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JENKINS, JOHN (Ifor Ceri; 1770 - 1829), cleric and antiquary . Agincourt in the West Indies, being later transferred to H.M.S. Theseus. He returned home to recover his health, and after convalescence was appointed rector of Manordivy, Pembrokeshire, and, in 1807, vicar of Kerry, Montgomeryshire, the living being in the gift of Thomas Burgess, bishop of S. Davids. He died 20 November 1829. He built a new parsonage at Kerry, and the poets called it ' The Court of Ifor
JENKINS, KATHRYN (1961 - 2009), scholar and hymnologist church in 1986 and she was a lay preacher. She was invested with the White Robe of the Gorsedd of Bards in 1993. She was an effective college lecturer and a popular guest speaker at many societies up and down the country. She was a member of the University of Wales Court from 1998 onwards and also of the University Board of Celtic Studies; she served as chair of the Presbyterian Church Education Board
JENKINS, Sir LEOLINE (1625 - 1685), civil lawyer, diplomat, benefactor of Jesus College, Oxford 1661 he was elected principal and he held the office until 1673. In 1662 he was made deputy professor of Civil Law; he was also made assessor to the Chancellor's Court, and he was entrusted with the foreign correspondence of the University. Persuaded by Sheldon, Jenkins decided to take up the practice of the Civil Law. Preferments followed rapidly. In 1663 he was made deputy to the dean of the Court
JENKINS, Syr LEOLINE (1625 - 1685), gwr o'r gyfraith sifil, llysgennad, noddwr Coleg Iesu Rhydychen ymneilltuodd Mansell yn 1661 etholwyd ef yn brifathro, a daliodd y swydd hyd 1673. Yn 1662 gwnaethpwyd ef yn ddirprwy athro adran y gyfraith sifil; gwnaethpwyd ef hefyd yn ' Assessor to the Chancellor's Court ' a rhoddwyd iddo'r swydd o ohebydd tramor y brifysgol. Ar berswâd Sheldon penderfynodd ddewis ymarfer y gyfraith sifil yn yrfa iddo'i hun. Daeth swyddi i'w ran yn gyflym. Yn 1663 gwnaethpwyd ef yn
JOAN (bu farw 1237), princess and diplomat in the Middle March, and it was whilst William was visiting Joan and Llywelyn at court to finalise marriage arrangements at Easter in 1230 that the affair was exposed. An entry in the Chester annals contends that while de Braose was hanged for his insurgency, 'the woman was imprisoned for a long time'. Joan's imprisonment, in fact, lasted only a year, as she had been released from custody in 1231
JOHN, AUGUSTUS EDWIN (1878 - 1961), arlunydd byw yn Alderney Manor, Dorset, ond yn 1927 ymsefydlasant yn Fryern Court, Hampshire, er y treuliai'r arlunydd lawer o amser yn ei stiwdio yn Llundain. Bu farw yn Fryern Court, 31 Hydref 1961. Lluniadau rhagorol, yn enwedig o'i gyfoedion megis ei ddwy wraig a'i chwaer, sydd yn nodweddu cyfnod cynnar ei yrfa, ynghyd â phortreadau olew dan ddylanwad yr Hen Feistri; arbrofodd hefyd gyda chyfres o
JOHN, AUGUSTUS EDWIN (1878 - 1961), artist , Dorelia became the artist's de facto wife. From 1911 the family lived at Alderney Manor, Dorset, but in 1927 they settled permanently at Fryern Court, Hampshire, Augustus nonetheless spending much of his time at his studio in London. He died at Fryern Court, 31 October 1961. The early period of his work is characterised by his exceptional drawings, notably of contemporaries, including his wives and
JOHNES, ARTHUR JAMES (1809 - 1871), county court judge Born 4 February 1809, the son of Edward Johnes of Garthmyl, Montgomeryshire, and Mary his wife, who was a Davies of Llifior, and thus connected with the family of Owen of Cefn-hafodau. He was educated at Oswestry grammar school and University College, London, and called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1835. In 1847 he was appointed a county court judge in North Wales and part of South Wales, and
JOHNES, JOHN (1800 - 1876), barrister-at-law and county court judge the Tithe Commutation Act and on the Admiralty, Copyhold, Enclosure, and Lunacy Commissions. He was appointed judge of the county court of the Carmarthen district, 1847; recorder of the borough of Carmarthen, 1851-72; chairman of quarter sessions for the county of Carmarthen, 1853-72; he was a J.P. and D.L. for the counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke. During the Rebecca riots Johnes did
teulu JONES Llwyn-rhys, the Boyne. He managed, however, to keep his name out of the public records. He is also credited with having secured, through his influence at Court, a special licence for his father to preach in his own house. This is an echo of the 1672 licence, granted when he could hardly have been more than 12 years old. According to the biographical dictionaries he was educated at a school conducted by his
teulu JONES Llwynrhys, the Court and State of England Roger Coke. Efallai iddo ddechrau gydag ail arg. 1696, gan fod Coke wedi marw pan ysgrifennai ef y rhagair yn 1697, ac y mae'n fwy na thebyg mai D. J. a olygodd y 4ydd arg. yn 1719, a'i ymestyn i farwolaeth y frenhines Ann. Ar awdurdod James Crossley, priodola ' Gwynionydd ' fywgraffiadau Syr Stephen Fox, y Dr. South, yr arglwydd Halifax, a'r Dr. Redcliff iddo
JONES, ABEL (Bardd Crwst; 1830 - 1901), ballad writer and strolling ballad singer early part of 1901. At one period he lived at Mold, 'in a court off the High-Street,' and Ellis Edwards recounts how he would drop into Daniel Owen the novelist's shop for a chat. He travelled throughout Wales - several of his ballads (of which we have seventy-one) are concerned with events in South Wales. He has been called 'the prince of ballad-singers,' and when we consider how recent were his

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