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Twm Siôn Cati neu

Thomas Jones o Dregaron

Ganed Thomas Jones ym Mhorth y Ffynnon

Tregaron, yn y flwyddyn 1530. Roedd yn fab

naturiol i Siôn ap Dafydd ap Madog ap Hywel

Moethau. Catherine oedd enw ei fam, un o

ferched naturiol Maredydd ap Ieuan ap

Robert. Priododd ei deulu â'r teulu Herbert, y

teulu Vaughan o Tyle-Glas a'r teulu Clement,

Arglwyddi Caron. Dengys y dystiolaeth

hanesyddol ei fod yn Ynad Heddwch ac yn

fawr ei barch fel hynafiaethydd, achydd a

bardd.

Yn ôl traddodiad, cysylltir ei enw â'r herwr,

Twm Siôn Cati, lleidr a dihiryn a dderbyniodd

bardwn oddi wrth Elizabeth I yn 1559. Wedi

hynny bu Twm Siôn Cati, neu Thomas Jones,

yn byw bywyd cymharol barchus hyd ei

farwolaeth yn 1609.

© Margaret Isaac awdures Twm Siôn Cati alias

Thomas Jones of Tregaron(2009)

Dymuna Cymdeithas Twm Siôn

Cati ddiolch i Gronfa

Dreftadaeth Y Loteri am

ariannu’r bamffled yma.

Cymdeithas Twm Siôn Cati

1530-1609

Cerrig o’r Porth y Ffynnon

gwreiddiol a ddarganfu-

wyd yn yr adfeilion wedi i’r

tŷ ddymchwel yn 1894

Heddiw saif adeilad

newydd ger man geni Twm,

ac yntau’n dwyn yr un enw

â’r adeilad gwreiddiol,

Porth y Ffynnon.

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Yn 2009, trefnodd Cymdeithas Twm Siôn Cati

wledd o weithgareddau er mwyn coffau

marwolaeth Thomas Jones o Dregaron, a daeth y

byd ynghyd i gyfrannu at y gweithgareddau hyn.

Mae cyfle i chi weld lluniau o

ddigwyddiadau 2009 a gwybodaeth

pellach ar wefan y gymdeithas.

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Gan edrych i’r dyfodol, bwriad Cymdeithas Twm

Siôn Cati yw:-

• Cefnogi diwrnod swyddogol Twm bob mis

Mai

• Cefnogi sefydlu Taith Tref Twm

• Cynnig gwobr blynyddol yn enw Twm i’r

Ysgol Gynradd leol

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Twm Siôn Cati or

Thomas Jones of Tregaron

Born in 1530 at Fountain Gate, in Tregaron,

Thomas Jones was the natural son of Siôn ap

Dafydd ap Madog ap Hywel Moethau. His

mother was Catherine, a natural daughter of

Maredydd ap Ieuan ap Robert. His family

intermarried with the Herberts, the Vaughans

of Tyle-Glas and the Clements, Lords of Caron.

Historical evidence records Thomas Jones as a

Justice of the Peace, who was also a well

respected antiquary, genealogist and poet.

There is a tradition which links this historical

character with a daring outlaw, Twm Siôn Cati,

a thief and a rascal who received a pardon from

Elizabeth I under a general amnesty in 1559.

Thereafter Twm Siôn Cati alias Thomas Jones

lived a life of comparative respectability until

he died in 1609.

© Margaret Isaac author of Twm Siôn Cati alias

Thomas Jones of Tregaron(2009)

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Stones from the original

Porth y Ffynnon found

when the house fell to

ruins in 1894.

Today a new building stands

close to the original

Porth y Ffynnon and this too

bears the same name as the

house where Twm lived.

In 2009, the Twm Siôn Cati Society organised a

feast of activities to commemorate the death of

Thomas Jones of Tregaron, and people from all

over the world participated in these events.

To view photographs of the 2009

anniversary year events and find out more,

visit the website.

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1530-1609

The Twm Siôn Cati Society

would like to acknowledge the

support of the Heritage Lottery

Fund in producing this

pamphlet. Cymdeithas Twm Siôn Cati

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Looking to the future, the Twm Siôn Cati Society

aims to:-

• Support an annual Twm day, every May

• Support the Twm’s Town Trail

• Support an annual Twm prize in the local

Primary School

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