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LLOYD, MEREDITH (fl. 1655-1677), lawyer and antiquary Cambro-Briton, i, 410-5; there are also two important letters, one written in 1655, and the other in 1658, bound with Peniarth MS 275. This correspondence shows that Vaughan held Lloyd in high esteem and frequently consulted him about his researches. It was he who was entrusted with the negotiations for securing a loan for his friend of the 'Liber Landavensis' from Sir John Vaughan of Trawsgoed in 1655
LLOYD, MORGAN (1820 - 1893), barrister and politician Born at Cefngellgwm, Trawsfynydd, 14 July 1820, son of Morris Lloyd, farmer. The family is stated to have been a branch of the family of Llwyd of Cynfal. Morgan Lloyd at first intended to become a land surveyor and assisted John Matthews in mapping Trawsfynydd parish in 1839. He afterwards went to the Calvinistic Methodist College at Bala and subsequently to Edinburgh University. Becoming a
LLOYD, Sir RICHARD (1606 - 1676) Esclus, royalist and judge who married John Wynne, Bishop of St. Asaph; the bishop's name is seen with Sir Robert Price and others among the executors of the will of Roderick Lloyd.
LLOYD, RICHARD (1771 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister society at Gwalchmai in 1789, and began to exhort in 1794. He married in 1800, and went to keep a draper's shop at Beaumaris. Like his friend and fellow-islander John Elias, he was ordained at Bala in 1811. He died 25 May 1834, aged 63, and was buried at Llanfaes - John Elias was buried in the next grave. Lloyd is described as a witty and companionable man, a bit of a poet, and a good preacher.
LLOYD, ROBERT (1716 - 1792) Plas Ashpool,, farmer and Methodist exhorter one of the first to suffer by being ejected from his farm. The arch-enemy of the new sect was the sheriff, Hugh Hughes of Coed-y-brain - his monument in Ysgeifiog churchyard records his zeal in persecuting the wayward Methodists. In the spring of 1749 Robert Llwyd, accompanied by his wife and one small child, moved to Plas Ashpool in the parish of Llandyrnog in the Vale of Clwyd. There is no
LLOYD, ROBERT (Llwyd o'r Bryn; 1888 - 1961), eisteddfodwr, entertainer and farmer Born in Penybryn, Bethel, Llandderfel, Merionethshire, 29 February 1888, the youngest son of John and Winifred Lloyd. He was baptized by Michael Daniel Jones. He was educated at Sarnau school and after working for a period with his father on the farm, he married in 1913 Annie Williams, Derwgoed, Llandderfel. Thereafter he farmed Derwgoed until he retired in 1944. In this connection, he was one of
LLOYD, SIMON (1756 - 1836), Methodist cleric he fell in love with SARAH BOWEN (born 1727, died 29 April 1807), the first ' matron ' of the Trevecka Family. It was not without much trouble that Howel Harris was persuaded to assent to this marriage - or rather, possibly, to abandoning the capital which Sarah had brought into the family; however, on the intercession of John Evans of Bala (1723 - 1817), the marriage took place (the contract is
LLOYD, THOMAS (1673? - 1734), cleric and lexicologist Power to him - he did not live to inherit it, but was living there at the time of his death in 1734; he was buried 22 October at Wrexham. Some of his books and manuscripts are now in the N.L.W. (see N.L.W. Handlist, items 716-21). The library also has his interleaved and annotated copy of John Davies's Dictionarium Duplex, crammed with additional words and citations; this has proved invaluable in the
LLOYD, THOMAS (Crych Elen; 1841 - 1909), musician Born at Liverpool, of an English father and a Welsh mother. He was brought up at Dolwyddelan, of which his mother was a native, went to work in a slate quarry, but his whole thought was given to music. He was admitted as 'bard' and 'musician' at the pseudo-gorsedd, known as 'Arwest Llyn Geirionydd' (see Roberts, William John), held near Trefriw, and won some prizes at eisteddfodau. He emigrated
LLOYD, THOMAS (1765 - 1789), Unitarian minister and Academy tutor Born at Coedlannaufawr, Llanwenog, in 1765. His father was John, brother of David Lloyd (1845 - 1863) of Brynllefrith. He was educated at Davis of Castell-hywel's school, at Carmarthen Academy (1782-6), and Hoxton academy (1784-5). In March 1786 he was appointed tutor in classics and mathematics at 'Carmarthen' Academy (which at that time was located at Swansea), where he remained until his death
LLOYD, Sir THOMAS DAVIES (1820 - 1877), baronet, landowner, and politician Born 21 May 1820, eldest son of Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd, Cardiganshire, (high sheriff in 1814), and Anne Davies, daughter of John Thomas of Llwydcoed and Llety-mawr, Carmarthenshire. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. He married, December 1846, Henrietta Mary, daughter of George Reid of Bunker's Hill, Jamaica, and Watlington, Oxfordshire, by Louisa, daughter of Sir Charles
LLOYD, THOMAS RICHARD (Yr Estyn; 1820 - 1891), cleric Born at Denbigh, eldest son of John Lloyd, rector of Llanycil, 1826-41, and of Cerrigydrudion, 1841-68. He was educated at Ruthin Grammar School. Entering Jesus College, Oxford, in 1839, he graduated B.A. in 1843 and was ordained deacon in the same year, being licensed as curate to Llanfynydd in the parish of Hope, Flintshire He was ordained priest in 1844 and licensed to the perpetual curacy of

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