Dictionary of Welsh Biography

TROY, BLANCHE HERBERT (LADY TROY), (d. c. 1557), Lady Mistress of Elizabeth I, Edward VI and Queen Mary lion (i.e. William), gave hospitality to the old Earls.A welcome was given to the King, Henry VII,And his Earls; he was great once.She gave service all her life,To the one who is Queen today (i.e. Mary I) …. Blanche was one of the eleven co-heiresses (a son and daughter died young) of Simon Milborne and Jane (Baskerville) of Burghill, Herefordshire. The family had wide-spread connections. Sir William
TUDOR family Penmynydd, For the early history to 1412, see the article on Ednyfed Fychan. The Penmynydd or senior branch of the family to which Owain Tudor and his royal descendants were related continued to be represented among the Anglesey squirearchy down to the beginning of the 18th century. From the time of Goronwy (died 1382) the family estate passed in direct male succession for a period of seven generations. It
TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet father's side, therefore, the poet was related to the Lloyd s of Chwibren, a branch of the Lloyd family of Hafod Unnos who traced their descent to Hedd Molwynog (or Ab Alunawg), chief of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales (op. cit., I, iv, 35), and could boast that he was of gentle birth. He claimed that he was related to Dafydd ab Edmwnd, 'an uncle by blood' (op. cit., I, lxx, 29), and to
TURBERVILLE family Coity, The Turbervilles were a family with many branches established in several counties. The name is spelled variously. They probably accompanied the Conqueror and appear on the 'Roll' of Battle abbey. This article will be concerned with the Glamorgan branch only. The following appears to be the succession of the lords of Coity : PAYN (PAGANUS) I was apparently granted the lordship of Coity, comprising
TURBERVILLE family Crickhowell, The genealogies are confused and contradictory; that given in Theophilus Jones, History of the County of Brecknock, mixes them up with the Coity family in Glamorgan, and with some English branches. Sir John Edward Lloyd supports Theophilus Jones in the theory that there is no evidence for the statement that the Burghills preceded the Turbervilles at Crickhowell. ROBERT TURBERVILLE appears as a
TURNER, MERFYN LLOYD (1915 - 1991), social reformer and author Merfyn Turner was born in Penygraig, Rhondda on 20 October 1915 to Edward Godfrey Turner and his wife Lizzie Violet Turner (née Lloyd). He had one brother, Rhiwallon, and two sisters, Beryl and Corriswen. The family moved around Wales during his childhood due to his father's vocation as a Wesleyan minister, and he attended a number of different schools. He studied for an arts degree at
TURNER, WILLIAM (1766 - 1853), pioneer of the North Wales slate industry , Croesor, he was high sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1823-4, and of Merioneth, 1832-3. He died in November 1853. TURNER (Sir) LLEWELYN (1823 - 1903); Born 11 February 1823 at Parkia (and christened 26 February 1823 at Llanfairisgaer church), son of William Turner and his wife Jane (Williams), who was connected with the family of Griffith Williams (died 1672), bishop of Ossory, Ireland. In his Memories
TYSILIO (fl. 7th century), Celtic saint as a lad to embrace the religious life and left his family and went to Meifod in Montgomeryshire to be instructed by the abbot Gwyddfarch. Later he retired to the shore of the Menai and founded there the church of Llandysilio. After his return to Meifod he was subjected to considerable annoyance at the hands of his sister-in-law and consequently fled to Brittany and founded the church of S. Suliac
VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893 - 1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist he was welcomed back to his ministry after his release from prison. Valentine was invited in October 1943 to become minister of Sïon chapel in Ponciau near Wrexham. He refused that invitation, but when a call came to Penuel chapel in Rhosllannerchgrugog in 1947 he decided after much deliberation to accept it. It was a big change for the family to move from the town of Llandudno to the mining
VAN HEYNINGEN, RUTH ELEANOR (1917 - 2019), biochemist transfusions. Following the appointment of Kits van Heyningen to a permanent academic post, the family moved to Oxford in 1947 and Ruth began work with the physiologist Joseph Weiner on the composition of sweat and the way the human body withstands heat by sweating. She completed a DPhil thesis on this topic in 1951 and published a series of papers with Weiner. Through her friendship with Antoinette Pirie at
VARRIER-JONES, PENDRILL CHARLES (1883 - 1941), physician Pendrill Varrier-Jones was born at Glyn Taff House, Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, on 24 February 1883, the son of Dr Charles Morgan Jones, a local doctor, and his wife Margaret Varrier (née Jenkins), whose family ran a coal mining business. (He changed his surname from Jones to Varrier-Jones in 1929). He had one sister. He was educated at Epsom College and then Wycliffe College, Stonehouse. At
VAUGHAN family Clyro, This branch of the Vaughan family was founded by ROGER VAUGHAN I, third son of Thomas ap Roger Vaughan of Hergest. His wife was Jane, daughter of David ap Morgan ap John ap Philip. Their heir was ROGER VAUGHAN II, who married Margaret, daughter of Rhys ap Gwilym ap Llewelyn ap Meyrick. It is possible that he was the commissioner of tenths of spiritualties in Radnorshire in January 1535. He had at

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