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J D Davies won the Samuel Pepys prize in 2009 for Pepys’s Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare, 1649-89, and was shortlisted for the Mountbatten Literary Award in 2014 for Britannia’s Dragon: A Naval History of Wales. David is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a former Chairman of the Naval Dockyards Society, and a former Vice-President of the Navy Records Society. David is also the author of ‘the journals of Matthew Quinton’, an acclaimed series of naval historical fiction set in the Restoration period. David’s website is jddavies.com. He is now a full time author, and lives in Bedfordshire.
Dear Dr. Davies,
I recently visited Llanelly House . I had an excellent guided tour by Rhys who told me that you are researching previous owners of the house – the Stepneys and the Chambers. I am a descendant of Samuel Chambers (half) brother of the William Chambers who inherited Llanelly House. I would be very interested in reading your publication on the subject of these persons and would be grateful if you could let me know how and when I might obtain a copy.
Many thanks.
Hello Jenny, good to hear from you, and I’m glad you enjoyed your tour. However, my book on the Stepney family (with a lengthy chapter on the Chamberses) is still a couple of years or so away from publication. Updates, etc, will be on my website at jddavies.com, which also has a contact page where you can get in touch with me more directly. Best, David Davies