1701 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1701 to Wales and its people.

← 1700 1699 1698 1697 1696 1701 in Wales → 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1701 in England Ireland Scotland

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant

Events

• February - Humphrey Mackworth becomes MP for Cardiganshire.[1]
• June - Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, is suspended by Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, for simony.[2]
• 8 September - A group of Welsh Baptists, led by Thomas Griffith, land in Philadelphia on the ship "James and Mary".[3]
• 16 September - On the death of the deposed King James II of England/VII of Scotland, his son James Francis Edward Stuart, the former Prince of Wales, is recognised by King Louis XIV of France as the rightful ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland[4]
• 2 December - Humphrey Humphreys is consecrated Bishop of Hereford;[5] he is replaced as Bishop of Bangor by John Evans.
• December - John Hanbury marries Albina, the daughter of John Selwyn of Gloucestershire, and is elected unopposed as MP for Gloucester.[6]
• date unknown
  • Edward Jones, Bishop of St Asaph, is temporarily removed from his position after being found guilty of simony and maladministration.[7]
  • Evan Evans begins holding Anglican services at a private house in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.[8]

Arts and literature

New books

• James Owen - Translation into Welsh of the Shorter Westminster Catechism[9]

Births

• 2 March - Lewis Morris, hydrographer, antiquary, poet and lexicographer, eldest of the four famous Morris brothers of Anglesey (died 1765)[10]
• September - Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet (died 1773)[11]

Deaths

• August
  • Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet (in a duel)[12][13]
  • Thomas Hanmer (cousin of the above), politician, about 53[14]
• 14 September - John Morgan, vicar of Aberconwy, writer, 38/39[15]
• date unknown - Hugh Nanney, MP for Merioneth, about 32[16]

See also

• 1701 in Scotland

References

1. David Williams. "Mackworth, Humphrey (1657-1727), industrialist and parliamentarian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
2. "Jones, Edward (1641-1703)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
3. John Woolf Jordan (2004). Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 770. ISBN 978-0-8063-5239-8.
4. ""Prince James Francis Edward", The British Monarchy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
5. John Britton (1831). The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Hereford. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. pp. 64–.
6. Robert Stephen. "Hanbury family, of Pontypool industrialists". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
7. Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (2000). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian. The Society. p. 52.
8. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Evans, Evan (1671-1721), cleric and missioner in Pennsylvania". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
9. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Owen, James (1654-1706), Dissenting divine and tutor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
10. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Morris, Lewis (Llewelyn Ddu o Fôn; 1701-1765), poet and scholar". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
11. "WYNN, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1701-73), of Glynnllivon, Caern". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 18 February 2019.
12. John Hanmer (1st baron) (1876). A Memorial of the Parish and Family of Hanmer in Flintshire ... priv. Press at the Chiswick Press. p. 180.
13. Arthur Herbert Dodd. "Hanmer family of Hanmer, Bettisfield, Fens and Halton, Flintshire, and Pentre-pant, Salop". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
14. Hayton, D. W. (2002). "Hanmer, Thomas". In Hayton, David; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart (eds.). The House of Commons 1690-1715. The History of Parliament Trust.
15. Thomas Parry, Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg hyd 1900 (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1944). (in Welsh)
16. "NANNEY, Hugh (c.1669-1701), of Nannau Hall, Llanfachreth, Merion". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 31 July 2019.