LEWIS
,
ELLIS
(
fl.
1640-1661
),
translator
;
b. at
Llwyn-gwern
,
Llanuwchllyn, Mer.
, son of
Cadwaladr Lewis ap Howel ap John
and his wife
Elizabeth
, daughter of
Ellis
Fychan
,
Brynllech
, also in
Llanuwchllyn
. Little is known of
Ellis
Lewis
except for references to him (and to his father) in
Subsidy Rolls
, etc. There exists a document of
16 Aug. 1641
which shows that he possessed much land in the parishes of
Llanuwchllyn
and
Llanycil
. His wife was
Ellen
, daughter of
Robert
Anwyl
,
Parc
,
Llanfrothen
(see the article on that family), by
Catrin
, daughter of
Sir
John
Owen
(q.v.)
,
Clenennau, Caerns.
He is known as the
translator
of
Ystyriaethau Drexelius ar Dragwyddoldeb Gwedi eu cyfieithu yn gyntafyn Saeson-aeg gan Dr. R. Winterton, ac yr awrhon yn Gymraeg gan Ellis Lewis o'r Llwyn-gwernyn Sir Feirion, Wr-bonheddig
(
Oxford
,
1661
).
Bibliography:
- ‘Subsidy Rolls,’ 1600, 1630;
-
information upon the Anwyl connection from
Mr. P. H. Lawson
, Chester.
Author:
Robert (Bob) Owen, O.B.E., M.A., (1885-1962), Croesor
