LEWIS, ELLIS (fl. 1640-1661), translator;
b. at Llwyn-gwern, Llanuwchllyn, Mer., son of Cadwaladr Lewis ap Howel ap John and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Ellis Fychan, Brynllech, also in Llanuwchllyn. Little is known of Ellis Lewis except for references to him (and to his father) in Subsidy Rolls, etc. There exists a document of 16 Aug. 1641 which shows that he possessed much land in the parishes of Llanuwchllyn and Llanycil. His wife was Ellen, daughter of Robert Anwyl, Parc, Llanfrothen (see the article on that family), by Catrin, daughter of Sir John Owen (q.v.), Clenennau, Caerns. He is known as the translator of Ystyriaethau Drexelius ar Dragwyddoldeb Gwedi eu cyfieithu yn gyntafyn Saeson-aeg gan Dr. R. Winterton, ac yr awrhon yn Gymraeg gan Ellis Lewis o'r Llwyn-gwernyn Sir Feirion, Wr-bonheddig (Oxford, 1661).
Bibliography:
- ‘Subsidy Rolls,’ 1600, 1630;
- information upon the Anwyl connection from Mr. P. H. Lawson, Chester.
Author:
Robert (Bob) Owen, O.B.E., M.A., (1885-1962), Croesor
