------------- Miscellaneous ------------- Cutting from 'Blackburn Weekly Telegraph' concerning addresss to Revd. G.R.G. Pughe, vicar of Mellor, Lancs (1865-1912). 20 April 1912 Transcript by G.R.G. Pughe, Mellor Vicarage, Blackburn, of letter 2nd Sept 1834 from Richard Pughe (rector) of Llanfihangel (-yng-Ngwynfa) to brother John Pughe, rector of Llanfrothen, co. Mer, concerning birth of dter. Anne (with description etc.; details of farming, Golfa and son George Gould Pughe). (Fragments) 25 May 1917 The ups and downs of Mellor were noted by in the late Victorian age by the village's redoubtable vicar, the Rev. G.R.G. Pughe when it's fortunes were at such an ebb that he said it was "fast becoming a deserted village." -------------- ----- Works ----- THE HYMNS OF ANN GRIFFITHS OF DOLWAR FECHAN, Translated into English verse by GEORGE RICHARD GOULD PUGHE, Vicar of Mellor, near Blackburn. (For George H. Durham, Blackburn, 1900). 1900 POEMS ON “The Land of The Promise”. BY DYFED THE REV. E. REES, A WELSH DISSENTING MINISTER, BUT NOT A DISESTABLISHER. RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY G.R.G. PUGHE, VICAR OF MELLOR. (in support of Mellor Church and school etc.). (John Rutherford esq., M.P., 1901) 1901 The Church in Wales: a versified review of her reverses by George Richard Gould Pughe (Author) ----- --------- Genealogy --------- Pughe of Cwmllowi. By Rev. G. R Pughe (Mellor Vicarage, Blackburn) p.243 in COLLECTIONS HISTORICAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL RELATING TO MONTGOMERYSHIRE AND ITS BORDERS. ISSUED BY THE POWYS-LAND CLUB FOR THE USE OF ITS MEMBERS. VOL. XXIV. 1890. [(1) unclear without careful study] RICHARD PUGHE (3), clerk, younger son of RICHARD (2) and MARY PUGHE of Cwmllowi, and brother to Edward and Catherine, married LOWRY TIBBOTS, eldest daughter of JOHN TIBBOTS, B.A., clerk, Vicar of Darowen, and his wife ANNE. RICHARD (3) and LOWRY PUGHE's only son was RICHARD PUGHE (4), surgeon and apothecary, of Machynlleth, since of Llanegryn, then of Hendre Abergynolwyn, who, by his wife MARY, daughter of WILLIAM and ANNE TIBBOT of Aberhirddowen, co. Merioneth, had two sons, i. RICHARD PUGHE (5), the elder son, of whom presently (5), and ii. William Pughe, B. A., clerk, and J. P., Rector of Mallwyd (year of admission, 1827), ob. Feb. 13th, 1852, in his eighty-seventh year, formerly Curate of Talyllyn and Llandrinio. He married Mary Owen of Ddolgoed, only surviving younger child of John Owen, Gentleman, related to Dr. Rowland Owen of Dolgelly, the famous bonesetter, and to Mr. Owen Owen of Hendre. RICHARD PUGHE (5), B.A., clerk, the elder son, was appointed Master of Llanegryn Free School, by William Wynne of Peniarth, Esq., about 16th Jan. 1782; Vicar of Llanegryn from 5th June 1786 to 3rd July 1812; afterwards Rector of Llanfrothen with the P. C. of Bethgelert. He died llth Jan. 1837, in his seventy-fifth year. I have his portrait, painted by Sharpies in 1813, and 160 lines of a poetic correspondence between him and Edward Corbet of Ynysymaengwyn, Esq. He married ELIZABETH (ob. Dec. 23rd, 1837, in her seventy-fifth year), widow of David Davies of Pant, who died in 1786, aged twenty-eight, leaving an only daughter, Mary. The said ELIZABETH was daughter of ROBERT MORGAN of Plascanol, near Barmouth, by his wife, MARY THOMAS. The issue of the Rev. RICHARD PUGHE (5) and ELILZABETH his wife were: i. RICHARD PUGHE (6), the eldest son, and my father, of whom presently (6). ii. John Pughe, B.A., second son, Incumbent of Llanfihangel y Traethau, with Llandecwyn, ob. July 2nd, 1861. iii. Robert Pughe, Doctor at Bangor Dispensary, ob. in 1825. iv. Hugh Pughe, ob. Dec. 24th, 1822, aged twenty-one, v. William Pughe, ob. July 24th, 1826, aged twenty, vi. Edward Pughe, ob. May 28th 1863. (None of these junior sons married.) vii. Elizabeth, ob. Jan. 12th, 1861, spinster, aged twenty-eight. viii. Anne Pughe, ob. Aug. 5th, 1796, aged five years, ix. Jane Pughe, ob. June 30th, 1836, aged forty. Evan Jones of Ynysfor, ob. July 1st, 1853, aged sixty, was her husband. RICHARD PUGHE (6), the eldest son and my father, B.A., and Magistrate for Montgomeryshire, Rector of Llanfihangel yn Gwynfa, formerly Curate of Llanaber, of Llanfechan, and of Llansaintffraid yn Mechain, where he built the Sunday and Day School in the churchyard, ob. Jan. 30th 1858, in his sixty-sixth year. He was married by the Rev. Wm. Clive, M.A., afterwards the Archdeacon, Jan. 1st, 1829, at Welshpool Church, to my mother, JANE GOULD WITHY of Golfa, ob. 15th June 1858, aged sixty, eldest daughter of THOMAS WITHY of Golfa, ob. 8th March 1852, aged seventy-nine, who had the superintendence of the whole of the forgings of the Menai Bridge, by his wife JANE, ob. 5th Jan.1859, aged eighty-four, at Golfa, sister of George Gould of Golfa, Esq., J.P. and D.L., ob. 18th May 1835, aged seventy-seven, my godfather, to whom I am indebted for Golfa, and who, in the days of the old Royal Navy, was Inspector of the Oak Forests for Hertfordshire, Montgomeryshire, and Radnorshire. He was one of the family of fourteen (seven sons and seven daughters) of Captain GEORGE GOULD of Mile End, who was a son of IGNATIUS GOULD, and a grandson of GARRETT GOULD of Knockraha, near Cork, who, ob. 1699, had been a Captain of Dragoons at the battle of Worcester, on the King's side. The Rev. RICHARD PUGHE (6) and his wife JANE GOULD had eight children: i. Jane Gould Pughe of Cefn Hendre, Carnarvon, ii. GEORGE RICHARD GOULD PUGHE (7), clerk, myself, eldest son, of whom presently. iii. Elizabeth, who married the Rev. Edward Evans, B.A., Rector of Llanfihangel yn Gwynfa, 16th August 1871. iv. Anne Pughe, married, 15th April 1863, to Thomas Openshaw Lomax of Bodfach, Sheriff of Montgomeryshire, 1874, ob. March 6th, 1882. v. Charlotte Pughe, married, 23rd Sept. 1862, Richard Griffiths, F.R.C.S., of Aberhiriaeth Hall, Cemmes, ob. 5th April 1875. vi. Mary Layton Pughe, ob. unmarried at Manor House, Llanfyllin. vii. William Anthony Pughe, educated at Ruthin, solicitor, a Coroner for the County, Town Clerk of Llanfyllin, and Master of the North Montgomeryshire Harriers. viii. John Thomas Pughe, educated at Ruthin and Jesus College, Oxford, M.A., Head Master of Upper St. Leonard's School, St. Leonard's-on-Sea. GEORGE RICHARD GOULD PUGHE (7), born at Golfa, 17th April 1831, educated at Oswestry and Shrewsbury Schools; Trinity College, Oxford; and St. Bees' College. Ordained, St. Asaph, 20th Dec. 1857; formerly curate of Bettws yn Rhos; Aberhafesp; St. Peter's, Blackburn; St. John's, Blackburn; and Holy Trinity, Darwen, Lancashire; married at Mold Church, 5th July 1859, Elizabeth Roberts Johnson, only surviving child of the late Thomas and Elizabeth Johnson of Maesgarmon, near Mold, and the granddaughter of the late Mrs. Davies of Maesgarmon. Licensed to the P. C. of St. Mary, Mellor (since constituted a vicarage), 27th Dec. 1864, And have issue: i. George Richard Gould Pughe (8), jun., born 13th Nov. 1861, educated at Bossall, solicitor, Exchange Street, Blackburn. ii. Philip Withy Johnson Pughe, born 22nd Feb. 1865, died 20th Nov. 1865. iii. William Arthur Pughe, born 17th Oct. 1871, was educated at Trent College, Nottingham. iv. Richard Dodgson Hilborne Pughe was born 13th May 1880. v. Laura Jane Elizabeth Pughe. vi. Clara Mary Layton Pughe, who was married at Mellor Church, June 18th, 1889, by the Right Rev. F. Cramer-Roberts (Assist. Bishop, Vicar of Blackburn, and Rural Dean), to Ashley Tregonning Corfield (Cantab.), clerk, formerly Curate of Balderstone, now Vicar of Tockholes, near Blackburn, fifth son of the late Rev. Frederick Corfield, J.P., Chaplain to Lord Clermont, and Rector of Heanor, Derbyshire. vii. Ada Gwenellen Pughe. --------- The Reverend Pughe retired in 1917 having been Vicar of Mellor since 1864! I gleaned this from the book "The History of Mellor" by Neil Summersgill published in 1999 by Mellor Community Project Group, c/o G. A. Peake, Chestnut Cottage, Further lane, Mellor, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 7PZ (ISBN 0 9536134 0 2).