1704 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1704 to Wales and its people.

← 1703 1702 1701 1700 1699 1704 in Wales → 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709
Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
See also:	List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history 1704 in England Scotland Elsewhere

Incumbents

• Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire) – Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley^[1][2]
• Lord Lieutenant of South Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire) – Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke^[1][3]

• Bishop of Bangor – John Evans^[4]
• Bishop of Llandaff – William Beaw^[4]
• Bishop of St Asaph – George Hooper (until 14 March);^[5] William Beveridge (from 16 July)^[6]
• Bishop of St Davids – vacant

Events

• 6 April - Sir Humphrey Mackworth proposes to the SPCK the "Erection of libraries in Wales".^[7]
• May - Erasmus Lewis becomes secretary to Robert Harley at the Northern Department.^[8]
• July - Richard Vaughan of Corsygedol becomes Constable of Harlech Castle.^[9]
• 9 October - Roger Griffith is installed as archdeacon of Brecon.^[10]
• date unknown
  • Jane Kemeys of Cefn Mabli marries Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet, resulting in an alliance between two important families and the beginning of the Kemeys-Tynte dynasty.^[11]

Arts and literature

New books

• John Morgan - Bloeddnad Ofnadwy yr Utcorn Diweddaf (posthumously published)^[12]
• Robert Nelson - A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England^[13]

Births

• May - Ann Maddocks, the "maid of Cefn Ydfa" (died 1727)^[14]
• December - Richard Herbert, politician (died 1754)^[15]

• date unknown - Robert Jones, politician (died 1774)^[16]

Deaths

• May - William Wynne, historian, about 33^[17]
• 9 August - Richard Bulkeley, 3rd Viscount Bulkeley, about 46, politician^[18]
• November - Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Llangibby, about 53^[19]

See also

• 1704 in Scotland

References

1. J.C. Sainty (1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
2. Nicholas, Thomas (1991). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 695. ISBN 9780806313146.
3. Brown, Richard (1991). Church and state in modern Britain, 1700-1850. London England New York, NY: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 9781134982707.
4. Charles John Abbey (1887). The English Church and Its Bishops 1700-1800. Longmans, Green. pp. 357–359.
5. Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae or a calendar of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries in England and Wales. University Press. 1854. p. 77.
6. Grosart, Rev. A. B. (1885). Dictionary of National Biography. pp. 447–448.
7. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain); Mary Clement (1952). Correspondence and Minutes of the S.P.C.K. Relating to Wales, 1699-1740. University of Wales Press. p. 252.
8. William Llewelyn Davies. "Lewis, Erasmus (1670-1754), writer of 'news-letters' and holder of posts under the Government". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
9. William Llewelyn Davies. "Vaughan family of Corsygedol". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
10. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Griffith, Roger (died 1708), Presbyterian minister and tutor, afterwards archdeacon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
11. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Kemeys and Kemeys-Tynte family, of Cefn Mabli, Monmouth". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
12. John Thomas Jones. "Morgan, John (1662-1701), cleric and author". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
13. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Nelson, Robert (1656-1715), non-juror, supporter of the S.P.C.K., and philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
14. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Maddocks (née Thomas), Ann (1704-1727), 'the Maid of Cefn Ydfa'". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
15. "HERBERT, Richard (d.1754)". History of Parliament Online (1754-`790). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
16. "JONES, Robert (d.1774), of Clement's Lane, Lombard St., London, and Babraham, Cambs". History of Parliament online. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
17. Robert Thomas Jenkins. "Wynne, William (1671?-1704), historian". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
18. Hayton, D. W. "Bulkeley, Richard, 3rd Visct. Bulkeley of Cashel [I] (c.1658-1704), of Baron Hill, Anglesey". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
19. John Burke; Bernard Burke (1977). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-8063-0739-8.