probably part of a building. One of the adjoining farms is called Trewern (the moorland town); and in an adjacent field belonging to Caemawr, places are shown where bricks were made. Whatever may be said about the site of the lost Mediolanum being here or not, no doubt, we think, can be entertained but that some kind of a Roman station must have existed upon this site. For so important a position as the intersection of two or more military roads could scarcely be supposed to be left without a halting place. The distances between the Roman stations of Heriri Mons, Rowton, and Banchor, given in the Roman itinera, accord in better proportion also with the banks of the Iwrch and Tanat in this parish, than with either Clawdd Coch or Meifod. But it may be said that there is an uncertainty as to the numbers or measurements of the Roman mile; then the advocates for Clawdd Coch and Meifod are equally at sea in reference to its possible site. Glanhafon penannular rings. Personal Articles.-Early British.-The Glanhafon torques or penannular rings, described in the Mont. Coll., vol. iii, pp. 419, which I was fortunate enough to be able to bring under the notice of the Secretary, had lain for several years in a chest in a farmhouse. The manner and place of their first discovery, although already given by Mr. Barnwell, I may perhaps be allowed to repeat here. Some labourers were removing a hedge on the hill-side of Bryndreiniog farm under the direction of the owner, Mr. Phillips, and in removing the soil from a low mound within a few yards, the pick brought a group of nine bronze rings to light. One was broken on the spot by an attempt to open it. Attached to another were droppers or pendants at the ends. I could secure only four out of the nine. The engraving (p. 246) shows the smallest one in full size; the larger ones measure four inches and a half in diameter. (one of which with a smaller one is represented in the other engraving). They are now in the possession of Mr. Morris C. Jones, who intends to deposit them in the proposed Powys-land Museum. In another field adjoining, called Maes-y-fattel, a spur, and a sword or daggerhandle of gold was found. The latter was sold by the discoverer for a few pence. It afterwards fell into the hands of a Jew, who gave a good price for it. Mr. Barnwell, in his article above referred to, says that it was difficult to imagine what part of a sword was made of gold. Perhaps the following will suffice to show that golden swords were used by the Welsh princes. Cynddelw, in his Ode to the Memory of 'Ywain ap Madog,' says: [We have] lost a lord, the wise defender of the borders, The golden sword (Eurgledd) in the life of Mochnant, Mochnant, the truly delectable range of the sovereign, The country of Brochwel Ysgithroc.-Myv. Arch. p. 157. A bronze celt was discovered in Brithdir some years ago. A well formed stone hammer was discovered in one of the friths of Tyn'ddol, measuring about six inches long, with a hole in the centre. It was shaped like a smith's hammer. A quern or mill-stone, was found in the township of Glanhavon, and was placed in the collection of a late Vicar of Llanwddyn, Mr. Richards, who, we believe, was a great collector of querns and antiquities. Another was found near Maesybwch, which is now lost. Beads made of baked clay, having a hole in the centre, measuring about one inch and a quarter across, and a quarter inch thick, have been found at the Garn, and in other spots. They are called by the country people Meini'r tylwyth teg (the fairies stones). Two of them are in the hands of the Secretary for deposit in the Powys-land Museum. There are two large stones on a hill in Denbighshire, a little outside the boundary of this parish, called Cerrig y marciau, with the long narrow markings of the rubbing as of sharpening of spear-heads and arrow-heads. (To be continued.) MISCELLANEA HISTORICA, OR, THE PUBLIC OFFICERS OF MONTGOMERYSHIRE, WITH BRIEF GENEALOGICAL NOTES, BY THE REV. W. V. LLOYD, M.A., F.R.G.S. MISCELLANEA HISTORICA, 32 ELIZ. Summons ad Magn. Session tent apud Mountgom'y, 28 May, 32 Eliz., endorsed Morgan Meredith, ar. vic. Same magistrates to Phab. Phillips, Edwardes Harbert, D. Powell, J. Pryce de Newtowne, Johhs Vaughan, Ric. Herbert de Pke, armigeri. Ricus Herbert de Llyssen, armiger (styled of "Llyssen" for the first time). Arthurus Pryce, Reg. Williams, Ricus Mores, Riceus Tanat, Thomas Pryce, William Penryn, Rob'tus Mydelton, Gruffinus Lloid, Edward Pryce de Llanvilling, Thomas Juckes. The name of Oliver Lloyd (of Leighton) is omitted (probably dead) in the above list of magistrates. Hugo ap John ap Hugh, ar. Escaetor Dne Regine. At the Assizes held at Pool 26 Oct. "William Williams, armiger," appears as a magistrate. Hugh Pugh, ar. Escaetor. Among the Chief Stewards of Lordships. Ric. Harbert de Lyssen, armig' Cap. Sen., Edwardi Harbert, militi Baron. sui de Powys. Walt'us Jones (?), gen., Cap. Sen. ; Reginaldi Williams, ar., domui sui de Nethergorther; Howell Porter, gen., Cap. Sen.; Thome Purcell, domiis suis de Overgorther et Tiertreff; Edwardus Thornes, gen'os, Cap. Sen. ; Edwardi Leighton, domii sui de Balysley; David ap Jenn ap DD. Lloid de Gaer, gen'os" on a Jury; David Lloyd Draper, gen'os forestur de Dolevoryn; Humffrid Lloyd et Reginald Francis gen'osi Cap. Constab. Hun. de Cawres. Noia Maiorm. Hugo ap John ap Hugh, ar., Oliverus Lloyd Vaughan et Magn. Thomas Pryce de Aberbechan, ar. Hugh ap John ap Hugh de May henlleth, ar. Ricus Derwas de Deythur, gen. Thomas ap Rees Goch de Bettws, Thomas ap Rees ap Hugh de Johes ap Owen ap Gruff. de Pennant, gen. "Thomas Price, gen'os, fil. et hered. Ricei ap Morris ap Owen (sheriff in 1565, ap Jeuan Blayney of Aberbechan), Armig' defunct 1 Hugh ap John ap Hugh, was the fifth son of John ap Hugh (Pugh) of Mathavarn and Catherine, daughter of Sir Richard Herbert of Montgomery, knight, by his wife Anne; and a brother-in-law of Thomas Pryce of Aberbechan, who had married his sister Mallt (Ibid., Vol. I, p. 296). He appears this year as escheator of the county, and as mayor of Machynlleth. Thomas ap Rees (Pryce) ap Morris ap Owen of Aberbechan, appears, for the last time, in the files of this year, in a public capacity, viz., as a magistrate and foreman of the grand jury. The close of this, or the following year, was probably the time of his death. Gwen, his sole daughter and heir, married Sir Richard Pryse, knight, of Gogerddan, in the county of Cardigan; sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1603 and 1622. As Richard Pryse, esquire, of Gogerddan, he had been sheriff in 1591, by virtue of his wife's inheritance, Aberbechan (Lewys Dwnn, vol. i, p. 284). Their son, Sir John Pryse of Aberbechan, married Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Bromley, knight, of Shrawardine, and Lord of the Manor of Deythur, the son of Sir Thomas Bromley, knight, the Lord Chancellor of England. 3 He appears tenth on the grand jury 36 Eliz., as "Johes ap Robert Lloid de Bryngwyn", in the parish of Llanfechan. He married Ermin, daughter of Randel Hanmer of Penley, Flintshire, sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1561, and second son of Sir Thomas Hanmer, knight. Their great-granddaughter Elizabeth, on her marriage, conveyed Bryngwyn to John Kynaston of Plas Kynaston, Rhuabon; and their granddaughter and heiress, Mary Kynaston, conveyed the estate, on her marriage, to William Mostyn (ap John ap William, third son of Sir Roger Mostyn, knight, of Mostyn). This grandson, William Mostyn of Bryngwyn, M.P. for Montgomeryshire, assumed the name of Owen on succeeding to the Woodhouse estate. Mr. Mostyn Owen sat for the county in three parliaments. The expenses incurred on the occasion of a contested election, said to have been £70,000, necessitated the sale of Bryngwyn. |