Bryneglwys is a village and

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthi ...

, Wales. The village lies to the northeast of

Corwen Corwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. Historically, Corwen was part of the county of Merionethshire. Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains. The town is situated west of Llang ...

on a hill above a small river,

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, and is situated in the ancient commote of Iâl (Yale).Coleg y Groes
St. Tysilio's Bryneglwys
. Accessed 5 May 2013. The community covers an area of and extends to the top of

Llantysilio Mountain : ''Both Llantysilio Mountain and Maesyrchen Mountain re-direct here.'' Moel y Gamelin is a hill in Denbighshire, North Wales, to the northwest of the town of Llangollen. It is the highest summit of a range which stretches eastwards from near th ...

.Davies, John; Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines & Peredur I. Lynch (2008) ''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales'', University of Wales Press, Cardiff. It had a population of 369 at the time of the 2011 census, an increase from 344 during the 2001 census. The 2011 census showed 36.0% of the population could speak Welsh, a fall from 50.3% in 2001. The name of the village means "church hill" in English and was first recorded in 1284 with the spelling "Breneglus".Owen, Hywel Wyn & Richard Morgan (2007) ''Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales'', Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion. A 'community portal' website with village news, views and local information can be found a
bryneglwys.co.uk
The village church is dedicated to Saint

Tysilio Saint Tysilio (also known as/confused with Saint Suliac; ; died 640 AD) was a Welsh bishop, prince and scholar. Sources The 12th century poet Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr wrote "An Ode to Tysilio". There is a genealogy of Tysilio in the Bonedd y ...

, a Welsh Prince and Bishop, son

Brochwel Ysgithrog The traditional arms of Brochwel Ysgithrog, 242x242px Brochwel son of Cyngen (, died c. 560), better known as Brochwel Ysgithrog, was a king of Powys in eastern Wales. The unusual epithet ''Ysgithrog'' has been translated as "of the canine teet ...

, a King of

Powys Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...

of the

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. There has been a church on the site since the early 7th century, but the current building dates from the 15th century and was restored around 1570 and again in 1875. The nearest primary school is Ysgol Dyffryn Iâl in the village of

Llandegla Llandegla () or Llandegla-yn-Iâl () is a village and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. In the 2011 census, the community had a population of 567. Name The village's name is Welsh for the "Parish of Saint Tecla", which hon ...

. It is a bilingual school under the control of the

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. The 16th-century historian

David Powel David Powel (1549/52 – 1598) was a Welsh Church of England clergyman and historian who published the first printed history of Wales in 1584. Life Powel was born in Denbighshire and commenced his studies at the University of Oxford when he was ...

came from the village.

Yale Chapel

The Yale Chapel was added to the church around 1575, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth Tudor, by Chancellor Thomas Yale, part of her "privy counsel" and member of the

Yale family Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges char ...

. His grandfather, Baron

Ellis ap Griffith Ellis ap Griffith (c.1440 – 1489) or Elissau ap Gruffudd, was the Baron of Gwyddelwern in Denbighshire, Wales, and the Governor of Penllyn (cantref), Penllyn. His granduncle was Owen Glendower, Prince of Wales. Following his family defeat dur ...

, founded the House of Yale. The Yales were cousins of the

Tudors The House of Tudor ( ) was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603. They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd, a Welsh noble family, and Catherine of Valois. The Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of Engl ...

, dating back to the

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and the

Tudors of Penmynydd The Tudors of Penmynydd () were a noble and aristocratic family, connected with the village of Penmynydd in Anglesey, North Wales, who were very influential in Welsh (and later English) politics. From this family arose Owen Tudor, Sir Owen Tudo ...

.What is a Second Cousin

Owain Glyndwr Owain () is a name of Welsh origin, variously written in Old Welsh as Ougein, Eugein, Euguen, Iguein, Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein, Yuein, and in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, and Ywein. Other variants of the name Owain include Ewein, Iguein, Owein, Ouein, Y ...

, brother of

Tudur ap Gruffudd Tudur ap Gruffudd (1365–1405), also known as Tudor de Glendore or Tudor Glendower, was the Gwyddelwern#History, Lord of Gwyddelwern, a junior title of the princely house of Powys Fadog, and was the younger brother of Owain Glyndŵr. His father ...

, grandfather of

(Elissau ap Gruffudd), founder of the House of Yale, "see House of Tudor#Patrilineal descent, common ancestor is Tomos ap Llewelyn The Yale Chapel overlies the Yale family burial vault and is less than five miles away from the ancestral religious center of the

Lordship of Yale Ial or Yale () was a commote of medieval Wales within the cantref of Maelor in the Kingdom of Powys. When the Kingdom was divided in 1160, Maelor became part of the Princely realm of Powys Fadog (Lower Powys or Madog's Powys), and belonged to t ...

Valle Crucis Abbey Valle Crucis Abbey (Valley of the Cross) is a Cistercian abbey located in Llantysilio in Denbighshire, north Wales. More formally ''the Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Valle Crucis'' it is known in Welsh both as ''Abaty Glyn Egwestl'' a ...

, of which Bryneglwys village historically belonged to before dissolution.Church of St Tysilio, A Grade II* Listed Building in Bryneglwys, Denbighshire
Cadw, Welsh Government, Listed Buildings The abbey was founded by the Prince of Powys Fadog,

Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor Madog ap Gruffudd, or Madog ap Gruffudd Maelor, was a Prince of Powys Fadog from 1191 to 1236 in north-east Wales, and Lord of Powys. He was the founder of Valle Crucis Abbey in the Lordship of Yale. Early life He was elder son of Prince Gru ...

, Lord of Yale and

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. It features Gothic memorials to number of Yale family members such as Lt. Col. William Parry Yale (died 1867), brother of Lt. Gen. Sir Love Jones-Parry, Eliza Yale (1882), Dep. Lt.

William Corbet Yale William Corbet Yale-Jones-Parry (1825 – 1909) was a barrister-at-law, magistrate and Justice of the Peace from Denbighshire, Wales. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford, Oxford and served as Deputy Lieutenant under Lord Lieutenant Willia ...

(died 1909), and others. To the northeast of the village stands Plas yn Iâl, the ancestral home of the

which included Gov.

Elihu Yale Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British Americans, British-American Colonialism, colonial administrator. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale lived in America only as a child, and spent the rest of his life in England, Wales, a ...

, benefactor of

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in the USA. He is buried in nearby

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, at St Giles' Church, of which Yale University made a monumental Tower to replicate his burial site at

Saybrook College Saybrook College is one of the 14 residential colleges at Yale University. Buildings and architecture The building now known as Saybrook and Branford Colleges was built as the Memorial Quadrangle on the site of what was once the old gymnasi ...

on Yale's campus. Another family member, Chancellor David Yale, of Erddig Park, is buried at

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, in the city of

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. He was the son-in-law of Admiralty judge John Lloyd, and the father of Thomas Yale. Thomas's widow, Ann Lloyd, daughter of Bishop George Lloyd, was the mother of the Yales of emigrated to America with their stepfather, Gov.

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Gallery

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References

External links

bryneglwys.co.uk
- village news, views and local information.
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