Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNN, EDWARD (1618 - 1669), chancellor of Bangor cathedral of Welsh prayers, the catechism, and a selection of metrical psalms (Trefn Ymarweddiad y gwir Gristion, neu lwybr hyffordd i'r Cymro i rodio arno beunydd gŷd a'i Dduw, London, 1662), dedicated to his flock at Llangeinwen and Llangaffo. A second edition appeared in 1723-4.
WYNN, GRIFFITH (1669? - 1736), cleric and translator dyn yn y bywyd hwn ac yn yr hwn sy i ddyfod. The work, which is undated, is assigned by William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn) - see Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry - to the year 1724. There were two other editions, but W. M. Myddelton suggests that the first edition appeared about ten years later. The translator calls himself ' Offeiriad Llangadwaladr,' but his correct designation was that of ' Curate-in-charge
WYNNE family Voelas, , and by her was the father of CADWALADR WYNNE II (died 1612), high sheriff of Denbighshire in 1605, who by his first wife, Anne Holland, of Berw, Anglesey, was the father of ROBERT WYNNE II (born before 1602), whose wife, whom he married in 1645, was Jane Thelwall, Plas y Ward. Robert Wynne, who was high sheriff of Denbighshire in 1631, was succeeded by CADWALADR WYNNE III (buried at Conway 6
WYNNE family Peniarth, Kaernarvon (1838), and Askew Roberts, who prepared the third ed. (1877) of Sir John Wynn's The history of the Gwydir family. Angharad Llwyd and Richard Llwyd ('Bard of Snowdon') were often at Peniarth, whilst among Wynne's numerous correspondents were such antiquaries as Joseph Morris of Shrewsbury and John Jones, Llanllyfni. Other publications by him (besides numerous contributions to Mont. Coll., Y
WYNNE, ELLIS (1670/1 - 1734), cleric, and author of an outstanding Welsh prose classic Born 7 March 1670/1, at Y Lasynys, near Harlech and in the parish of Llandanwg, Merionethshire, son of Edward Wynne, who descended from a well-known Merioneth family (Wynne of Glyn Cywarch), and his wife, who had inherited Y Lasynys. It has not been ascertained, as yet, where Ellis Wynne received his early education nor how he spent his life until he entered Jesus College, Oxford, on 1 March 1691
WYNNE, JOHN (1650 - 1714), industrial pioneer The son of the squire of Copa'rleni (the name has several forms - see Ellis Davies, Prehistoric and Roman Remains of Flintshire, 159-60; the old mansion is now a farmhouse, known as ' Y Gop'), Trelawnyd ('Newmarket'), Flintshire. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all named John Wynne; the great-grandfather was the son of Edward ap John Wynne ap Robert ap Ieuan ap Cynwrig ap
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
Y BARDD COCH O FÔN - see HUGHES, HUGH
Y BRAWD - see MADOG ap GWALLTER
YALE family Plâs yn Iâl, Plas Grono, This ancient Denbighshire family was descended from Osbwrn Wyddel of Cors-y-gedol, Meironnydd, ancestor of the Vaughans of that place through the marriage of Osbwrn's great-great-grandson Elise with the heiress of Allt Llwyn Dragon, later Plâs yn Iâl. His grandson THOMAS YALE (c. 1526 - 1577), ecclesiastical lawyer Law Religion Third son of David Lloyd (Yale) by Gwenhwyfar Lloyd of Llwyn-y-maen
YATES, WILFRID NIGEL (1944 - 2009), archivist and historian Nigel Yates was born on 1 July 1944 in Swansea, the son of Thomas Yates (1909-1997), a chartered accountant, and his wife Alice (née Bentham, 1912-1993). Alongside his younger sister Katharine Wilma (b. 1949) he was brought up a Roman Catholic and was educated at Craig-y-Nos Preparatory School in Swansea, followed in 1955 by Belmont Abbey School, Herefordshire. In 1962 he took up a place at the
YORKE, PHILIP SCOTT (1905 - 1976), Squire of Erddig, near Wrexham bottle of Cyprus sherry for visitors. He bought his cars, his bicycles and his worn clothes second-hand. The Yorkes never threw anything away. When the cupboards in the house were cleared over 15,000 documents were presented to Clwyd Record Office. Philip Yorke died at Pen-y-lan church 2 July 1978, where he had hurried on his bicycle that hot Sunday morning. His ashes were buried in Marchwiel church

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