1710s in Wales

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Other events of the decade

This article is about the particular significance of the decade 1710 - 1719 to Wales and its people.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 New books 4.1 Music 5 Births 6 Deaths

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - George, Prince of Wales (from 1714)
• Princess of Wales - Caroline of Ansbach (from 1714)

Events

1710

• John Wynne obtains permission from the bishop's court to change the name of Trelawnyd to "Newmarket".
• A committee of the House of Commons declares Sir Humphrey Mackworth guilty of "many notorious and scandalous frauds".

1711

• Thomas Durston begins printing Welsh books at Shrewsbury.
• Baptist Church in the Great Valley (Pennsylvania) is founded by Welsh immigrants.

1712

• Jonathan Edwards dies, leaving his library to Jesus College, Oxford.

1713

• Sir Humphrey Mackworth founds the formed the Company of Mineral Manufacturers.
• Edmund Meyrick dies, leaving a large bequest to Jesus College for scholarships for students from North Wales.

1714

• May 8 - Bishop Adam Ottley complains that Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) has been "going about preaching on week days in Churches, Churchyards, and sometimes on the mountains, to hundreds of auditors".
• September 27 - Prince George, son of King George I, is invested as Prince of Wales. His wife, Caroline, automatically becomes Princess of Wales.

1716

• Griffith Jones becomes rector of Llanddowror.

1717

• Japanning of tinplate begins at Pontypool.

1718

• The first legal printing press in Wales is established at Adpar in Carmarthenshire by Isaac Carter.

1719

• The wrought-iron gates at St Giles' Church, Wrexham, are completed by the Davies Brothers of Bersham.

Arts and literature

New books

1711

• Jonathan Edwards - A Vindication of the Doctrine of Original Sin from the exceptions of Dr. Daniel Whitby

1714

• John Morgan of Matchin - Myfyrdodau bucheddol ar y pedwar peth diweddaf
• Christmas Samuel - Gemau Doethineb

1719

• Christmas Samuel - Catecism o'r Scrythur

Music

Births

1710

• May 16 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, politician (d. 1782)

1713

• March 21 - Francis Lewis, signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1803)
• date unknown
  • Sir John Glynne, 6th Baronet (d. 1777)
  • Daniel Rowland, Methodist leader (d. 1790)
  • Josiah Tucker, economist (d. 1799)

1714

• March - Edward Richard, schoolmaster and poet (d. 1777)
• August 1 - Richard Wilson, painter (d. 1782)
• date unknown - David Davies, clergyman and author (d. 1819)

1716

• date unknown - Henry Owen, theologian (d. 1795)

1717

• November 13 - Prince George William, first child born to the new Prince and Princess of Wales since they took their titles (d. 1718)

1719

• November 30 - Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, future Princess of Wales (d. 1772)
• date unknown - Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet, politician (d. 1769)

Deaths

1712

• November 20 - Humphrey Humphreys, bishop, 63
• July 20 - Jonathan Edwards, theologian and academic, 83

1713

• January 12 - John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery, 73
• April 24 - Edmund Meyrick, priest and educational benefactor, 77

1714

• June 22 - Matthew Henry, Presbyterian minister, 51

1715

• January 16 - Robert Nelson, philanthropist and non-juror, 58
• June 29 - Richard Lucas, clergyman and author, 66?

1716

• January 26 - Daniel Williams, theologian, 72?

1717

• May 20 - John Trevor, politician, 80?
• August 30 - William Lloyd, former Bishop of St Asaph, 90

1718

• February 17 - Prince George William of Wales, three months old
• December 26 - Mary Steele, wife of Sir Richard Steele, 40

1719

• date unknown - Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet