaigner , Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, on 19 December 1899, with the Queen's physician, Sir John Williams, being summoned from Buckingham Palace to attend to her. A family legend has him directing the midwife, after the birth to 'Give him a slap on his behind, so she can hear him cry'. Calling her a 'single mother', with all its contemporary connotations, would be misleading. She had means, and the support of her
HUMPHREYS, DAVID (1813 - 1866), minister (CM) carpenter, he made a success of his business. The lands for building the British school and Bethesda chapel at Llanrhaeadr were donated by him. His family had poetic talent and his brother, ' Iorwerth Cynog ', was an excellent poet. Although David Humphreys wrote much verse, only a temperance hymn, ' Babel gwympa ', was published. He died 25 July 1866.
HYWEL ap GRUFFYDD ap IORWERTH (fl. c. 1300-1340) According to a story recorded by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt about 1650, Hywel ap Gruffydd ap Iorwerth was descended from Hwfa ap Cynddelw, founder of one of the so-called 'Fifteen Tribes.' His mother was said to have nursed Edward II after his birth at Caernarvon in 1284; as a result, Hywel enjoyed the favour of the king and was knighted by him. He was a man of great physical strength, able to
HYWEL ap IORWERTH ab OWAIN Lord of Caerleon - gweler MORGAN ap HYWEL
IEUAN BRECHFA (c.1430 - 1500), poet and genealogist , Peniarth MS 140, Peniarth MS 176 (v. R.W.M.). An historical work, or 'Brut,' is attributed to him in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales Iorwerth Fynglwyd composed a series of englynion to him.

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