Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582 - 1650), dean of Westminster, lord keeper of the great seal, archbishop of York . At his own cost he repaired and fortified Conway castle, holding the king's written assurance that it should remain in his custody until his outlay was repaid. But owing to his unpalatable advice his influence with the king was waning; and in May 1645 he was unceremoniously turned out of Conway castle by the Royalist, Sir John Owen of Clenennau. Convinced that the king's cause was lost, and nursing
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1627 - 1673), Nonconformist preacher, and physician Born at Tyn-y-coed (=' Castellmarch Uchaf') in Llŷn, of a county family, his parents being William and Mary Jones. He entered Jesus College, Oxford, 7 March 1647, 'aged 20,' in order to study medicine. Several of the gentry round about his home had espoused the Puritan cause as he himself had done, and it is said that after he had started preaching he was for a time chaplain to colonel John Jones
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Glanmor; 1811 - 1891), cleric, poet, and antiquary
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1727 - 1798), Dissenting minister, scholar and author
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1854 - 1921), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Cae'r-gors, Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, 24 December 1854; his father, John Williams, hailed from the neighbourhood of Mynydd y Garn, and his mother, Jane Rowlands, from Cemaes. When he was nine, his parents removed to Beaumaris, and there (1871) he went to the grammar school kept first by John Evans and afterwards by Hugh Williams (1843 - 1911). In 1873 he began preaching, and in 1875 went to
WILLIAMS, JOHN (d. 1613), principal of Jesus College, Oxford He was born at Llansawel, Carmarthenshire, and seems to have owned considerable property in the district. He was related by marriage to the Vaughan family of Golden Grove. He entered Oxford as a scholar of Corpus Christi College in 1569, under the name of John Thomas. He graduated B.A. 1573/4, M.A. 1577, and was elected Fellow of All Souls in 1579. He became rector of Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1762 - 1823), Methodist preacher and hymn-writer
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ab Ithel; 1811 - 1862), cleric and antiquary
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1792 - 1858), cleric, scholar, and schoolmaster Born at Ystrad Meurig, 11 April 1792, son of John Williams (1745/6 - 1818) and Jane his wife. He attended his father's school there, and then went to teach at Chiswick. After a further period at school at Ludlow he matriculated at Oxford from Balliol College, 20 November 1810. He took his B.A. in 1814, after obtaining the highest honours in classics; he taught at Winchester for four years, and
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1806 - 1856), Baptist minister and author Son of Robert Williams, a native of Llanddoged, Denbighshire, and Elizabeth Jones of Yr Efail, Glanwydden, Creuddyn, Caernarfonshire; he was born at his mother's home, 20 June 1806. His writings show his early interest in literature and languages, and he set to work to study and improve his mind. After a short period at the school kept by John Hughes, incumbent of Llanddulas, he found a patron in
WILLIAMS, JOHN (1762 - 1802), Evangelical cleric Born at Fishguard, the son of John Williams. His father died; his mother married again; and his step-father sent him to Jesus College, Oxford, in 1783. The title-page of his book of sermons styles him B.A., but there is no record of his having graduated, and indeed he was ordained in May 1785, i.e. two years after entering Oxford. Dr. John Phillips (1730 - 1814) gave him a curacy and made him
WILLIAMS, JOHN (Ioan ap Ioan; 1800 - 1871), Baptist minister and author Born at Trwyn-swch, Llanddoged, Denbighshire, 1800, son of John and Jane Williams. He was baptized at Llanrwst, where his mother was a member, and started to preach at the age of 25 at Cefnbychan, where he kept school. He was a student at Abergavenny, 1828-31, and although he spent some months on probation at Penrhyn-coch, it was from Aberduar that he received his first and only 'call.' He was

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