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teulu SCUDAMORE lordship of Abergavenny by the marriage of Sir ALAN SCUDAMORE with the daughter and sole heiress of the lord of Troy, not far from Monmouth. Four generations later Sir Alan's great-grandson married ALICE, one of the daughters of Owain Glyn Dwr. Sir JOHN SCUDAMORE I, Owain's son-in-law, was at the outset of the rebellion in royal service, and in 1403 was actually the custodian on the king's behalf of
SHADRACH, AZARIAH (1774 - 1844), schoolmaster, Independent minister, and author Jubili, 1819; (12) Cerbyd Aur, 1820; (13) Tabernacl Newydd, 1821; (14) Myfyrdodau Ysbrydol, 1821; (15) Glyn Angeu, 1821?; (16) Dyfroedd Siloam, 1827; (17) Gwallt Sampson, 1831; (18) Cangen o rawn camphir, 1833; (19) Myrr Dyferol, 1833; (20) Meditations on Jewels, 1833; (21) Tlysau Aur, 1837; (22) Blodau y Ffigysbren, 1837; (23) Cerbyd o Coed Libanus, 1840. No. 4 was translated into English by Edward S
SIMON, BEN (c. 1703 - 1793), dissenter and copyist the group of copyists greatly influenced by Iaco ab Dewi. His most celebrated manuscript, 'Tlysau'r Beirdd' (NLW MS 5474A) was written between 1747 and 1751, and his well-known collection of Dafydd ap Gwilym's works (NLW MS 5475A) in 1754. Some of his other manuscripts are in the Cardiff City Library and at Oxford. His books and manuscripts were bought by Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) in 1790, and
STEPHEN, ROBERT (1878 - 1966), schoolmaster, historian and poet , he won the first prize for a collection of the work of Guto'r Glyn. Sir Owen kept the work, intending to publish it, but it never appeared. In the national eisteddfod in Colwyn Bay, 1910, again under the adjudication of Sir Owen M. Edwards, Stephen shared the prize with the Reverend D.R. Jones, Cardiff, for the best collection of the unpublished work of any Welsh poet of Tudor times, with a short
STEPHENS, MICHAEL (1938 - 2018), writer and literature administrator two literatures. In collaboration with figures such as T. J. Morgan, Roland Mathias, Glyn Tegai Hughes and M. Wynn Thomas a stable publishing environment was established, literary magazines were born (some stillborn), writers were supported and a lively exchange programme placed Welsh writing in an international context. The future Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott was recipient of a Wales Arts
THOMAS, Sir DANIEL (LLEUFER) (1863 - 1940), stipendiary magistrate Born 29 August 1863, the third child of William and Esther Thomas, at Llethr Enoch (now in ruins), Cwm-du (near Talley), in the parish of Llandeilo-fawr. His childhood was spent on the adjoining farm of Cefn Hendre, both farms being part of the Taliaris estate. His maternal grandfather was a half-brother of Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi). His early education, at Jonah Evans's academy at
THOMAS, JOHN (1821 - 1892), Independent minister, politician, and historian school kept by the local minister for the training of preachers. The following year he went to Ffrwd-y-fâl school where, however, he only stayed a few months. He received a call to Bwlchnewydd church, Carmarthenshire, where he was ordained, 15 June 1842. In February 1850 he moved to Glyn Neath church, and in 1854 to Tabernacle, Great Crosshall Street, Liverpool, where he spent the rest of his life. He
THOMAS, JOSEPH MORGAN (1868 - 1955), minister (U) and Free Catholic, councillor and public figure sermon (1918); The humanising of industry (1919); A comprehensive Church. What the Old Meeting Church stands for (1921); Religious instruction in schools (1941); Toleration and church-unity (Dr. Williams Lecture, 1941); What is education for? (1949); he edited The Free Catholic (1916-27). He died 2 July 1955 and his body was cremated at Glyn-taff on July 6. His wife died in 1945. He was survived by his
THOMAS, LEWIS (1832 - 1913) Queensland, pioneer of coal-mining Born 1832, at Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire. He married Ann Morris at Llanfihangel-genau'r-glyn. Emigrating at the age of 27 he worked his way through Victoria to Queensland. In 1866 he cut the first ton of coal from the Bundamba coal-field and opened up the well-known Aberdare colliery, where he worked till 1890, when its output reached between 50,000 and 60,000 tons per annum. Retiring from mining
THOMAS, MORRIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Calvinistic Methodist), writer and historian , though he was in Bala from 1905-07. He was ordained in 1908, and his first pastorate was at Aber and Y Gatws near Bangor. Later, he became a minister in Penmorfa, near Porthmadog, Trefeglwys and Llawr-y-glyn, Montgomeryshire, and then Dolwyddelan. He wrote extensively for the publications of his denomination. He won a prize in the national eisteddfod at Abergavenny in 1913, for a translation into Welsh
THOMAS, WILLIAM (Islwyn; 1832 - 1878), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet held at Gelli Groes, 16 August 1854, after the usual probation, permission was given 'to begin preaching according to the normal dispensation.' He was ordained in 1859, but never had charge of a church. In 1864 he married Martha, daughter of William Davies, who had married the widowed mother of Ann Bowen; they lived at ' Green Meadow ' near Babell chapel until, in 1871, he built ' Y Glyn ' for
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