JAMES, ANGHARAD (fl. 1680?-1730?), poet,
lived at Y Parlwr, Penanmaen, Dolwyddelan. Some particulars concerning her are given by Owen Thomas in the first chapter of Cofiant John Jones, Tal-y-Sarn; he says that she was the daughter of James Davies and Angharad Humphreys, Gelli Ffrydau, Llandwrog, Caerns., that she received a good education, in the course of which she learned Latin, was proficient as a harpist, was a poet, and that when she was 20 years of age she m. William Prichard who was then aged 60. John Jones of Tal-y-sarn (1796-1857) (q.v.) was her great-grandson through her eldest daughter Catherine, and her great-great-grandson through her youngest daughter Gwen. One of her poems takes the form of a dialogue between her and her sister Margared as to the choice of a husband, the one advocating the choosing of a young man and the other an older one. Examples of her work are preserved in the manuscripts listed below.
Bibliography:
- N.L.W. MSS. 9 and 436;
- Glyn Davies MS. 25 (N.L.W.);
- Tanycastell MS. 13 (N.L.W.).
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952), Aberystwyth
