Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EDWARDS family Cilhendre, Plas Yolyn, 2nd Sir Thomas Myddelton, was one of the civilian envoys deputed by Thomas Mytton to negotiate the surrender of Anglesey (May - June 1646) and Harlech (16 March 1647), becoming governor of Wrexham in 1647. His namesake, who signed the loyal declaration of the Salop gentry in 1642 and was declared a delinquent in 1650, was almost certainly his second cousin of Shrewsbury, sheriff of Salop 1644 and
EDWARDS family Stansty, This family boasted continuous occupation of the same area from 1317, when David ap Meilir is said to have bought the manor of Stansty, to 1783, when his direct line died out. The surname was first stabilized by JOHN EDWARDS (1573 - 1635), son of David ab Edward; his executorship of the will under which his neighbour Sir William Meredith established a 'lectureship' at Wrexham suggests Puritan
EDWARDS family Chirkland, Flintshire (1546) and Denbighshire (1547); he fought at Boulogne in 1544. The family clung to the old religion till the time of his son JOHN EDWARDS II (died 1585), of Plas Newydd or New Hall, who, although suspected in 1574 of sympathy with Mary, queen of Scots, and imprisoned in 1579 for having mass said in his house, publicly renounced the pope at Wrexham at the execution of Richard Gwyn in 1584. JOHN
EDWARDS, EDWARD (1741 - 1820), cleric and antiquary son of Samuel Edwards of Mold. He matriculated from All Souls, Oxford, in October 1758, 'aged 17,' and graduated in 1762 - Foster gives no indication of the M.A. which is given him in other works of reference. Even before graduating he had been licensed (21 December 1760) curate at Wrexham, and in 1777 he became also vicar of Cilcain, Flintshire. From 1782 till his death he was vicar of Llanarmon
EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1629 - 1712), cleric and controversialist Born at Wrexham. He entered Christ Church, Oxford, in 1655, graduated in 1659, and became Fellow of Jesus College in 1662 and vice-principal in 1668. Livings and appointments held by him included: rector of Kiddington, rector of Hinton Ampner, rector of Llandysul, Cardiganshire, and vicar of Clynnog-fawr, Caernarfonshire; in 1686 he was elected principal of Jesus, and was vice-chancellor of the
EDWARDS, ROGER (1811 - 1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 26 January 1811 at Bala, the son of Roger and Elizabeth Edwards. Brought up at Dolgelley and educated there at Lewis William of Llanfachreth's school, he subsequently was at the grammar school at Bala. Following an abortive attempt to train him as a shop assistant, he was sent to Evan Rowland's school in Liverpool and then to the seminary kept by John Hughes (1796 - 1860) at Wrexham. From
EDWARDS, THOMAS (1649 - 1700) Rhual,, Puritan controversialist Born at Rhual 9 October 1649, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Edwards. On 2 August 1672 he married Jane, fifth daughter of Robert Davies, Gwysaney; they had no issue. Thomas Edwards was a member of the Dissenting church at Wrexham, and in the controversy about the views of Daniel Williams he supported the Independents and High Calvinism. His chief contribution to the controversy was the book, The
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Padarn; 1786 - 1857), poet He was a native of Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, where he worked as a quarryman. Gaining considerable repute as a poet, he published a volume of verse, Eos Padarn, in 1829, including compositions submitted to the provincial eisteddfodau held at Wrexham, Caernarfon, and Brecon (1820-2). Since his reason for taking his work to the press was to ensure 'that some parts of my labour be remembered and
ELDRIDGE, MILDRED ELSIE (1909 - 1991), artist well as the children who remain in harmony with the pastoral world, are painted with remarkable precision, especially given the sheer scale of the work. The work, one of the most significant achievements in mural painting since the war, is, after some years in storage, now on display at Oriel Sycharth, Glyndwr University, Wrexham. During the period in which Eldridge was painting the mural (1951-6
ELLICE, ROBERT, Royalist soldier The elder son of Gruffydd Elis ap Risiart of Frondeg, near Bersham, Denbighshire, the family coming originally from Hopedale and claiming descent on the male side (with a bend sinister) from Sandde Hardd, conqueror of Hopedale (c. 1100), and on the female side from the Stanley's of Ewloe. Robert Ellice acquired, possibly from his uncle PETER ELLICE (died 1637) of Wrexham (a learned lawyer and
ELLIS, ROBERT (1808 - 1881), Calvinistic Methodist minister he removed to Dinorwig quarry, and in 1829 became a chapel-member at Ysgoldy. In 1832, after five months' schooling under John Hughes (1796 - 1860) at Wrexham, he sought work at Liverpool, in vain, and walked home. He began preaching in 1834, and in 1837 opened a shop at Clwt-y-bont. In 1842 he was ordained, and in the same year married Jane Evans of Harlech; they had six children. Apart from
ELLIS, THOMAS PETER (1873 - 1936), judge (I.C.S.) and authority on Punjab customary law and medieval Welsh law Born at Wrexham, 4 June 1873, son of Peter Ellis and Mary (Lewis). His father died when he was very young, and he spent his early youth with his mother and her family on a farm near Glyndyfrdwy. He was educated at Oswestry high school and at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he became an admirer of (Sir) Owen M. Edwards. He went to India and soon earned distinction: he came to be considered one of

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