Lewis Anwyl

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Lewis Anwyl''', also spelled '''Lewis Anwil''', (c. 1705–1776) was a Welsh cleric and author.<ref name="DWB" /><ref name="Oxford" />

==Early life== Born about 1705 at Llandecwyn, Gwynedd, his father was Rev. William Anwyl. In 1726, he graduated from All Souls College, Oxford.<ref name="DWB" /><ref name="Oxford">{{alox2|title=Anwil, Lewis}}</ref> He married Gwen Gryffyd, whose family was of Bach-y-Saint in Carnarvon.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Burke|title=A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://archive.org/details/b28748773_0004|year=1833|page=[https://archive.org/details/b28748773_0004/page/251 251]}}</ref>

==Career== In 1740, he became the curate-in-charge of Ysbyty Ifan and two years later he relocated to Abergele, where he was the vicar.<ref name="DWB" /><ref name="Rees" />

Among his published works were ''Y Nefawl Ganllaw, Neu'r Union Ffordd i Fynwes Abraham'' (The Nefawl Guide, or Exact Way to Abraham's bosom, 1740), ''Cyngor yr Athraw i Rieni ynghylch dwyn eu plant i fyny'' (The advice of a teacher on the upbringing of children, 1740), and ''Cristianowgrwydd Catholig, neu Draethawd Bŷrr Tuagat Leihau Awrth Ddadlau Ymhlith Cristianogion''.<ref name="DWB" /><ref name="Rees" />

He died in Abergele and was buried on 27 February 1776 in the parish church, near the baptismal font.<ref name="DWB">{{cite DWB|title=Lewis Anwyl|id=s-ANWY-LEW-1705|author=William Llewelyn Davies|author-link=William Llewelyn Davies|year=1959|accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Rees">{{cite book|author=Thomas Mardy Rees|title=Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXM_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA73|year=1908|publisher=Herald Office|page=73}}</ref>

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== Further reading == * {{cite journal|author=William Llewelyn Davies|title=Lewis Anwyl (d1776)|url=https://journals.library.wales/view/1277425/1278198/109#?cv=109&m=9&h=&c=0&s=0&xywh=66%2C1571%2C3211%2C2923 |number=4|date=1 July 1945 |journal=National Library of Wales Journal|page=110}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anwyl, Lewis}} Category:People from Merionethshire Category:Welsh religious leaders Category:Welsh writers Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:1700s births Category:1776 deaths