Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JOAN (d. 1237), princess natural daughter of king John by an unknown mother. She was betrothed to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth in 1204, and married to him in 1205. Her role as ambassadress and intermediary between her husband and the Crown in the period 1211-32 was an important one. In spite of the tragic liaison with William de Breos (see Braose family), which resulted in a short term of imprisonment for Joan, Llywelyn's
JOAN (d. 1237), princess and diplomat English crown and many Marcher families. Joan was the wife of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. The earliest record that probably refers to Joan is from 1203 in which 'the king's daughter' sailed from Normandy to England at the king's own expense. Royal letters close indicate that she was betrothed to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth before 15 October 1204. This effectively ended the prince's plans to marry a daughter of the
JOHN ap JOHN (1625? - 1697), the apostle of the Quakers in Wales Called Siôn ap Siôn by Ellis Pugh in his Annerch i'r Cymru (1721); born at Pen-y-cefn in the township of Coed Cristionydd, Ruabon. He joined the Puritans in the days of the Commonwealth and became a member of the congregation at Wrexham which was under the care of Morgan Llwyd. On 21 July 1653 he and another man journeyed on Morgan Llwyd's behalf to Swarthmore, Lancashire, to meet George Fox, the
JOHN WYN ap MAREDUDD (d. 1559), politician - see WYNN
JOHNES, ARTHUR JAMES (1809 - 1871), county court judge a prize offered by the Cymmrodorion Society for an essay on The Causes which in Wales have produced Dissent from the Established Church. A second edition (expanded) appeared in 1832, and a third in 1870. In 1834 he published some translations of poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym. Johnes took an active part by voice and pen in resisting the scheme (c. 1838) to unite the sees of Bangor and S. Asaph and
JOHNES, THOMAS (1748 - 1816), landowner and man of letters Born at Ludlow, 20 August 1748 (O.S.), eldest child of Thomas Johnes (died 1780, M.P. for Radnorshire, 1777-80), a descendant of Sir Thomas Johnes of Abermarlais, nephew of Sir Rhys ap Thomas; educated at Shrewsbury, Eton, and Edinburgh University; M.P. for Cardigan Boroughs 1775-80, Radnorshire 1780-96, Cardiganshire 1796-1816; colonel of the Carmarthenshire militia, 1779-98; lord lieutenant of
JOHNS, DAVID (fl. 1569-1586), cleric and poet A native of Merioneth. In a letter to be found in B.M. MS. 9817 he calls himself 'David Johns al's ap John ap Hugh ap Howel,' and 'Howel ap Jenkyn o Ynys y Maengwyn,' in whose praise Tudur Aled had written, was his ancestor. David ap John was ordained deacon on 1 November 1569, and priest (' David ap John, alias Johns ') Christmas Day 1570. He was collated to Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, 22 September
JONES family Llwyn-rhys, added at right angles to the house to serve, it is said, as the meeting house. Preaching continued there until 19 October 1735. The house became an irreparable ruin about 1918. John Jones (1640? - 1722) traced his descent, through his father, John ap Ieuan Lloyd, from the Clements, lords of Caron, and through his mother, Angharad, daughter of Ieuan ap Thomas, from Rhydderch of Glyn Aeron (Golden Grove
JONES, Syr THOMAS (d. 1622?), cleric and poet Willis, Llandaff, 205), and that he had left it at an uncertain date before the end of the century (Bradney, ii, 208 - ' Thomas ap John '). It is generally held (see G. J. Williams, Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg, 129) that this is the same man - incumbent successively of Llandeilo and of Llanfair, in that case - and it will be seen that the established dates are consistent with this belief. It is also
JONES, CADWALADR (1783 - 1867), Independent minister and first editor of Y Dysgedydd highly individual outlook and a most determined nature (see Ap Vychan, Cadwaladr Jones, 138). Although he was George Lewis's 'spiritual son,' yet, 'in the next generation he became Michael Jones's supporter in the battle of the Systems.' He was a Liberal in politics but was too moderate for some of his fellow-Independents.
JONES, DAVID (1708? - 1785) Trefriw, poet, collector of manuscripts, publisher, and printer Little is known about his birth and early years. His father's name is given as Siôn ap Dafydd in NLW MS 476E and NLW MS 3107B, and his mother's as Jane ferch Elizabeth Rowland in B.M. Add. MS. 14888, and Jane ferch Dafydd ap Sion in NLW MS 3107B. He married Gwen ferch Richard ap Rhys (NLW MS 3107B), but the date of his marriage is uncertain; Trefriw parish records note a marriage between a David
JONES, EDWARD (fl. 1781-1840), member, from 1781 of the London Gwyneddigion political debate in the Caradogion Society. When Leathart's book was published (1831), Jones was living in Paris, and was the oldest living member of the Gwyneddigion; [in the letter mentioned above, Leathart describes him as ' so advanced in years that we can say nothing more to him than ask his health ']. His help (and that of his brother Owen) is acknowledged in the preface to the 1789 Dafydd ap Gwilym

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