#this is why researching welsh working class people is impossible unless you know their chosen welsh name HLKDSJFSF
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the thing about 18th century welsh names is like. the leader of the merthyr rising was called lewysn yr heliwr ("lewis the haulier"), that's how people up and down wales knew him, and then his official recorded name in english is just
lewis lewis
and the guy put on trial beside him had his name translated from dic penderyn (richard from penderyn) (he wasn't even from penderyn but that's besides the point) into
richard lewis
#( * ooc. )#this is why researching welsh working class people is impossible unless you know their chosen welsh name HLKDSJFSF#LEWIS LEWIS#the english high court said you have to give us a first and last name and lewis said no i don't. lewis is my first and last name. fuck you.
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