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DEE, JOHN (1527 - 1608), mathematician and astronomer Born 13 July 1527, in London; son of Rowland Dee, a gentleman server to Henry VIII. He was a grandson of Bedo Ddu of Nant-y-groes, Pilleth, Radnorshire and he retained his connection with the locality. The Dees hailed from Radnorshire (see J. D. Rhys, Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Linguae Institutiones, 60); Dee himself constructed a pedigree purporting to show his descent from Rhodri Mawr
DEIO ap IEUAN DU (fl. 1460-1480), poet of the line ' y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn,' which occurs in a cywydd to request the gift of a bull from Siôn ap Rhys of Glyn Nedd. Deio's poetry is in the highly accomplished style characteristic of the mid-15th century poets.
teulu DEVEREUX Lamphey, Ystrad Ffin, Vaynor, Nantariba, Pencoyd, steward of the household of Mary, Princess of Wales, and C. J. of South Wales; in 1526 chamberlain of South Wales and of the counties of Cardigan and Carmarthen. He was also high steward of Builth and steward of Old Carmarthen. In 1531 a large share of the confiscated estates of Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd (see under Rice of Dynevor) fell to Devereux, who thus 'assumed the leadership of West Wales ' (Laws
DWN, HENRY (before c. 1354 - November 1416), landowner and rebel reached its intended destination, its message certainly did, for Dwn and his son Maredudd became important leaders in Glyndŵr's southern campaign. In July 1403 Dwn was with Glyndŵr, Rhys Ddu (formerly sheriff of Cardiganshire), and others when they took Carmarthen, and on 28 September he captured in the port of Carmarthen a ship belonging to the Llansteffan merchant John Sely. The stewardship of Cydweli
DWNN, GRUFFYDD (c. 1500 - c. 1570), country gentleman The most distinguished of the Dwnns of Carmarthenshire and the first to live at Ystrad Merthyr, near Kidwelly, a mansion erected in 1518. He was twice married and had eight children, the eldest of whom was 11 years old in 1533, but he lived to see his family disintegrate in the many epidemics of the period. Poets like ' Syr ' Owen ap Gwilym, Harri ap Rhys ap Gwilym, Thomas Vychan, Wiliam Llŷn
DWNN, LEWYS (c. 1550 - c. 1616) Betws Cedewain, genealogist He himself says (Heraldic Visitations, i, 26) that he was descended from David Dwnn of Kidwelly (brother of Owain Dwnn), 'who went to Powys after slaying the Mayor of Kidwelly,' and through his wife Angharad Lloyd became owner of Cefn y Gwestyd. One of the Cefn y Gwestyd family, namely Gwenllian, daughter of Rhys Goch Dwnn, married Rhys ap Owain ap Morus and so became Lewys's mother. The son
EDNYFED FYCHAN, noble family of Gwynedd later princes of Gwynedd were HYWEL (bishop of St Asaph, 1240-7), CYNWRIG, and RHYS (Thomas, A History of the Diocese of St. Asaph, i, 215; Litt. Wall., passim). For Gruffydd ab Ednyfed and his descendants, see under Sir Gruffydd Llwyd (died 1335). From Goronwy ab Ednyfed (died 1268) were descended the ' Tudor's of Penmynydd.' His son, TUDUR HEN (died 1311), and grandson GORONWY AP TUDUR (died 1331
teulu EDWARDS Cilhendre, Plas Yolyn, This Border family claimed descent from Iddon ap Rhys Sais of Cilhendre, who married a daughter of Sir John Done, also an ancestor of the Myddeltons and of John Jones (1597? - 1660) the regicide. The surname was adopted early in the 16th century, but the family did not become prominent till the 17th century, when THOMAS EDWARDS (1592 - 1667), of Cilhendre and Plas Yolyn, an intimate friend of the
EDWARDS, DAVID (1660 - 1716), Independent minister He lived at Abermeurig, in the vale of Ayron, and was a landed proprietor in the parishes of Nantcwnlle and Llanddewi-brefi. He was a friend and neighbour of John Jones, farmer, of Llwyn-rhys, the leading Independent in central Cardiganshire. Edwards was a competent scholar and was ordained assistant minister to David Jones (c. 1630 - 1704?), at Caeronnen, Cellan, and other churches in the
EDWARDS, HUW THOMAS (1892 - 1970), trade union leader and politician mines and slate quarries of north Wales where he set up branches of the T.G.W.U. and the Labour Party. He was elected a member of Penmaen-mawr Rural District Council which he served as chairman. In the general election of 1929 he acted as agent to Thomas ap Rhys who opposed D. Lloyd George as Labour candidate for the Caernarfon Boroughs. While Edwards was unemployed in 1932 he was appointed a full
EDWARDS, THOMAS (Twm o'r Nant; 1739 - 1810), poet and writer of interludes criticism. Twm's two main characteristics, his ready wit and his facility in versification, account for many a scathing passage in his works, and also for the fact that some of his verses remained in the popular memory for generations. (It will be recalled how Mari Lewis, in Daniel Owen's novel, Rhys Lewis, was continually quoting 'Tomos o'r Nant.') A collection of his poems, entitled Gardd o Gerddi and
EDWARDS, WILLIAM ROBERT (Glanllafar; 1858 - 1921), Congregational minister, poet, and littérateur eisteddfodau of Welsh communities throughout the United States. He contributed much to the Welsh press and was the editor of Cofiant Rhys Gwesyn Jones (Utica, T. J. Griffiths, 1902).

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