All these statements appear to be incorrect. To deal with them
categorically: I find no record at the Diocesan Registry of his having
been ordained at Bangor at all; the following entry in the parish
register of Llanfair shows that he was not in holy orders in July, 1704:
"Gulielmus filius Elizaei Wynne generosi de Las ynys et uxoris suis
baptizatus fuit quindecimo die Julii, 1704.--W. Wynne Rr., O. Edwards,
Rector." His first living was Llandanwg, and not Llanfair, to which he
was collated on January 1st, 1705. Moreover, the above-named Owen
Edwards was the rector of Llanfair until his death which took place in
1711. {0d} From that date on to 1734, the entries in the register at
Llanfair church are all in Ellis Wynne's handwriting; these facts prove
conclusively that it was in 1711 he became rector of the latter parish.
In 1710 he edited a new and revised edition of the Book of Common Prayer,
at the request of his patron, the Bishop of Hereford (Dr. Humphreys) and
the four Welsh bishops,--a clear proof of the confidence reposed in him
by the dignitaries of his church as a man of learning and undoubted
piety.
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