Richard was a successful and respected schoolteacher--he ran his school from 1735-40, closed it for six years to engage in further classical studies himself, and then reopened it in 1746 (DNB doesn't suppy further history). He taught and was friends with several other 18c Welsh poets. His own output was small, and he doesn't seem to have any publications recorded in ESTC (though DNB says one of his pastorals was published at Shrewsbury in 1776). His work was included in Welsh anthologies from early 19c on. Richard connected classical pastoral to the Welsh language, and in general shows the overlap btwn learning in the classical languages and Welsh poetic composition--a Welsh Augustan, in other words.