Dictionary of Welsh Biography

STEPHENS, THOMAS (Casnodyn, Gwrnerth, Caradawg; 1821 - 1875), historian and social reformer were Maria Jane Williams and the Quaker Thomas Redwood (author of The Vale of Glamorgan. Scenes and Tales among the Welsh). Having first attended an elementary school 'located in a barn' near Cefn Rhigos, Stephens spent about three years at the Unitarian school founded by David Davis (1745-1827), which during his time there was under the care of John Davies, the former minister of Capelygroes in
STEPNEY family Prendergast, (born 1581), was created a baronet in 1621. He was educated at Oxford and Lincoln's Inn and married, before 1611, Jane, daughter of Sir Francis Mansel of Muddlescomb, Carmarthenshire He was a justice of the peace, sheriff for county Pembroke in 1614, and mayor of Haverfordwest in 1620. He died 21 July 1626 and was succeeded by his son Sir ALBAN STEPNEY (c. 1607 - 1628), whose brother, Sir JOHN STEPNEY
STRADLING family of the Sepulchre, and he died in Jerusalem. His wife was Jane, daughter of cardinal Beaufort. JOHN STRADLYNGE, receiver of Ogmore, 1462, may have been their son. The eldest son and heir was Sir HARRY STRADLING, who was captured by Colyn Dolphyn and forced to sell portions of his estate in Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Oxon, to buy his freedom. He also went to Jerusalem, 1476-7, and died on the island of
SYPYN CYFEILIOG (fl. 1340-1390), poet borne the name of Cneppyn Gwerthrynion, for he is mentioned by Gwilym Ddu o Arfon. Sir Ifor Williams suggests that three poets of short physical stature have been confused, namely Cneppyn Gwerthrynion, Bach Buddugre, and Sypyn Cyfeiliog. Sypyn sang a panegyric cywydd to Henry Salusbury of Lleweni (died 1400) and his wife Agnes Courtois, and also the two cywyddau included in Iolo Goch ac Eraill. This
TALBOT family Margam Abbey, Penrice Castle, mother's brother, Bussy, 4th baron Mansel, heir to the Margam and Penrice estates. Thomas Talbot's son, by his wife Jane, daughter of Thomas Beach, was THOMAS MANSEL TALBOT (1747 - 1813) who married lady Lucy Fox Strangways, daughter of Henry, 2nd earl of Ilchester, and by her was the father of Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot. There are numerous references to John Ivory Talbot, Thomas Talbot, Thomas
THAME, Baron WILLIAMS of (1500? - 1569), custodian of the crown jewels of Henry VIII - see WILLIAMS, JOHN
THELWALL family Plas y Ward, Bathafarn, Plas Coch, Llanbedr, Gwynedd) by queen Elizabeth. Furthermore he could compose an englyn, as is proved by the poetic dispute between him and Rhys Gruffydd and William Mostyn (NLW MS 1553A (761)). He married (1) Alis, daughter of Robert Salusbury of Rug, (2) Jane, daughter of John Massey of Broxon in Cheshire, and (3) Margaret, daughter of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn. He died 15 April 1586, aged 60, and was buried at
THIRLWALL, CONNOP (1797 - 1875), bishop of S. Davids other. On the other hand, remembering his liberal views, Thirlwall's attitude was disappointing when Rowland Williams (1817 - 1870) got into trouble - see Life of Rowland Williams, i, 333-7. What with one thing and another, he gradually became estranged from his parish clergy and came to rely increasingly on his archdeacons. He lost his sight, and had a stroke; he resigned his see in 1874, and died at
THOMAS family Coed Helen (or Alun), Aber, RICE THOMAS (died 1577) the founder of this family's fortune in Caernarvonshire, was a son of Sir WILLIAM THOMAS, Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1541-2. Rice married Jane, daughter of Sir John Puleston of Caernarvon and widow of Edward Gruffydd of Penrhyn, who had died at Dublin in 1540. He was appointed by Roger Williams, the surveyor of crown lands in North Wales, to
THOMAS family Wenvoe, Wenvoe, who had married Jane, eldest daughter of Sir John Stradling, bt., of St Donat's, Glamorganshire. This Elizabeth, who had Wenvoe and Rhiwperra, was the widow of Edmund Ludlow, regicide; after his death she married JOHN THOMAS, probably a cousin (Clark, op. cit.). Born in 1664, John Thomas was created a baronet 4 December 1694, with remainders to his brothers, Edmund and William. He died 17
THOMAS, ALBAN (d. 1740?), cleric, poet, and translator and had to retire to his native district where he practised until the end of his life. Just as the father had been prominently connected with the literary revival in south Cardiganshire, so also was the son connected with the efforts made by Moses Williams to preserve and publish Welsh manuscript material. This probably explains why he was prepared to receive subscriptions (' Subscriptions taken in
THOMAS, BENJAMIN (Myfyr Emlyn; 1836 - 1893), Baptist minister, poet, lecturer, and author elegies in E. Pan Jones, Cofiant Samuel Griffiths, Horeb, 1879, and J. P. Williams, Cofiant Thomas Williams, Llangunog, 1887. But he is probably best remembered for his biographies - Cofiant … Owen Griffiths … Gelli a Blaenconin, 1889, and above all else his Cofiant Dafydd Evans, Ffynonhenry, 1870 (four later eds.), and Ffraethebion Dafydd Evans, Ffynonhenry, 1908, which contains excerpts from the

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