1700s in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1700 - 1709 to Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
.
Incumbents
- Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
- George, Prince of WalesGeorge II of Great BritainGeorge II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...
(from 1714) - Princess of WalesPrincess of WalesPrincess of Wales is a British courtesy title held by the wife of The Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1283.Although there have been considerably more than ten male heirs to the throne, there have been only ten Princesses of Wales. The majority of Princes of Wales...
- Caroline of AnsbachCaroline of AnsbachCaroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach was the queen consort of King George II of Great Britain.Her father, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was the ruler of a small German state...
(from 1714)
Events
1700- Quaker emigrant Rowland EllisRowland EllisRowland Ellis was a Welsh Quaker leader.Ellis was the owner of the farm of Bryn Mawr near Dolgellau. He became a Quaker, along with a number of other inhabitants of Dolgellau, after a visit to the town by George Fox in 1657. As a result of religious persecution, he and others emigrated to...
is elected to represent Philadelphia in the provincial assembly.
1701
- November - Humphrey HumphreysHumphrey HumphreysHumphrey Humphreys was successively bishop of Bangor and of Hereford .-Life:He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford and was later a Fellow of the college. A patron of Welsh literature, genealogical research and of the then newly-formed Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge...
becomes Bishop of Hereford, and is replaced as Bishop of BangorBishop of BangorThe Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor.The diocese covers the counties of Anglesey, most of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire and a small part of Montgomeryshire...
by John Evans. - Sir Humphrey MackworthHumphrey MackworthSir Humphrey Mackworth was a British industrialist and politician. He was involved in a business scandal in the early 18th century and was a founding member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.-Early history:...
becomes MP for Cardiganshire. - Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, is temporarily removed from his position after being found guilty of simony and maladministration.
1703
- Thomas Griffiths and a small group of followers settle at Welsh TractWelsh TractThe Welsh Tract, also called the Welsh Barony, was a portion of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania settled largely by Welsh-speaking Quakers. It covers 40,000 acres to the west of Philadelphia...
, DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
, where they found the Welsh Tract Baptist church. - Sir Roger Mostyn, 3rd BaronetSir Roger Mostyn, 3rd Baronet-Life:Mostyn was born on 31 July 1673. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, 2nd Baronet, of Mostyn in Flintshire, north Wales, and inherited the title on the death of his father in 1692. He attended the University of Oxford, matriculating from Jesus College in 1690. He was elected as MP...
, marries Lady Essex Finch.
1704
- Jane Kemeys marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.
- July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech CastleHarlech CastleHarlech Castle, located in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a concentric castle, constructed atop a cliff close to the Irish Sea. Architecturally, it is particularly notable for its massive gatehouse....
.
1705
- George BullGeorge BullGeorge Bull was an English theologian and Bishop of St David's.-Life:He was born, 25 March 1634, in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Wells, and educated in the grammar school at Wells, and then at Blundell's School in Tiverton under Samuel Butler. Before he was fourteen years old he went into...
becomes Bishop of St David'sBishop of St David'sThe Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St David's in Pembrokeshire, founding St David's Cathedral. The current Bishop of St...
.
1706
- Sir Humphrey MackworthHumphrey MackworthSir Humphrey Mackworth was a British industrialist and politician. He was involved in a business scandal in the early 18th century and was a founding member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.-Early history:...
's company grants £20 a year towards a charity school at Esgair Hir mine in Cardiganshire, £30 a year towards a minister there, and £20 a year towards a charity school at NeathNeathNeath is a town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a population of approximately 45,898 in 2001...
.
1708
- Edmund MeyrickEdmund MeyrickEdmund Meyrick was a Welsh cleric and benefactor of Jesus College, Oxford, where scholarships are still awarded in his name.-Life:...
sets up a school at Carmarthen. - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of HensolCharles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of HensolCharles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot PC was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1733 to 1737....
, marries Cecil Mathew of Castell y Mynach in Pentyrch.
New books
1702- David MauriceDavid Maurice-Life:Maurice, the son of Andrew Morris, the Dean of St Asaph in north Wales, was educated at Jesus College, Oxford and New College, Oxford. After his ordination, he obtained various church positions in Wales, including becoming a canon of St Asaph in 1666. At the time of his death in 1702, he...
- Cynffwrdd i'r gwan Gristion, neu'r gorsen ysig (translation from work of Theophilus Dorrington)
1703
- Ellis WynneEllis WynneEllis Wynne was a Welsh clergyman and author of one of the most important and influential pieces of Welsh language literature....
- Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc
1704
- Robert NelsonRobert Nelson (nonjuror)Robert Nelson was an English lay religious writer and nonjuror.-Life:He was born in London on 22 June 1656, the only surviving son of John Nelson, a merchant in the Turkey trade, by Delicia, daughter of Lewis and sister of Sir Gabriel Roberts, who, like John Nelson, was a member of the Levant...
- A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England
1705
- Myles DaviesMyles DaviesMyles Davies was a British author of Welsh birth who published the Athenae Britannicae in three, or perhaps four volumes, around 1716.-Life:...
- The Recantation of Mr. Pollett, a Roman priest - Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus (the letters of Katherine PhilipsKatherine PhilipsKatherine Philips was an Anglo-Welsh poet.-Biography:Katherine Philips was the first Englishwoman to enjoy widespread public acclaim as a poet during her lifetime. Born in London, she was daughter of John Fowler, a Presbyterian, and a merchant of Bucklersbury, London. Philips is said to have read...
(posthumously published)
1706
- William Jones - Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos
1707
- Edward LhuydEdward LhuydEdward Lhuyd was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, linguist, geographer and antiquary. He is also known by the Latinized form of his name, Eduardus Luidius....
- Archaeologia Britannica, vol. 1: Glossography
Births
1700- March 8 – William MorganWilliam Morgan (of Tredegar, elder)Sir William Morgan, KB was a Welsh Whig politician of the early 18th century.Morgan was the eldest son of John Morgan, a Whig of great political influence in Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire...
the elder, of Tredegar, politician (d. 1731) - date unknown - Guto Nyth BrânGuto Nyth BrânGriffith Morgan , who was known better by his Welsh name, Guto Nyth Brân was an athlete. Many of Guto's running feats have since become merged with legend, and were disseminated by poets and authors such as I.D...
, legendary athlete (d. 1737) - probable – Lewis EvansLewis Evans (surveyor)Lewis Evans , was a Welsh surveyor and geographer, working principally in British America.Lewis Evans was born in Caernarfonshire, Wales...
, surveyor (d. 1756)
1701
- date unknown - Richard TrevorRichard Trevor (bishop)Richard Trevor was an English prelate, Bishop of St David's from 1744 to 1752 and Bishop of Durham from 1752 until his death.-Life:...
, bishop (d. 1771)
1702
- May 20 - Thomas MorganThomas Morgan (judge advocate)Thomas Morgan was a Welsh politician and lawyer of the 18th century.He was the younger son of John Morgan and his wife Martha. Thomas received the estate of Rhiwpera upon his father's death in 1720. He entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Brecon in 1723, which he represented...
, judge (d. 1769) - date unknown - Humphrey OwenHumphrey OwenHumphrey Owen was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1763 to his death.Owen studied at Jesus College from 1718 to 1722 and was elected as a Fellow in 1725. He was Rector of Tredington 1744–63. In 1747 he was appointed Bodley's Librarian, and continued to hold this post when appointed...
, academic (d. 1768)
1703
- February 2 - Richard MorrisRichard Morris (folklorist)Richard Morris was a Welsh folklorist, a younger brother of Lewis Morris.Morris was born in Anglesey, one of four notable brothers whose surviving correspondence is a valuable record of the time. He went to work in London as a clerk and court interpreter. In 1757, he became Chief Clerk to the...
, one of the celebrated Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1779) - probable - Henry Arthur Herbert, 4th Earl of Powis (d. 1772)
1704
- May - Ann MaddocksAnn MaddocksAnn Maddocks was a Welsh maid who according to tradition was forced to marry against her wishes and died pining for her true love...
, the "maid of Cefn Ydfa" (d. 1727)
1705
- May 6 - William Morris, botanist, one of the Morris brothers of Anglesey (d. 1763)
1707
- February 1 - Frederick, Prince of WalesFrederick, Prince of WalesFrederick, Prince of Wales was a member of the House of Hanover and therefore of the Hanoverian and later British Royal Family, the eldest son of George II and father of George III, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria...
(d. 1751)
1708
- December 8 - Charles Hanbury WilliamsCharles Hanbury WilliamsSir Charles Hanbury Williams, KB , diplomat, writer and satirist, son of John Hanbury, a Welsh ironmaster, assumed the name of Williams on succeeding to the estate of his godfather Charles Williams, in 1720....
, diplomat and satirist (d. 1759) - date unknown - John PettingallJohn PettingallRev. John Pettingall D.D. was a Welsh Church of England clergyman and antiquarian.-Life:Pettingall was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales He attended Cowbridge School and there even learnt some Hebrew before matriculating from Jesus College, Oxford in 1725. He obtained his B.A...
, antiquary (d. 1781)
1709
- date unknown
- Joseph HoareJoseph HoareJoseph Hoare was a Welsh clergyman and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1768 to 1802.The son of Joseph Hoare, from Cardiff, Wales, Hoare studied at Jesus College from 1727 , obtaining his BA in 1730 and his MA in 1733. He was a Prebendary of Westminster Abbey. He was appointed Principal in...
, academic (d. 1802) - David WilliamsDavid Williams (1709-1784)David Williams was an Independent minister and schoolmaster. His pupils included the philosopher David Williams, with whom he is sometimes confused....
, schoolmaster (d. 1784)
- Joseph Hoare
Deaths
1700- June 27 - Hugh OwenHugh Owen (clergyman)-Life:Owen was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1660. He left the university without taking a degree. Edmund Calamy recorded that Owen was a candidate for the ministry in August 1662 and that Owen, after travelling from Oxford to London, soon returned to Wales...
, Independent minister, 60? - July 11 - William Williams, Speaker of the House of Commons, 66
- September – Sir John Aubrey, 2nd BaronetSir John Aubrey, 2nd BaronetSir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet was an English politician.He was the only surviving son of Sir John Aubrey, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary South, daughter of Sir Richard South. Aubrey matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford in 1668 and was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1672...
, politician - December 8 - Sir Edward HarleyEdward Harley (Parliamentarian)Sir Edward Harley KB was an English Parliamentarian.He was born in Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, the son of Sir Robert Harley, KB and his third wife Brilliana, the daughter of Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway...
, politician, 76 - December 16 - Thomas Morgan (of Dderw)Thomas Morgan (of Dderw)Thomas Morgan, JP was a Welsh Whig politician of the 17th century.The eldest son of William Morgan and his first wife Blanche, Morgan inherited his father's estate upon the latter's death in 1680...
, politician, 36 (smallpox)
1701
- date unknown - Sir John Hanmer, 3rd BaronetSir John Hanmer, 3rd BaronetSir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1690.Hanmer was the son of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet of Hanmer and his first wife Elizabeth Baker. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Flint in the Third...
(in a duel)
1702
- January - James Annesley, 3rd Earl of AngleseyJames Annesley, 3rd Earl of AngleseyJames Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey , succeeded to his Earldom on his father's death in 1690. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1690. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland...
, 31 - date unknown - Lewis WoganLewis WoganLewis Wogan was one of the Wogans of Boulston, in Pembrokeshire, Wales. He was the son of Abraham Wogan, who was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1648. Lewis Wogan, who studied at Jesus College, Oxford for a time after 1665, was himself High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1672.-References:...
, High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire,
1703
- May 10 - Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, 62
1704
- May - William WynneWilliam Wynne (historian)-Life:Wynne was the youngest son of Robert Wynne and his wife Catherine Madryn, heiress of Llannerch Fawr. William Wynne's eldest brother was Robert Wynne. William Wynne was born before 12 November 1671 and educated at Jesus College, Oxford...
, historian
1705
- date unknown - Lionel WaferLionel WaferLionel Wafer was a Welsh explorer, buccaneer and privateer.A ship's surgeon, Wafer made several voyages to the South Seas and visited the Malay archipelago in 1676. The following year he settled in Jamaica to practise his profession...
, explorer, 65
1707
- date unknown - Edward RavenscroftEdward RavenscroftEdward Ravenscroft , English dramatist, belonged to an ancient Flintshire family.He was entered at the Middle Temple, but devoted his attention mainly to literature. Among his pieces are...
, dramatist
1708
- December 1 - William WoganWilliam WoganWilliam Wogan may refer to:* William Wogan * William Wogan , Custos Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire...
, politician
1709
- June 30 - Edward LhuydEdward LhuydEdward Lhuyd was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, linguist, geographer and antiquary. He is also known by the Latinized form of his name, Eduardus Luidius....
, naturalist, 49