YARDLEY
,
EDWARD
(
1698
-
1769
;
DWB
, 1110).
On
5 Nov. 1731
he was elected
preacher
for
St. Michael's chapel
, the old chapel of
Highgate School
which was a chapel of ease in the parish of
St. Mary
,
Hornsey
, a position which he held for the remainder of his life. He d. at the age of 71 on
26 Dec. 1769
(not
1770
). Upon the demolition of the chapel the gravestones were removed to
S. Mary's
.
Bibliography:
-
Information supplied by the
Rev. D. H. Matthews
from a booklet entitled
Old Highgate The story of a London village
and a Public School
, London, 1949
quoted from
F. T. Cansick
,
A collection of curious and interesting
epitaphs, copied from the monuments of distinguished and
noted characters in the ancient church and burial grounds
of Saint Pancras, MiddlesexA collection of curious and interesting epitaphs, copied
from the existing monuments of distinguished and noted
characters in the churches and churchyards of Hornsey,
Tottenham, Edmonton, Enfield, Friern Barnet and Hadley,
Middlesex
, 1872; a , 1875
(3 vols.,
1872-75
).
Author:
Evan David Jones, F.S.A., (1903-87), Aberystwyth
Corrections and additions:
YARDLEY
,
EDWARD
(
1698
-
1770?
),
archdeacon
.
Although not a
Welshman
,
Yardley
deserves a note because of his study of the records of the
cathedral of S. Davids
, and as the
author
of the manuscript called ‘
Menevia Sacra
’ (now in
N.L.W.
in three vols.), which resulted from that study. Details concerning his career as given by himself in the manuscript are reprinted on pp. 230-32 of
Menevia Sacra …
ed. by
Francis
Green
in
1927
. Born in
London
,
28 March 1698
, son of
Robert
and
Elizabeth
Yardley
, he was educated at
Merchant Taylors School
and
S. John's College
,
Cambridge
(
B.A.
1717/18
,
M.A.
1721
,
B.D.
1729
). After ordination (
deacon
1721
,
priest
1722
) he served in
London
before he was given (by
S. John's College
,
Cambridge
), the sinecure
rectory of S. Florence, Pembs.
(
4 March 1731/32
); he afterwards became
archdeacon
of
Cardigan
(
26 May 1739
). In his own words ‘
It was at this time [i.e. from 1739] during his stay for nine months in
Wales
, that he first began to examine the Records and search into ye antiquities of this Cathedral
,’ i.e.
S. Davids
. He then adds the titles of seven works which he published.
Bibliography:
-
Menevia Sacra. Arch. Camb.
, Supplement,
1927
, by
E. Yardley
, ed. by
Francis Green
for the Cambrian Archaeological Association,
1927
.
Author:
Sir William Llewelyn Davies, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A. (1887-1952),
Aberystwyth
