Born at Llanilloes, Montgomeryshire, c.1537; executed at Wrexham, 15 October, 1584.

Studied in Oxford and ​St. John’s College, Cambridge, until about 1562, when he became a schoolmaster,

first at Overton, Wrexham, and other places, acquiring considerable reputation as a Welsh scholar.

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He had six children by his wife Catherine, three of whom survived him.

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For a time he conformed in religion, but was reconciled to the Catholic Church at the first coming of the seminary priests to Wales.

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He was arrested more than once, and from 1579 he was kept in various prisons, underwent a number of trials, was tortured, and even forcibly carried to a Protestant service.

 

He was found guilty of treason in Wrexham on 9 October 1537, and sentenced the following day. His life was offered him on condition that he acknowledge the queen as supreme head of the Church. His wife consoled and encouraged him to the last.

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The Relic of St Richard Gwyn can be found at St Mary's Cathedral, Wrexham.