Editing Trefriw (section)

===Stuart times===
[[File:Gwydir Castle.jpg|thumb|right|Gwydir Castle, home of the Wynn family]]
It seems probable that Trefriw has links with the [[Gunpowder Plot]] of 1605. [[Thomas Wiliems]], who was probably born in the village, and a nephew of Sir [[Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet|John Wynn]] of [[Gwydir Castle|Gwydir]], went to [[Brasenose College]], [[Oxford]], and returned to work as a physician.  He was an authority on vegetarianism, and also published a Welsh/Latin dictionary.  In 1573 he became Curate of Trefriw.  He is reputed to have been a papist (he was certainly charged on that score at [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] in 1607) and as such would probably have known of the plot to blow up [[Palace of Westminster|Parliament]].  According to some sources it was he who, in warning his relative John Wynn not to go to the State Opening, was responsible to either a smaller or greater extent for the suspicions which ultimately caught [[Guy Fawkes]].  This story is the basis for a short historical novel written for children by Gweneth Lilly, entitled ''Treason at Trefriw'' (Gomer Press, 1993).