Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1779 - 1854), cleric bishop Randolph of Oxford, he went as usher to Friars School, Bangor, in 1803, being licensed also to the curacy of Llandygài. He soon made a deep impression on the district. In 1807 he was appointed vicar of Cilcain, near Mold; in 1809 to Halkyn; in 1819 to Meifod, Montgomeryshire. In 1836 he returned to Flintshire, to Ysgeifiog, and remained there till his death on 28 December 1854. He was buried at
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL (c. 1660 - c. 1722), cleric and author (Llanstephan MS 146), ' Immanuel neu Ddirgelwch Cnawdoliaeth Mab Duw,' James Ussher (Llanstephan MS 22), ' Prawf fod degymau yn ddyledus wrth Ordinhad Duw ', (Llanstephan MS 111), the translation of which was begun in 1699, the year the S.P.C.K. was founded, two volumes of sermons by bishop Beveridge (NLW MS 68A), and works by various authors (Cwrtmawr MS 253). His only original prose work, apart from
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (1658 - 1726), cleric and translator vicar of Llanrwst from 1690 to 1697, and rector of Denbigh from 1697 till his death in 1726. He translated a number of works into Welsh, including Eglurhad o Gatecism yr Eglwys by bishop Beveridge of St Asaph (1708), and a considerable book by R. Nelson - Cydymaith i Ddyddiau Gwylion ac Ymprydiau Eglwys Loegr (1712).
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (fl. end of the 18th century), attorney, outstanding figure in the copper industry intricacies of political management; he did as much as anybody to get the Pagets, sons of Uxbridge, elected for Anglesey and the Caernarvon boroughs from 1790 onwards; in his letters he emphasised again and again how necessary it was to have close co-operation between the earl and lord Bulkeley of Beaumaris. There was no good fellowship between that lord and bishop Warren of Bangor, more especially because
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1748 - 1820), cleric, a pioneer of the Sunday school movement in Wales son of Rhys and Ann Williams, Glanwenlais, Cil-y-cwm, Carmarthenshire. Ordained deacon by the bishop of S. Davids, 1 September 1771, and priest, 14 August 1774, he was curate at Carmarthen; he is, however, better known as curate of S. Gennys, Cornwall. He corresponded with Thomas Charles (of Bala) on the subject of education in Wales. He is given credit for establishing a Sunday school in the
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1717 - 1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer deacon in 1740, working as a curate for Theophilus Evans at Llanwrtyd, Llanfihangel, and Llanddewi Abergwesyn until 1743. In that year he was in some trouble in the bishop's court and the bishop refused to ordain him priest. He thereupon cast his energies into the Methodist movement, and he became one of its chief leaders in Wales. He married, c. 1748, Mary Francis of Llansawel and went to live at his
WILLIAMSON, EDWARD WILLIAM (1892 - 1953), Bishop of Swansea and Brecon . Martin, Potternewton, Yorkshire 1915-17. He was ordained priest 1916. He served as curate of Lambeth 1917-22 and was appointed Lecturer in St. Augustine's College Canterbury 1922-23. He was elected Fellow in 1923 and Honorary Fellow from 1936. He was appointed Warden of St. Michael's College, Llandaff 1926 and remained there until he was elected Bishop of Swansea and Brecon in November 1939. He was Hon
WOGAN family -heirs of Robert de Valle (Dale), lord of Walwyn's Castle. Sir John Wogan, lord of Picton (as he was designated), founded the chantry of S. Nicholas in the cathedral of S. Davids in 1302, and it is said that he was buried in that chapel. He also secured a grant of the manor of Castle Morris, in Dewsland, for the bishop of S. Davids in 1302. He died 1321. Sir THOMAS WOGAN (born c. 1311), son and heir of
WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666 - 1727), cleric and scholar Suffolk 13 August 1666, and died in Essex 13 February 1726/7. He did, however, have some Welsh associations. In 1680 he made the acquaintance of bishop William Lloyd of S. Asaph, and from 1691 until his death, held the sinecure living of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos - his residential living being Middleton Keynes near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. In 1714, owing to financial difficulties, he retired to Wales, where
WYNN family Cesail Gyfarch, Penmorfa , married Jane (Lloyd), Dulasau, and by her was the father of (a) ROBERT WYNN (died January 1685/6), the heir, (b) MARGARET (1618 - 1679), who married Richard Humphreys (died 1699), Hendre Gwenllian, Penrhyndeudraeth, and (c) two other daughters. Robert Wynn, who was a barrister-at-law, left Cesail Gyfarch to his nephew, bishop Humphrey Humphreys, son of his sister Margaret and of Richard Humphreys. The
WYNN family Bodewryd, to the living of Llaneugrad and Llanallgo, 17 February 1668/9, and again to Llantrisant, 7 October 1670. He married Margaret, eldest daughter of Robert Morgan, bishop of Bangor (and sister to the wife of Humphrey Humphreys, afterwards bishop of Bangor and of Hereford), 3 January 1671/2. It is not strange, therefore, that he secured the rectory of Llanddyfnan (which had been held 'in commendam' by
WYNN family Berth-ddu, Bodysgallen, pupil John Williams, later archbishop of York, receiving instead the living of East Ham (1605-11). He was bursar of the college from 1608-11, and in the following year was elected Master (largely through Williams's influence among the Fellows) over the head of the far more distinguished Thomas Morton, later bishop of Durham - an action which Hacket believes Williams to have later repented. In the same

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