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PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN (Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters eldest and put the two youngest, Robert and William, on the parish. After a month at Tryfil Bach, Robert was sent to Pentre'r Bwâu. There he and Marged, the farmer's daughter, fell in love and there followed the happiest period of his life. But Marged died about 1823 and Robert left the place. He continued to work as a farm labourer for a time, then gave it up and became a weaver, working at Bontnewydd
PUGH, DAVID (1739 - 1816), cleric Benjamin La Trobe, the Moravian leader. Two of his brothers, John Pugh (1744 - 1799) and Robert Pugh, are separately noticed.
PUGH, HUGH (1779 - 1809), Independent minister Lewis to membership at Brithdir and, two years later, began to preach. At the age of 20 he went to Wrexham Academy where he stayed for a year. On returning home, he took charge of the churches at Brithdir and Rhyd-y-main and was ordained at Brithdir in October 1802. The field of his labours was still further extended and he began to preach at Dolgelley where he bought the old Methodist chapel for the
PUGH, JOHN (Ieuan Awst; 1783 - 1839), lawyer and poet published in the Dysgedydd, Seren Gomer, and similar periodicals, under the pseudonym Ieuan Awst. On 11 January 1815 he married Jane Oliver, daughter of Robert Oliver, Dolgelley, by whom he had eight children. He died 16 February 1839.
PUGH, JOHN (1744 - 1799), Evangelical cleric Born at Dolgelley, second son of Hugh and Jane Pugh, and brother to David Pugh and Robert Pugh. He was educated at Hertford College, Oxford, 1767, graduating in 1771. He was vicar of Rauceby and Cranwell, Lincs, from 1771 until his death. His friend, Joseph Jane, the Evangelical cleric of Iron Acton (1795), left him the greater part of his wealth; much of this Pugh himself bequeathed to
PUGH, ROBERT (1749 - 1825), cleric
PUGH, WILLIAM JOHN (1892 - 1974), Director of Geological Survey of Great Britain appointing two lecturers to help him with teaching, he conducted field studies to map the chronostratigraphy in the ancient Ordovician-Silurian rocks of Corris and Bala district. His results were striking and in advance of their time, refuting the conclusions made for some of the districts by earlier investigators. He gained a DSc degree of the University of Wales in 1928 for work done in the districts of
teulu PULESTON Emral, Plas-ym-mers, Hafod-y-wern, Llwynycnotiau, . At the height of the rising the hated sheriff was seized and hanged by the Anglesey Welshmen during a sudden raid on the borough of Caernarvon. In all probability Master Richard de Puleston, who was sheriff of Caernarvonshire, 1284-95 (he was appointed on the same day as Sir Roger), was of the same family, although the pedigrees do not help to establish his exact identity. ROBERT PULESTON, son of
teulu PUW, prominent Roman Catholic family Penrhyn Creuddyn, Five of its members will be noticed: ROBERT PUW (died c. 1629), Roman Catholic recusant Religion Second son of Huw ap Reinallt ab Ieuan of Penrhyn Creuddyn, Caernarfonshire. He married Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Bulkeley. His grandson, Gwilym Puw (below), states that he was educated at Oxford. He entered the Middle Temple, 30 November 1567 (Register of Admissions to the Middle Temple, I, 32
PUW, ROBERT (1609 - 1679), author - gweler PUW
RAFF ap ROBERT (fl. 1550) Cilgwyn, Bachymbyd, 'a free holder of Dyffryn Clwyd' and a non-professional poet
RANDALL, HENRY JOHN (1877 - 1964), lawyer and historian in 1960. He was notable not only in his profession but was a man of very wide interests, especially in the field of local history in the Vale of Glamorgan, where he lived all his life. He was a member of the Camb. Arch. Assocn., becoming its president in 1928 and was honorary treasurer 1936-51; a member of the Board of Celtic Studies for 22 years and of the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales until

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