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GRIFFITH, JOHN (fl. 1649-1669) Llanddyfnan, squire poet Owing to the close proximity of so many John Griffiths in the family pedigree, it is difficult to identify him, but there is reason to believe that he was the seventh of that name and therefore the son of John Griffith VI and Dorcas, daughter of William Prydderch, died 1623, rector of Llanfechell. Little is known of him apart from his work, much of which, in the form of carols, englynion and
ERBERY, WILLIAM (1604 - 1654), Puritan and Independent John Webster opposed two others in public debate on this matter at Lombard Street, London (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, iii, c. 361). He died in London in April 1654, but his burial place is unknown. His daughter Dorcas became a Quaker and a follower of James Nayler (Mercurius Politicus, no. 350 (7624)). The most important works of Erbery are included in the volume The Testimony of William Erbery left

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