Dictionary of Welsh Biography

KNIGHT, WILLIAM BRUCE (1785 - 1845), Welsh scholar, ecclesiastic, and administrator was presented to the living of Llantrithyd, Glamorganshire, by Sir John Aubrey, and in 1817, by the trustees of C. R. M. Talbot, to the living of Margam and the consolidated rectory of Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge and S. Mary-church. With the help of a curate he served these parishes from 1817 to 1843, living in the old vicarage, Tynycaeau. He married Maria Elinor Traherne of S. Hilary. In 1843, he
KOTSCHNIG, ELINED PRYS (1895 - 1983), psychoanalyst and pacifist the Jung Institute in Zürich following the war in order to qualify as a psychoanalyst and became the first Jungian specialist in the Washington area. Collaborating in 1967 with Revd Robert E. Marston, Senior Minister of Christ Congregational Church, Silver Spring, Maryland, she started a local chapter of the C. G. Jung Working Group, in order to formalize the process of sharing Jung's ideas
KYFFIN, EDWARD (c. 1558 - 1603), cleric and composer of metrical psalms
KYFFIN, MORRIS (c. 1555 - 1598), writer and soldier
KYFFIN, RICHARD, dean of Bangor
LEE, ROWLAND (d. 1543), bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (which included at that time what later became the diocese of Chester) (1534-1543), and president of the Council in Wales and the Marches for the same period Although Rowland Lee was not a Welshman - both his parents were north of England people - he is included in this work because of the work which he accomplished when he presided at the Council in Ludlow. Details of his career are given in the D.N.B. which, as far as the Marches side of his work is concerned, should be supplemented by referring to C. A. J. Skeel, The Council in the Marches of Wales
LEIGH, EDMUND (1735? - 1819), Methodist cleric Born c. 1735, son of Richard Nash Leigh, curate of Llanwynno and Aberdare. He is the ' Edmund Leigh of Penrydd, co. Pembroke ' who was ordained deacon by the bishop of S. David's in 1760 and licensed as curate of Henllan Amgoed. He was ordained priest in 1761 and appointed curate of Llandybie. From 1762 until his death he was curate of Llanedi and he also ministered to the neighbouring parish of
LESTRANGE family Great Ness, Cheswardine, Knockin, JOHN LESTRANGE (died c. 1269) witnessed the treaty between Dafydd ap Gruffydd and Henry III in May 1240, was appointed in March 1241 to try Dafydd, and in January 1245 was a commissioner to make peace with him. HAWISE, daughter of this John Lestrange, married Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. In the years 1244-5 John Lestrange wrote to Henry III telling of Gruffydd's support for the English cause; he aided
LEWES, EVELYN ANNA (c. 1873 - 1961), author One of the three children of Major Price Lewes, adjutant of the Pembroke militia, and his wife Florence (née Kinnear, of Halifax, Nova Scotia); born c. 1873 in Canada, but brought up at Poyston, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and educated privately. About 1902 the family moved to Tyglyn Aeron, Cardiganshire, one of the seats of the Lewes family who had taken a prominent part in Cardiganshire for
LEWIS family Llwyn-du, Llangelynnin ; he had married, (1), 21 February (?) 1641/2, Margaret, daughter of Rowland Ellis of Gwanas and grand-daughter of Ellis Lewis, the eldest of the four brothers named above; she died at the age of 42 c. 1663-4, having borne six children. The widower then married, (2), c. 1675-6, Catherine Puw of Gyfannedd (Llangelynnin - another Quaker family), and by her had five children; after his death she and her
LEWIS ab EDWARD (fl. c. 1560), poet He hailed from Bodfari, Denbighshire. Wiliam Thomas ab Edward, the scribe mentioned in Peniarth MS 122: Poetry, &c. (509), is also associated with Bodfari. Lewis ab Edward was also known as Lewis Meirchion, but is often confused with Lewis Môn, a poet who fl. c. 1480-1527. His elegy on the death of Edmund Llwyd of Glynllifon (died 1541) is possibly one of his early compositions. He was present at
LEWIS DARON (fl. c. 1520), a poet

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