Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WYNNE, WILLIAM (1671? - 1704), historian He came of the family of Wynne of Garthewin, Llanfair Talhaiarn (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 167), a cadet branch of the Wynne of Melai family (ibid. 376); a Robert Wynne (died 1682), younger son of John Wynne of Melai, married Margaret Price, heiress of Garthewin; their son, Robert Wynne (1636 - 1680), rector of Llan-ddeiniolen and of Llaniestyn, and canon of Bangor, married Catherine Madryn
YARDLEY, EDWARD (1698 - 1769), archdeacon London, 28 March 1698, son of Robert and Elizabeth Yardley, he was educated at Merchant Taylors School and S. John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1717/18, M.A. 1721, B.D. 1729). After ordination (deacon 1721, priest 1722) he served in London before he was given (by S. John's College, Cambridge), the sinecure rectory of S. Florence, Pembrokeshire (4 March 1731/32). On 5 November 1731 he was elected preacher
YOUNG, THOMAS (1507 - 1568), archbishop of York Tregaron, 1560. Elected precentor of S. Davids in 1542, he took up residence in 1547, and became a leader of the faction opposed to bishop Robert Ferrar. Said to have fled abroad in Mary's reign, no trace of his exile remains in Continental archives. In 1559, he was one of the royal visitors of the Welsh dioceses, and was elected bishop of S. Davids, 6 December 1559. On Parker's recommendation, he was
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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