Dictionary of Welsh Biography

MATTHEWS, JOHN (1773 - 1848), surveyor and public man Lewis Edwards and Henry Richard.
MAURICE, HENRY (1647 - 1691), cleric and author if the age recorded (44) on his memorial tablet in Jesus College chapel at Oxford is correct, he was born in 1647, but Foster records his age at matriculation 'at 16,' in a year which would place his birth in 1648. He was the son of Thomas Maurice, B.D., perpetual curate of Llangristiolus, Anglesey, and his wife Sidney, daughter of Henry Perri - he was, therefore, of the Tudor of Penmynydd clan
MAURICE, HENRY (1634 - 1682), Independent minister Son of Griffith Morris of Methlan, parish of Aberdaron, having close family relations with the Wynn family of Boduan and Edward family of Nanhoron. He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford. Possibly he was the Henry Morris who headed the agitation in 1656 for moving Botwnnog school to Pwllheli, but without any doubt the 'curate' sanctioned by the Triers in 1658 for pastoral work in Llannor and
MAURICE, MATHIAS (1684 - 1738), Independent minister and writer , Maurice joined Henry Palmer and others in their migration to Rhyd-y-ceisiaid. Early in 1713 he became minister at Olney (Buckinghamshire), but in November 1714 was called to Rothwell (Northants) to succeed Richard Davis - a natural choice, when we remember the High Calvinism and the championship of absolute congregational self-government which he had already shown at Henllan. In 1726 he wrote a short
MEREDITH, JOHN ELLIS (1904 - 1981), minister (Presbyterian Church of Wales) and author J. E. Meredith was born on 7 August 1904 in Denbigh, one of the two sons of James and Margaret Meredith and christened in Fron Presbyterian Chapel by the Reverend Tom Roberts, Deputy Editor of the weekly newspaper, Y Faner. His father was an elder at Cricor Chapel, Pentrecelyn and there was a connection on his mother's side with the family of the Reverend Henry Rees of Liverpool. When he was 4
MEREDITH, THOMAS (fl. 1747-1770), Methodist exhorter, and Antinomian selected portions of the works of William Erbury and Morgan Llwyd, etc., collected by him, were published under the title A Scourge for the Assirian the great Oppressor (W. Laplain, Salop). His views are to be found in a book, An Illustration of Several Texts of Scripture, which includes several of his letters and which was published posthumously in 1770 from the same press. There is a mystical element
MERRETT, Sir HERBERT HENRY (1886 - 1959), industrialist
MEURIG (fl. 1210), poet, and treasurer of Llandaff render the entry 'Morus Morgan' in Enw F. superfluous. In the Iolo MSS., pp. 622, 638, this Meurig is said to have been the author of ' Y Cwtta Cyfarwydd ' (probably the prototype of the work of this name written in 1445 by Gwilym Tew, and preserved in Hengwrt MS. 34), 'A History of the whole Isle of Britain,' 'Book of Proverbs,' 'Rules of Welsh Poetry,' 'Welsh Theology,' and a 'Welsh translation of
MEYRICK family Bodorgan, This family is descended from Cadafael, lord of Cedewain in Powys, but it was in the Tudor period that it first came into prominence. LLEWELYN AP HEILYN fought under Henry Tudor at the battle of Bosworth; his son MEURIG AP LLEWELYN served under Henry VIII, was promoted to be captain of the bodyguard, and was given the Crown Lease of the manor of Aberffraw. Meurig was succeeded at Bodorgan by five
MICHAEL, DAVID (Dewi Afan; 1842 - 1913), poet Ruth a Naomi … A Cantata (Cwmafan, 1876) and Gwaredigaeth Pedr o'r Carchar (3rd ed., Cwmafan, 1885; 1st ed., 1879; 2nd ed., 1880). He also published, with Llewelyn Griffiths (Glan Afan), two anthologies of contemporary poetry under the titles of Blodeu'r Beirdd (Cwmafan, 1871), and Oriel y Beirdd (Cwmafan, 1882). He died 11 August 1913, leaving one daughter and four sons. Thomas Morgan (Afanwyson
MIDLETON, WILLIAM (c. 1550 - c. 1600), poet, soldier, and sailor son of Ffowc Midleton of Archwedlog, Llansannan, Denbighshire. It is often stated that he was educated at Oxford, but that cannot be proved. He served Henry Herbert, earl of Pembroke; in 1575 he sang an elegiac ode on the death of Catherine, countess of Pembroke. In 1585-6 he was with the earl of Leicester, fighting against Spaniards in the Low Countries; it has been said that he was at the
MILLS, EDWARD (1802 - 1865), popularizer of astronomy Born in 1802, son of Edward and Mary Mills of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, and grandson of Henry Mills. He constructed an orrery and travelled all over Wales with it, lecturing on astronomy. In 1850 he published Y Darluniadur Anianyddol, a book on astronomy and geography, illustrated with woodcuts made by himself and his son. He died at Denbigh in 1865.

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