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LLYWELYN, TOMAS (fl. c. 1580-1610), bard and gentleman of Rhigos in northern Glamorgan. According to one pedigree book he was a descendant of the line of Einion ap Collwyn. Many cywyddau by him survive in manuscripts; he also, like most Glamorgan bards of that period, composed the type of religious songs called cwndidau. The two poems by him which are of the greatest interest to us today are one containing a 'debate' between the church and the tavern
LOVEGROVE, EDWIN WILLIAM (1868 - 1956), schoolmaster and an authority on Gothic architecture , Grimsby; Stamford; and Ruthin, 1913-30. He married (1), 1899, Septima Jane Roberts (died 30 April 1928), sister of William Rhys Roberts, and they had a son, Wynne, who fell at Dunkirk, and two daughters. He married (2), Kathleen Agnes Sanders. After retiring he lived at St. Asaph, 1930-31; Chipping Campden, 1932-41; Abergavenny, 1942-45; and at Fownhope, Herefordshire until he died, 11 March 1956. He
MAB Y CLOCHYDDYN (fl. c. 1380), poet He is reputed to have been a native of Llanafan-fawr, Brecknock. Two examples of his work are found in the 'Red Book of Hergest' and a number of other manuscripts. They are an elegy to Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Madog and wife of Hywel ap Tudur ap Gruffudd of Anglesey, and two englynion.
MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw 1236), lord of Powys Powys Wenwynwyn.At first friendly with Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Madog deserted his cousin when the latter's fortunes were at a low ebb in 1211. He continued to hold aloof after Llywelyn, in 1212, had re-formed the Welsh confederacy, being treated as an official ally in king John's pay. By 1215 he had adhered finally to Llywelyn's cause, remaining faithful to the end.After his death in 1236 the unity of
MADOG ap GWALLTER, friar, a religious poet homely than was usual among the 'Gogynfeirdd' (this is particularly so in the case of the Nativity poem), and his ode to God would appear to be the work of a man of some theological training. The Franciscans are known to have reached Wales by 1237, for in that year Llywelyn the Great built them a house at Llan-faes. Madog ap Gwallter's verse reveals the freshness and the atmosphere of the early
MADOG ap LLYWELYN (fl. 1294), rebel It has been conclusively shown that he was the son of Llywelyn ap Maredudd, the last vassal lord of Meirionydd, who had been deprived of his patrimony for opposing Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in 1256 (see Llywelyn Fawr and Llywelyn Fychan - lords of Meirionydd). Llywelyn lived in England as a royal pensioner, and after his death in 1263, Madog continued in favour at the English court. During the year
MADOG ap MAREDUDD (bu farw 1160), king of Powys Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He was the last of his dynasty to rule as king over the whole of Powys, including, for a time, the Fitzalan lordship of Oswestry (see Owain Brogyntyn). Succeeding his father in 1132, his main pre-occupation, particularly between the years 1149-57, was the defence of Powys against the aggression of Owain Gwynedd. Threatened by the building of the castle of
MADOG BENFRAS (fl. c. 1320-1360), poet of Marchwiail, Denbighshire. His pedigree is given in Powys Fadog thus: ' Madog Benfras ap Gruffudd ap Iorwerth, arglwydd Sonlli, ab Einion Goch ab Ieuaf ap Llywarch ap Ieuaf ap Niniaw ap Cynfrig ap Rhiwallawn.' His two brothers, Llywelyn Llogell (parish priest of Marchwiail), and Ednyfed, were also poets; according to Iolo Morganwg their bardic teacher was Llywelyn ap Gwilym of Emlyn. Iolo also
MADOG DWYGRAIG (fl. c. 1370), poet one of the last of the 'Gogynfeirdd' group. A number of his awdlau remain in the ' Red Book of Hergest ' and other MSS. They include religious and satirical poems, and also ones addressed to Hopcyn ap Thomas ab Einion of Ynys Dawy, Gruffudd ap Madog of Llechwedd Ystrad, and Morgan Dafydd ap Llywarch of Ystrad Tywi. A number of these were included in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales
MADOG FYCHAN ap MADOG ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw 1269), son and brother to the Princes of Powys Fadog Grandson of Gruffydd Maelor I, and brother of Gruffydd Maelor II. When his father died in 1236 Madog Fychan joined in the subsequent partition of Powys Fadog. He adopted the same attitude as Gruffydd Maelor I to the major political problems of the time; in 1245 he is found among the allies of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, and in 1258 he is on the side of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. The fact that his surety for
MAELGWN ab OWAIN GWYNEDD (bu farw 1173), prince of Anglesey Son of Owain Gwynedd by Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn, uterine brother of Iorwerth Drwyndwn, and uncle of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In the partition of his father's dominions he received Anglesey, but was driven out of the island in 1173 by his half-brother, Dafydd. He fled to Ireland, returned later in the year, and was made a prisoner. His subsequent fate is unknown.
MAELGWN ap RHYS (c. 1170 - 1230), lord of Ceredigion son of the 'lord' Rhys by Gwenllian, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd. He first appears at the siege of Tenby in 1187, and took the cross when Gerald toured Wales in 1188. Of short stature, turbulent and aggressive, his conduct greatly embittered his father's later years. A prisoner from 1189 to 1194, and living in exile when Rhys died in 1197, he returned bent on gaining a large share of the

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