LLOYD
,
JOHN
(
1733
-
1793
),
cleric and antiquary
;
christened
26 March 1733
at
Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbs.
, son of
John
Lloyd
(d.
1756
) of
Bodidris
and his wife
Elizabeth (Jones)
of
Gerddi Duon
,
Mold
.
Lloyd
was, however, not of the old
Lloyds
of
Bodidris
(qq.v.)
; his grandfather was
Richard
Lloyd
of
Cwmbychan
in
Ardudwy
(on
Evan
Lloyd
of that family, see
Pennant
,
Tours of Wales
,
1883
edn., ii, 268). According to
Yorke
(
Royal Tribes of Wales
,
1887
edn., 111)
John
Lloyd
senior
was domiciled in
Llanarmon
early in the 18th cent.
; he adds that the son, as a boy, was nicknamed ‘
the flower of Llanarmon
.’
Lloyd
matriculated from
Jesus College
,
Oxford
, in
July 1753
, and graduated in
1757
(
Foster
,
Alumni Oxon.
); he had already been ordained in
1756
, and licensed to ‘
Llanasaph
.’ In
1761
he was
curate
at
Caerwys
. In
1774
he was appointed
rector
of
Nannerch
, but he still resided at
Caerwys
, placing a
curate
at
Nannerch
until
1778
, when the living at
Nannerch
was given to another man (
Thomas
,
S. Asaph
, ii, 421) and
Lloyd
became
rector
of
Caerwys
(
Thomas
, ii, 12). He d.
22 May 1793
, and was buried at
Caerwys
. His wife (
1769
) was
Martha
(d.
1810
), daughter of
Francis
Williams
; of their several children, one was
Angharad
Llwyd
(q.v.)
, and another,
Llewelyn
(
1770
-
1841
) was
rector
of
Nannerch
(
Thomas
, op. cit., ii, 422) from
1810 till 184
1.
John
Lloyd
was reckoned something of a
scholar
in his day. He was a member of the somewhat nebulous committee which was concerned with the preparation of the
Myvyrian Archaiology
; he was a friend of
Philip
Yorke
's (q.v.)
;
Warrington
acknowledged
Lloyd
's help in his
History of Wales
; and
Pennant
, in the preface to his
Tours of Wales
, calls him ‘
my worthy and constant attendant in all my excursions
.’
The older works of reference have confused
Lloyd
with as many as four men of the same name; two of these may be mentioned:
(1)
JOHN
LLOYD
(
1733
-
1814
)
who, as it happens, succeeded our
John
Lloyd
in
1794
as
rector
of
Caerwys
, and whose death is recorded in the
May 1814
(523) issue of
Gent. Mag.
— the confusion was not unnatural.
(2)
JOHN
LLOYD
(
1754
-
1807?
),
son of
William
Lloyd
,
Esq.
, of an ancient family,
domiciled in
Llanstephan, Carms.
He went up to
Jesus College
,
Oxford
, in
1758
, graduated in
1762
(
B.D.
1772
), and was probably the ‘
Mr.
Lloyd
of
Carmarthenshire
,’ who (like so many members of his college) was corresponding member of the
Cymmrodorion
in
1762
.
Foster
does not give him a Fellowship, but
Hardy
(
Jesus College
, 243) records a ‘
John
Lloyd
,
Carm.
’ as
Fellow
from
1765 till 1773
. In
1773
he was appointed
vicar
of
Holywell
(
Pennant
,
Hist. of Whiteford and Holywell
, 236;
Thomas
,
S. Asaph
, ii, 196), but in
1782
(
Thomas
, ii, 371) became
vicar
of
Cilcain
.
Foster
says he d. in
1803
, but neither
Thomas
nor
Simpson
(
Cilcain and its Parish Church
, 57) notes the appointment of a successor before
1807
. The proximity of
Cilcain
and
Caerwys
probably explains the confusion between the two men. Besides the references in the text, copies of the
S. Asaph records
, obtained through the kindness of the
Keeper of Manuscripts
at
N.L.W.
, were used.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
