17th century in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the century 1600 - 1699 to Wales and its people.

Princes of Wales

*Henry Stuart (1610-1612)
*Charles Stuart (later Charles I) (1616-1625)
*Charles Stuart (later Charles II) (1630-1649)
*James Francis Edward Stuart (1688)

Princesses of Wales

*"none"

Events

1605
*The earldom of Montgomery is created for Philip Herbert, a favourite of King James I of England.1607
*Serious outbreak of plague in Conwy.1610
*June 4 - Henry Stuart is created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.1614
*Foundation of Monmouth School.1616
*November - Charles Stuart is created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, four years after the death of his elder brother.1625
*July 8 - A deputation including Sir Sackville Trevor takes a deputation to King Charles I.1639
*Abergavenny received its charter of incorporation. 1643
*November 9 - Thomas Myddelton takes the bridge at Holt on behalf of Parliament.1644
*Thomas Bulkeley is created 1st Viscount Bulkeley in recognition of his service to the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
*Roch Castle is captured by Parliament; the owner's daughter, Lucy Walter, flees to London and thence to The Hague.1645
*June - King Charles I of England begins a tour of South Wales, in the wake of his defeat at the Battle of Naseby, to rally support
*July 16 - King Charles I dines with the Morgans at Tredegar Park.
*July 25 - King Charles I is entertained by the Morgans of Ruperra Castle.
*August 5 - King Charles I visits Colonel Edward Prichard at Llancaiach Fawr.1646
*August 19 - Raglan Castle surrenders to Parliament forces.1647
*March 16 - Harlech Castle surrenders to Parliament's forces, the last Royalist stronghold of the English Civil War.
*"date unknown" - Katherine Fowler ("Orinda") marries James Philips of Cardigan Priory.1648
*May 8 - Battle of St. Fagans1649
*January - Thomas Wogan and John Jones Maesygarnedd are among the signatories to the death warrant of King Charles I.
*April - Rowland Laugharne, John Poyer and Rice Powel, former Parliamentary commanders, are condemned to death for their role in the rebellion leading to the Battle of St Fagans. They draw lots and the sentence is carried out only on Colonel Poyer.
*April 9 - Lucy Walter, mistress of the Prince of Wales, gives birth to the future Duke of Monmouth.1657
*George Fox visits Dolgellau, resulting in the foundation of a local Quaker community, led by Rowland Ellis.1659
*The Cheshire Rising proclaims Charles II as King. Its leaders include Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle.1660
*July 23 - Creation of the Aubrey baronets of Llantrithead
*October 17 - Hugh Lloyd becomes Bishop of Llandaff.1661
*April 20 - Royalist Arthur Annesley is created Earl of Anglesey. 1664
*Thomas Wogan, former Parliamentary commander and regicide, escapes from York Castle and flees to the Netherlands.1666
*Last recorded news of Thomas Wogan, resident in Utrecht and plotting against King Charles II. 1678
*The gardens of Bodysgallen Hall are laid out.1680
*September 9 - Regicide Henry Marten dies a prisoner in Chepstow Castle.1682
*August 30 - A group of Welsh settlers, including Thomas Wynne, set sail for Pennsylvania.1686
*Rowland Ellis and his fellow Quakers leave Wales for Pennsylvania to avoid religious persecution.1688
*December 10 - Mary of Modena, queen consort of King James II of England, flees to France, taking with her the six-month-old James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales.
*The chief officers of the corporation of Abergavenny refuse to take the oath of allegiance to King William III, and the town's charter is annulled.1689
*July 25 - Council of Wales and the Marches is abolished.1699
*Bryn Celli Ddu is plundered by grave robbers.

Arts and literature

Books

1600
*Robert Holland - "Darmerth, neu Arlwy i Weddi"
*William Vaughan - "Golden Grove"1603
*John Davies of Hereford - "Microcosmos" 1611
*Lewis Bayly - "Practice of Piety"1618
*Ben Jonson - "For the Honour of Wales" (masque, first performed February 17)1621
*Edmund Prys - "Salmau Cân"1630
*Rowland Vaughan - "Yr Ymarfer o Dduwioldeb"1632
*John Davies (Mallwyd) - "Dictionarium duplex"1651
*Henry Vaughan - 'Olor Iscanus"1653
*William Erbery - "A Mad Mans Plea"
*Morgan Llwyd - "Llyfr y Tri Aderyn"1656
*Morgan Llwyd - "Gair o'r Gair"1657
*Morgan Llwyd - "Yr Ymroddiad"1658
*Rowland Vaughan - "Yr Arfer o Weddi yr Arglwydd"1660
*Rowland Vaughan - "Evchologia: neu Yr Athrawiaeth i arferol weddio"

Births

1619
*"date unknown"
**Morgan Llwyd, writer (d. 1659)
**William Price, Royalist colonel (d. 1691)1622
*April 17
**Henry Vaughan, poet (d. 1695)
**Thomas Vaughan, philosopher (d. 1666)1627
*July 20 - Thomas Wynne, personal physician of William Penn (d. 1691)1634
*"date unknown" - William Williams, politician (d. 1700)1649
*April 5 - Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University (d. 1721)
*April 9 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, son of the future King Charles II of England and Lucy Walter (d. 1685)1655
*"date unknown" - Henry Rowlands, antiquary (d. 1723)1671
*"date unknown" - Ellis Wynne, clergyman and author (d. 1734)1682
*May 17 - Bartholomew Roberts, pirate ("Black Bart") (d. 1722)1675
*"date unknown" - William Jones, mathematician (d. 1749)1683
*March 1 - Caroline of Ansbach, future Princess of Wales (d. 1737)
*November 10 - Prince George of Hanover, future Prince of Wales (d. 1760)1688
*November 1 - Morgan Morgan, American colonist1693
*February - Theophilus Evans, historian (d. 1767)

Deaths

1601
*June 17 - Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster, 721604
*September 10 - Bishop William Morgan, Bible translator1606
*"date unknown" - Simwnt Fychan, poet1609
*"date unknown" - John Dee, mathematician and occultist1612
*November 6 - Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 181613
*August 26 - George Owen of Henllys, antiquary 611621
*"date unknown" - Sir Richard Bulkeley, politician1622
*"date unknown" - John Owen, epigrammatist1626
*December 10 - Edmund Gunter, mathematician1627
*March 1 - Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet1633
*"probable" - Sir Sackville Trevor, sea captain1641
*August - William Vaughan, writer and colonist1646
*June 30 - Philip Powell, Catholic martyr, 52 (executed)1649
*January 30 - Charles I of England, a former Prince of Wales, 48 (executed)
*April 24 - John Poyer, rebel commander (executed)1650
*March 25 - John Williams, Archbishop of York, 68
*"date unknown" - Thomas Howell (Bishop of Bristol), 621656
*June 9 - Thomas Tomkins, composer1658
*September/October - Lucy Walter, former mistress of King Charles II 1659
*June 3 - Morgan Llwyd, Puritan preacher and writer1660
*August 13 - Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet, 68
*October 13 (or 17) - John Jones Maesygarnedd, regicide (executed)1663
*December 6 - David Jenkins, judge1664
*June 22 - Katherine Philips, poet, 331670
*October 27 - Vavasor Powell, Nonconformist leader and writer1674
*September 5 - Colonel Philip Jones of Fonmon, 56?1679
*July 22 - Philip Evans and John Lloyd, Roman Catholic priests (executed at Cardiff)1688
*August 25 - Henry Morgan, privateer1689
*April 18 - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, the "hanging judge"1695
*April 28 - Henry Vaughan, poet, 731698
*"date unknown" - Henry Bulkeley, politician