Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNNE family Peniarth, WYNNE I (died 1700), of Wern, Caernarfonshire, of which he became possessed by right of his wife (and first cousin), ELIZABETH, daughter and heiress of Maurice Jones of Wern. He was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM WYNNE II (died 1721), of Wern. He, by his wife, Catherine (Goodman), was the father of WILLIAM WYNNE III (1708 - 1766), of Wern, whose wife was Ellinor, daughter of Griffith Williams, cleric
WYNNE, DAVID (1900 - 1983), composer David Wynne was born at Nantmoch Uchaf farm, Penderyn, Breconshire, on 2 June 1900, the son of Philip Thomas (born 1872) and his wife Elizabeth (née Thomas, born 1877). He was christened David William Thomas, and later adopted the name David Wynne for his musical career. In 1901 the family moved to Llanfabon, Glamorgan, where his father found work in the Albion colliery in Cilfynydd. David
WYNNE, ELLIS (1670/1 - 1734), cleric, and author of an outstanding Welsh prose classic Llanaber. William Wynn married (1), 28 January 1734, Jane, daughter of William Wynne, Maesyneuadd, near Harlech (she died 9 December 1734, in childbirth), and (2) Jane, daughter of Hugh Lloyd, Trallwyn, Caernarfonshire; by Jane he had an only child, Ellin. (For further details, see Dauganmlwyddiant Ellis Wynne …). He died in July 1761. EDWARD WYNNE (1715 - 1767), cleric and author Religion Literature and
WYNNE, JOHN (1650 - 1714), industrial pioneer Ieuan ap Dafydd ap Cynwrig, who was descended from Edwin ap Gronw of Tegeingl (Powys Fadog, iv 99, v 244, and elsewhere; T. A. Glenn, Griffith of Garn, 77); Copa'rleni was in the possession of Ieuan ap Dafydd ap Cynwrig in 1441, and we find a reference, to his son Cynwrig in 1467. The surname ' Wynne ' was finally adopted in the reign of Elizabeth, and from about the same time the heir was regularly
WYNNE, JOHN (1667 - 1743), bishop of St Asaph and principal of Jesus College, Oxford Born in 1667, the son of Humphrey Wynne of Maes-y-coed, Caerwys, and his wife Elizabeth (Wynne, daughter of John Wynne of Copa'rleni, Trelawnyd, and his wife Catherine Thelwall, of Bathafarn, see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 369 - the bishop was, accordingly, the second cousin of the John Wynne of Copa'rleni described in the preceding article). He went to school at Northop and Ruthin, and in 1682
WYNNE, ROBERT (d. 1720), cleric and poet censure of the House of Lords and a threat of a similar censure in the House of Commons for breaches of privilege in 1690, finally succeeded at the Great Sessions for Merioneth in 1694, in ejecting Robert Wynne, his brother-in-law by marriage to his sister Judith. By this time the more amenable Edward Jones held the see of St Asaph, but, though he withdrew episcopal support for the cause, Wynne was till
YARDLEY, EDWARD (1698 - 1769), archdeacon London, 28 March 1698, son of Robert and Elizabeth Yardley, he was educated at Merchant Taylors School and S. John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1717/18, M.A. 1721, B.D. 1729). After ordination (deacon 1721, priest 1722) he served in London before he was given (by S. John's College, Cambridge), the sinecure rectory of S. Florence, Pembrokeshire (4 March 1731/32). On 5 November 1731 he was elected preacher
YATES, WILFRID NIGEL (1944 - 2009), archivist and historian , unable to progress further in academia, in 1971 he obtained a post as an archivist at Carmarthenshire Archives under Major Francis Jones. In 1973, as preparations were underway for the reorganisation of Carmarthenshire as part of the new county of Dyfed, Yates moved to North Tyneside, where he established an archive at North Shields Library, which itself became part of Tyne and Wear Archives Service
YORKE, PHILIP SCOTT (1905 - 1976), Squire of Erddig, near Wrexham cemetery. There is commemorative plaque by Jonah Jones in the church.
YOUNG, JAMES JUBILEE (1887 - 1962), Baptist minister he preached at the St. David's Day service at City Temple, London in 1922, at Central Hall, Liverpool in 1923, and at the Welsh service at the Baptist Union of Great Britain in Cardiff in 1924. He was president of the Pembrokeshire meeting (Cymanfa) in 1929, and president of the Welsh Baptist Union in 1946. He died 23 January 1962 leaving a widow Mya (née Jones of Capel Rhondda) and one son.
YOUNG, THOMAS (1507 - 1568), archbishop of York elected archbishop of York, 27 January 1561. As archbishop and president of the council of the North, he was active in forwarding the Elizabethan settlement, though he incurred censure for his misuse of the temporalities of his see. He died 26 June 1568, and was buried in York Minster. He married (1), a daughter of George Constantine; (2) Jane Kynaston, Estwick, Staffs., by whom he had one son, Sir
YSTUMLLYN, JOHN (d. 1786), gardener and land steward What is known of John Ystumllyn derives for the most part from the work of Robert Isaac Jones (Alltud Eifion), who published an account of his life in 1888, later translated as John Ystumllyn or 'Jack Black': the history of his life and traditions about him since his capture in the wilds of Africa until his death; his descendants, etc. etc., together with a picture of him in the year 1754. In the

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