Dictionary of Welsh Biography

LEIGH, EDMUND (1735? - 1819), Methodist cleric Llandeilo-Tal-y-bont. In 1769 he came into contact with Howel Harris and began to consort with the Methodists. He used to attend their Associations in the last quarter of the century but it is probable that, later on, he kept away from them. He died 14 December 1819 at the age of 84, and was buried at Llanedi.
LEWIS, ELLIS (fl. 1640-1661), translator Born at Llwyn-gwern, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd, son of Cadwaladr Lewis ap Howel ap John and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Ellis Fychan, Brynllech, also in Llanuwchllyn. Little is known of Ellis Lewis except for references to him (and to his father) in Subsidy Rolls, etc. There exists a document of 16 August 1641 which shows that he possessed much land in the parishes of Llanuwchllyn and Llanycil
LEWIS, JAMES (1674 - 1747), Independent minister raised to the pulpit at Pantycreuddin, but who had left and built his own chapel because his former church and its minister did not accept his tenets. In 1740 James Lewis invited Howel Harris, the revivalist, to preach in his district. He died 31 May 1747, at the age of 73.
LEWIS, MORGAN JOHN (c. 1711 - 1771), Methodist exhorter and hymn-writer Born c. 1711, a native of Cwm Ebwy-fawr, Aberystruth, Monmouthshire. He was converted under the ministry of Howel Harris, c. 1738, and is said to have seceded from the communion of the Church of England when Daniel Rowland was forbidden to preach in Aberystruth church. He began to write hymns, and comes to our notice as one of the early hymn-writers of the Methodist revival. A hymn written by
LEWIS, MOSES (fl. 1748-1800), Methodist exhorter, afterwards an Antinomian son of Arthur Lewis of Fron, Brymbo, Denbighshire. He was one of the founders of the church in Adwy'r Clawdd and it was to his house that Peter Williams fled after his persecution in 1748. He began to exhort c. 1750. In 1751 he adhered to the party of Howel Harris, but soon repudiated him and refused to join his 'Family' at Trevecka. He became an Antinomian and established a small following in
LLOYD, DAVID (d. 1747?), cleric and translator , matriculated 2 December, 1707, aged 19, B.A. 24 March 1711/12, M.A. 1714 ' (Foster, Alumni Oxonienses). He was instituted to Llandefalle, Brecknock, 3 December 1713, and to Cefnllys, Radnorshire, 3 October 1717, both in the diocese of St Davids. He held these livings until his death (in 1747?). Lloyd was a friend and patron of Howel Harris in Harris's early days; Harris's diaries evince affection for him
LLOYD, HOWEL WILLIAM (1816 - 1893), antiquary
LLOYD, HUMPHREY (1610 - 1689), bishop of Bangor Born at Bod-y-fudden, Trawsfynydd, July or August 1610, third son of Richard Lloyd, D.D., (1573/4–1647?) vicar of Ruabon, and Jane, (died in or after 1648), daughter of Rhydderch Hughes of Maesypandy, and grandson of Howel Lloyd of Dulasau, Penmachno. He matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, 25 January 1627/8, but graduated from Oriel College, 1629. He proceeded M.A. in 1635 and was created
LLOYD, JOHN (d. 1679), Roman Catholic priest entered the seminary at Valladolid in 1649. He was ordained priest on 7 June 1653, and sent to England on 17 April 1654. Nothing definite is known of his life for nearly a quarter of a century after this, but it may be deduced from the informations laid against him that he visited the houses of Walter James of Tre-ivor, Monmouth, and Howel Carne of Colwinston, Glamorganshire, as well as the
LLOYD, JOHN (1749 - 1815), lawyer and dilettante was descended from the two ancient families of Wigfair (frequently, and from an early date, written ' Wickwer') near S. Asaph, and of Hafodunos (more strictly, Hafodunnos), in Llangernyw, Denbighshire; both houses were of the 'Fifteen Tribes' of North Wales, and had provided sheriffs for their respective shires. Wigfair and Hafodunos had become united by the marriage of Howel Lloyd of Wigfair
LLOYD, LUDOVIC (fl. 1573-1610), courtier, versifier, and compiler Fifth son of Oliver Lloyd, lord of the manor of Marrington, Salop, by Gwenllian, daughter of Griffith ap Howel ap Ieuan Blayney (see Blayney family), Gregynog, and grandson of David Lloyd Vychan, an hereditary burgess of Welshpool, and owner of Nantcribba in the parish of Forden, Montgomeryshire. The date of his birth is unknown, but he was old enough in 1587 to have been successful in gaining
LLOYD, ROBERT (1716 - 1792) Plas Ashpool,, farmer and Methodist exhorter persecution at Denbigh was at its height, and the split between Howel Harris and Daniel Rowland had ensured that no revivalist had come to North Wales from South Wales for a period of ten years; Robert Llwyd was then a faithful member of the Anglican church and was on friendly terms with the parson. There is no reason to suppose that the cause started at Tŷ Modlen before the arrival of the revivalists from

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