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This article is about the particular significance of the century 1500 - 1599 to Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and its people
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
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Princes of Wales
- Arthur Tudor (to April 2, 1502)
- Prince HenryHenry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
(later Henry VIII) (1504-1509)
Events
1501- November 14 Arthur, Prince of WalesArthur, Prince of WalesArthur Tudor, Prince of Wales was the first son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and therefore, heir to the throne of England. As he predeceased his father, Arthur never became king...
, marries Catherine of AragonCatherine of AragonCatherine of Aragon , also known as Katherine or Katharine, was Queen consort of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII of England and Princess of Wales as the wife to Arthur, Prince of Wales...
at St Paul's CathedralSt Paul's CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother...
.
1502
- August - William SmythWilliam SmythWilliam Smyth was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches. He became very wealthy and was a benefactor of a number of institutions...
becomes President of the Council of Wales and the Marches.
1504
- February 18 - Henry, Duke of YorkHenry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
is invested as Prince of Wales.
1519
- Sir John Puleston is granted the lordship of DenbighDenbighDenbigh is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Before 1888, it was the county town of Denbighshire. Denbigh lies 8 miles to the north west of Ruthin and to the south of St Asaph. It is about 13 miles from the seaside resort of Rhyl. The town grew around the glove-making industry...
and Denbighland by King Henry VIII.
1526
- Princess MaryMary I of EnglandMary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...
, heir to the throne, is sent to Ludlow CastleLudlow CastleLudlow Castle is a large, partly ruined, non-inhabited castle which dominates the town of Ludlow in Shropshire, England. It stands on a high point overlooking the River Teme...
to preside over the Council of Wales and the Marches.
1531
- Rhys ap Gruffudd of Carew CastleCarew CastleCarew Castle is a castle in the civil parish of Carew in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. The famous Carew family take their name from the place, and still own the castle, although it is leased to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, which administers the site.-Construction:The present castle,...
is executed for treason.
1534
- July 22 Henry SomersetHenry Somerset, 2nd Earl of WorcesterHenry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester was an English nobleman, son of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second Earl of Worcester...
is appointed chief justice in eyre of Newport, Wentllwg and Machen.
1536
- Thomas Cromwell appoints Bishop Rowland LeeRowland LeeBishop Rowland Lee was an English administrator and bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.He belonged to a Northumberland family and was educated at Cambridge. Having entered the Church he obtained several livings owing to the favour of Cardinal Wolsey; after Wolsey's fall he rose high in the esteem of...
to the presidency of the Council of Wales and the Marches. - An Acte for Lawes & Justice to be ministred in Wales in like fourme as it is in this Realme (27 Henry VIII c. 26) "unites" Wales with England and gives Wales parliamentary representation.
1541
- Foundation of Christ College, BreconChrist College, BreconChrist College, Brecon is a co-educational, boarding and day independent school, located in the market town of Brecon in mid-Wales. It caters for pupils from eleven to eighteen.Christ College was founded by Royal Charter in 1541 by King Henry VIII...
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1542
- An Acte for certaine Ordinaunces in the Kinges Majesties Domynion and Principalitie of Wales (34 and 35 Henry VIII c. 26) extends the effects of the 1536 Act of Union.
1550
- Walter DevereuxWalter Devereux, 1st Viscount HerefordWalter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, created 1st Viscount Hereford was an English Peer.-Family:...
is created Viscount HerefordViscount HerefordViscount Hereford is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1550 for Walter Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. The Devereux family is of Norman descent and came to England after the Norman conquest in 1066, and settled in Lyonshall and Bodenham, Herefordshire. Sir Walter...
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1551
- October 10 - William Herbert is created Baron Herbert of Cardiff.
1553
- Nicholas HeathNicholas HeathNicholas Heath was archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor.-Life:Heath was born in London and graduated BA at Oxford in 1519. He then migrated to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1520, MA in 1522, and was elected fellow in 1524. After holding minor preferments he was appointed...
is made President of the Council of Wales and the Marches by Queen Mary I of EnglandMary I of EnglandMary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547...
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1557
- July 8 - The will of Geoffrey Glyn leaves a bequest leading to the foundation of Friars School, BangorFriars School, BangorYsgol Friars is a comprehensive school in Bangor, Gwynedd, and one of the oldest schools in Wales.-1557 Establishment:The school was founded by Geoffrey Glyn, Doctor of Laws, who had been brought up in Anglesey and had followed a career in law in London....
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1559
- George ConstantineGeorge Constantine (Archdeacon)George Constantine was a British priest who was an early Protestant and evangelical reformer.-Life History:Constantine was, by his own account, born around 1500, and in 1523 gained entry into Cambridge University to study for a Bachelor of Canon Law. He adopted the Protestant doctrine, and fled to...
is made Archdeacon of Brecon.
1565
- Blanche ParryBlanche ParryBlanche Parry was a personal attendant of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Chief Gentlewoman of Queen Elizabeth’s most honourable Privy Chamber and Keeper of Her Majesty’s jewels.-Early life:...
is appointed Keeper of the Queen's Books and Jewels.
1568
- May 26 - A "congress of bards and musicians" takes place at CaerwysCaerwysCaerwys is a town in Flintshire, Wales. It is situated just under two miles from the A55 North Wales Expressway and one mile from the A541 Mold-Denbigh road. At the 2001 Census, the population of Caerwys civil parish was 1,315, with a total ward population of 2,496.Caerwys is mentioned in the...
, on the orders of a commission appointed by Queen Elizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
.
1571
- Foundation of Jesus College, OxfordJesus College, OxfordJesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
.
1573
- The first publication of the Cambriae TypusCambriae TypusCambriae Typus, the "model image of Wales", is the earliest published map of Wales as a separate region from the rest of Great Britain. Made by Elizabethan polymath Humphrey Llwyd in 1573, the map shows Wales stretching to the River Severn, including large areas of what is now...
in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; the earliest map of Wales.
1574
- Re-foundation of Ruthin SchoolRuthin SchoolRuthin School is one of the oldest public schools in the United Kingdom. Located on the outskirts of Ruthin, the county town of Denbighshire in North Wales, the school is over seven hundred years old and has been co-educational since 1990.- Beginnings :...
by Gabriel GoodmanGabriel GoodmanGabriel Goodman was the Dean of Westminster and the re-founder of Ruthin School, in Ruthin, Denbighshire.-Early years:...
.
1576
- The route for the weekly post to Ireland established by Queen Elizabeth IElizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
is switched from Liverpool to HolyheadHolyheadHolyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....
.
1577
- Mary SidneyMary SidneyMary Herbert , Countess of Pembroke , was one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, poetry, poetic translations and literary patronage.-Family:...
marries Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke KG was an English peer of the Elizabethan era.-Life:He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr. His aunt was queen consort Catherine Parr, last wife of King Henry VIII. Herbert was responsible for the costly restoration of Cardiff Castle...
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1584
- September 23 - Robert SidneyRobert Sidney, 1st Earl of LeicesterRobert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester , second son of Sir Henry Sidney, was a statesman of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He was also a patron of the arts and an interesting poet...
marries heiress Barbara GamageBarbara GamageBarbara Sidney, Countess of Leicester was a Welsh heiress, and the first wife of Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester.Barbara Gamage inherited Coity Castle, Glamorgan, on the death of her father, John Gamage, in 1584, and became the ward of Sir Edward Stradling of St Donat's Castle, Glamorgan,...
, at St Donat's CastleSt Donat's CastleSt Donat's Castle is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, overlooking the Bristol Channel in the village of St Donat's near Llantwit Major, and about 25km west of Cardiff...
, the home of her guardian Sir Edward Stradling. - CopperCopperCopper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...
-working begins at Aberdulais FallsAberdulais FallsThe Aberdulais Falls are found on the River Dulais at Aberdulais, near Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. The falls are formed as the river plunges over beds of hard Lower Pennant Sandstone just before meeting the River Neath flowing down the Vale of Neath...
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1595
- February - A riot breaks out in Cardiff as the result of the activities of Sir William Herbert (a relative of the Earl of Pembroke) and his henchmen.
1596
- Sir William Herbert and Nicholas Herbert are convicted by the Court of Star Chamber http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48095, imprisoned in the Fleet, and fined 1000 marks for his part in the affair.
Books
1540- Robert RecordeRobert RecordeRobert Recorde was a Welsh physician and mathematician. He introduced the "equals" sign in 1557.-Biography:A member of a respectable family of Tenby, Wales, he entered the University of Oxford about 1525, and was elected a fellow of All Souls College in 1531...
- The Grounde of Artes
1546
- Sir John Price - Yn y Llyvyr Hwn (first Welsh language book to be printed)
1547
- William SalesburyWilliam SalesburyWilliam Salesbury also Salusbury was the leading Welsh scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.Salesbury was born in about 1520 in the parish of Llansannan, Conwy...
- A dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe
1550
- William SalesburyWilliam SalesburyWilliam Salesbury also Salusbury was the leading Welsh scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.Salesbury was born in about 1520 in the parish of Llansannan, Conwy...
- Ban wedy i dynny air yngair alla o ben gyfreith Howel da...
1556
- Robert RecordeRobert RecordeRobert Recorde was a Welsh physician and mathematician. He introduced the "equals" sign in 1557.-Biography:A member of a respectable family of Tenby, Wales, he entered the University of Oxford about 1525, and was elected a fellow of All Souls College in 1531...
- The Castle of Knowledge, containing the Explication of the Sphere both Celestiall and Materiall, etc.
1564
- John DeeJohn Dee (mathematician)John Dee was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy....
- Monas HieroglyphicaMonas HieroglyphicaThe Monas Hieroglyphica is an esoteric symbol invented and designed by John Dee, the Elizabethan Magus and Court Astrologer of Elizabeth I of England...
1567
- Gruffydd Robert - Dosparth Byrr ar y rhan gyntaf i ramadeg cymraeg
- "Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin", a Welsh translation of the Book of Common PrayerBook of Common PrayerThe Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, "Anglican realignment" and other Anglican churches. The original book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English...
by William SalesburyWilliam SalesburyWilliam Salesbury also Salusbury was the leading Welsh scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.Salesbury was born in about 1520 in the parish of Llansannan, Conwy...
1568
- Morys Clynnog - Athravaeth Gristnogavl
1573
- Sir John Prys - Historiae Britannicae Defensio (published posthumously)
1584
- David PowelDavid PowelDavid Powel was a Welsh Church of England clergyman and historian who published the first printed history of Wales in 1584.-Life:...
- Historie of Cambria
1587
- Morris KyffinMorris KyffinMorris Kyffin was a Welsh author and soldier, brother of the poet Edward Kyffin. He was also a friend of John Dee.His best known works are the poem The Blessedness of Britayne and Deffyniad Ffydd Eglwys Lloegr ....
- The Blessedness of Britayne
1589
- John PenryJohn PenryJohn Penry is Wales's most famous Protestant martyr.-Early life:He was born in Brecknockshire, Wales; Cefn Brith, a farm near Llangammarch, is traditionally recognised as his birthplace. He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1580, being then probably a Roman Catholic; but soon...
- Exhortation to the governours and people of Wales...
1594
- Morris KyffinMorris KyffinMorris Kyffin was a Welsh author and soldier, brother of the poet Edward Kyffin. He was also a friend of John Dee.His best known works are the poem The Blessedness of Britayne and Deffyniad Ffydd Eglwys Lloegr ....
- Deffyniad Ffydd Eglwys Lloegr
Births
1504- date unknown - William GlynWilliam Glyn (1504-1558)William Glyn , also known as William Glynn or William Glynne, was the Bishop of Bangor from 1555 until his death....
, bishop (d. 1558)
1527
- July 13 - John DeeJohn Dee (mathematician)John Dee was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy....
, mathematician and occultist (d. 1609)
1528
- November 6 - Gabriel GoodmanGabriel GoodmanGabriel Goodman was the Dean of Westminster and the re-founder of Ruthin School, in Ruthin, Denbighshire.-Early years:...
, founder of Ruthin School (d. 1601)
1534
- date unknown - Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of PembrokeHenry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke KG was an English peer of the Elizabethan era.-Life:He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Parr. His aunt was queen consort Catherine Parr, last wife of King Henry VIII. Herbert was responsible for the costly restoration of Cardiff Castle...
, statesman (d. 1601)
1558
- Richard TrevorRichard Trevor (politician)Sir Richard Trevor was a Welsh landowner, soldier and politician.He was the eldest son of John Trevor of Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire. He was the elder brother of Sir John Trevor, Sir Thomas Trevor and Sir Sackville Trevor...
, politician (d. 1638)
1575
- December 9 - Augustine BakerAugustine BakerFr Augustine Baker OSB , was a well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer. He was one of the earliest members of the newly restored English Benedictine Congregation.- Early life :...
, Benedictine mystic (d. 1641) - date unknown - William VaughanWilliam Vaughan (writer)-Life:He was the son of Walter Vaughan and was born at Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, Wales—his father's estate. He was descended from an ancient prince of Powys. He was brother to John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery and Henry Vaughan , a well-known Royalist leader in the English Civil War...
, writer and colonial investor (d. 1641)
1582
- March 22 - John Williams, Archbishop of York (d. 1650)
1587
- June 24 - William Arnold, Welsh-descended American settler
1592
- date unknown - Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd BaronetSir Owen Wynn, 3rd BaronetSir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet inherited the family baronetcy, of Gwydyr, Wales in 1649 after the death of his brother Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet during the Civil War...
(d. 1660)
Deaths
1500- October 1 - John AlcockJohn Alcock (bishop)-Biography:Alcock was born at Beverley in Yorkshire, son of Sir William Alcock, Burgess of Kingston upon Hull and educated at Cambridge. In 1461 he was made dean of Westminster, and his subsequent promotion was rapid in both church and state. In the following year he was made Master of the Rolls,...
, Tudor supporter and Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches
1502
- April 2 - Arthur, Prince of WalesArthur, Prince of WalesArthur Tudor, Prince of Wales was the first son of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and therefore, heir to the throne of England. As he predeceased his father, Arthur never became king...
, 15
1505
- date unknown - Sir Thomas Salusbury, Tudor supporter
1509
- April 21 - King Henry VIIHenry VII of EnglandHenry VII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor....
, Pembroke-born King of England, 52 - June 29 - Lady Margaret Beaufort, widow of Edmund TudorEdmund Tudor, 1st Earl of RichmondEdmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond , also known as Edmund of Hadham , was the father of King Henry VII of England and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd, North Wales.-Birth and early life:...
and mother of King Henry VII, 66
1512
- February 12 - David ap Owen, Bishop of St AsaphBishop of St AsaphThe Bishop of St Asaph heads the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph.The diocese covers the counties of Conwy and Flintshire, Wrexham county borough, the eastern part of Merioneth in Gwynedd and part of northern Powys. The Episcopal seat is located in the Cathedral Church of St Asaph in the town of...
1523
- date unknown - Griffith RyceGriffith RyceSir Gruffydd ap Rhys was a Welsh nobleman. He was the son of Sir Rhys ap Thomas, the de facto ruler of most of south-west Wales who aided Henry Tudor in his victory on Bosworth Field in 1485 and Efa ap Henry.-Early life:In the reign of Richard III his father's loyalty was questioned to the house...
, servant of Arthur Tudor
1525
- date unknown - Sir Rhys ap ThomasRhys ap ThomasRhys ap Thomas was a Welsh soldier and landholder who rose to prominence during the Wars of the Roses, and was instrumental in the victory of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He remained a faithful supporter of Henry and was rewarded with lands and offices in South Wales...
, Tudor supporter, 75?
1526
- April 15 - Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of WorcesterCharles Somerset, 1st Earl of WorcesterCharles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester was the legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Joan Hill.-Biography:He was born around 1460 to Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Joan Hill...
- 1543
- January 28 - Rowland LeeRowland LeeBishop Rowland Lee was an English administrator and bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.He belonged to a Northumberland family and was educated at Cambridge. Having entered the Church he obtained several livings owing to the favour of Cardinal Wolsey; after Wolsey's fall he rose high in the esteem of...
, Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches
1549
- November 26 - Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of WorcesterHenry Somerset, 2nd Earl of WorcesterHenry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester was an English nobleman, son of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second Earl of Worcester...
1554
- May 18 - William ThomasWilliam Thomas (scholar)William Thomas , probably a Welshman, was an Italian scholar and clerk of the council to Edward VI, who was executed for treason after the death of Edward.-Early years:...
(executed) - December 24 - 80 "red-headed bandits of Mawddach" (executed)
1555
- March (probable) - Rawlins White, fisherman, 70? (executed by burning at Cardiff)
- March 30 - Robert FerrarRobert FerrarRobert Ferrar was a Bishop of St David's in Wales.He was prior of Nostell Priory, embraced the English Reformation, and was made Bishop of St. David's by Edward VI...
, former Bishop of St David's (executed by burning at Carmarthen) - October 15 - Sir John Prys, notary public to King Henry VIII, 53?
- date unknown - Robert HolgateRobert HolgateRobert Holgate was Bishop of Llandaff and then Archbishop of York . He recognised Henry VIII as leader of the Church of England....
, former Bishop of Llandaff
1558
- date unknown
- William Nichol, Protestant martyr
- Robert RecordeRobert RecordeRobert Recorde was a Welsh physician and mathematician. He introduced the "equals" sign in 1557.-Biography:A member of a respectable family of Tenby, Wales, he entered the University of Oxford about 1525, and was elected a fellow of All Souls College in 1531...
, mathematician
1559
- date unknown - Sir Rice ManselRice ManselSir Rhys Mansel , also Sir Rice Mansel, also Sir Rice Manxell, also Sir Rice Maunsell, Vice-Admiral, was High Sheriff of Glamorgan, a Commissioner of Peace and served as Chamberlain of Chester to King Henry VIII of England.Sir Rice owned estates at Penrice and Oxwich, and at the Dissolution of the...
, admiral
1560
- December 15 - Sir Thomas ParryThomas Parry (Comptroller of the Household)Sir Thomas Parry was a Comptroller of the Household to the English Queen Elizabeth I.He was knighted by Elizabeth at her accession in 1558, and held the offices of royal steward, Cofferer, Privy Counselor, Comptroller of the Household , Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries , Member of...
1570
- March-July - Sir Richard CloughRichard CloughSir Richard Clough , known by his Welsh contemporaries as Rhisiart Clwch, was a merchant from Denbigh, north-east Wales, and an agent of Queen Elizabeth I of England....
, merchant - March 17 - William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
1574
- date unknown - Hugh PriceHugh Price (lawyer)Hugh Price was a Welsh lawyer and clergyman who was instrumental in the founding of Jesus College, Oxford.Price was born in Brecon, in mid-Wales, the son of a butcher named Rhys ap Rhys. He began his education either in Brecon or at Osney Abbey near Oxford...
, lawyer
1581
- November 7 - Richard Davies, bishop
- date unknown - Morys Clynnog, Recusant author
1584
- April 27 - David LewisDavid Lewis (lawyer)David Lewis was a lawyer, Judge and the first Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.- Early life :Lewis was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. He was educated at King Henry VIII Grammar School in the town...
, lawyer - October 15 - Richard Gwyn, Catholic martyr, 47
- probable - William SalesburyWilliam SalesburyWilliam Salesbury also Salusbury was the leading Welsh scholar of the Renaissance and the principal translator of the 1567 Welsh New Testament.Salesbury was born in about 1520 in the parish of Llansannan, Conwy...
, translator of the New Testament into Welsh
1585
- March 2 - William Parry, conspirator (executed)
1586
- May 5 - Henry SidneyHenry SidneySir Henry Sidney , Lord Deputy of Ireland was the eldest son of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, a prominent politician and courtier during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, from both of whom he received extensive grants of land, including the manor of Penshurst in Kent, which became the...
, President of the Council of Wales, 56 - September 20 - Thomas SalisburyThomas SalisburySir Thomas Salisbury was one of the conspirators executed for his involvement in the Babington Plot....
, conspirator (executed), 22? - date unknown - Griffith LloydGriffith LloydGriffith Lloyd was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1572 to 1586. He was also Regius Professor of Civil Law from 1577 to his death.He was originally from Lampeter, Wales where the Lloyds of Maesyfelin were a well-respected family...
, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
1589
- February 21 - William Somerset, 3rd Earl of WorcesterWilliam Somerset, 3rd Earl of WorcesterWilliam Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester, KG was born before 1526 to Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester and his second wife Elizabeth Browne....
1590
- February 12 - Blanche ParryBlanche ParryBlanche Parry was a personal attendant of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Chief Gentlewoman of Queen Elizabeth’s most honourable Privy Chamber and Keeper of Her Majesty’s jewels.-Early life:...
, gentlewoman to Queen Elizabeth I, 81?
1591
- August 27 - Katheryn of BerainKatheryn of BerainKatheryn of Berain , sometimes called Mam Cymru , was a Welsh noblewoman noted for her four marriages and her extensive network of descendants and relations.-Family:...
, much-married heiress, 57? - date unknown - William BlethynWilliam BlethynWilliam Blethyn was a prebendary of York and a bishop of Llandaff. He died in 1591.-References:...
, Bishop of Llandaff
1593
- May 29 - John PenryJohn PenryJohn Penry is Wales's most famous Protestant martyr.-Early life:He was born in Brecknockshire, Wales; Cefn Brith, a farm near Llangammarch, is traditionally recognised as his birthplace. He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1580, being then probably a Roman Catholic; but soon...
, Protestant martyr, 33
1595
- December 12 - Roger WilliamsRoger Williams (soldier)Sir Roger Williams was a Protestant Welsh soldier of fortune.Born in Penrhos, Monmouthshire, Williams was said by Anthony Wood to have attended Brasenose College, Oxford. He spent most of his life soldiering, mainly on the continent...
, soldier of fortune, 55?
1596
- October - Richard HerbertRichard Herbert, Lord of CherburyRichard Herbert , Lord of Cherbury , and of Montgomery Castle, was an English Justice of the Peace and Parliamentarian who was High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1576 and 1584 and Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire in 1594-1596....
, politician and judge
1598
- July 12 - John Jones, Catholic martyr
- August 4 - William Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , KG was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572...
, politician of Welsh descent - date unknown - Morris KyffinMorris KyffinMorris Kyffin was a Welsh author and soldier, brother of the poet Edward Kyffin. He was also a friend of John Dee.His best known works are the poem The Blessedness of Britayne and Deffyniad Ffydd Eglwys Lloegr ....
, soldier and author