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Nonconformity was a major religious movement in Wales from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The Welsh Methodist revival of the 18th century was one of the most significant religious and social movements in the modern history of Wales. The revival began within the Church of England in Wales, partly as a reaction to the neglect generally felt in ...
Nonconformist (Protestantism) Title page of a collection of Farewell Sermons preached by Nonconformist ministers ejected from their parishes in 1662. Nonconformists were Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the state church in England, and in Wales until 1914, the Church of England. [1][2] Use of the term ...
Eileen Beasley. Eileen Beasley (4 April 1921 – 12 August 2012) was a Welsh teacher who, along with her husband Trefor, conducted a campaign of civil disobedience in the 1950s against the Rural District Council of Llanelli in a demand for council rate bills in the Welsh language. Her stand has led Welsh language campaigners to describe her as ...
John Williams (1626 or 1927 – 28 March 1673) was a Welsh nonconformist preacher and doctor. He was said to be the first to introduce non-conformism to his home county of Caernarfonshire, and it was also said that he could be heard when he was preaching for a distance of a quarter of a mile.
Matthew Henry. Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714) was a British Nonconformist minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments.
Evan Jones (5 September 1820 – 23 February 1852), also known by his bardic name Ieuan Gwynedd, was an independent minister and journalist.Jones is chiefly remembered for his defence of women following the damning insinuations made in the Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of education in Wales, commonly known as the Treason of the Blue Books in Wales.
Family Seat. The Marquess of Anglesey. Plas Newydd, Anglesey, Wales [1] The Marquess of Milford Haven. The Earl of Carnarvon. Highclere Castle, Hampshire, England [2] The Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin in Pembroke. Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Scotland [3] The Earl of Denbigh and Desmond.
Family tree of Welsh monarchs. Family trees of the kings of Gwynedd, Deheubarth and Powys and some of their more prominent relatives and heirs. [1][2][3] The early generations of these genealogies are traditional and their historical accuracy is debated by scholars.