1704
in
Wales
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
1704 in
England
Scotland
Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1704 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Events

  • 6 April - Sir Humphrey Mackworth proposes to the SPCK the "Erection of libraries in Wales".[7]
  • May - Erasmus Lewis becomes secretary to Robert Harley at the Northern Department.[8]
  • July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.[9]
  • 9 October - Roger Griffith is installed as archdeacon of Brecon.[10]
  • 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.[11]

Arts and literature

New books

  • John Morgan - Bloeddnad Ofnadwy yr Utcorn Diweddaf (posthumously published)[12]
  • Robert Nelson - A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England[13]

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. 1 2 J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
  2. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
  3. Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London England New York, NY: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 9781134982707.
  4. 1 2 Charles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.
  5. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 77.
  6. Grosart, Rev. A. B. (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 447–448.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. William Llewelyn Davies. "Vaughan family of Corsygedol". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  10. 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.
  11. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Kemeys and Kemeys-Tynte family, of Cefn Mabli, Monmouth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  12. John Thomas Jones. "Morgan, John (1662-1701), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. "HERBERT, Richard (d.1754)". History of Parliament Online (1754-`790). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  16. "JONES, Robert (d.1774), of Clement's Lane, Lombard St., London, and Babraham, Cambs". History of Parliament online. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  17. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Wynne, William (1671?-1704), historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  18. 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.
  19. 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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