Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RHYS ap THOMAS Sir (1449 - 1525), chief Welsh supporter of Henry VII , daughter of Henri ap Gwilym of Cwrt Henri, and (2) Janet, daughter of Thomas Mathew of Radyr, who was widow of Thomas Stradling of S. Donats. He died in 1525 and was buried in Greyfriars church, Carmarthen. His body was later removed to S. Peters church; the tomb there was restored in 1865. His widow died at Picton castle in 1535 and was also buried in Greyfriars church. His estates, though not his
RHYS, JOHN DAVID (1534 - 1609?), physician and grammarian . After returning to Wales and devoting some years to the collection of material Rhys published, in 1592, his famous Welsh grammar, Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Linguae Institutiones et Rudimenta. The book was dedicated to Sir Edward Stradling of St Donats, Glamorganshire, who had defrayed the cost of printing. It consists of a grammar of the Welsh language together with a lengthy and laborious
STRADLING family Parliament for Somerset in 1343. He was one of the chief patrons of Neath abbey in the 14th century, and the abbot and convent in 1341 undertook to keep his anniversary after his death. He held the manor of S. Donats in 1349, but it is difficult to distinguish between him and his son, EDWARD STRADLING, in the records of the middle of the 14th century. He was alive in 1352 at least. The son married
THOMAS family Wenvoe, Wenvoe, who had married Jane, eldest daughter of Sir John Stradling, bt., of St Donat's, Glamorganshire. This Elizabeth, who had Wenvoe and Rhiwperra, was the widow of Edmund Ludlow, regicide; after his death she married JOHN THOMAS, probably a cousin (Clark, op. cit.). Born in 1664, John Thomas was created a baronet 4 December 1694, with remainders to his brothers, Edmund and William. He died 17
THOMAS, JOHN STRADLING (1925 - 1991), Conservative politician Committee, 1979-83. He was Minister of State for Wales, 1983-85, having reluctantly agreed to take the position after the death of Michael Roberts MP in February 1983. He readily admitted thereafter that he missed the whip's office sorely. In 1985, Nicholas Edwards, the Secretary of State for Wales, replaced Stradling Thomas with Mark Robinson (Newport West) at the Welsh Office. He was a member of the Bow
TRAHERNE, JOHN MONTGOMERY (1788 - 1860), antiquary . Many of his writings were anonymous or written under pseudonyms, but he gave great assistance to his friends, e.g. to L. W. Dillwyn, author of Contributions to the History of Swansea. His chief work was as editor of the Stradling Correspondence, 1870, and among others may be mentioned Historical Notices of Sir Matthew Cradock, 1840, and Lists of Knights of the Shire of Glamorgan, 1822. He was deeply
WILKINS family . Mary church (Llan-fair), Glamorganshire. The last-named Thomas Wilkins went to Jesus College, Oxford, in 1641, and took a law degree in 1661; in addition to S. Mary church he also held the rectories of Gelli-gaer (1666) and Llan-maes (1668), and a prebend at Llandaff. He died 20 August 1699, aged 74. He had married Jane, daughter of Thomas Carne of Nash and grand-daughter of Sir Edward Stradling of S

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