1704 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1704 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - vacant
- Princess of Wales - vacant
Events
- 6 April - Sir Humphrey Mackworth proposes to the SPCK the "Erection of libraries in Wales".[1]
- May - Erasmus Lewis becomes secretary to Robert Harley at the Northern Department.[2]
- July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.[3]
- 9 October - Roger Griffith is installed as archdeacon of Brecon.[4]
- date unknown
- Jane Kemeys of Cefn Mabli marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.[5]
Arts and literature
New books
- John Morgan - Bloeddnad Ofnadwy yr Utcorn Diweddaf (posthumously published)[6]
- Robert Nelson - A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England[7]
Births
- May - Ann Maddocks, the "maid of Cefn Ydfa" (died 1727)[8]
- December - Richard Herbert, politician (died 1754)[9]
- date unknown - Robert Jones, politician (died 1774)[10]
Deaths
- May - William Wynne, historian, about 33[11]
- 9 August - Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley, about 46, politician[12]
- November - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Llangibby, about 53[13]
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See also
References
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain); Mary Clement (1952). Correspondence and Minutes of the S.P.C.K. Relating to Wales, 1699-1740. University of Wales Press. p. 252.
- William Llewelyn Davies. "Lewis, Erasmus (1670-1754), writer of 'news-letters' and holder of posts under the Government". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- William Llewelyn Davies. "Vaughan family of Corsygedol". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Griffith, Roger (died 1708), Presbyterian minister and tutor, afterwards archdeacon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Kemeys and Kemeys-Tynte family, of Cefn Mabli, Monmouth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- John Thomas Jones. "Morgan, John (1662-1701), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Nelson, Robert (1656-1715), non-juror, supporter of the S.P.C.K., and philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Maddocks (née Thomas), Ann (1704-1727), 'the Maid of Cefn Ydfa'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- "HERBERT, Richard (d.1754)". History of Parliament Online (1754-`790). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- "JONES, Robert (d.1774), of Clement's Lane, Lombard St., London, and Babraham, Cambs". History of Parliament online. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Wynne, William (1671?-1704), historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- Hayton, D. W. "Bulkeley, Richard, 3rd Visct. Bulkeley of Cashel [I] (c.1658-1704), of Baron Hill, Anglesey". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- John Burke; Bernard Burke (1977). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-8063-0739-8.
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