Welsh Journals

Our sheriff Humphrey Kynaston was of another branch of this prolific family. His father, John, son of Roger Kynaston of Plas Kynaston, Rhiwabon and sheriff Co. Mont. 1655/6, had married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Oliver Lloyd of Bryngwyn17 in the parish of Llanfechain. Humphrey, who succeeded to his mother's property, married Martha, daughter of Robert Owen of Woodhouse, Co. Salop. Memorial tablets in Llanfechain church record his death on 18th April, 1710, aged 63, and hers (she is described as "a lady remarkable for her piety, conjugal love and regular oeconomy") on 11th July, 1695, aged 35. Bryngwyn then passed to their daughter Mary (d. 14th May, 1725, aged 34-"an indulgent wife and tender mother") who had married William Mostyn, grandson of William Mostyn, Archdeacon of Bangor, who was elder brother of Col. Roger Mostyn of Dolycorsllwyn, Cemaes, sheriff 1660/1. William Mostyn died on 24th December, 1729, aged 43 and was succeeded by his son William. He, on succeeding to the Woodhouse property on the death of his cousin Sarah Owen, adopted this surname. As William Mostyn Owen, he was elected M.P. for the county in 1774, defeating Col. Watkin Williams by 76 votes (the low figures are startling: Owen 700, Williams 624) and retaining the seat until his death on 11th March, 1795.18 William Mostyn was the last of his family to live at Bryngwyn, which he sold to Mr. Martin Williams (of whom, shortly after his death, the author of the history of Llanfechain19 observed "The writer can barely bring himself to speak of this worthy gentleman lest he should be thought to speak in terms too adulatory"). Martin Williams, whose family had Jamaican connections and interests, left four daughters, of whom the youngest, Elizabeth Charlotte, married Henry Robertson Sandbach of Hafodunos, sheriff Co. Denbigh 1854, in whose family Bryngwyn remains. 1693-RICHARD OWEN (Appointed 16 November) Arms Gules, a lion rampant regardant or The Owens of Peniarth, in the parish of Llanegryn, Merioneth, became possessed of that property by the marriage of Griffith Owen of Talybont to 17 For the pedigree of the Lloyds of Bryngwyn, see Mont. Colls., Vol. V, 255-6. 18 See Mont. Colls., Vol. 59, pp. 116-128: "Montgomeryshire Election of 1774", Peter D. G. Thomas. 19 Mont. Colls., Vol. V, 257. The article is anonymous, but D. R. Thomas stated that he was (as one might expect) the then rector the Rev. W. Madock Williams.