Castillo, John (1792–1845), stonemason, poet, and preacher, was born at Rathfarnham, near Dublin. When he was two or three years old his parents, who were Roman Catholics, emigrated to England, and on the voyage were shipwrecked off the Isle of Man. They settled in the hamlet of ...
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Castillo, John (1792–1845), stonemason, poet, and preacher
W. E. A. Axon
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Hopkin, Lewis (1707/8–1771), poet and artisan
C. W. Lewis
Hopkin, Lewis (1707/8–1771), poet and artisan, was the youngest son of Lewis Hopkin (c.1675–1756) of Peterston-super-montem, Glamorgan, and Joan (1674/5–1753), daughter of William Thomas of neighbouring Penrhiw-fer. One of his ancestors was the gentleman–poet Hopcyn Tomas Phylip (d. 1597) of ...
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Tatersal, Robert (fl. 1734–1735), poet and bricklayer
William R. Jones
Tatersal, Robert (fl. 1734–1735), poet and bricklayer, is an obscure figure. Nothing is known of his origins or life beyond the publication in 1734 and 1735 of a two-part collection of poems entitled The Bricklayer's Miscellany. The work is described as 'in allusion to ...
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Wallington, Nehemiah (1598–1658), turner and diarist
P. S. Seaver
Wallington, Nehemiah (1598–1658), turner and diarist, was born on 12 May 1598 in the parish of St Leonard Eastcheap, London, the tenth of twelve children and the fourth son of John Wallington, citizen and turner (1552/3–1638), and his wife, Elizabeth (1562/3–1603), the daughter of ...
