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teulu MATHEW Castell y Mynach, This family had held posts as stewards and seneschals during the 14th cent, for absent English lords. It was of the same stock as Lewis of Van, and derived according to 15th century pedigrees from Gwaethvoed of Ceredigion. Sir DAVID MATHEW (fl. 1428-84), the son of a supporter of Owain Glyn Dŵr, was a dependent of the Nevilles and a leading Yorkist. From Sir David and his wife Wenllian Herbert
teulu MAURICE Clenennau, Glyn (Cywarch), Penmorfa The careers of Sir William Maurice and colonel Sir John Owen are dealt with separately; here only a very general survey of the family is attempted. Sir John Wynn says in his The history of the Gwydir family (and it should be remembered that Sir John's ancestors came from Eifionydd, which is the south-eastern part of Caernarvonshire): 'You are to understand that in Evioneth there were two sects or
MAURICE, HENRY (1647 - 1691), cleric and author (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 106). From Beaumaris grammar school he went up to Jesus College, Oxford, graduated in January 1667-8, was elected Fellow in 1670, proceeded D.D. in 1683, and was Margaret Professor of Divinity in 1691. He was companion and chaplain to Sir Leoline Jenkins till 1680, when he became chaplain to archbishop Sancroft. Apart from holding the sinecure rectory of Llandrillo-yn
MAURICE, Sir WILLIAM (1542 - 1622), politician , which appealed to him as a Welsh patriot. He claimed to have suggested James's assumption of the title before parliament met (possibly on the occasion of his knighthood, as Sir William Morris, on 23 July 1603), but his sister's playful allusion to him as the king's 'godfather' has been taken too literally: there is no evidence that he enjoyed James's personal friendship. He also opposed the Shrewsbury
MAURICE, WILLIAM (bu farw 1680), antiquary and collector of manuscripts possession or had been written by or for him.He was twice married (1), to Lettice, daughter of Roger Kynaston, Ruabon, by the daughter and heiress of Roger Eyton of Cefn y Carneddau; by her he had three sons who died young, and two daughters - Ann, wife of David Williams of Glan Alaw, brother of (Sir) William Williams (1634 - 1700), Speaker of the House of Commons, and Lettice, wife of Roger, son of Thomas
McGRATH, MICHAEL JOSEPH (1882 - 1961), Archbishop
McLUCAS, CLIFFORD (1945 - 2002), artist and theatre director in 1968 and continued to work on architectural projects. Between 1972-74 he worked intermittently as a forester apprenticing himself to a master carpenter and became a skilled and inventive craftsman. In 1974 he moved to Tre-groes, Ceredigion with his partner and young family. They had three sons, Jesse, Joseph and John. He worked as a carpenter on self-employed projects and began to learn Welsh
MEADOWS, JOSEPH KENNY (1790 - 1874), draughtsman
MEILYR BRYDYDD (fl. c . 1100-1137), chief court-poet to Gruffudd ap Cynan at Aberffraw. He is considered the earliest of the 'Gogynfeirdd.' Meilyr, and Gwalchmai (his son), and his grand-children, appear to be the likeliest known instance in Wales of a line of hereditary poets, as was usual in Ireland, holding land in return for their eulogies of a particular line of rulers. Trefeilyr and Trewalchmai remain as place-names in Anglesey. Sir J. Morris
MERCER, JOHN (1893 - 1987), cricketer Glamorgan bowler to achieve this feat. Other outstanding bowling achievements were eight wickets for 41 runs against Worcestershire in 1930, eight wickets for 42 runs against Warwickshire in 1931, and a hat-trick against Surrey in 1932. He toured India, Burma and Ceylon with the MCC in 1926-7, was a member of Sir Julien Cahn's team which played in Jamaica in 1928-9, and was a regular member of the Players
MEREDITH, Sir JOHN (1714 - 1780), lawyer
MEREDITH, RICHARD (bu farw 1597), bishop of Leighlin, Ireland Born in Denbighshire, son, it is said, of one Robert Meredith ap Gronw and Margaret, daughter of William John ap Gronw. It is possible that he was of the same stock as the Merediths of Stansty. He was probably the Richard Meredith who graduated B.A. at Jesus College, 4 March 1572/3, but it is quite certain that he became M.A. of the same college in 1575. He became chaplain to Sir John Perrot

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