17th Century in Wales - 17th-Century Welsh People, Griffith Williams, Thomas Tomkins, John Owen, Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet, William Wroth (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: 17th-century Welsh people, Griffith Williams, Thomas Tomkins, John Owen, Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet, William Wroth, Anne Morgan, Baroness Hunsdon, George Griffith, John Jones of Gellilyfdy, Theodore Price, John Evans, Augustine Baker, Francis Gwyn, Battle of St Fagans, Godfrey Goodman, Henry Vaughan, David Powel, William Vaughan, George Owen of Henllys, Rowland Heylyn, Richard Vaughan, Piers Griffith, Edward Jones, John Davies of Hereford, Griffith Powell, James Perrot, Edmund Prys, Hugh Lloyd, John Herbert, George Lloyd, Edward James, Gabriel Powell, Thomas Morgan, Henry Perry, Hugh Holland, William Herbert, 1st Baron Powis, John Salusbury, Henry Rice, William Dolben, Oliver Lloyd, Henry Rowlands, William Prichard, Cadwallader Owen, Morgan Owen, Maurice Meyricke, Thomas Edwards, Rhys Prichard, Barbara Sidney, Countess of Leicester, Edmund Griffith, Edward Blayney, 1st Baron Blayney, Henry Evans, Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet, John Trevor, Rhys Cain, Sackville Trevor. Excerpt: Griffith Williams (1589?-1672), was the Anglican bishop of Ossory. He was opposed to the puritans. He was born at Treveilian in the parish of Llanrug, near Carnarvon, in 1589 or 1590, was the son of a freeholder in the parish. His mother was a descendant of the ancient house of Penmynydd in Anglesey. He matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, on 15 June 1604. He was sent thither by his uncle, but his aunt taking a dislike to him, his means of support were cut off. Through the kindness of John Williams, afterwards archbishop of York, he obtained employment at Cambridge as a private tutor, and was admitted to Jesus College, whence he graduated B.A. in 1605-6 and M.A. in 1609. He was incorporated M.A. at Oxford on 10 July 1610, graduated B.D. at Cambridge in 1616, and proceeded D.D. in 1621. He was ordained deacon by the bishop of Rochester an...