Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNN family Bodewryd, the house in Bodewryd from his kinsman, William ap Llewelyn ap Tudur ap William, or William Llechog, and gave it, in 1534, as an inheritance to his son Hugh Gwyn and the heirs of his body by his wife, Ellen, daughter of Hugh Conway of Bryneuryn. Hugh Gwyn's mother was Angharad, daughter of David ab Evan ap David, heiress of Plas y Brain, in the parish of Llanbedr. After transferring Bodewryd to
WYNN family Ynysmaengwyn, Dolau Gwyn, daughter BRIDGET, who married (1) ROBERT CORBET, third son of Sir Vincent Corbet, Moreton Corbet, Salop, and (2) Sir Walter Lloyd, Llanfair Clydogau, Cardiganshire. Robert and Bridget Corbet were succeeded by VINCENT CORBET (died 1723), high sheriff of Merioneth, 1682, who married Ann, daughter of William Vaughan of Corsygedol. They left four coheiresses - (1) ANN, who married Athelstan Owen, Rhiwsaeson
WYNN family Berth-ddu, Bodysgallen, as Master, the former describing him as ' a soft man and prone altogether to Ease '; William Cole on the other hand rates him as 'sufficient' for his post, in an age when the college could count among its alumni Wentworth, Fairfax, and Falkland, as well as Williams. John Owen, the epigrammatist, dedicated two Latin epigrams to him (I, iii, 166; II, 89), and Wiliam Llyn a cywydd (Cynfeirdd Lleyn, 94
WYNN family Wynnstay, The founder of the family was Hugh Williams, D.D. (1596 - 1670), rector of Llantrisant and Llanrhyddlad, Anglesey, and second son of William Williams of Chwaen Isaf, Llantrisant. Hugh's eldest son Sir William Williams (1634 - 1700), gained distinction as a lawyer; he was speaker of the House of Commons, 1680-1, appointed Solicitor-General in 1687, knighted the same year, and created a baronet in
WYNN, GRIFFITH (1669? - 1736), cleric and translator dyn yn y bywyd hwn ac yn yr hwn sy i ddyfod. The work, which is undated, is assigned by William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) - see Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry - to the year 1724. There were two other editions, but W. M. Myddelton suggests that the first edition appeared about ten years later. The translator calls himself ' Offeiriad Llangadwaladr,' but his correct designation was that of ' Curate-in-charge
WYNN, WILLIAM (1709 - 1760), cleric, antiquary, and poet His father, William Wynn, Maesyneuadd, Llandecwyn, Meirionethshire, was high sheriff (1714), his mother, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Roger Lloyd of Rhagad, was related to such well-established houses as Nannau and Helygen. Wynn matriculated as of Jesus College, Oxford, 14 March 1727, graduating B.A. 12 October 1730, and M.A. 15 July 1735. He was licensed as deacon at Watlington, near Oxford
WYNN, WILLIAM (1704 - 1761), rector - see WYNNE, ELLIS
WYNNE family Voelas, February 1719/20), aged 79; he, by his second wife, Sidney (another Thelwall, of Plas y Ward), was the father of CADWALADR WYNNE IV, who married, 1716, Jane, daughter of Edward Griffith, Garn. Sidney, a daughter of this marriage, married William Griffith of Cefn Amwlch, Caernarfonshire; the heir of this marriage was JOHN GRIFFITH, high sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1765, who died without an heir and
WYNNE family Peniarth, ), and was the father of WILLIAM WYNNE (died 1658), of Glyn, who, by his wife, Katherine (died 23 February 1638/9), eldest child of William Lewis Anwyl, Park, Llanfrothen, Meironnydd, had ROBERT WYNNE (died 1670), of Glyn and Sylfaen, whose wife was KATHERINE, eldest daughter and heir of Robert Owen of Ystumcegid, Caernarfonshire. The fourth son of William Wynne of Glyn and Katherine (Owen) was WILLIAM
WYNNE, DAVID (1900 - 1983), composer David Wynne was born at Nantmoch Uchaf farm, Penderyn, Breconshire, on 2 June 1900, the son of Philip Thomas (born 1872) and his wife Elizabeth (née Thomas, born 1877). He was christened David William Thomas, and later adopted the name David Wynne for his musical career. In 1901 the family moved to Llanfabon, Glamorgan, where his father found work in the Albion colliery in Cilfynydd. David
WYNNE, ELLIS (1670/1 - 1734), cleric, and author of an outstanding Welsh prose classic Born 7 March 1670/1, at Y Lasynys, near Harlech and in the parish of Llandanwg, Merionethshire, son of Edward Wynne, who descended from a well-known Merioneth family (Wynne of Glyn Cywarch), and his wife, who had inherited Y Lasynys. It has not been ascertained, as yet, where Ellis Wynne received his early education nor how he spent his life until he entered Jesus College, Oxford, on 1 March 1691
WYNNE, JOHN (1667 - 1743), bishop of St Asaph and principal of Jesus College, Oxford ), barrister, was a Bencher of the Middle Temple. The other was Sir WILLIAM WYNNE (1729 - 1815), also a barrister; he went to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1746, graduated in law in 1751 (LL.D. 1757), was a Fellow of the college from 1755 to 1803, and Master from 1803 until his death. He specialised in ecclesiastical law, and was a pleader in the Court of Arches from 1757 to 1788, when he was appointed Dean of

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