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First woman on record tried for witchcraft in Wales
Gwen ferch Ellis (lit. trans. "Gwen the daughter of Ellis"; c.1542 – 1594) was born in Llandyrnog in the Vale of Clwyd. Ellis was the first person in
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public speaker, and author Gwen Davis (born 1936), American novelist Gwen Dickey (born 1953), American musician Gwen ferch Ellis (c. 1542 – 1594), the first
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very close to the northern part of the Anglo-Welsh border. In 1594 Gwen ferch Ellis (42) of Llandyrnog, Denbighshire, was the first person to be executed
Witchcraft in early modern Wales
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List of people from around the world executed over witchcraft
OCLC 2677928. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) "Gwen ferch Ellis". Church in Wales. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved
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British magical order (1887–1903)
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Geillis Johnstone Mary Hicks Marie Lamont
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
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Village in Denbighshire, Wales
church. Hafina Clwyd, journalist; raised on a farm at Llandyrnog. Gwen ferch Ellis: The earliest person convicted and executed for witchcraft in Wales
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Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft at Auldearn near Nairn in 1662
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Geillis Johnstone Mary Hicks Marie Lamont
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Monument to accused witches in Edinburgh
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Geillis Johnstone Mary Hicks Marie Lamont
Witches'_Well,_Edinburgh
Alleged accused witch, widely considered to be fictitious
– via Wellcome Library. Norris Museum. "History of the Museum – Herbert Ellis Norris 1859–1931". Retrieved 27 December 2025. Gough, Richard (1814). A
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difficult. The first witch to be trialled and executed in Wales was Gwen ferch Ellis of Llandyrnog. She was accused of using a poppet (a figurine fashioned
Witchcraft in early modern Britain
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Scottish cunning woman; alleged witch (d. 1616)
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Geillis Johnstone Mary Hicks Marie Lamont
Elspeth_Reoch
Figure in the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Geillis Johnstone Mary Hicks Marie Lamont
Margaret_Aitken_(witch)
English herbalist and cunning woman accused of witchcraft
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Geillis Johnstone Mary Hicks Marie Lamont
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Scottish woman executed for witchcraft in 1572
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Geillis Johnstone Mary Hicks Marie Lamont
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Scottish witch
Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe (aka Gormla) Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Geillis Johnstone Mary Hicks Marie Lamont
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Gwynedd royal family member
Summer of the Danes by Ellis Peters in the Brother Cadfael series, as well The Good Knight, the first book in the Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mysteries by
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O'Shea (1913–1997), stand-up comedian Angharad ferch Owain (1065–1162), queen of Gwynedd Bethan Ellis Owen (active since 1990s), actress Lucy Owen (born
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Gwenllian of Wales (1282–1337), daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (1097–1137), Princess Consort of Deheubarth Henry VII of England
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W), poet Ronald Cass (1923–2006, E), screenwriter and composer Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel (fl. 1555, W), poet Siôn Ceri (early 15th century, W)
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well have existed and only later became associated with Powys, and Heledd ferch Cyndrwyn, a princess of Powys known only from literary sources. Both texts
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GWEN FERCH-ELLIS
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Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Welsh
Fair; Blessed; Form of Gwendolyn; Holy; White Wave
Female
English
Welsh name derived from the word gwen, GWEN means "fair, holy, white." Also used as a short form of longer names containing gwen.
Girl/Female
Gaelic
From the glen. Valley.
Boy/Male
Celtic Welsh
Son of Owen.
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Eóghan, OWEN means "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
Female
English
Welsh unisex name GWYN means "fair, holy, white."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ewan, EWEN means "born of yew."
Boy/Male
Celtic
Mythical son of Gwastad.
Female
English
Variant spelling of Welsh Gwen, GWENN means "fair, holy, white."
Boy/Male
British, English
Fresh-water Perch
Girl/Female
Welsh American
Fair. Blessed. White browed. White circle.
Male
Welsh
 Modern Welsh form of Old Welsh Owain, OWEN means "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
Female
Welsh
Welsh unisex name GWYN means "fair, holy, white." In mythology this is a masculine name. In Welsh mythology, it is the name of the ruler of the underworld (Annwn) where he escorted the souls of the dead. In Arthurian legend, Gwyn ap Nudd ("fair/white son of Nudd") was the abductor of the maiden Creiddylad after her elopement with Gwythr ap Greidawl, a long-time rival of his. He helped Culhwch hunt the boar Twrch Trwyth, and in later legends he was king of the "fair folk" (tylwyth teg).
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : there are two sources for this character for Wen, which also means ‘warm’. One is a territory named Wen, and the other an area named Wenyi. Descendants of rulers of these areas adopted Wen as their surname.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘literature’. Its origin, however, is from the given name of an ancient personage called Wen.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘hear’. During the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), in the state of Lu there existed a man who has a supplementary name, Wenren. His descendants adopted the first character of his name, Wen, as their surname.English : unexplained.
Male
English
Scottish name derived from the word gleann, GLEN means "valley."
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, Gaelic gleann, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Glen near Peebles.English : habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, so named from an Old English word glean ‘glen’, ‘valley’ (from Celtic glinn).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : presumably an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish names.A Scottish family of this name settled among the Dutch at Beverwijck in New Netherland in the 17th century and later became prominent in Schenectady.
Girl/Female
Australian, Gaelic, Irish
Glen; It is a Narrow Valley Between Hills
Boy/Male
Welsh
Son of Owen.
Boy/Male
Irish
Raven.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Fair
GWEN FERCH-ELLIS
GWEN FERCH-ELLIS
Boy/Male
Tamil
Ganadhyakshina | கநாதà¯à®¯à®¾à®•à¯à®·à¯€à®¨à®¾Â
Leader of all the celestial bodies
Girl/Female
Indian
Faith can also mean desire to achieve
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
This was the Name of Wahb Ibn Zamai; Who was a Very Noble; Generous Man
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Creator
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Finnish, German, Latin, Muslim, Swedish
Lovable; Born in the Month of the June
Girl/Female
Indian
Maiden, Young
Boy/Male
English
Bright one; proud.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Jamaican, Lebanese, Portuguese, Shakespearean, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
Warrior; He Beholds; Rich; God's Grace; God Sees; Foresighted; Wealthy
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Mattaniah, MATANIA means "gift of God."Â
Girl/Female
Norse
Mild and lovely.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Perch
v. i.
To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
v. t.
To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
n.
A ravine. See Gill a woody glen.
v. t.
To fetch.
v. t.
To occupy as a perch.
n.
A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]
n.
See Perch.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Fetch
v. t.
To fetch.
imp. & p. p.
of Perch
n.
The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also dore. See Pike perch.
n.
A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
v. t.
To fetch.
imp. & p. p.
of Fetch
v. t.
To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.
n.
Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
v. t.
To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.