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VAUGHAN, BENJAMIN NOEL YOUNG (1917 - 2003), Anglican priest honorary assistant bishop in his old diocese. Vaughan's first wife, whom he married in 1945, was Nesta Lewis (b. 1920); she died of cancer in 1980. About the time he retired, he married his former secretary, Magdalene Reynolds. There were no children of either marriage. Vaughan died on 5 August 2003. His funeral was held at Brecon Cathedral on 13 August. The Archbishop of Wales described him as 'a larger
WALLENSIS Grey Friar who became bishop of S. Davids Religion; there is no doubt at all that he was Welsh, for we have his own statement to this effect. He was one of the first four Grey Friars to teach at Oxford, and both Roger Bacon and Robert Grosseteste spoke highly of him (Little, Studies in English Franciscan History, 194-5). He was appointed bishop of S. Davids, 16 July 1247, consecrated 26 July 1248
WALTER, HENRY (1611 - 1678), Puritan preacher, Independent is not known for certain whether he was counted in 1676 with the thirty-eight sectaries of Mynydd Islwyn or was one of three obstinate Dissenters reported by the parson of Llantarnam. However, the date of his last will is 13 January 1674-5; he was dead in the summer of 1678, for his goods and furniture were inventoried on 8 August, and his will proved at Llandaff on 4 February 1678-9. In that will
WALTERS, JOHN (1721 - 1797), cleric and lexicographer printing press in Glamorgan. He published A Dissertation on the Welsh Language, 1771, and Dwy Bregeth, 1772, but his chief work was the large English-Welsh dictionary. This was based on the unpublished dictionary of William Gambold, but Walters was assiduous in collecting material of all kinds. The work was printed at the Cowbridge press, part one appearing on 5 April 1770. Fourteen parts were issued
WARRINGTON, WILLIAM (1735 - 1824), historian and dramatist -page work begins with a guide to Welsh pronunciation. It is well-footnoted, citing many printed sources, but pays no attention to Geoffrey of Monmouth and his fantasies. In general it is a judicious study, covering the centuries from the Roman occupation to the 1294-5 rising. Although there is no bibliography, the abbreviations in the footnotes are easily recognisable and wide-ranging. The only
WATKINS, Sir PERCY EMERSON (1871 - 1946), civil servant ) Mary Jane Jones of Llanfyllin, and had one son. In 1930 he was knighted and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Wales. Lady Watkins died in 1939, and in 1941 he married (2) Lil Bush (née Lewis). He died 5 May 1946. In addition to various articles and memoranda he published his autobiography in 1944 under the title A Welshman Remembers.
WATKYNS, ROWLAND (c.1614 - 1664), cleric and author people of note in South Wales and the English Border, many of them to members of landed families. There is one ' To his Honoured friend Mr. John Williams the most pious and learned Minister and Vicar of Devynnock and Luel.' That he was married is proved by ' An epitaph upon my beloved daughter Susanna Watkyns, who was born upon Ash Wednesday, 1655, and dyed the 5 of August, 1658.'
WILLIAM, THOMAS (1697 - 1778) Mynydd-bach, Independent minister, and author deacon there on 1 September 1734. Shortly afterwards he began to preach, and on 5 April 1744 was granted a preaching licence by the Carmarthen quarter sessions. In 1724 he published his Oes-lyfr, a chronicle of events, in three parts. A second edition of this work was published in 1768, and at least three more editions, with additions, appeared after the author's death. He was, moreover, an admirable
teulu WILLIAMS Cochwillan, early stages of his rising, but had abandoned his cause by 1408, when he appears as a crown official in Caernarvonshire. He was alive in 1443 and probably died c. 1445 (J. R. Jones, 'The development of the Penrhyn estate to 1431'; University of Wales, M.A. thesis, unpublished; Min. Acc., 1153/5; Griffith, Pedigrees, 186). GRIFFITH AP ROBIN (died c. 1475), royal official and crown farmer Public and
teulu WILLIAMS Gwernyfed, ., was a highly successful one. He became attorney-general for five of the South Wales counties in the Great Sessions (1581-5), recorder of Brecon (1587-1604) and of Carmarthen, Member of Parliament for Brecon (1584-93 and 1597-1604); he was appointed a sergeant-at-law in 1593, knighted by James I, and raised to the King's Bench. He died 22 January 1612/13, and was buried in the Priory church at Brecon
WILLIAMS, DANIEL POWELL (Pastor Dan; 1882 - 1947), founder and first president of the Apostolic Church The only Welshman to establish a world-wide church; born 5 May 1882 at Garn-foel, a smallholding near Pen-y-groes in the Amman valley, Carmarthenshire, one of twelve children of William and Esther Williams. As the father lost his sight when Daniel was only ten years old, he had to leave school a few months later in order to increase the family's income in some way, but the lad's weekly wage as a
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1709 - 1784), Independent minister - 1799), Morgan John Rhys, and David Williams (1738 - 1816) - there is a tendency to get these two David Williamses of Watford mixed up. The minister died 5 April 1784, at the age of 75, and was buried in his chapel. By common consent, he was greatly respected throughout his life. He was succeeded in Watford and Cardiff by his son THOMAS WILLIAMS, who for three years previously had been minister of

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