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On the East Wall of St Beuno's, Penmorfa is a memorial to Sir John Owen of Clenennau, Caernarfonshire. Owen, a soldier and loyal Royalist in the Civil War, was tried for treason and sentenced to beheading - twice!
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The elaborate alabaster memorial bears a Latin inscription which expresses how Owen 'could, by craven petition, have secured his freedom'. Instead 'undaunted, [he] offered his neck to his captors, but the power of God turned back the sharp edge of the executioner's axe'.
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![The elaborate alabaster memorial bears a Latin inscription which expresses how Owen 'could, by craven petition, have secured his freedom'. Instead 'undaunted, [he] offered his neck to his captors, but the power of God turned back the sharp edge of the executioner's axe'. 2/3](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqzNEoGXYAAsWjw.jpg "The elaborate alabaster memorial bears a Latin inscription which expresses how Owen 'could, by craven petition, have secured his freedom'. Instead 'undaunted, [he] offered his neck to his captors, but the power of God turned back the sharp edge of the executioner's axe'. 2/3")
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After avoiding execution, Owen was able to live some quiet years of retirement before being buried at Penmorfa, Gwynedd in 1666. You can read more about Sir John Owen, 'the Welsh Musketeer of Penmorfa', in a 2019 blog by Dr John Morgan-Guy. https://friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/sir-john-owen-the-welsh-musketeer-of-penmorfa/
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