Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PUGH, PHILIP (1679 - 1760), Independent minister Edwards of Abermeurig and Jenkin Jones of Llwyn-rhys of the circuit which included the churches of Cilgwyn, Caeronnen, Llwyn-rhys, Abermeurig, and Crug-y-maen. He became the leader of the Independent movement in the district and met with such success that, according to the estimate given by John Evans, there were about 1,000 'hearers' by 1715. He christened 680 children between 1709 and 1760, built
RHYS, IFAN THOMAS (fl. mid 18th century), poet Born at Llwyndafydd, in the parish of Llandysilio, Cardiganshire, son of Thomas Rees James. Moving from Llwyndafydd he settled at Llanarth in the same county, and became a shoemaker. He composed an elegy on the death of Jenkin Jones (1700? - 1742), of Llwyn-rhydowen. This was published in Hymnau … o waith y Diweddar Barchedig Mr. Jenkin Jones, 1768. His poem, called Y Maen Tramguydd, was
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (1585 - 1665), bishop of Bangor Born at Maes Maen Cymro, Llanynys, Denbighshire, the son of Symon Roberts and of Cicilie (or Sisle), daughter of Edward Goodman of Ruthin, who was nephew to Gabriel Goodman. He entered Queens' College, Cambridge, at Easter, 1605, graduating B.A. 1609, M.A. 1612, B.D. 1621, D.D. 1626, and was Fellow of the College, 1611-30. Ordained at Peterborough in 1616, he became prebendary of Lincoln and sub
THOMAS, EVAN (c. 1710 - c. 1770), poet and boot-maker son of Thomas Rhys Siams of Llwyndafydd, Llandysiliogogo, Cardiganshire. For some years he worked at his trade at Llanarth. We do not know when he began to write verse, but he published 'Y Maen Tramgwydd,' which is in the form of a ballad, some time between 1757 and 1761. Two of his poems appeared in Hymnau Cymwys i Addoliad, 1768, and one in Blodau Dyfed, 1824. A volume of his poetry, Diliau
VAUGHAN, EDWIN MONTGOMERY BRUCE (1856 - 1919), architect Working Men's Institute in Llanbradach, near Caerphilly and Tyn-to-Maen, a handsome country house in St Mellons, on the outskirts of Cardiff, erected 1885-9 in a style reminiscent of William Burges, and later to become the William Nicholls Convalescent Home. Despite his heavy professional commitments Bruce Vaughan, who never married, became actively engaged in the Volunteer movement during the 1880s and
WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823 - 1913), naturalist and social reformer length remembered extracts from the Welsh Bible. He indicated his support for Welsh Home Rule and favoured the teaching of scientific topics through the medium of Welsh. A few weeks before his death, his physical weakness prompted him to write to the family at Bryn Coch, Neath (the farm where he had lodged sixty years previously), requesting samples of 'sucan blawd' and 'bara maen' in the hope that
WILLIAMS, MATHEW (1732 - 1819), landsurveyor, author, and almanack-maker? It is known that he lived at Llangadock in 1774 and at Rhos-maen, near Llandeilo, in 1788. He published (a) Y Mesurwr Cyffredinol (Carmarthen, 1775; another ed. in 1785); (b) Speculum Terrarum et Caelorum: neu Ddrych y Ddaear a'r Ffurfafen … (Carmarthen, 1784; other eds. in 1804 and 1826); (c) Hanes Holl Grefyddau'r Byd, yn enwedig y Grefydd Grist'nogol (Carmarthen, 1799); (d) a series of (Welsh
WILLIAMS, PETER (Pedr Hir; 1847 - 1922), Baptist minister, author, and eisteddfodwr 1905, ending up with the polished prose of his paper before the Baptist Historical Society in 1911. He composed several hymns; the best known is ' Bydd canu yn y nefoedd,' written as early as 1867. As an eisteddfodwr, he was in the front rank; everybody enjoyed his addresses from the logan stone, with their piercing wit and virile patriotism; they were published as a volume, Damhegion y Maen Llog, in
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Gwilym Morgannwg; 1778 - 1835), poet that Gwilym Morgannwg went to Pontypridd to keep a public-house, but he was certainly there in 1813. In Awen y Maen Chwyf, 17, there is a copy of a letter written by him in December 1813 to the publishers of Seren Gomer wishing the periodical good luck and offering to send some poetry for publication in it. He died at Pontypridd 13 August 1835, and was buried at Llanfabon. Two books published at
YALE family Plâs yn Iâl, Plas Grono, This ancient Denbighshire family was descended from Osbwrn Wyddel of Cors-y-gedol, Meironnydd, ancestor of the Vaughans of that place through the marriage of Osbwrn's great-great-grandson Elise with the heiress of Allt Llwyn Dragon, later Plâs yn Iâl. His grandson THOMAS YALE (c. 1526 - 1577), ecclesiastical lawyer Law Religion Third son of David Lloyd (Yale) by Gwenhwyfar Lloyd of Llwyn-y-maen

Search results

13 - 22 of 22 for "Maen"