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WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666 - 1727), cleric and scholar of Welsh that he has already taken in hand the transcription of the Laws of Hywel Dda.' Wotton did not live to see his work on the laws in print, but it was published in 1730 by his son-in-law, under the editorship of Moses Williams, as Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, seu Leges Wallicae (etc.), comprising the Welsh text, a Latin translation, and notes; this was the first occasion on which the laws
WYNN family Gwydir, Wyrion Gruffydd ' in Penyfed. The descendants of this union are found at Gesail Gyfarch, Ystumcegid, Clenennau, and Brynkir. During the revolt of Owain Glyndwr, Ieuan ap Maredudd ap Hywel ap Dafydd ap Gruffydd of Cefn-y-fan (later called Ystumcegid) and Gesail Gyfarch supported the crown and died in 1403 while defending Caernarvon castle against Glyndwr's forces; his brother, Robert, was one of Glyndwr

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