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  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (1727 - 1795), schoolmaster and diarist very many years Thomas kept a diary, which was seen by John Rowland (Giraldus, 1833 - 1891), and quoted by him in his Caer-marthenshire Monumental Inscriptions - p. xxiii of that work shows that the diary was begun in 1750. The diary, or part of it was, in 1888, in the possession of a Dr. Lewis of the vale of Glamorgan, and in that year considerable excerpts of it, covering the years 1762-94, were
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (Islwyn; 1832 - 1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet Llew Llwyfo (Lewis William Lewis who was appointed its editor. Islwyn died 20 November 1878, and was buried in Babell chapel burial-ground. Islwyn was taught poetry by Gwilym Ilid and Aneurin Fardd, and there were at that time several literary circles in Monmouthshire, particularly at Abergavenny. He constantly competed in the eisteddfodau - for the most part unsuccessfully. In 1853 he won the prize
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (Glanffrwd; 1843 - 1890), cleric and author Born at Ynys-y-bŵl, 17 March 1843, son of John Howell Thomas (who was the son of William Thomas Howell of Blaennantyfedw) and Jane, daughter of Morgan Jones of Cwmclydach. He attended a school kept by one Tommy Morgan. He worked as a sawyer, like his father's but after studying hard became a schoolmaster for four or five years, first at his own home and then at Llwynypia. He then became a
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1813), Unitarian Baptist minister 1796, he and Griffith Jones were ordained co-pastors of Pant Teg - ironically enough, Thomas took part in the ordination service of Titus Lewis at Blaen-y-waun, Pembrokeshire, in 1797. In the schism of 1799, Thomas and the Arminian party retained possession of Pant Teg chapel, which is today one of the three chapels which alone in Wales bear the designation ' General Baptist ' - see under Evan Lloyd
  • THOMAS, WILLIAM (1734 - 1799), cleric and antiquary Son of Lewis and Eleanor Thomas, Eglwys Nynnid, near Margam, Glamorganshire (he was christened 26 August 1734). He received his early education at Cowbridge under Dr. Durell, and then proceeded to Jesus College, Oxford, where he matriculated, 24 October 1751. He graduated B.A. from Oriel College in 1755 and M.A. in 1758. He was ordained deacon by the bishop of S. Davids on 13 August 1758, and
  • TIBBOTT family frequently among the Methodists and occasionally among the Baptists. He died 18 March 1798. His brother, JOHN TIBBOTT (died 1785), was also a Congregational minister Religion. For some years before his brother's ordination he assisted Lewis Rees, Richard's predecessor as minister at Llanbryn-mair. In 1763 he moved to Carmarthenshire to take charge of the churches of Ffaldybrenin and Esgairdawe. He died
  • TOMAS ap IEUAN ap RHYS (c. 1510 - 1617), writer of cwndidau (short religious songs or carols) grandson of Rhys Brydydd and cousin of Lewis Morgannwg. Although the home of this bardic family was in Tir Iarll and although Rhys Brydydd lived at Llanharan, yet it is said in Llanover MS. E4 (written c. 1613-4) that Tomas ab Ieuan ap Rhys lived at Llandudwg (Tythegston). Nevertheless, he and his family were closely connected with Llangynwyd. Little is known of his life. He says in one of his
  • TREHARNE, REGINALD FRANCIS (1901 - 1967), Professor of history Born 21 November 1901 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, the son of Lewis Treharne and his wife Ethel Mary (née Hill) of Melksham, Wiltshire. He was educated at Ashton-in-Makerfield grammar school and the University of Manchester (B.A., 1922 and University postgraduate prize and studentship; M.A., 1923 and Langton Fellowship; Ph.D., 1925). He was appointed assistant lecturer at the University of
  • TREVOR family Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, Denmark. Till 1634 he was often consulted on questions of naval man-power and shipbuilding. He was a kinsman and correspondent of James Howell. THOMAS TREVOR (1572 - 1656), judge Law He is generally called the youngest of John Trevor's four sons, but D.N.B. post-dates his birth by fourteen years. Born in London, educated at the Middle Temple (November 1592), and called to the Bar in 1603, he became
  • TREVOR family Brynkynallt, and was rewarded with Irish land and office, a seat on the Irish privy council, and the title of viscount Dungannon and baron Trevor (22 August 1662). He married, as his second wife, Ann, daughter of John Lewis of Presaddfed, Anglesey, and widow of Sir Hugh Owen of Orielton, and was succeeded in the peerage by her two sons, Lewis and Mark, after whose death without offspring, it lapsed (8 November
  • TUDOR, EDMUND (c. 1430 - 1456) , was born posthumously. Lewis Glyn Cothi and Dafydd Nanmor composed elegies upon him.
  • TUDUR ALED (fl. 1480-1526), poet control over, the poets and their craft.' It was at that eisteddfod that he was made a bard or 'chaired' teacher. In the elegy he wrote for Tudur Aled, Lewis Mon has a couplet: ' Dug ar i wn, fel dau grair, Diwedd gwawd, y ddwy gadair ' (op. cit., II. 734), which was taken to mean that Tudur Aled was made a master musician as well as a master poet (op. cit., I, xxxviii). One of Tudur Aled's patrons was