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IEUAN DU'R BILWG (fl. c. 1470), poet No details concerning his life are known, but three interesting poems by him remain, these being (1) ' Cywydd y Gown Coch ', (2) a begging ' Llyfr y Greal ' (see Cywyddau'r Ychwanegiad, 144) from the abbot of Glyn Nedd, and (3) a cywydd in which the poet seeks the whereabouts of Llywelyn Goch y Dant from a woman winnowing barley.
IEUAN RUDD (fl. 1470), a Glamorgan bard who sang in the second half of the 15th century. Two cywyddau by him survive, the one upon the marriage-feast of Sir Rhys ap Thomas and Sioned (Janet), daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, Glamorganshire, and the other to the 'paderau main crisial' (the crystal paternosters). There is a reference to him in a cywydd which Llywelyn Goch y Dant wrote c. 1470 to invite Hywel ap Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys
IFOR ap LLYWELYN - gweler IFOR HAEL
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
IOLO GOCH (c. 1325 - c. 1400), poet perhaps, testifies to the influence of that great poet on him. Later in the century he composed an elegy to his bardic companion Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen. The most recent canon of his work contains a total of 39 poems (although many more are attributed to him in manuscripts), and this is a very varied body of poetry. He has a few love poems, including an elaborate description of a girl which is the
IOLO GOCH (c. 1320 - c. 1398), poet was the contemporary of Dafydd ap Gwilym and Llywelyn Goch Amheurig Hen, upon both of whom he wrote elegies. He also carried on a poetic controversy with Gruffydd Gryg. His awdlau were written in the manner of the 'Gogynfeirdd,' and even his cywyddau bear many traces of antiquity both in respect of vocabulary and syntax. Like Dafydd ap Gwilym he had quarrelled bitterly with the Grey Friars. One of
IORWERTH, abbot of Talley and bishop of S. Davids His election as bishop (he was consecrated at Staines on 21 June 1215, a few days after the sealing of Magna Carta) was a victory for native sentiment in the long struggle over the status of S. Davids, and a triumph of policy for Llywelyn the Great. A man of worthy character and a pure Welshman by birth (though nothing is known about his origins), he was not unmindful of the duties imposed upon
IORWERTH ap MADOG (fl. 1240?-1268?), jurist the redactor of a law-book which, although of North Wales origin, was associated in later editions with South Wales; and Iorwerth's great-uncle, YSTRWYTH (fl. 1204-22; see Lloyd, A History of Wales, 622 n. 55, and index) was, in all probability, the cleric of that name who acted as secretary and envoy of Llywelyn the Great. Iorwerth has always been regarded as the final redactor of the ' Venedotian
IORWERTH BELI (fl. early in the 14th century) Gwynedd, poet fall of Llywelyn the Last. Poets who took pride in the old court tradition were turning to the bishop, expecting him now to give the leadership and patronage which had been the role of the Welsh prince, and reminding him of the dignity of the poet in the court of Maelgwn. But the bishop does not choose to assume this role. He neglects the poets, and gives honour and fine raiment to the ' dregs of art
IORWERTH DRWYNDWN (bu farw c. 1174), prince of Gwynedd Elder son of Owain Gwynedd by Gwladus, daughter of Llywarch ap Trahaearn. He married a princess of Powys, namely Marared, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, by whom he had one son, the future Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. In the partition of his father's territories he received Arfon and probably Nanconwy. Shortly afterwards he disappears from view, probably dying about the time of the usurpation of power in
JENKINS, DAVID (1912 - 2002), librarian and scholar retirement David Jenkins was invited by the Council of the National Library to write the official history of the institution. He accepted the challenge but decided to write the history from the first discussions and political struggles to 1952, the close of the period of office of the second Librarian, Sir William Llywelyn Davies. He began work immediately, drawing on the extensive administrative archives
JOAN (bu farw 1237), princess and diplomat English crown and many Marcher families. Joan was the wife of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. The earliest record that probably refers to Joan is from 1203 in which 'the king's daughter' sailed from Normandy to England at the king's own expense. Royal letters close indicate that she was betrothed to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth before 15 October 1204. This effectively ended the prince's plans to marry a daughter of the

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