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Mathias Maurice
Mathias Maurice (1684 – 1 September 1738) was a Welsh minister and writer. Career He initially joined Henllan Amgoed chapel before going to William Evans (divine), William Evans in Carmarthen to become a minister. In 1713, Mathias was briefly minister at Olney, Buckinghamshire, Olney, before succeeding Richard Davis in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, Rothwell. In 1726, Maurice wrote ''Byr a chywir Hanes Eglwys Rhydyceished yn eu Nheulltuad o Henllan, trwy y Blynyddoedd'' 1707, 1708, 1709, a short pamphlet on the history of Rhydyceished church, printed in 1727 in Maurice's book ''Y Wir Eglwys'' ('the true church'). This was answered by Jeremy Owen's pamphlet ''Golwg ar y Beiau'' (1732). Other writings by Mathias Maurice include ''Social Religion Exemplify'd'' (1759), ''Monuments of Mercy'' (1729) and ''A modern question affirmed and approved'' (1739). ''Social Religion Exemplify'd'' had seven editions published by 1860 was translated into Welsh by Evan Evans (minister), Evan Evans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henllan Amgoed
Henllan Amgoed is a small village near Whitland, Carmarthenshire and forms part of the community (Wales), community of Henllanfallteg. The village is home to a chapel and a graveyard. Henllan Amgoed was served by a small local primary school until its closure in 2004, with the pupils moved to an amalgamated school, Ysgol Bro Brynach, in Llanboidy. Henllan Amgoed takes its name from the ancient commote of Amgoed, and is the only village to retain the name of the past division. In 1697 a Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist congregation formed in the village, one of the earliest in Carmarthenshire.Davies (2008), p.364 Notable residents Eileen Beasley (1921–2012), a prominent Welsh language activist was born and died in the village. Notes Bibliography * External linkswww.geograph.co.uk : photos of Henllan Amgoed [Baidu] |
William Evans (divine)
William Evans (d. 1720?), was a Welsh Presbyterian minister. Life Evans was educated at the college at Ystradwalter, then under the presidency of the Rev. Rees Prytherch. He was ordained at Pencader, near Carmarthen, in 1688, and continued pastor there for fifteen years. In 1703 he removed to Carmarthen to become pastor of the presbyterian congregation, and received in his house students for the Christian ministry. He has been regarded as the founder of the Welsh Academy, from the fact that the education of divinity students first assumed under him a collegiate form. Evans was patronised both by the London funds and by the liberality of wealthy dissenters. Dr. Daniel Williams bequeathed a sum of money towards his support, and it continued to his successors. He is supposed to have retired in 1718, and he died in 1720. Works In 1707 Evans published in Welsh ''The Principles of the Christian Religion'', based apparently on Westminster Assembly's catechism; in 1714 he published an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olney, Buckinghamshire
Olney (, rarely , rarely ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. At the 2021 Census, it had a population of 6,600. Lying on the left bank of the River Great Ouse, the town is located around from Central Milton Keynes, and from Bedford, Northampton and Wellingborough. History Olney is thought to have been an important Romano-British township, with remains located north-east of the current town, where in 2023 archaeologists uncovered a villa mosaic considered "remains of high significance". Olney is mentioned as ''Ollanege'' (Olla's island) in 932 CE. According to the Domesday Book the place later called ''Olnei'' had been held in 1066 by Burgred, a descendent of the King of Mercia, but by 1086 its overlord was Geoffrey de Montbray, Bishop of Coutances. The "L" in Olney came long ago not to be pronounced, at least by local people. In 1643, during the English Civil War, the Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothwell, Northamptonshire
Rothwell is a market town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is situated northwest of Kettering, southeast of Market Harborough, and southwest of Corby. Rothwell's nearest railway station is at Kettering on the Midland Main Line. Rothwell – "the place of the red well" The ridge on which present day Rothwell stands, overlooking the gentle Ise Valley, has witnessed the comings and goings of successive generations. Four thousand years ago Bronze Age mourners buried their dead alongside offerings of food in vessels. The Romano-British people, two thousand years later, built a settlement in what is now ''Rothwell''. Dark Age invaders came next and founded the Danish settlement of "Rodewell" or "place of the red well", presumably so-called because of the area's many freshwater springs coloured red by iron and other minerals. There is an alternative explanation for the name however. According to AD Mills the name meant stream or spring by a clearing or clearings in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Evans (minister)
Evan Evans (1804–1886), generally known in Wales as Evans Bach Nantyglo, was a Welsh dissenting minister. Evans was born at Gellillyndy, Llanddewi Brefi, Cardiganshire, on 8 March 1804. He commenced preaching with the Calvinistic Methodists in 1825; became a total abstainer in 1830, and met with much persecution for his advocacy of temperance principles, which were new in those days. In 1847 he joined the independents, and continued a popular minister among them through life. In 1869, he was induced to emigrate to America, whither a daughter and several brothers and sisters had gone before him, taking up his residence at Oak Hill, Ohio. In 1881, he established a small Welsh church in Arkansas, the first in the state, and continued in charge of it until his death on 29 October 1886. His wife died in January of the same year. Works His literary works are: ‘Rhodd Mam i'w Phlentyn;’ he edited the monthly magazine called ‘Cyfaill Plentyn;’ ‘y Cyfamod Gweithredoedd,’ &c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanddewi Velfrey
Llanddewi Velfrey (also spelled ''Llandewi Velfrey'' or ''Llan-ddewi-vel-vre''; ) is a village, parish and Community (Wales), community of Pembrokeshire in West Wales. Historically it was in the Narberth Hundred. The village is in Lampeter Vale, northeast of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Narberth along the A40 road, A40. In 1831 it had a population of 710 people. In 2011 the population was 393. The village is situated in a rich and fertile vale, watered by the river Tâf, which separates the parish from that of Llangain in the county of Carmarthen. The lands are wholly enclosed and in a good state of cultivation, and the soil is eminently fertile. Landmarks St. David's Church and related buildings The church, dedicated to St. David, is remarkable for the simplicity of its architecture, and displays evident features of a very remote antiquity: an elegant mural tablet of white marble, to the memory of the late David Lewis, Esq., of Hênllan and his youngest daughter, which were put up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1684 Births
Events January–March * January 5 ** King Charles II of England gives the title Duke of St Albans to Charles Beauclerk, his illegitimate son by Nell Gwyn. ** The earliest form of what is now the University of Tokyo (formally chartered in 1877), the Tenmongata, is established in Japan. * January 15 (January 5 O.S.) – To demonstrate that the River Thames, frozen solid during the Great Frost that started in December, is safe to walk upon, "a Coach and six horses drove over the Thames for a wager" and within three days "whole streets of Booths are built on the Thames and thousands of people are continually walking thereon." Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet, records the events in his diary. * January 26 – Marcantonio Giustinian is elected Doge of Venice. * January – Edmond Halley, Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke have a conversation in which Hooke later claimed not only to have derived the inverse-square law, but also all the laws of planetary motion attribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1738 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escapes, and leaves the slaves locked below decks to die. * January 3 – George Frideric Handel's opera '' Faramondo'' is given its first performance. * January 7 – After the Maratha Empire of India wins the Battle of Bhopal over the Jaipur State, Jaipur cedes the Malwa territory to the Maratha in a treaty signed at Doraha. * February 4 – Court Jew Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is executed in Württemberg. * February 11 – Jacques de Vaucanson stages the first demonstration of an early automaton, '' The Flute Player'' at the Hotel de Longueville in Paris, and continues to display it until March 30. * February 20 – The Swedish Levant Company is founded. * March 28 – Mariner Robert Jenkins presents a pickle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
