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MADDOCKS, ANN (the Maid of Cefn Ydfa; 1704 - 1727) been discovered; that the 'Maid' was in love with the poet ' Wil Hopcyn ' - that he composed the verses ' Watching the White Wheat ' to her - and that she died of a broken heart. This story has been fully discussed by G. J. Williams, in Y Llenor, 1927 and 1928; see also his Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg, 251-9.
MADOG ap GWALLTER, friar, a religious poet or early 14th cents.), which contains a Latin text of the 'Dares Phrygius' and Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum,' we find twenty-six lines of Latin leonine hexameters in which it is stated that Geoffrey had translated Welsh panegyric poems in praise of the ancient valour of the kings of Britain. The author refers to himself as 'Frater Walensis madocus edeirnianensis.' Sir Ifor Williams
teulu MADRYN Madryn, Llŷn descendant of the attorney's sister Jane. See, in continuation, Parry and Jones-Parry family, of Madryn.
MALKIN, BENJAMIN HEATH (1769 - 1842), antiquary and author Williams, B.D., of Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, master of Cowbridge grammar school and curate of Cowbridge. Malkin travelled in South Wales (1803) and in 1804 published a book which is far better known in its second, two-volume, ed., The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography of South Wales. This is by far the best of the old travel-books on South Wales - acute and interesting in its observation, usually
teulu MANSEL Oxwich, Penrice, Margam abbey, RICE MANSEL (died 1559), of Penrice and Oxwich, son of Jenkin Mansel (of Oxwich), who purchased Margam abbey from the Crown (De Gray Birch, Catalogue). His son, Sir EDWARD MANSEL (died 1595), of Penrice, Oxwich, and Margam, married Jane Somerset, daughter of Henry, 2nd earl of Worcester; among their children were THOMAS MANSEL (the heir), FRANCIS MANSEL (whence the Mansel family of Muddlescombe
MANSEL, BUSSY (1623 - 1699) Briton Ferry, parliamentary commander and Member of Parliament Born in 1623, the younger but only surviving son of Arthur Mansel of Briton Ferry (third son of Sir Thomas Mansel, baronet, of Margam, who died 1631) and Jane, daughter and heiress of William Price of Briton Ferry. At the early age of 22 Bussy Mansel was appointed, 17 November 1645, commander-in-chief of the parliamentary forces in Glamorgan. He was added to the High Court of Justice, 25 June
MANSEL, Sir ROBERT (1573 - 1656), admiral Fourth (or sixth?) son of Sir Edward Mansel (died 1585), of Penrice, Oxwich, and Margam, by his wife, lady Jane Somerset, daughter of Henry, 2nd earl of Worcester. His career, which is described in the D.N.B., touches the naval history of England much more closely than it did Wales but it is of interest to recall that, by the marriage of his nephew, Sir Lewis Mansel, there was a family connection
MASON, LILIAN JANE (1874 - 1953), actress Lilian Mason was born on 20 November 1874 in Park Terrace, Pontypool, the eldest of four children of Samuel Butler Mason, a physician and surgeon, and his wife Jane. Lilian was an accomplished pianist and singer, taking part in many concerts and eisteddfodau in her teenage years and early twenties. In the late 1890s she became involved with the Pontypool Amateur Dramatic Club, appearing in
MATTAN, MAHMOOD HUSSEIN (1923 - 1952), seaman and victim of injustice seventeen-year-old Laura Williams from the Rhondda Valley who was working in a paper factory in Cardiff, and they married in 1947. Laura described her husband as a good, kind man and a provider. Although their marriage was a happy one, due to it being an interracial union they faced racial hostilities in the local area and lived apart on the same street whilst raising their three children: David Mattan (b
MAURICE, HENRY (1634 - 1682), Independent minister preached in several unlicensed houses; towards the end of the same month he undertook the famous journey to his native Llŷn, preaching again in unlicensed places, addressing multitudes in churchyards, and disappointed at not being allowed to enter the pulpits of the parish churches themselves. Naturally he visited his 'cousin' John Williams of Llangian (1627 - 1673) and Richard Edwards (died 1704), the
MAURICE, HUGH (1775 - 1825), skinner, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts Born at Tyddyn Tudur, Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Denbighshire, in 1775 (christened 5 June), son of Peter Maurice and Jane, his wife, sister of Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr). He worked with his uncle in Upper Thames Street, sharing his literary and social activities in London. Under the latter's direction he began to transcribe Welsh manuscript texts in prose and verse, and he became a prominent member
MAURICE, JANE (1812), hymnist - gweler MAURICE, HUGH

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