LLOYD
,
EVAN
(
1728
-
1801
), of
Maes-y-porth
, in the parish of
Llangeinwen
,
Anglesey
,
antiquary and poet
;
son of
Lewis
Lloyd
of
Maes-y-porth
,
attorney at law
, and
Anne
, his wife, he was christened at
Llangeinwen
,
26 May 1728
. On
11 Jan. 1774
he m.
Margaret
Thomas
, at
Llansadwrn
,
Anglesey
, parish church. In
1793
he served as
high sheriff
for
Anglesey
. He took a
keen interest in Welsh literature and genealogy
, and
Wynnstay MS. 2
,
N.L.W. MSS. 560, 1256, 1258, and 1260
, and
Bangor MS. 5944
were once in his possession. His name is also found in
Pen. MS. 160
.
B.M. Add. MS. 15010
contains
genealogies copied from a work in his possession, and the pedigrees found in
Bangor MSS. 6946-7020
may have been compiled by him. He also gained some repute as a
poet
, and examples of his compositions and translations can be seen in
Bangor MSS. 5944 and 5947
. Poems addressed to him are found in
Cardiff MS. 3.3
,
Mostyn MS. 164
, and
Bangor MSS. 6 and 5947
. He was buried at
Llangeinwen
21 Aug. 1801
.
Bibliography:
-
T. Parry
, introduction to his edition of
Gwaith Dafydd ap Gwilym
, Cardiff,
1952
;
-
The Records of the Diocese of Bangor in the
National Library of Wales.
in N.L.W.;
-
J. E. Griffith
,
Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire
Families
, 1914
, 72;
-
Additional Letters of the Morrises of
Anglesey (1735-86). Y Cymmrodor
, xlix, 1947-9
, 118;
-
Public Record Office, List of Sheriffs for
England and Wales…to A.D. 1831
, 1898
.
Author:
Griffith Milwyn Griffiths, M.A., Aberystwyth
