Dictionary of Welsh Biography

STRADLING family Gwenllian, daughter of Sir Roger Berkerolles and heiress of her brother Sir Lawrence. Their son, Sir WILLIAM STRADLING, was mainpernor for the prior of Ewenny in 1400, and was placed on a commission to inquire about the goods of Welsh rebels carried into Somerset and Dorset, 1403-5. He went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1408, and died before 1412, for Combe Hawey was held by his widow, Elizabeth, in that
TILLEY, ALBERT (1896 - 1957), mace-bearer at Brecon cathedral and local historian settled there. They had one daughter. His wife died in 1940. In March 1923 he was appointed the first mace-bearer of the new cathedral in Brecon, an office which he held with dedication and remarkable dignity for thirty-three years until ill-health forced him to retire in October 1956. He steeped himself in the history, traditions and architecture of the church. With strong encouragement from Gwenllian
VAUGHAN, HILDA CAMPBELL (1892 - 1985), author and the Gentlewoman is a case in point. It returns to the aftermath of the First World War to explore issues of national identity, belonging and gendered property rights. Gwenllian, the main character, is fervently Welsh and bitterly resentful that she will not inherit her home because she is a woman. Meanwhile, Dick, the feckless English incomer in the novel, inherits the estate and Gwenllian's
WAYNE family, industrialists an official of the Llynfi Valley iron-works. He married, 1837, Gwenllian, daughter of Rees Jenkins of Glyncorrwg. (2) THOMAS WAYNE (1810 - 1867), who was for many years the agent of the canal company, and acted as treasurer and trustee of the Aberdare Turnpike Road Trust. He took a prominent part in building S. Elvan's church at Aberdare. He gave evidence before the Royal Commission on the Turnpike
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Brynfab; 1848 - 1927), littérateur and farmer Born 8 September 1848 at Fforch Aman, a farm in Cwmaman, Aberdare, son of Thomas and Gwenllian Williams. When he was very young, the family moved to Fforch, Treorchy, where he received what little education he ever had. At the age of 25 he settled at Hendre, in the parish of Eglwysilan, and was a farmer there for more than fifty years. On his retirement he went to live at Hendre Wen, S. Athan. He
WYNN family Cesail Gyfarch, Penmorfa , married Jane (Lloyd), Dulasau, and by her was the father of (a) ROBERT WYNN (died January 1685/6), the heir, (b) MARGARET (1618 - 1679), who married Richard Humphreys (died 1699), Hendre Gwenllian, Penrhyndeudraeth, and (c) two other daughters. Robert Wynn, who was a barrister-at-law, left Cesail Gyfarch to his nephew, bishop Humphrey Humphreys, son of his sister Margaret and of Richard Humphreys. The

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