Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CYBI (fl. 550), saint epithet may be ancient. Other Welsh churches named after Cybi are Llangybi in Llyn, Llangybi in south Cardiganshire, and Llangibby in Monmouthshire. At the first of these, Ffynnon Cybi (Cybi's well) was of some note, and Cadair Cybi (Cybi's chair) was also shown. Two Cornish churches were named after him, viz. Cuby, near Tregony, and Duloe. CAFFO, commemorated at Llangaffo, formerly Merthyr Caffo, in
HAINES, WILLIAM (1853 - 1922), local historian and bibliographer Born 24 May 1853, at Bryn, Penpergwm, Monmouthshire, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Haines. Educated at the grammar school, Abergavenny, he became a solicitor's clerk. He married (1) 1876, Clara Ann Rutherford (died 1880), of Rockhampton, Gloucestershire, and (2) Mary Nicholas (died 1944) of Llangibby, Monmouth, who shared her husband's literary interests. Haines collected an extensive library of
HERBERT, HENRY (1617 - 1656), Parliamentary soldier and statesman (matriculated 10 October 1634), he was elected to the vacancy in the county seat in the Long Parliament caused by the death of Sir Charles Williams of Llangibby. Most of his family were Royalists, but his marriage to Mary, daughter of John Rudyard, grocer, of London (cousin to the opposition leader Sir Benjamin Rudyard), and perhaps an itch for the Raglan lands that had belonged to his ancestors, made him a
HOARE, Sir RICHARD COLT (1758 - 1838), 2nd baronet, historian and antiquary sometimes stayed at Fachddeiliog on the shores of Bala lake (see Richard Fenton, Tours in Wales, 1804-13, ed. J. Fisher for the Cambrian Arch. Assoc., in 1917). He examined antiquarian and 'romantic' sites and made scores of sketches, some of which are preserved in the National Library, as are some of his note books, e.g. NLW MS 5370C (a 'Sketch Book' for 1799) and two larger volumes in the Llangibby
MORGAN family Tredegar Park, Trevor Williams of Llangibby, Thomas Morgan was elected in April 1640 to represent Monmouthshire in the Short Parliament (see Tredegar Papers, 59/9. W. R. Williams states incorrectly that the person elected was William Morgan). At the outbreak of the Civil War he was a supporter of the king, but after the battle of Naseby he and his son-in-law, Sir Trevor Williams, were accused of being among the
THOMAS, MICAH (1778 - 1853), Baptist minister and academy tutor Born 19 February 1778 at Whitson, Monmouthshire, son of a farmer, who was a member of New Inn Independent church. Later his parents settled at Llangibby, and he was sent to school, first at Tredunnock and then at Trosnant, Pontypool. In 1795 he joined the Pen-y-garn Baptist church, began to preach in 1796. He entered Bristol Baptist Academy in February 1801, and was ordained at Ryeford
WILIEMS, THOMAS (1545 or 1546 - 1622?) Trefriw, priest, scribe, lexicographer, and physician literature, and a diligent collector and copyist of old manuscripts. Among the manuscripts written by him are: 'Prif Achau Holl Gymru Benbaladr' (N.L.W. Llangibby MSS. 1 and 2), a copy of the Welsh Laws (Peniarth MS 225), and a collection of Welsh proverbs (NLW MS 3064B). But his outstanding achievement was the compilation of a Latin-Welsh dictionary, 'Thesaurus Linguae Latinae et Cambrobrytannicae,' and
WILLIAMS, Sir TREVOR (c. 1623 - 1692) Llangibby, politician , but ill-health made him ineffective, and he died in the course of the session (March 1642). His son, Trevor, made a commissioner of array for Monmouthshire at the outbreak of the Civil War and a baronet on 14 September 1642, was captured by the Roundheads at Highnam on 25 March 1643, and after his release garrisoned the ancient but long disused castle of Llangibby for the king with sixty men, and

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