Dic Penderyn — The Man and the Martyr

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Bywgraffiad Dic Penderyn (Richard Lewis, 1808-31), a grogwyd ar gam am drywanu milwr yn ystod Gwrthryfel Merthyr yn 1831 - trosedd y cyfaddefodd gŵr arall iddi yn ddiweddarach - ac a gofir fel Merthyr Cymreig. Mae'r gyfrol yn archwilio ei fywyd a'i gefndir, hyd y medrwn wneud hynny, ei waddol yn y tymor hir a'i rôl fel y merthyr llafur cyntaf.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Biography of Dic Penderyn, hanged for stabbing a soldier after the 1831 Merthyr Rising – a crime later confessed to by someone else – and held as a Welsh Martyr. The book examines his life and background as far as we can now know it, his long-term legacy and role as the first labour martyr.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Preface 7 Introduction 8 Chapter 1: Early Years 13 Chapter 2: Over to Merthyr 25 Chapter 3: Riots and Risings 42 Chapter 4: The Trial 59 Chapter 5: Last Days 80 Chapter 6: Aftermath 101 Chapter 7: Afterlife 125 Appendices 145 i Accounts of the Execution: 145 a) Biography of Revd David Williams 145 b) Biography of Revd Edmund Evans 147 ii Account of the Funeral 150 iii Letters to the Press: 156 a) account of meeting the man who stabbed the soldier 156 b) Isaac Evans’s letter 158 iv Lewis Davies, Ystoriau Siluria 162 v Dic’s Last Letter 165 Endnotes 168 Picture Section 175 Bibliography 182 Index 186

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Sally Roberts Jones is a retired librarian and the author of books and articles on local history and the literature of Wales, as well as four collections of poetry. She was the initial Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Swansea University and is Chair of Port Talbot Historical Society.