CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.

Original Proposal for formation of Club, Rules, and amended
Rules, and List of Members

Report of Fourth Annual Meeting

Short Papers prepared for or read at the Meeting:-

Norman Column and Arch discovered in Meifod Church. By

Rev. R. WYNNE-EDWARDS, M.A., the Vicar

Notes during the Restoration of Welshpool Church. By Rev.

J. E. HILL, M.A., the Vicar

On Tomen-yr Allt and Tomen Cefnllawr. By J. GRAHAM

WILLIAMS

List of Articles and Documents presented to the Powys-land

Museum, and exhibited at Meeting

Alphabetical list of Donors to Powys-land Museum

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List of other Articles and Documents exhibited at Annual Meeting

Report of Powys-land Museum Committee

Obituary of Members of the Powys-land Club

The Abbey of Ystrad Marchell (Strata Marcella). Part I. By MORRIS

C. JONES, F.S.A.

St. Germanus' Blessing or Prophecy of Perpetual Sovereignty to the
Family of Cadelh Dyrnllwg, King of Old Powys. By Rev. W.
V. LLOYD, F.R.G.S.

Historic Spots. No. 2. Mathraval. By Rev. GEORGE SAndford,

M.A.

Archaic Words, Phrases, etc., of Montgomeryshire. Part I. By ELIAS

OWEN

Welsh Poetry Illustrative of the History of Llangurig. Part I. By

H. W. LLOYD

History of the Parish of Llansantffraid-yn-Mechain. By THOMAS

GRIFFITHS JONES.

Chapter I. Physical Features and Description

X. The Present State of the Parish

An Account of Henry Williams of Ysgafell.

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WILLIAMS, Author of A History of Wales, etc.

Some Account of the Rood Screens and Timber Work of Powys-land.

By DAVID WALKER, Architect, Liverpool. No. 2. Llanwnog

Rood Screen

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Materials for a Topographicon of Montgomeryshire (continued from
vol. iii, p. 230.) By RICHARD WILLIAMS, Newtown

Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant: Its Parochial History and Antiquities. By

T. W. HANCOCK.

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Miscellanea Historica, or the Public Officers of Montgomeryshire. By

Rev. W. V. LLOYD, F.R.G.S. (continued from vol. iii, p. 332),

from 32 Eliz. to 4 James I

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The Abbey of Ystrad Marchell (Strata Marcella). Part II. By
MORRIS C. JONES, F.S.A.

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Llyn y Dreiddiad Vrawd (The Pool of the Diving Friar)
Incident connected with the Rebellion of Owen Glendower in Powys-
land (M. C. J. and W. V. Ll.)

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The Rivers of Montgomeryshire. By Rev. D. SILVAN EVANS, B.D.

Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire (continued from vol. iii, p. 412).

Rev. W. V. LLOYD, F.R.G.S.

1568. Edward Herbert

1569. William Herbert

1570. Thomas Tanat

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Foreign Surnames in Montgomeryshire. By RICHARD WILLIAMS
A Parochial Account of Llanidloes. Chap. I. Topographical
EDWARD HAMER (to be continued).

Archaic Words, Phrases, etc., of Montgomeryshire. Part II.

ELIAS OWEN, B.A.

Owen Glendower's Parliament-House (Note)

The Calculated Ages of Yew-Trees in Guilsfield Churchyard. By

C. T. RAMAGE, LL.D.

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

Font, Buttington Church, reputed to have been brought from Strata
Marcella Abbey

Frontispiece

Opposite to

Photo-Lithograph of Charter of Wennunwen to Strata Marcella Abbey 34
Llansantffraid.-Hendomen and Plasyndinas

Original Proposal for formation of the Club, the Circulars, and List of

Members.

Report of the First Annual Meeting of the Club.

The Princes of Upper Powys, Chap. I to IV. By the Hon. and Rev. G.

T. O. BRIDGEMAN, M.A., and Illustrative Documents.

Ancient Lords of Mechain. By the Hon. and Rev. G. T. O. BRIDGEMAN,

M.A., and Illustrative Documents.

Ancient Arwystli; its Earthworks and other Ancient Remains. By EDWARD

HAMER.

The Welsh Lords of Kerry and Arwystli. By the Hon. and Rev. G. T. O.

BRIDGEMAN, M.A.

Arwystli-Inquisitions. By the Rev. D. R. THOMAS, M.A.

The Feudal Barons of Powys. By MORRIS CHARLES JONES. 1. Cherleton,

Lords of Powys-Appendix of Documents; II. Grey, Lords of Powys;

III. The Lords Tiptoft and Powys; IV. The Abeyant Barony of Powys.

Relics of Dinas Mawddwy. By the Hon. and Rev. G. T. O. BRIDGEMAN,

M.A.

Disquisitions on the Etymon of the word "Powys" or "Powis." 1. Extract
from Owen and Blakeway's History of Shrewsbury; II. By the Rev.
ROBERT WILLIAMS, M.A.; III. By the Rev. D. SILVAN EVANS, B.D.;
IV. By the Rev. R. HARRIES JONES, M.A.; v. By Craufurd Tait
RAMAGE, Esq., LL.D.

Powys-land in the time of Prince Cynddylan (to be continued). By the
Rev. R. HARRIES JONES, M.A.
Miscellanea.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

Original Proposal for formation of the Club; Rules, Amended Rules, and
List of Members.

Report of Second Annual Meeting.

Powys-land in the time of Prince Cynddylan (concluded from vol. i, p.
472). By the Rev. R. HARRIES JONES, M.A.

Ancient Arwystli, Part II. By EDWARD HAMER.

Opening of Twr Gwyn Mawr; Caersws; Excavations at Caersws; Ap-
pendix-Bond relating to Premises in Borough of Caersws-Chronicle
of Oliver Matthews.

The Territorial Divisions of Montgomeryshire. Compiled by MORRIS
CHARLES JONES. I. Ancient Civil Divisions; II. Ancient Ecclesiastical
Divisions; i. Classification of the Churches, and the Parishes attached
thereto, with respect to their probable antiquity-ii. Pope Nicholas's
Taxation, circa 1291-iii. Valor Ecclesiasticus, tempore Henry VIII; 111.
Manorial Divisions.

Montgomeryshire, when and how constituted Shire-ground. By THOMAS
OWEN MORGAN.

The Territorial Divisions (continued from p. 120)-Iv. Modern Civil
Divisions, A.D. 1592; v. The present Hundredal, Parochial, and Villena-
rian Divisions, showing the Basis or Standard for the Assessment to the
County Rate.

A Powysian at Agincourt. By the Rev. WILLIAM V. LLOYD, M.A.,
F.R.G.S. Sir Griffith Vaughan.

Materials for a Topographicon of Montgomeryshire. By RICHARD WIL-
LIAMS, Newtown.

Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire. Catalogue of the Sheriffs, authenticated by
reference to, and illustrated by extracts from, the public records. By
the Rev. WILLIAM V. LLOYD, M.A., F.R.G.S.

The Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire, with their armorial bearings, and notices,
genealogical and biographical, of their families. Edited by the Rev.
W. V. LLOYD, M.A., F.R.G.S., and E. HAMER.
Genealogical Key Chart to the Families of the Tribe of Brochwel Ysgy-
throg, whose members have served the office of Sheriff.
phrey Lloyd.

1541. Hum-

A Parochial Account of Llangurig. By EDWARD HAMER. 1. Physical Fea-
tures and Description; II. Archæological; III. Ecclesiastical; IV. The
Lords of Llangurig and the Clochfaen Family; v. The Plas Madog
Family.

Some Account of Llanllugan Nunnery. By MORRIS CHARLES JONES.
A List of the Members of Parliament for the County and Contributory
Boroughs of Montgomery, up to the end of the Eighteenth Century.
Compiled by EDWARD ROWLEY MORRIS.

History of the Parish of Llangadfan. By the Rev. GRIFFITH EDWARDS, M.A.,
Rector. 1. Description of the Parish and its Physical Features; II. Popu-
lation; III. Archæological and Antiquarian Remains; IV. Ecclesiastical
Establishment; v. Biographical Notices-Nonconformity, Education.
List of Justices of the Peace, etc., for Montgomeryshire, at different
periods during the seventeenth century.

Assessment of Ship-money on Montgomeryshire, A.D. 1637.

Materials for a Topographicon of Montgomeryshire (continued from p. 184).
By RICHARD WILLIAMS.

Sheriffs of Montgomeryshire, Notices (continued from p. 222):—1542.
Sir Robert Acton, Knight; 1543. Lewis Jones; 1544. Griffith ap David
ap John; 1545. Lewis Jones; 1546. Reginald Williams. Appendix-
Genealogical Key-Chart of the noble family of Herbert; showing the
Members, and connections by marriage, who have served the office of
Sheriff:-1547. William Herbert; 1548. Matthew Price. Genealogical
Key-Chart of the families whose Members have served the office of
Sheriff, descended from ELYSTAN GLODRUDD:-1549. Robert Acton;
1550. Sir Robert Acton; 1551. James Leech; 1552. Edward Leighton
(Knighted in 1591)-By S. L.; 1553. Nicholas Purcell.

Notes on the Geology of Powys-land-By W. BOYD DAWKINS, M. A., F.R.S.
Appendix-The Barony of Powys-Review by JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS,
Esq., F.S.A.