Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ADAM OF USK (Adam Usk; 1352? - 1430), lawyer by his profession. At Bruges, he gave an ear to the overtures of Northumberland, then plotting against the king, but, luckily for his future, did not go so far as to involve himself in the earl's overthrow. In 1408, he made for Wales, landing at Barmouth, and hoping, as his chronicle avers, to get to the lordship of Powis, then held by Edward Charlton, whose first wife's dower included Usk. Whether
BLAYNEY, THOMAS (1785), harpist seat of lord Powis; in 1829 he became family harpist to the household of lord Powis but died shortly afterwards, although the exact year of his death has not been ascertained. His brother, ARTHUR BLAYNEY, became well-known as a violinist.
CLIVE, HENRIETTA ANTONIA (1758 - 1830), traveller and scientific collector Lady Henrietta Clive (née Herbert) was the daughter of Henry Arthur Herbert (Herbert), first earl of Powis (second creation) and his wife Barbara Herbert (née Herbert, 1735-1786). Henrietta was born on 3 September 1758 at her father's principal residence Oakley Park, at Bromfield, near Ludlow in Shropshire. The only sibling who reached maturity was her elder brother George Edward Henry Arthur
DAVIES, THOMAS ESSILE (Dewi Wyn o Essyllt; 1820 - 1891), poet and editor Born 20 June 1820 at Dinas Powis, Glamorganshire, son of William (not 'Edward,' the name given in the obituary notice by Watcyn Wyn in Y Geninen, 1891) and Elizabeth David. William David was a miller, and it was in ' Y Felin' (the mill) that he lived; 'miller and farmer' was the description accorded to him in the newspapers when his distinguished son died, but in the entry of his son's birth in
EDWARDS, Sir JOHN (1770 - 1850), baronet and M.P. seat from the Tories, spending over £20,000 in the process. The borough of Montgomery, which since 1728 had enjoyed the sole right of electing a borough member, had long been under the control of the Herbert family of Powis castle Edwards had for some time been 'nursing' the borough of Machynlleth which, with Llanidloes, Welshpool, Llanfyllin, and Newtown, were added to the constituency by the Reform
EVANS, PHILIP (1645 - 1679), priest, of the Society of Jesus, and martyr Born in Monmouthshire. His father was William Evans, and his mother, Winifred Morgan, was possibly of Llanfihangel Crucorney. He was educated at S. Omer and entered the Society of Jesus on 8 September 1665, was ordained in 1675 and sent to the Jesuit mission in South Wales. According to the informer, Edward Turberville, he visited Powis castle, but his activities centred on his native county and
FITZ WARIN family, lords Whittington, Alderbury, Alveston The lands in Shropshire were an area of dispute between the English and the Welsh until the conquest of Wales by Edward I. In the latter part of the 12th century, 'English' Maelor was in the hands of Roger de Powis and his brother Jonas but the area around Whittington was held by FULK FITZWARIN I (died 1156) and FULK II (died 1197). FULK III (died 1256?) regained possession of Whittington in 1204
GREY family (POWIS, lords of), Sir JOHN GRAY or GREY, of Heton, Northumberland (c. 1385 - 1421), married Joan, elder daughter and coheiress of Sir Edward Cherleton, lord of Powis (died 1421). In her right, he, for a few months, enjoyed half the lordship of Pool. When Sir John Oldcastell (Oldcastle), otherwise known as lord Cobham, was taken from hiding at Broniarth in 1417 by Ieuan and Griffith Vaughan, and handed over to
HARRIS, WILLIAM HENRY (1884 - 1956), priest, Professor of Welsh, St. David's College, Lampeter a B.Litt. degree and the Powis Exhibition in 1913. In the same year he gained 2nd-class honours in Theology, B.A. 1914 and M.A. 1916. He was ordained deacon in 1913, became curate of Ystradgynlais and was ordained priest in 1914. He became assistant priest of Christ Church Swansea in 1917 and of All Saints, Oystermouth in 1918. He was appointed Lecturer in Theology in St. David's College, Lampeter
HERBERT family Montgomery, Parke, Blackhall, Dolguog, Cherbury, Aston, of Powis by Pembroke's younger son Sir Edward Herbert (1587), added the stewardship of that lordship and the constableship of Montgomery castle. He was sheriff in 1557 and 1568 and later, custos rotulorum, and represented the county in every Parliament but three from 1553 to 1588, when he won the first contested election there, the result of which was challenged in Star Chamber because of alleged
HERBERT family (earls of POWIS), The Herbert earldom of Powis dates from 1674, when WILLIAM HERBERT (c.1626 - 1696), 3rd baron Powis, was created 1st earl. Sir EDWARD HERBERT (died 23 March 1595) Royalty and Society (buried at Welshpool), the second son of William Herbert, 1st earl of Pembroke of the second creation, by Anne Parr, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, had purchased the 'Red Castle' in Powis and its lordship from Edward
HERBERT family brother's offices of lord chamberlain (3 August 1626) and vice-admiral of South Wales (23 April 1631), and restored to him in 1633 the family stewardships in Radnorshire which had been temporarily alienated to the 1st lord Powis (Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, 1629-31, 530; 1631-3, 94), and decorated him with the Garter (23 April 1638); but his dealings with the Scots in the Bishops' Wars (on

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