township, with others granted in like manner, remained till the catastrophe attached to this Church of Clynnog Vawr, of which it was a daughter, called by the same name. Then, when the Monastery was dissolved, on the passing of the law, these townships were resumed by the King; and the owners or tenants of these townships, were doubtless bound to pay to the King himself, by his sheriff, all their suits, payments, rates and rents whatsoever, (although this custom is seen elsewhere to have become obsolete.) But it is for those whom it concerns, to examine how and wherefore, this has happened otherwise. LLANVAIR Y CWMMWD. THIS, in so far as it is a township, ought to be described along with the parish of Llangeinwen, in which it is situated; but because this little parochial district has been joined, from a remote period, to the Rectory of Llanidan, my plan requires that it should be for the present omitted, and that I should rather turn to other townships, which altogether belong to the Rectory of which we are speaking. Meantime, whatever may occur worthy of notice concerning this little parish, shall be treated of in its proper place. TAL Y BONT. I HAVE no sufficient information to say whether this was a township, or a hamlet dependent on another township, as is the case with several others. It has several family estates, not without celebrity; being formerly inhabited by the Griffith Family, descended from Edmund, second son by a second marriage, of William Vaughan, otherwise Griffith of Penrhyn, and Governour of Caernarvon. It is now only a small farm, very productive of oats, straw, and grass. I do not find the slightest men non illius momenti mihi argumentum est, ad aliam villam hanc terram olim pertinuisse, sed hoc nihilo obstante hanc fuisse per se villam, eamque Regis olim percrebuisse, hac chartula cuilibet dubitanti indicio esto. "Llewelyn Dew ap Gryffith, liber tenens Dni Regis villa de Talybont, in Comoto de Mæne in Comitatu Anglesey etc., dimississe Willimo ap Gryffyth ap Gwilym, alias dicto, Gwilimo Gryffyth ap Gwilym de Gwaredog, omnia messuagia mea, terras et tenementa, etc. quæ habeo etc. infra villam de Talybont, cum omnibus pertinenciis habend. etc. præfato Willimo, hæredibus et assignatis suis, in perpetuum. Dat. apud Penmynydd die et anno supradicto Hen. VI. 23°." tion made of this small township either in the King's or the Bishop's Book of Extents. This, however, is not a proof to me of any weight, that this township formerly belonged to another township; for notwithstanding this circumstance, the following charter is a proof to any one doubting about it, that this was a township of itself, belonging to the King: "Llewelyn Dew ap Gryffyth, a free tenant of our Lord the King, of the township of Tal y bont, in the Comot of Mæne, in the county of Anglesey, &c., have demised to William ap Griffith ap Gwilym, of Gwaredog, all my messuages, lands, and tenements, &c., which I have, &c., within the township of Tal y bont, with all their appurtenances, to be held, &c., by the said William, his heirs and assigns, for ever. Given at Penmynydd, on the day and year aforesaid. 23rd Henry VI." NOTES FROM THE RECORDS OF INQUISITIONS, in the reigns of Edward III., Richard II., Henry VI., Henry VII., THE Editor of the following notes has transcribed them from a manuscript in the autograph of the well known Merionethshire antiquary, Robert Vaughan, of Hengwrt, who died in 1667. It is amongst the valuable collection of manuscripts at that place, and there can be no doubt that these notes were made by Mr. Vaughan, from original records, probably in the Exchequer at Carnarvon,1 none of which are supposed to be now in existence. They are exceedingly curious, as exhibiting the lawless state of society in the county of Merioneth when the 1 The lamentable destruction of the archives in that repository will be found recorded in the First Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, appendix, p. 90. inquisitions were held; a state of society so entirely accordant with that described, in the history of the Gwydir family, as existing in the adjoining county of Carnarvon, down to as late a period. They are also valuable to the genealogist and topographical historian, as containing the names of so many of the gentry and landowners of Merionethshire,1 during the period within which these numerous indictments were preferred. The editor has not adhered, (excepting in a few instances, and those of words which will at once be recognised,) where it was practicable to avoid doing so, to the abbreviated form (so common in old manuscripts) in which many of the names and words, in Mr. Vaughan's original notes, are written. In other respects the copy is a literal one. Such words or letters as are printed in italics, are underlined in Mr. Vaughan's manuscript, excepting where a [?] is placed after any word in which italics occur. In those instances, the letters so printed, are, in the manuscript, not sufficiently legible to make it certain that the editor has correctly transcribed them. W. W. E. W. EDWARDUS TERTIUS. Edwardi 3, anno 24-Coram Johanne de Delves, locum tenente Justiciarii &c:-Johannes filius Thome le Colier, de Harlegh, quia non est pros' versus Johannem filium Roberti le Colier, de placito assise mortis antecessoris, de tenemento de tenemento [sic] in Hardlegh, amerciatus xija. David Goch ap Trayhayarn, anno primo Edwardi 3. Meurig Maelan, anno 24 Edwardi 3. Anno 21, Vicecomes Merioneth, pro insufficienti returna sua ad quoddam breve, quod Griffinus de la Pole tulit versus Howel ap Ener in placito debiti &c. De [?] Howell ap Ener qr [sic] non venit pt sum' [?] in placito debiti, ad respondendum Rys ap Madoc de Hendor, anno predicto. Teg' ap Cynric, Enion Cam ap Einion goch, Iorwerth Tew ap y Penwyn, anno Edwardi 3, 24. 1 It will be seen that the names of some few persons connected with the county of Carnarvon occur in these notes. Enion ap Gruffith vicecomes Carnarvon, anno 29 Edwardi 3. Cynric, Abbas de Aberconwy, anno 30 Edwardi 3. Ithel duy vnus Amobr de Leen, anno predicto. Ithel duy ap Llewelyn, in Comitatu Carnarvon, anno predicto. Enion ap Philip, vicecomes de Carnarvon, anno 21 Edwardi 3. Enion ap Griffith, anno 28 Edwardi 3. Griffith ap David goch, et Griffith Vaughan filius eius, Enion ap Griffith, Grono ap Llowarch, Grono Lloyd ap y Penwyn, Ririd duy, et Madegyn ap Alein [?] atachiati fuerunt ad respondendum Roberto de Paris, de placito &c. quare in pastura ipsius, apud Dolwythelan, &c. 28 Edwardi 3. Matheus episcopus Bangor, anno 28 Edwardi 3. Howell ap Ynyr, Coronator Merioneth et Ardydwy, anno 16 Edwardi 3. Ynyr Goz [Goch], ibidem. Johannes, dominus de Mowthwy, indictatus felon', traditur in balliva Meuric Lloit, Edenevet ap Aron, David ap Gyon, Rys ap Ieuan ap Griffith ap Madoc, Howell ap Ieuan Vychan, et David ap Ieuan Vychan, &c. 21 Ricardi 2. Madoc Llogh indictatus anno predicto. David ap Enion Vlaerflym [?] 15 Edwardi 3. Enion ap Ithel, et Ithel ap Graz [crach] y Bara 22 Ricardi 2. Decus duy t.. ter, et Deckus ap Ithel ap Gwyn indictati. Llewelyn ap Meredith, et Dicus ap Madoc ap Gwyn, anno 22 Ricardi 2. Rys ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn dduy, eodum anno. Tuder ap Griffith ap Howell, Griffith ap Rys, et Ieuan ap Howell dduy, eodem anno. Griffith ap Enion ap Griffith ap Llewelyn. Johannes, dominus de Mowthwy, indictatus anno Ricardi 2, 22. Griffith ap Rys, Ithel ap Rys, Howell ap Ieuan Vychan, Rys ap Ieuan ap Griffith. Griffith Goz [Goch] ap Howell, Llewelyn Gogo, Griffith ap Ieuan Lloyd, et Ieuan Vachan ap Griffith ap Llewelyn indictati, in balliva Enion ap Ithel ap Gurgeneu, Griffith ap Ieuan ap Enion, David Lloit ap Enion, Llewelyn ap Meredith ap Edeneved. Ieuan Cragh ap Jak ap Ieuan Goch, de Maenturog, gent:, [generosus], Robert ap Ieuan Cragh, de eadem, gent:, Dauid Lloyd ap Dauid ap Meredith Goch, de Trawsvynydd, generosus, attachiati ad respondendum Wenllian, verch Dauid or Hendor, que fuit vxor Johannis Colier. 7 Henrici 6. Matto duy ap Adda ap Enion ap Llewelyn, de Festinioc, yoman, David, filius eius, Ieuan ap Llowargh ap Gwyn, 4 Henrici 6. Dauid ap Ieuan ap Howell dduy, de Coris, Henrici 6, 5. ap Carnarvon,1 31 Henrici 6. Juratores, Meurig Vychan ap Howell Sele, Howell ap Griffith Derwas, John Ieuan ap Enion, John ap David Lloyd, Rys ap Griffith ap Ieuan Vychan, Enion ap Grono ap Llewelyn, Griffith ap David ap Ieuan ap Madoc, Griffith ap Llewelyn Sais, Ieuan ap Llewelyn Sais, Howel ap Iorwerth ap Ieuan ap Tegwaret, Ednyved ap Gruffith Lloyd, Guttyn Lyly, Jenkin Clyfford, Ieuan ap Tuder ap Grono, John ap Hwithsyn,-quod David Lloyd ap Sir Gruffith Vychan de Pol, gent:, apud Brithdir, in Comitatu Merioneth, insultum fecit super Howell ap Gruffith ap Jenkin, et eum interfecit; et quod Hugh ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn, de Bol, [sic] gent:, predicto die, insultum fecit super predictum Howell, et ipsum cum lancea [sic]; et quod Hulkin ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn de ibidem, yoman, insultum &c. super predictum Howell, Jenkin Hir ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn, Gruffith ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn, capellanus, David Goch ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn, et Guttin ap Ieuan ap Dio, Jenkin ap Ieuan ap Dio, Bedo ap Llewelyn ap Gruffith, Lloyd, Ieuan ap Dio ap Ieuan Degan, Llewelyn ap Owen ap Dio, et David ap Meurig ap Madog Hethyshe, nuper de Pol auxiliantes. Inquisitio apud Towyn, anno predicto, magno turno post festum Michaelis, coram Thoma Burnby, vicecomite, per sacramenta Jenkin ap Iorwerth ap Enion, David ap Madog ap Ieuan ap Cadwgan, Llewelyn ap Deio, Tuder ap Gruffith ap Tudur, Gruffith ap David ap Ieuan ap Madog, Tudur ap Howell ap Ieuan ap Enion, Ieuan ap Gruffith ap Ieuan Lloyd, Rys ap Howell ddu, Gruffith ap Llewelyn ap Grono, Gruffith ap Howell ap Gruffith, John ap Gruffith ap Ednyved Bôl, Tudur ap Howell ap Ieuan ap Enion, et Lle 1 An inquisition held at Carnarvon, for the county of Merioneth. |