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whom he had issue a son and heir, John, upon whose death the baronetcy expired, and Hester married to Sir Robert Cotton of Combermere, ancestors of the late Viscount Combermere. "She died on ye 7th day of Oct. 1710 aged 73; having brought her husband five sons and eleven daughters, from whom she lived to see above a hundred of her offspring."

11. Ursula, who became the wife of Sir Edward Lloyd of Berthlloyd in the county of Montgomery, Knt., one of the gentlemen deemed fit and qualified to serve as knight of the Royal Oak.2

III. Elizabeth.

Sir Henry died in 1632.

1629.-Edward Meredydd of Stanstay, Esq.

1630.- William Robinson of Gwersyllt, Esq. was the eldest son of Nicholas Robinson, D.D., Bishop of Bangor 1566-1585, by Jane his wife, daughter of Sir Randle Brereton, Knt.3 He was brother of Hugh Robinson, D.D., Archdeacon of Gloucester, and Head Master of Winchester school. William Robinson was high sheriff for Anglesey in 1632, serving for Monachdy-an estate on the sea coast opposite to the Skerry Lighthousewhich formerly belonged to the see of Bangor, but was alienated by Dr. Robinson, bishop of the see, "to one of his sons."4 He married Jane, daughter of John Pryse of Newtown Hall, Esq., who was high sheriff for Montgomeryshire in 1568.

1631-Robert Wynn of Voelas, Esq. was the eldest son of Cadwaladr Wynn of Voelas, Esq., sheriff in 1605. On the death of his father in 1612 the crown granted a lease of the estate to Humphrey Jones, Esq., during the minority of the heir. He came of age in 1628,5 and married Jane daughter of Edward Thelwall of Plas-yWard, Esq., and was the father of Cadwaladr Wynn, who was twice married, first to Grace daughter of Hugh

1 Anc. and Mod. Denbigh, 346. 2 Camb. Quart, i.

3 Harl. MS. 1978. * Willis's Bangor, 245, note. 5 Arch. Camb. 1860, p. 112, ped.

Williams, Esq. in 1678. Secondly, to Sydney Thelwall by whom he had issue a son Cadwaladr Wynn ancestor of Jane Wynn, who became the wife of Charles second son of Heneage, third earl of Aylesford, by whom she had issue Charles Wynn-Griffith (who assumed the surname of Wynn) of Voelas, Esq.1

Robert Wynn was also sheriff in 1664.

1632.-William Dolben of Denbigh, Esq. was the brother of David Dolben, D.D., Bishop of Bangor, and the son of Robert Wynn Dolben of Segrwyd, Esq., (ab Robert Dolben grandson of Robert Dolben, who had the demesne of Segrwyd granted him by Henry VIII, for his services at the battle of Blackheath 2), and Jane daughter of Owen ab Reinallt of Llynllygwy in Carnarvonshire. William Dolben's name figures prominently in the records of Denbigh as bailiff in 1621, alderman in 1622, 1626, and 1629, and high sheriff in 1632. He died the 13th of May, 1643, and was buried in the chancel of Llanrhaiadr church. By his wife Jane daughter of Edward Holland of Conway he left a son.

John Dolben who succeeded him at Segrwyd (or Segroyt). He was a Royalist officer and had his estate sequestered. He died the 10th of April, 1662, leaving by his wife Jane the daughter of John Thelwall of Plas Côch, Esq., one son John who died in 1709, and three daughters co-heirs to their brother. (1.) Jane, married to John Mostyn high sheriff in 1749. (2.) Mary the wife of John Wilson of Ruthin, Esq., and a third who married Wynne ancestor to Lord Newborough.3

Arms.-Sable, a helmet closed inter three pheons pointed to the centre argent.

1633.-John Parry of Plas-yn-Rhal, Esq.

1634.-Roger Holland of Hendre Fawr in the parish of Abergele, Esq., was the eldest son of Daniel Holland of Hendrefawr, Esq., by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Morris Kyffin, Esq. By his wife Jane Parry he was the father of Roger whose heiress Catherine married 1 Burke's Peerage, art. "Aylesford." 2 Harl. MS. 1978.

3 Anc. and Mod. Denbigh, p. 207.

William Parry of Llwyn-Ynn, Esq. Abergele church contains a monument erected to the memory of Catherine Parry. Roger Holland died in the year 1640.

1635.-Hugh Lloyd Rossendale of Denbigh, Esq. was the eldest son of Richard Lloyd Rossendale of Denbigh, Esq., by Lowry daughter of John ab Edward Lloyd of Llys Vassi, Esq. In the corporate records of Denbigh we find an entry under the date 1622, June 13. Hugh Lloyd Rossendale, elected common councilman in 1624, he appears on the list of bailiffs, and alderman in 1626, and an entry dated July 10th, 1636 states that "John Madocke, gent. (to be councilman) vice Hugh Lloyd Rossendale, deceased." So that he appears to have survived his shrievalty for a very short time.

Arms. Quarterly or and azure four roebucks countercharged.

1636. Hugh Lloyd of Foxhall, Esq., was the eldest son of Ffoulk Lloyd of Foxhall, Esq. (sheriff in 1623) by Alice his wife. On Dec. 1, 1631, he was elected councilman of Denbigh vice Sir Hugh Myddelton, deceased, and the municipal records further inform us that on June 18th, 1647, Sir William Myddelton, Bart., governor of Denbigh castle, was elected common councilman vice Hugh Lloyd of Foxhall, deceased. He was the father of Ffoulk Lloyd of Foxhall, who was the father of Hugh Lloyd the high sheriff in 1669.

1637-William Wynn of Melai in the parish of Llanfair-Talhaiarn, Esq. This sheriff was the eldest son of John Wynn of Melai and Maenan Abbey, Esq., by Dorothy his wife (ante). He was a colonel in the service of Charles I, and was slain in an attack made upon the Parliamentary garrison of Wem, and buried at St. Chad's church, Shrewsbury, 27th October, 1643.4 He married Barbara daughter of Iefan ab Howel Llwyd of Dulasau, Esq, by whom he left issue a son.

John Wynn of Melai and Maenan, Esq., who died in 2 Ibid., p. 131.

1 Anc. and Mod. Denbigh, p. 205.

3 Ibid., pp. 130, 133.

Landed Gentry, art. "Wynne of Garthewin."

1688, leaving by Dorothy his wife daughter of Owen Salusbury of Rug in the county of Merioneth, a son and heir William who succeeded him at Melai.

1638.-Edward Maurice of Glan-Cynlleth, Esq.

1639.-Sir Thomas Powell of Horsley, Bart. was the eldest son of Thomas Powell, Esq. (ante), and Dorothy his wife. He was created a baronet in 1628, and married Catherine daughter of Sir John Egerton, Knt. by whom he had issue:

1. John Powell of Horsley, Esq., married to Margaret daughter and heir of Edward Puleston of Trefalyn, Esq., and had issue (1) Sir Thomas Powell high sheriff in 1657. (2) Catherine married to Rossendale of Wrexham, Esq., (3) Frances.

II. Worseley Powell.

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III. Frances married first to Edward son of Sir William Norris of Speke, Knt., secondly to John Edwards of Stanstay, Esq.

1640.-Richard Langford of Allington, Esq., was the eldest son of John Langford of Trefalyn, Esq., by his wife Catherine, daughter and heir of William of Gresford. He married Margaret, daughter of John Almer, Esq., by whom he had issue a son and heir John, the high sheriff for 1677, four other sons-Edward, William, Roger, Matthew, and three daughters, Catherine, Elizabeth, Ann.

Arms.-Gules, a wildgoose argent.

1641.-John Vaughan of Henllan, Esq.

1642.-John Billot of Moreton, Esq. was the eldest son of Edmund Billot of Moreton, Esq. (eldest son of Thomas Billot, high sheriff in 1656), and Amy his wife daughter of Anthony Grosvenor of Diddleston, Esq. He was born in 1594, and he was living in 1649. He married a daughter of — Bentley of Afres in the county of Stafford, by whom he had issue three sons.

1. Edward, who died without issue.

11. Sir John Billot of Moreton, high sheriff of Cheshire in 1663. He married Anne, daughter of Roger Wilbraham of Dartford, by whom he had issue

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two sons Thomas and John, and one daughter

Anne.

III. George.

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field.1

1643.-John Thelwall of Plas Coch, Esq., was the son and heir of John Thelwall of Bathafarn Park, Esq., and Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Robert ab John Wynn of Bryn Cynwrig. He married Jane, daughter of Edward Morgan of Gwylgre (Golden Grove), Esq., and had issue :

1. John Thelwall, high sheriff in 1672.

11. Eubule, married to Mary, daughter and heir of William Parry of Pont-y-go or Nantelwyd, by whom he had issue (1), Thomas; (2), Eubule; (3), Orlando; and (4), Bevis. The Thelwalls of Nantclwyd continued to reside there for about sixty years, when an heiress took the estate by marriage to the Kenricks of Chester,

III. Catherine, married to John Wynn, Esq.

IV. Dorothy, married to John Gruffydd of Bloxham. v. Jane, the wife of John Dolben, son of the sheriff for 1632.

VI. Elizabeth, the wife of Charles Salusbury of Pool Park, near Ruthin, Esq., son of William Salusbury of Rug.

VII. Mary, married to Piers Conway of Rhuddlan.
VIII. Martha, married to Peter Williams of Plas-onn, Esq.
IX. Judith married to Eubule Hughes of Disserth, Esq.
x. Sarah, married to Rowland White of Ruthin.
XI. Hester, married to Matthew Price, Esq., M.P.,

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the Park, in the county of Montgomery. Sir Eubule Thelwall, Knt., Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, a younger brother of John Thelwall of Bathafarn Park, "bought an estate in Llanychan parish, whereon he built Plas Coch, which in his lifetime he gave to John Thelwall, Esq., heir to his eldest brother. Out of great kindness to his friends and relations, he

1 Harl. MS. 1971.

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