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CYNDEYRN, saint This Saint is commemorated at Llangyndeyrn in Carmarthenshire. Late-mediaeval genealogies make him the son of Saint Cyngar ap Garthog ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig; his feast was on 25 July, O.S. - the patronal fair at Llangyndeyrn is now held on 5 and 6 August His father, Cyngar, should not be confused with the saint Cyngar / Docwin / Dochau.
CYNGEN, (bu farw 855), prince Cambrensis, 1935, 330-3. The 'g' in ' Eliseg's Pillar ' goes back to an error of the original graver; the old form, as the pedigrees show, was Elized, which became successively Elisedd, Elise, and Elis. The monument has suffered many misfortunes: it was thrown down in the Civil Wars and the remains re-erected in 1779. As for the ancient dynasty of Powys, it came to an end with Cyngen, for, though he is
CYNWAL, RICHARD (bu farw 1634), poet of Ardudwy. Richard Phylip and Rowland Vaughan wrote elegies upon his death (Cwrtmawr MS 11B). It is difficult to ascertain whether any relationship existed between William Cynwal and Richard. An example of his handwriting is to be found in Cardiff MS. 83 (3-4, 429).
DAFYDD (DAVID) ap GRUFFYDD (bu farw 1283), prince of Gwynedd . Eventually he was brought to trial at Shrewsbury, and there, on 3 October 1283, David III, on account of his broken allegiance to England's king, suffered a traitor's death. There are no records of David's marital associations before his alliance with Elizabeth Ferrers; but he had a large number of daughters who appear to have ended their days in various nunneries, and two sons, Llywelyn and Owen, the
DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN (bu farw 1246), prince and successful resistance, so that in a couple of months the royal host had to withdraw, with little to show for their pains. The issue was still in doubt when, on 25 February 1246, it was suddenly determined by the death of the prince at his manor of Aber. He was buried with his father and brother in the abbey of Aberconwy, and, as he left no child, the structure set up by Llywelyn collapsed and
DAFYDD ap LLYWELYN ap MADOG (fl. 16th century), poet His poems are preserved in Peniarth MS 124, Jes. Coll. MS. 14, Llanstephan MS 167, Cardiff MSS. 7, 23, 63, Hafod MS. 10, B.M. Add. MSS. 12230, 14991, 15015, NLW MS 668C, NLW MS 2602B, NLW MS 6681B, NLW MS 8330B, and Gwyneddon MS. 3. Among them are cywyddau in praise of S. Mordeyrn, saint of honour ('Sant anrhydedd') at Nantglyn, and to S. Dyfnog, and a cywydd to God which is attributed in
DAFYDD AP MAREDUDD GLAIS, murderer, civic official, scribe and translator A member of one of Aberystwyth's leading 15th century families, Dafydd was the son of Maredudd Glais. He acted as attorney for his father in 1432-3 and was committed to Cardigan castle for arrears that had accumulated. Like his father, he appears to have been an archer and in 1438 was given a letter of protection to go abroad in Edmund Beaufort's retinue. In 1439 he stood pledge, with John
DANIEL, JOHN (1755? - 1823), printer ,' which was a quarto, Daniel printed 4,000 copies of an octavo Bible in Welsh. He was the first in Wales to print music in staff notation; this was in 1797 when he produced Cyfaill mewn Llogell, by John Williams ('Siôn Singer' 1750? - 1807). He also it was who printed the earlier issues of The Carmarthen Journal, which began to appear on 3 March 1810. He had been made a freeman of the borough of
DAVID, PHILIP (1709 - 1787) Penmain, Independent minister Born in the Ebbw Fawr valley, Monmouthshire, 11 June 1709. His thoughts were turned to religion by the preaching of James Davies of Merthyr Tydfil (died 1760), c. 1720. He began preaching in 1732, and in 1739 was ordained co-pastor of Penmain to assist David Williams (who had been there since 1710, and remained there till his death in 1759). Philip David was then pastor till he died 3 February
DAVIES, ALUN TALFAN (1913 - 2000), barrister, judge, politician, publisher and businessman , Aberystwyth, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1939 he was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. A Western Mail picture shows him wearing spectacles, and poor eyesight is probably why he did not do military service in the Second World War. On 25 July 1942 he married Eiluned Christopher Williams (1914-2003) in London. They made their home in Penarth, and had four children: Helen Talfan Davies, Janet
DAVIES, Sir ALFRED THOMAS (1861 - 1949), the first Permanent Secretary (1907-25) of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education
DAVIES, ALUN (1916 - 1980), historian , firstly a captain then a major. He managed to tramp all through the forests of Burma, taking part in the reconquest of Burma, and was demobilized from the army in 1946. He then returned to Aberystwyth where he was appointed history lecturer. There in 1948 he met his future wife Margaret Gulwell from Kenfig Hill, Glamorgan, and the two were married 25 July 1951 at Ebenezer Chapel, Cardiff, and they lived

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