Richard Hughes, Ty Hen Isaf Manuscripts 1693 - 1910

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Richard Hughes, Ty Hen Isaf Manuscripts 1693 - 1910

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Hughes Richard 1837-1930

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University College of North Wales

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Richard Hughes of Ty Hen Isaf, Llannerch-y-medd, Anglesey.

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Richard Hughes of Ty Hen Isaf, Llannerch-y-medd, Anglesey was born in 1837 and died in 1930. As a young boy, he worked on Dyffryn Gwyn farm for the Rev. John Prytherch, who was one of the largest farmers in Anglesey. He also served as husbandman for two spinsters, who unexpectedly left him all their property. This enabled Richard Hughes to satisfy his two ambitions, to travel and to own a library. Then began a series of visits to Palestine and the Mediterranean - Egypt, ...