Elizabeth Greenly, a frequent visitor at Llanofer had a good voice and on her frequent visits to the Waddington family she would entertain them with her singing - usually the old Welsh folk songs of which she was very fond. Perhaps it was this introduction to the old tunes while she was young that made Augusta so enthusiastic about Welsh music throughout her life.
'Considered clever, of a religious nature and inclined to literary pursuits', Lady Greenly married Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin in 1811.
She was said to have 'some eccentric habits (such as getting up in the middle of the night to write sermons)'. Maybe this contibuted to his less than satisfactory behaviour towards Lady Coffin Greenly, as she became known after their marriage.

"Many people in Wales did not like the Church of England in Wales in the 19th century. Many of them were nonconformists. But the Church had many good parsons - Welsh to the hilt. They were called ‘old literature loving parsons'. One of them was Thomas Price, parson at the parish of Cwm-du, Breconshire. He had a good education at Christ College, Brecon, before being ordained as a priest. One great work he wrote was 'A History of Wales and the Welsh Nation from very early times to the Death of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd'. He wanted the Welsh to know about their early history, from the early ages to the death of Llywelyn, the last ruler. He worked hard to prevent the English language from destroying the Welsh culture".
"In the Liverpool eisteddfod in 1840 he was successful with his essay about the princes of Wales. He had a great interest in the princes and tales of Wales, tales like the Mabinogion. He had great interest in Welsh education and opened a Welsh School in Gellifelen, near Cwm-du. This was the first Welsh school in the world. He criticized the Church of England for using English instead of Welsh in services, and also for appointing non-Welsh parsons. In his sermons from the pulpit he told the folk about keeping their traditions and their cultural heritage."
W.J.Jones - Western Mail

He had wide-ranging interests, from the academic to the manual arts and he acquired some skill as a craftsman through watching others at their work and practising in his own workshop when he was prevented from following his favourite form of recreation, walking in the countryside. He is quoted as saying ..... 'I know not on the face of the earth a region more beautiful, more blissful, and all in all more desirable than the land of Wales'.
In 1805 Thomas Price becames a student at Brecon Grammar School, lodging in the town, and remaining there for a probationary term of seven years prior to becoming ordained a deacon of the Established Church by Dr. Burgess, Bishop of St. David's. He then lived in Builth with his widowed mother while serving the Radnorshire curacies of Llanllyr yn Rhos and Llanfihangel Helygen.

Thomas Price spent the last twenty-seven years, of his life at Cwmdu, Breconshire. In 1848, when he was ill, Lady Llanofer sent the Miss Williamses (of Aberpergwm) in her carriage to bring him back to Llanofer 'for the benefit of change of air and scene'. Sadly he was too ill to undertake the journey and died shortly afterwards. He is buried in the churchyard of the Parish Church, Cwmdu.

In a letter dated June 8th 1880, Lady Llanofer wrote:-
‘A Welsh harp is ordered for Abram [sic] to finish off for a friend of Mr Brinley Richards. ..........'

Brinley Richards was one of the supporters of the triple harp coming to prominence in the 1860s ....
‘under the influence of Lady Llanofer and following the national “consciousness"’
(from Telyn a Thelynau, Ann Rosser)

Betha Johnes, younger daughter of Judge John Johnes of Dolaucothi, was born in 1834. Her mother died when she was quite young, and it was Lady Llanofer who 'brought her out' in London Society. She became very close to Lady Llanofer, and they corresponded regularly.
Betha fell in love with Benjamin Hall's nephew, Arthur Davies Berrington, and Lady Llanofer did her best to bring about a match. Arthur, however, would not agree to Lady Llanofer's plans, and the whole episode ended with great bitterness. Betha took a very long time to get over her disappointment, and it wasn't until she was over fifty years of age that she married Sir James Hills. He changed his name to Hills-Johnes by Royal Licence, and made his home at Dolaucothi, and they, together with Betha's elder sister Charlotte, the widowed Mrs. Cookman, lived there very happily.

The Western Mail, Monday August 21st, 1876.
'Mr. John Johnes, formerly judge of the county court for the counties of Carmarthen , Cardigan and Pembroke, chairman of the Carmarthenshire quarter sessions, and recorder of the borough of Carmarthenshire, was assassinated on Saturday at his seat, Dolaucothy, near Llandilo, by his butler, Henry Tremble.
The murder, which appears to have been carried out with the utmost deliberation, took place in the library and in making his escape Tremble shot Mrs. Cookman, the eldest daughter of Mr. Johnes, whose injuries are not, however, likely to prove fatal. He then proceeded to his cottage, and, after writing a letter to the vicar, in which he is reported to have made a confession, he committed suicide.'

It seems that the relationship between Henry Tremble and his employer had been deteriorating for some time, and the last straw for the increasingly surly butler had been when John Johnes refused his application for the vacant lease of the Dolaucothi Arms. The arguments that followed resulted in Tremble being dismissed from service.

Born on the 2nd of October 1787, Thomas was the second son of the Reverend Rice Price, and his wife Mary (née Bowen) a family whose first language was Welsh. They were living at the time at Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan, Breconshire.
A diligent pupil, Thomas attended the village school where he first learned English, then was sent to a school at the Vicarage house of Llanafan Fawr, two miles away.