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POWEL, JOHN (bu farw 1767), weaver-poet ., these being ten cywyddau and one awdl. They include a poem on Christ's passion, one complaining of the contemporary neglect of old poetry, an elegy to a greyhound, poems addressed to Siôn ap Rhisiart of Bryniog, Ieuan Owain of Dyffryn Aur, Rhobert Burchinshaw, two to Ieuan Brydydd Hir, and one to Dafydd Jones, Trefriw, requesting a copy of Y Cydymaith Diddan. This last cywydd and the letter, written
POWEL, THOMAS (1845 - 1922), Celtic scholar mediaeval Welsh texts - in particular, Ystorya de Carolo Magno (1883). In 1888 he edited, on behalf of the Society of Cymmrodorion, Thomas Stephens's version of The Gododin of Aneurin Gwawdrydd, In 1896 he published a facsimile reproduction of bishop Morgan's Psalmau Dafydd, 1588, with copious notes. In 1890 he married Gwenny Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Jones of Neath and Penarth, by whom he
teulu POWELL Nanteos, Llechwedd-dyrus, the Exchequer, and 'Judge of the King's Bench in Kg. James the Second's time' (Peniarth MS 156), married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of David Lloyd (Gwyn) of Aberbrwynen, and was the father of WILLIAM POWELL. The latter married Avarina, daughter of Cornelius le Brun by his wife, Ann, daughter and co-heiress of John Jones of Nanteos. William Powell's eldest son THOMAS POWELL (died 1752) was
POWELL, GRIFFITH (1561 - 1620), principal of Jesus College, Oxford
POWELL, JOHN (Edmund Jones, Hist. of Aberystruth, 103, 131) from March 1736 till 3 October 1742. In the meantime (19 February 1739/40), he had become rector of Llanmartin and Wilcrick near Newport; he died there 25 March 1795. He was one of the earliest Methodist clerics, and was one of the three Welsh clergymen present at the Watford Association of January 1743. In 1778, we find him offering a curacy to Thomas
POWELL, PHILIP (1594 - 1646), O.S.B. him to Flanders where he studied, at Fr. Baker's expense, at the University of Louvain, 1614-19. He was ordained priest in 1618 and was professed a monk on 15 August 1619, having studied under Dom Leander Jones, O.S.B.. He was next made cellarer of S. Gregory's monastery, Douai, and was sent on the English mission on 7 March 1622. He lived with Dom Baker for sixteen months in Gray's Inn Lane, London
POWELL, THOMAS (1608? - 1660), cleric from Jenkin Jones of Llanddety, one of the approvers appointed under the Act for the propagation of the Gospel in Wales. It is possible that his exile was due to the fact that he had ignored Jenkin Jones's prohibition. His only Welsh book, Cerbyd Iechydwriaeth, 1657, is tainted with the bitterness of those years. He was restored to his parish in 1660 and was appointed canon of S. Davids. According to
POWELL, WILLIAM (Gwilym Pennant; 1830 - 1902), poet his many successes were silver medals at the national eisteddfod, Llandudno, 1864, the Swansea eisteddfod, 1863, and at the Llangefni eisteddfod. He was fifth for the chair at the Merthyr eisteddfod, 1888. He married (1), Mary Theodore, Llanfair Caereinion, by whom he had five children, and (2), 1895, a Miss Jones of Westminster. He died 16 July 1902, and was buried in London.
POWELL, WILLIAM EIFION (1934 - 2009), minister (Cong.) and college principal family moved a mile or so away to nearby village of Gwaencaegurwen and settled at 6 Colbren Square. His mother died in 1957 at the age of 48. Eifion was brought up and started preaching at the Tabernacl, Cwmgors, under the ministry of the Reverends T. M. Roderick, Emrys Jones and Irfon Samuel. He was educated at Pontardawe Grammar School, and was specially influenced by Eic Davies, one of the teachers
teulu PRICE Rhiwlas, children included the heir, CADWALADR (Price) (below), Dr. Elis Prys, Plas Iolyn, Denbighshire, Thomas Vaughan, Pant Glas, and two other sons who became abbots of Aberconway (Griffith, Pedigrees, 204). Sir Robert, who became cross-bearer to Cardinal Wolsey, died before or in 1534; his will was proved at the P.C.C. of Canterbury; he also was buried in Ysbyty Ifan church. CADWALADR AP ROBERT CADWALADR
PRICE THOMAS, CLEMENT (1893 - 1973), pioneering surgeon to meetings of the Council, and to degree ceremonies and other events as often as he could and took an active interest in the affairs of the School. Indeed the provost of the time, Alan Trevor Jones, noted in his diary not long after Price Thomas had started his presidency that he 'is very interested, almost too interested in everything'. The fact was that, despite periods of indifferent health
PRICE, BENJAMIN (Cymro Bach; 1792 - 1854), Baptist minister and littérateur (1828-40) (as co-pastor first with John Jones and from 1833 onwards with George Thomas, afterwards of the Pontypool Academy); Dudley (1840-2) (again as co-pastor, with William Rogers, a native of Blaenau Gwent); and, finally, Tredegar (1842-4). He retired in 1844 to become a superintendent for Wales of the Baptist Missionary Society, and in this post performed his most important life's work. He was a

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1465 - 1476 of 1927 for "Griffith Hartwell Jones"