1. Sab., three nags' heads erased, two and one, ar. (Brochwel Ysgythrog, Prince of Powys).

2. Ar., a griffin segreant, gu.

3. Party per pale or and gu., two lions rampant, addorsed counterchanged (Brochwel ap Aeddan).

4. Gu., a griffin segreant, or (Llowddin).

5. Sa., a chevron between three owls, ar. (Broughton).

6. Gu., three snakes nowed in a triangular knot, ar. (Ednywain ap Bradwen).

1 "Thomas Lloyd, gen." (Peniarth list), was the second son of Edward Lloyd of Gaervawr, by Maudlyn, daughter of Jenkyn Hanmer of FFens, and Margaret, daughter of Thomas Dymock of Wellington (Cedwyn MS., "Hanmer"). His elder brother, Humphrey Lloyd ap Edward ap David Lloyd ap Griffith ap Reginald ap Sir Griffith Vaughan, knight banneret, was of Burgedin, and lord of half the manor of Broniarth, which he sold to Thomas Tanat (lord of the other half), and sheriff in 1570. Thomas Lloyd, in company with the Powis Castle family, was presented for "recusancy" at the assizes, 36 Eliz., 1594.

2 These arms, with the addition of supporters, viz., on the dexter side a griffin segreant, or; on the sinister a griffin segreant, gules; Crest: on a casque, a mailed hand holding what appears to be a broken lance; Motto: "Fide ne defide;" Date, A.D. 1584, on stained glass of the latter period, are now in the library window at Garth, the seat of the Mytton family, who represent Reginald, third

GRIFFITH LLOYD, Esq., of Maesmawr and Trawscoed, in the parish of Guilsfield, was the sixth' sheriff of the tribe of Brochwel since the first appointment to the office in Montgomeryshire in 1541, in which year his kinsman, Humphrey Lloyd, was sheriff.

Cadwalader of Maesmawr, the ancestor of Griffith Lloyd, was the second son of Sir Griffith Vaughan, knight banneret. By his wife Lowry, daughter of Howel ap Ieuan Lloyd of Vaynor, in the parish of Berriew, he had three, if not more, sons, of which were

1. Edmund Lloyd, ancestor of the Lloyds of Castelmoch. "Edmundus ap Cad'r, ar.," was one of the first appointed magistrates for the county of Montgomery. He appears as foreman of a general sessions jury, 20th April, 33 Hen. VIII, and second on the grand jury, 17th Sept., 35 Hen. VIII.

II. Hugh Lloyd, ancestor of the Maesmawr and Trawscoed family.

III. David Lloyd, ancestor of the Lloyds of Rhandyr. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Roger Lloyd of Rhandyr, great grandson of David, married John ap Howell Vaughan of Coed Talog, and afterwards of Rhandyr. "David Lloyd ap Cadwallader" was, not improbably, the Ringild of Tregennon, 32 Hen. VIII, and his great grandson, "Rogerus Lloyd de Rhandir, gen.," appears as foreman of the second jury of inquisition at the assizes held at "Pool," 26th August, 30 Eliz.

I. Alice, daughter of Cadwallader ap Sir Griffith Vaughan was, by Ieuan Lloyd of Abertanat, the mother of John Tanat, the ancestor of the Tanats of Blodwell.

HUGH LLOYD OF MAESMAWR, the second son, by his wife Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Howel ap Griffith ap Howel, descended from Idnerth Benfras, was the father of Thomas Lloyd of Maesmawr, or, as he is styled in son of Sir Griffith Vaughan. The Garth pedigree by John Salusbury de Erbistocke, dated 16th Jan., 1677, and now in the possession of the Earl of Powis, gives the crest, an Arme armed houlding a lance pp. with the point imbrued in bloud."

1 See " Genealogical Key Charts to the Broch wel Sheriffs." Mont. Coll., vol. ii, p. 210.

the sheriff's files, "Thomas Lloid de Gilleffild, gent.," foreman of a hundred jury at the sessions held at Montgomery, 14th Oct., 33 Hen. VIII. He died at the great age of 96, and the "Guildsfield Register" thus records his burial. "An'. 1577. Thomas Lloyd ap Hugh Lloyd ap Cad'l'r, sepultus fuit xxviij die Julii, An'o p'to." By his wife Jane, daughter of Edward Corbett, son of Peter Corbett, son of Peter Corbett of Lee, he had EDMUND LLOYD OF MAESMAWR, on the roll of magistrates for the county, 2 Eliz., and foreman of the grand jury, 2 and 3 Eliz. His last appearance on the roll of magistrates is in the 12th Eliz. By his wife Deile, the daughter of Edward Price and sister of John Price of Eglwysegl, sheriff in 1562, and a member of the Council of the Marches, he was the father of our sheriff,

GRIFFTH LLOYD OF MAESMAWR. The latter married his kinswoman, Catherine, daughter of Humphrey ap John Wynn of Garth, in the parish of Guilsfield, and Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Herbert, knight, of Montgomery. By Catherine Wynn he left a sole daughter and heiress, Elizabeth Lloyd, the last of her line, who, by marriage,1 conveyed the extensive estates of this branch of the family, in the parish of Guilsfield, to Edward Piers of Cressage, in the county of Salop, barrister-at-law. She died in 1622, according to the following entry in the Guilsfield Register. "Elizabetha Peers, vidua de Maesmawr sepult. fuit nono die Julii, An'o p'd." Her son, Lloyd Piers, was sheriff in 1637 and 1649. His issue assumed the surname and arms of "Lloyd." His eldest son, Edward Lloyd, succeeded to Maesmawr; his second son, David, died young; and his third son, Thomas Lloyd, probably the sheriff of 1655, succeeded to the Trawscoed estate, 30th March, 1659.

The Domestic Calendar of State Papers has directed our attention to some original letters of a correspond

1 "1580. Edwardus Peers et Elizabeth vh. Gruffith Lloyd, armegeri, fuer't matrimonio, xvj die Julii, An'o p'd." ("Guilsfield Register.")

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ence of some local interest, and of particular reference to the appointment of Griffith Lloyd as sheriff of the county.

William Herle, the writer, and the medium of communication between the Earl of Leicester and Sir Edward Herbert, knight, of Powis Castle, was a cacographist of the deepest dye. An enduring patience is needed so decypher his cramped illegible scrawl. He was probably the son of Thomas Herle, the uterine brother of Sir Richard Herbert, knight, of Montgomery Castle, and therefore a first cousin of Edward Herbert, his son, our sheriff in 1557. He is styled "William Herl of Montgomery, Esq., the Queenes Mae S'vant," in Harl. MS., 6102, which also gives his arms, as "gu., a chevron or, between three ducks, sa." He seems to have been one of those useful, interested, and partial observers of current events in their bearing on the aims and intrigues of the Earl of Leicester; more of a court spy than a queen's messenger. He was, moreover, a stirring busy plotter in the interests of the Herbert family, and not unmindful of his own, when, in his active movements between the country and the court, he fell across void appointments, concealments, and small scraps at the disposal of hungry office-seekers. Few other traces, and those of little credit,' remain of his local connection. His brother, John Herle, 10th Oct., 1 Mary, received a grant of the office of constable of Conway Castle, and steward of the courts of the sions of Bardsey Monastery.

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Our first extract shall be from a letter dated 7th Nov., 1580, from William Herle, "To the Rt. honorable my very good lord the Erle of Leicester. Give these with spede at the Court." Modernizing the orthography it proceeds :

Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. ii, p. 122.

2 1576"Jana filia Rosa Jones, supposed to be the bastard of William herle, baptizata fuit xxiij die octobris, An'o sup'd." (Guilsfield Register.)

Yesterday I was forced, my very honourable good Lord, to repair to your Lordship with some speed about my private business, judging it hard (?) to have had your Lordship at leisure to speak with you at all upon a Sunday, begging very humbly both to recommend to your remembrances that motion I made on Sir Edward Herbert's request, whose man I have dispatched away this morning very well satisfied, and have written to his master how much he is beholding to your Lordship, putting him of myself in mind of your honourable favour and kind benefits that he hath received from the beginning at your hands, wishing him with all his endeavours not only to acknowledge them by his actions toward your Lordship, but also sincerely to deserve them by the best duties he may *** Your Lordship knows that I have done good offices between you and him, and namely in Sir John Trocmorton's1 case, which course I will observe for all men, whereby I shall enjoy your Lordship's favour.

"The persons that be returned in your rolls for Montgomeryshire are, John Vaughan, alias John Owen Vaughan, Morgan Gwyn, and Griffith Lloyd. The first is he that hath suits in law against Sir Edward Herbert, and desires this office only to hinder justice in his own causes; besides, that he is a "ffactyous" fellow, and therefore Sir E. Herbert hath good reason to desire that he be not pricked sheriff. Griffith Lloyd is one of honest conversation, learned, and a justice of the peace, and therefore a more indifferent meet person for this office, being also servant unto the Lord President of Wales. May it please your Lordship to have care of this matter."2 ***

Three gentlemen of ancient family and local landed interest we find, from the foregoing, had, in accordance with the usual custom, been nominated for the office of sheriff, one of which required the approving prick of a triangular gold needle or bodkin, in confirmation of his selection by the sovereign. John ap Owen Vaughan

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1 Sir John Throgmorton was appointed Chief Justice of Chester in 1558. By virtue of his office he had a seat at the Council of the Marches for twenty years, and during the absence of Sir Henry Sidney in Ireland as Lord Deputy, Sir John acted as Vice-President. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth. He was recorder of Shrewsbury from 1569-1574. He died in 1580, and was buried in the chancel of Caughton, Warwickshire.

2 Domestic Calendar of State Papers for 1580, fo. 686, at the Record Office.