Welsh Journals

Llanspyddid 1571-1603, probably inherited Abercamlais from his mother's family. Felinfach R. E. DAVIES NOTES EDITORIAL NOTE: the author is right in questioning the reason why Thomas Williams was known asyficer gwyn. He would have been ordained wearing surplice and stole. The surplice was in general use in the 16th Century: it was in the 17th and 18th centuries that parish clergy began to wear gowns-perhaps he had white hair.