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TOY, HUMFREY (bu farw 1575), merchant The first New Testament in Welsh (1567 - William Salesbury), and the first Welsh translation of the Book of Common Prayer (also 1567 - bishop Richard Davies) were printed in London by Henry Denham ' at the costes and charges of Humfrey Toy.' It has been suggested that the latter was Humfrey Toy of Carmarthen and not his nephew, also Humfrey Toy, who was a bookseller in London and became under
TREVITHICK, RICHARD (1771 - 1833), engineer Born 13 April 1771 at Illogan, Cornwall, only son of Richard Trevithick, engineer and manager of the Dolcoath and other mines, by his wife Anne. The son, after some schooling at Camborne, soon became an expert engineer in the Cornish mines and displayed a remarkable inventive ability in improving the various types of engines then in use for hauling ores or draining the mines. In 1796-7 he made
teulu TREVOR Trevalun, Plas Têg, Glynde, The Trevalun Trevors were founded by RICHARD, sometimes called Sir RICHARD TREVOR (fl. 1500), 4th son of John Trevor ' hên ' and sixteenth in descent 'o dad i dad' from Tudur Trevor of Brynkynallt, who acquired the estate by marriage with Mallt, heiress of David ap Gruffydd of Allington (died 1476). Richard's great-grandson JOHN TREVOR (died 1589) fought in the French wars of Henry VIII as a
TREVOR, JOHN (bu farw 1410), bishop of St Asaph failing to secure papal confirmation of the appointment, he stayed on there as an official of the Curia. When a vacancy again occurred at St Asaph in 1394, Trevor was given the see by papal provision and took possession in the following year. Trevor became at once prominent in the service of Richard II, acting as his ambassador in Scotland in 1397, and just before the king's abdication in 1399 was
TROY, BLANCHE HERBERT (LADY TROY), (bu farw c. 1557), Lady Mistress of Elizabeth I, Edward VI and Queen Mary son, Richard.) Thomas married Anne Lucy of Charlecote. The legitimate Herbert line was through Elizabeth, the grand-daughter and heir of the first Earl of Pembroke (1st creation) who married Charles Somerset, (illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort 3rd Duke of Somerset) who was created Earl of Worcester; their son was Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester; his second wife was Elizabeth (daughter of Sir
teulu TUDOR Penmynydd, was Owain, grandson of Goronwy, who appears to have been the first of this branch of the family to adopt the surname Tudor, transformed into Theodore in the time of his son, RICHARD OWEN THEODORE I. This was the surname borne by all subsequent heirs with one break when a second son succeeded an older brother in the time of Elizabeth. The last of this name was RICHARD OWEN THEODORE V (fl. 1657), who
teulu TURBERVILLE Coity, before 1281. RICHARD I, son of the last named, followed, but only for a short time, as according to G. T. Clark he died in 1283. PAYN III, son of Richard, succeeded and married Wenllian, daughter of Sir Richard Talbot, of Richards Castle. He was ' custos ' of Glamorgan in 1315, and changed many of the officials, among them Llywelyn Bren (Llywelyn ap Gruffydd) of Eglwysilan. The enmity thus aroused was
teulu TURBERVILLE Crickhowell, principal tenant of Bernard de Newmarch in 1121, and was probably therefore the original holder. A HUGH TURBERVILLE, according to the Testa de Nevill, held Dulverton by the tenure of castle guard at Brecon by grant from Henry II - a most peculiar tenure for a Devonshire lordship. A HUGH TURBERVILLE and a RICHARD TURBERVILLE attested Brecon charters in 1215 and 1220. Another HUGH TURBERVILLE was at
VALENTINE, LEWIS EDWARD (1893 - 1986), Baptist minister, author and Welsh nationalist Lewis Valentine was born on 1 June 1893 in a house named 'Hillside' in Clip Terfyn street, Llanddulas, Denbighshire, the second of the seven children of Samuel Valentine (1854-1940), a quarryman who was a Baptist lay preacher, and his wife Mary (née Roberts, 1865-1928). He had three brothers, Richard, Idwal and Stanley, and three sisters, Hannah, Nel and Lilian. Bethesda chapel in Llanddulas was
teulu VAUGHAN Clyro, married Margery, daughter of Richard Monington. He was on the commission of the peace in Radnorshire, Herefordshire, and Brecknock, was deputy-lieutenant of Radnorshire, and was Member of Parliament for Radnorshire, 1572-83, and sheriff of Brecknockshire in 1595-6. A close friend of Sir Gelly Meyrick, he fell under strong suspicion during the Essex rebellion of 1601. His son, JOHN VAUGHAN, sheriff of
teulu VAUGHAN Trawsgoed, Crosswood, muniments (in the National Library of Wales) is an indenture of 1547 whereby RICHARDE AP MORIS VAUGHAN, father of MORIS AP RICHARD AP MORIS of Llanafan, in consideration of the intended marriage between the son and Elliw, daughter and heiress of Howell ap Jenkin, covenants, with other persons, to assure to the use of the son and Elliw two messuages, etc.. one of which is 'the place at Trausgoed ', i.e
teulu VAUGHAN Courtfield, VAUGHAN, a descendant of Howel ap Thomas, of Perth-hir, the manor of Welsh Bicknor thus coming into the possession of one of the senior members of the Herbert clan. WILLIAM VAUGHAN (died 1601), son of James and Sibylla, married Jane (Joan), daughter and (eventual) heir of Richard Clarke, of Wellington, Herefordshire. Jane (Joan) Vaughan figures prominently in the Recusants' Rolls, 1592-1619; the names

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