Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNN family Rûg, Boduan, Bodfean, details see an article (by E. D. Jones) in N.L.W. Jnl., vi, 176-81.
WYNN family Gwydir, Gyfarch in 1468. His son, Maredudd, to avoid implication in the feuds of his kinsmen in Eifionydd, purchased the lease of Dolwyddelan castle about 1489; he later built Penamnen, and finally purchased Gwydir from Dafydd ap Hywel Coetmor about 1500. JOHN (WYN) AP MAREDUDD (died 9 July 1559) Son of Maredudd ap Ieuan, succeeded to his father's lands at Gwydir, Nantconwy, Dolwyddelan, and Llanfrothen
WYNN family Bodewryd, third wife, Jane, daughter of Rhys ap Howell. He died 1 March 1596/7, leaving the estate to his son, JOHN WYN EDWARD, who also styled himself JOHN EDWARD AP HUGH GWYN and JOHN EDWARDS. Under him the family advanced to a higher grade in society. He was collector of the subsidy in Anglesey in 1600, and was appointed escheator in 1606. In 1612-3 he was high sheriff of the county. He died in 1614 (before
WYNN family Berth-ddu, Bodysgallen, This family was a younger branch of the Wynn family of Gwydir, founded through the marriage of Griffith Wynn (son of John Wynn ap Meredydd, died 1559, and uncle of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir) with the heiress of Robert Salusbury of Berth-ddu. OWEN GWYNN (GWYNNE, GWYN or WYN) (died 1633), Master of S. John's, Cambridge Education, was the third son of this Griffith Wynn. Nominated in 1584 to one of
WYNN, EDWARD (1618 - 1669), chancellor of Bangor cathedral , Jane, daughter of John ap Rhys Wyn. According to Moses Williams, F.R.S., Dr. John Davies left his lady in very good circumstances, but her second husband squandered her riches and abused her sufficiently besides. He was confirmed in the rectory of Llan-ym-Mawddwy by the Committee for the Propagation of the Gospel in Wales, 27 November 1649, but in 1650 he was ejected for some irregularity. He seems
WYNNE family Peniarth, IEUAN AP RHYS, who married LAUREA, daughter and heiress of Richard Bamville, Wirral, Cheshire, and thereby acquired Glyn (Cywarch). JOHN AP IEUAN AP RHYS, son of this marriage, is described as of Glyn - he was living there 27 November 1545. ROBERT WYN AP JOHN, of Glyn, who died in 1589, had married KATHERINE, daughter of Ellis ap Maurice of Clenennau, Caernarfonshire (sheriff of Merioneth in 1541
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
YALE family Plâs yn Iâl, Plas Grono, on the reform of the ecclesiastical courts, and on Grindal's sequestration, Yale administered the whole province till his fatal illness in November 1577, when he was succeeded by Awbrey. DAVID YALE, alias LLOYD (died 1626), chancellor of Chester Religion Almost certainly an illegitimate son of John Wyn (Yale), heir of Plâs yn Iâl and elder brother of the above Thomas. He followed his uncle to
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.
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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