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MORRIS, JOHN EDWARD (1859 - 1933), schoolmaster and historian Born at Rugby. He graduated in 1882 from Magdalen College, Oxford (D.Litt. 1905), and was, till 1923, a master at Bedford Grammar School; he died 8 November 1933. He was not a Welshman, but appears in this book in virtue of his chief work, The Welsh Wars of Edward I, extending to 1295, with an introduction on the previous struggles between the Welsh and the Normans. The book is concerned not only
MORRIS, Sir LEWIS (1833 - 1907), poet and educationist Born 23 January 1833, at Carmarthen, son of Lewis Edward William Morris and great-grandson of Lewis Morris. After a brilliant academic career at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Carmarthen, at Cowbridge and Sherborne Schools, and at Jesus College, Oxford (graduated 1856), he was called to the Bar in 1861. In 1871 he published anonymously Songs of Two Worlds, and a second and third series under
MORRIS, LEWIS (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701 - 1765), poet and scholar grammatical and lexical studies, his patterns were John Davies of Mallwyd and Edward Lhuyd, and his immediate project was an enlargement of Davies's Dictionarium, which (as Morris very rightly said in 1761) was based on too limited a knowledge of the older poetry, seeing that Davies had been unable to command a sufficient range of older MS. texts. Morris, therefore, set to work to collect MSS. (or copies of
MORRIS, ROBERT (bu farw 1768), industrialist son of Robert Morris of Bishop's Castle and Cleobury Mortimer. He entered business in North Wales and married Margaret Jenkins of Machynlleth; but moved to Tredegar. In 1727 he joined Richard Lockwood and Edward Gibbon (the historian's grandfather) in buying a copper-works at ' Landore ' (Glandŵr), Swansea; they had works afterwards at Llangyfelach and Forest, together with brass-wire mills and
MORRIS, RUPERT HUGH (1843 - 1918), cleric and antiquary ) may be specified. In 1894 the duke presented him to the living of S. Gabriel's, Pimlico; he died there 2 January 1918. He was a member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association from 1890, and editor of Archæologia Cambrensis, to which he contributed good articles, from 1907 till 1918. For that Society, too, he edited (1909-11) Edward Lhuyd's Parochialia, but his knowledge of Welsh was not quite
teulu MORTIMER Wigmore, merged in the larger contest between the barons and Henry III, and, later, in the campaigns of Edward I against Wales. In 1262 and 1266 Mortimer was heavily defeated by Llywelyn, and, in September 1267, by the Treaty of Montgomery, large portions of his land were surrendered to that prince. In November 1276 Mortimer was appointed captain for Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire, and the
MORTIMER, ROGER de (1256? - 1326), lord of Chirk part in the attempts to suppress the rebellion of Rhys ap Maredudd, lord of Ystrad Tywi, 1287-8. In July 1287 he was requested to provide 400 footmen, and in November 1287 and 1288 was again directed to take various measures against the rebellious lord. Towards the end of Edward I's reign he incurred the king's displeasure and fell into disfavour for a while. The accession of Edward II, however
MORTIMER, ROGER de (4th earl of March, 4th earl of Ulster), (1374 - 1398) Born at Usk 11 April 1374, son of Edmund de Mortimer (see Mortimer family) and Philippa, daughter of Lionel duke of Clarence (second son of king Edward III - the marriage is important, as the basis of the 'Yorkist' claim to precedence over the 'Lancaster' house, descended from Edward's third son). Roger's parents died when he was but a boy, so that his estates came under prolonged and careful
MORTON, RICHARD ALAN (1899 - 1977), biochemist Peredur Jones, Jennie Thomas and others who were influential later in the life of the Welsh nation. Morton graduated with first class honours in Chemistry in 1922 and he then studied for his doctorate under Professor Edward Charles Cyril Baly (1871-1948), a pioneer in the application of spectroscopy in the field of chemistry. The influence of his co-researcher Selig Hecht (1892-1947) led Morton to apply
MORYS ap HYWEL (ap TUDUR) (fl. c. 1530), a poet no details are known concerning his life, although a number of his poems remain in manuscripts. They include a number on religious themes, and some addressed to Siôn Wyn of Y Tŵr (Mold), Edward Puleston of Emral, and Llywelyn ap Ieuan ap Hywel of Moelyrch.
teulu MOSTYN Talacre, The Mostyns of Talacre descend from Peter (Peyrs, Piers), son of Richard ap Hywel by his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Salusbury the elder, of Lleweni (for Peter and Richard ap Hywel see the article on the Mostyn family of Mostyn). The baronetcy in this family was created in 1670, the first baronet being Sir EDWARD MOSTYN. To this family belonged FRANCIS EDWARD MOSTYN (1860 - 1939), fourth
teulu MOSTYN Mostyn Hall, , according to NLW MS 1557C, widow of Edward Stanley.' For how long this land had belonged to Hywel's ancestors the authors do not know, but they surmise that it formed part of the territory of Hywel's ancestor, Edwin of Tegeingl (see under Owain ab Edwin). In 1301 ITHEL FYCHAN did homage and fealty to prince Edward, as earl of Chester, for his Flintshire estates. ' Hywel and his descendants, for the most

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