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teulu PUW, prominent Roman Catholic family Penrhyn Creuddyn, ). He was a man of strong religious convictions and, in spite of every kind of persecution, adhered to the Roman Catholic faith. From 1580 on there was a close association between him and the Houghtons of Lea Hall, near Preston, Lancashire - another family of Papists. When the earl of Pembroke, president of the Council of the Marches, began his onslaught on the Welsh Roman Catholics in 1586, we find
QUARRELL, THOMAS (bu farw 1709), Puritan preacher, free-communion Baptist He was probably of the same family as the first husband of the first wife of Vavasor Powell (Paul Quarrell), as James Quarrell of Shrewsbury, and as the two Quarrell s who appear in the records of the Llanfyllin congregation. At first he was usher of the Puritan school at Montgomery and remained there until the Restoration. In 1669 he was living at Whitchurch, near Cardiff, and breaking the penal
RATHBONE, WILLIAM (1819 - 1902), philanthropist His career is sketched in D.N.B. Second Supplement, and there is a biography (1905) by his daughter Eleanor Frances Rathbone. He was born 11 February 1819, of a Liverpool family whose eldest sons for six consecutive generations were named ' William ' - as many as four of these figure in D.N.B. The family was originally Quaker, but in later times became Unitarian; very prosperous in business, the
teulu RAVENSCROFT Ravenscroft, The original line is represented in the 17th century by a family named Croxton. A younger branch appears in Wales for the first time in the 14th cent.; the present notice need begin only with HUGH DE RAVENSCROFT, who was steward of Hope and Hawarden and Mold in the middle of the 15th cent., and married Isabella Holland of Bretton in Hawarden parish. Passing over his son Henry (died 1486) and his
RECORDE, ROBERT (bu farw 1558) and queen Mary. In 1549 he was appointed comptroller of the Mint at Bristol and two years later, general surveyor of the mines and money in England and Ireland.He died in the King's Bench prison in Southwark, in 1558; probate of his will made there was granted on 18 June of that year. His family appears to have resided in the Maudlins, which had been a medieval foundation for lepers just outside the
RECORDE, ROBERT (c. 1512 - 1558), mathematician and physician churchmen could examine his religious beliefs for the taint of heresy. In the close and noisome conditions of his imprisonment, Recorde's health deteriorated rapidly and at the beginning of June 1558 he realised he was dying. He made his will, leaving small bequests to his family and friends, and died shortly afterwards without regaining his freedom. His burial place is unknown. Recorde remained a life
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REES, ABRAHAM (1743 - 1825), encyclopaedist Born in the Old Independent Chapel House, Llanbryn-mair, the son of the Rev. Lewis Rees and Esther Penry. In his article on John Penry in his Cyclopaedia, Rees states: ' The editor of this Cyclopaedia traces his genealogy, by the maternal branch, to the family of Mr. Penry '. He was for a period before 1753 in Pencerrig, Llanelwedd, with John Evans, private tutor of Thomas Jones, the artist (1742
REES, BOWEN (1857 - 1929), missionary Born 16 March 1857, at Ivy Bush Inn, Llandybïe, Carmarthenshire, youngest of the six children of Jacob Rees, stone mason, and his wife Margaret, daughter of the publican Richard Bowen. The family moved to Ystalyfera, Glamorganshire, and he began working in a smithy when he was nine years old. He set his heart on being a missionary after hearing an address by Thomas Morgan Thomas, ' Thomas of
REES, BRINLEY RODERICK (1919 - 2004), classical scholar, educationist and university college principal Brinley Rees was born 27 December 1919 in Tondu, Bridgend, son of John David Rees, draper, and Mrs Mary Ann Rees (née Roderick). The family moved to Brecon, where he was educated (1931-8) at Christ College. Under the inspirational teaching of the school's headmaster, the Reverend A. D. James, he achieved outstanding success in Greek and Latin and was elected to the first Postmastership
REES, DAVID (1801 - 1869), Congregational minister, and editor Born 14 November 1801 at Gellilwyd, Tre-lech, Carmarthenshire, the son of a family in comfortable circumstances. The greater part of his education was received at home and in the Sunday school. He spent some years on his father's farm, but, feeling an inclination towards the ministry, went to a school at Haverfordwest in 1822. He began to preach in 1823 and spent a short time in the Carmarthen
REES, DAVID JAMES (1913 - 1983), golfer and author to play at the age of five. He was educated at the primary school at St Athan in Gileston and then Jenner Park School in Barry, but as his father was appointed to the Aberdare Golf Club, the family moved in 1925, and Dai Rees attended the school at Aber-nant, the village where Aberdare golf course was situated. He began his career as a professional golfer in Aberdare in 1929 aged 15 as a deputy to

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