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• BIRT: Illigimate son of John WYNN     Doctor David Yale was son ofJohn Yale, who was also sometimes called John Wynn and sometime JohnWynn, of Plas-yn-Ial (Plas-yn-Yale).     John Yale, or Wynn was, asheretofore stated, the father of two sones and one daughter, namely:First, Thomas Yale, who inherited Plas-yn-Yale, and continued thatline of the family; and second, Jane Yale, who married Joseph Haynes,D.D. (The mother of Thomas and Jane was Elizabeth Mostyn, daughter ofThomas Mostyn.)  The third was Dr. David Yale and his mother was AgnesLloyd, daughter of John Lloyd.     It will be noted here, as well asin the preceding pedigree, that Thomas Yale, whose descenantscontinued the line of "Plas-yn-Yale" and Dr. David Yale, the ancestorof the Yales of Plas Grono, were half brothers, hence the relationshipof the Yales of these two acient estates will be understood.     Thefather of John Yale (Wynn), was David Lloyd ap Elisse (Ellis) ofPlas-yn-Ial, who was descended from a long line of honorable,illustrious and noble ancestors, as set forth in the preceeding[pages].     Dr. David Yale was also known as David Lloyd D.C.L., butthis is not at all strange, as at that time surnames in Wales werequite unsettled, and in fact were first brought into use and handeddown from father to son, just about this time.     He and hishalf-brother Thomas were the first, after their uncle Thomas Yale,Chancellor of Matthew Parker, to assume definitely and finally, thesurname "Yale."     Dr. David Yale was one of the great men of histime and country.  Mr. Alfred Neobard Palmer pays the followingtribute to him:  "a man famous in himself, and famous in hisconnections and descendants, not the least of whom was Elihu Yale, thefounder of Yale College in New England."     He was rector ofLlandegla (1564-1573), prebendary of Y Faenol in St. Asaph Cathedral(1578-1624), Prebenary of Chester (1528-xxxx), Chancellor of Chester(1587-1624), Justice of the Peace (1601-1620) "and of the Quorum" forthe County of Chester (1603).  He owned the estate known as ErddigHouse (now Erddig Hall) and also Plas Grono and other extensive tractsof land in the vicinity.  In the deeds preserved at Erddig, he isgenerally called "doctor of laws" and sometimes "esquire and doctor oflaws," and once he is described as "Chancellor of Chester." Before hisacquisition of Erddig, he is generally described as "of Chester" or"of Tattenhall," Cheshire.     The wife of Dr. David Yale was FrancesLloyd, daughter of John Lloyd ap David Lloyd of Cevn Amwich, in Lleyn,Carnavonshire, who was of the family of Griffiths of Cevn Amwich.[See Dr. John Lloyd D.C.L., father of Frances Lloyd-Yale]     In thewill of Dr. Thomas Yale, Chancellor of Canterbury (proved 1 April1578), the testator mentions his "Kinsman" "Davy Yale" and providesmeans for him to "re-edify the house in Yale" leaving him for thatpurpose "the reversion of the lease of the Vaynoll."  "The Vaynoll" nodoubt meant the prebend of Y Faenol in St. Asaph Catherdal, in which,as is known from other evidence, Dr. David Yale succeeded Dr. ThomasYale.  Therefore, the "Davy Yale" of the will was unquestionably, Dr.David Yale.  He was also co-executor of the will.     The Shield ofArms of Yale of Pla-yn-Yale and that of the Arms of Yale of PlasGrono, differed only in the fact, that the saltire on the former wasengrailed, whil on the latter it was not.     Dr. David Yale wasprominent in his time, as the proprietor and landlord of largeestates, as well as in an official capacity.  He  was in possession ofOld Plas Grono before the year 1590, represented in later years by"plas Grono farm" in the hamlet of Hafod-y-bwch, in the township ofEsclusham below Dyke, Country of Denbigh.  It is not know how long hehad owned this estate before the year 1590, neither is it known whenNew Plas Grono was built, in the same hamlet, but nearer theconfluence of the two brooks, called "Afon sech" and Afon goch."  Thelatter was, to avoid confusion, called "Plas Newydd" (New Hall" and"Ty Cerryg" (Stone House), but finally it was known by the originalname "Plas Grono" or to employ if full form, "Plas Gronowy (Grono's orGoronwy's Hall).

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