Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JUSTINIAN SAINT (fl. 6th century) The only surviving authority for the legend of S. Justinian is a 'Life' summarised in the mid-14th cent, by John of Teignmouth from an original which is now lost. A native of Brittany, S. Justinian left his homeland at the bidding of an angel, and eventually landed on the island of Limeneia, now Ramsey Island, off the coast of Pembrokeshire, near S. Davids. There he remained together with the
KATHERYN of BERAIN (Mam Cymru, The mother of Wales; 1534/5 - 1591) between her daughter Jane Wynn and his son Simon (born 1570). In 1585/6 a daughter was born to Thomas and Margaret Salusbury, and in September 1586 Thomas, who was implicated in the Babington conspiracy, was executed for alleged treason, and a commission was sent to inquire into his estate. In December of the same year, Katheryn's other son John (now Sir John Salusbury of Llewenni) married Ursula, a
KELSALL, JOHN (fl. 1683-1743), Quaker diarist intervals between 1729 and 1736. Later on, he fell into adversity, and after wandering to Bristol and to Ireland, is last heard of at Chester. He appears in the present work in virtue of his very detailed diaries, now kept (together with a volume of verse written by him between 1702 and 1743) at the Friends' House in London. They are wanting for the years 1699-1712 (yet there is an index to these missing
KEMEYS family Cefn Mabli, The Cefn Mabli branch of the Kemeys family is said to be descended from one Stephen de Kemeys, who held land in what is now Monmouthshire c. 1234. The first connection with Cefn Mabli came when DAVID KEMEYS, son of Ievan Kemeys of Began, married Cecil, daughter of Llewelyn ab Evan ap Llewelyn ap Cynfig of Cefn Mabli c. 1450. They were succeeded by their son LEWIS. The next heirs were JOHN KEMEYS
KEYNE (fl. late 5th century - early 6th century), saint appellation 'Cein-wyry' ('Keyne the virgin'), [often shortened to 'Ceinwr ' and 'Gaynor' - or again 'Ceinwen' i.e. 'Cain the holy'], departed from her native region and settled at a place, now Keynsham, in Somerset, where she lived a hermit's life. After many years, she returned to South Wales and established a monastery at a place not identified with certainty, but perhaps Llangeinor in Glamorgan. The
KITCHIN, ANTHONY (1477 - 1563), bishop of Llandaff A Benedictine monk who studied at Gloucester (now Worcester) College, Oxford; B.D. 1525, D.D. 1538. He became prior of his college in 1526, leaving in 1530 to become abbot of Eynsham. He surrendered his abbey in 1539, receiving a pension of £133 6s. 8d. and soon became a royal chaplain and in 1545, bishop of Llandaff. He resided in, and organised his diocese from, the episcopal palace at Mathern
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist anthropological, mythological and psychological point of view, presenting it as a metaphor for the complete psychological state of the Self. This material was presented in an address to the Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology on 1 June 1968. Elined was now over seventy years old, and the recording made of her speech shows her engaging warmth as a speaker, the listeners expressing their appreciation
KROCH, HEINZ JUSTUS (1920 - 2011), engineer and businessman a major contractor to the instrumentation and control gear, and defence industries. At its height, the company employed 5,500 people in Wales and across the rest of Europe but defence cuts in the 1980s and 1990s saw the stock market quoted company's fortunes falter. By now renamed AB Electronic Components to better reflect its product speciality, it was merged in 1993 into Surrey-based TT
LAUGHARNE, ROWLAND (d. 1676?), Parliamentary major-general Poyer, and at this juncture Rowland Laugharne and Rice Powell seem to have joined him. Laugharne was no doubt influenced by the fact that the earl of Essex was now commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary forces. Essex, it should also be added, was a local landowner with an estate at Lamphey, near Pembroke. With the assistance of Parliamentary ships which were driven into Milford Haven by stress of
LEACH, ARTHUR LEONARD (1869 - 1957), historian, geologist and archaeologist and Treasurer for fifteen years. To this work he devoted much of his time, while by lectures and regular press reports he kindled a greater public awareness and use of the museum. As early as 1918 he had produced a small publication Some Prehistoric Remains in Tenby Museum (second edn. 1931), and he now brought some expertise to the display of such material. He was uniquely qualified to write an
LEWIS family Llwyn-du, Llangelynnin his son, HUMPHREY OWEN II, born some time after 1653, whose will was proved in 1717. Humphrey Owen II's heir was his daughter ANNE, who married Owen Lewis III of Tyddyn-y-garreg. III. A more detailed account can now be given of some members of the Tyddyn-y-garreg family, whose names and dates have been specified in the introductory paragraph. Other lands in Dolgelley and Llanfachreth parishes are
LEWIS family Van, 1612. He indulged in a good deal of litigation and added considerably to the family estates. The most interesting of his purchases was St. Fagans castle, bought from Sir William Herbert of Cardiff in 1616, and now the Folk Museum of Wales. This included the present house built by Dr. John Gibbon about 1590. He died 9 January 1628. EDWARD LEWIS (died 1630) He was knighted in 1603. He lived at Edington

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