Ieuan of Caer Einion1 (argent, a lion rampant and canton sable), ancestor of the Owens of Woodhouse, Condover, Llyncoed, and Bettws, in Cydewain; the Wynns of Eunant, the Griffiths of Broniarth; and John Davies of Rhiwargor.2

Elisau of Llangar. Margaret, d. of Ieuan ab Richard.

Humphrey of Glan Alwen in Llangar, and of Maerdy in Gwyddelwern.

Eleanor, d. of Edward Lloyd of Llys Vassi by
Jane his wife, d. of Simon Thelwall of Plas y
Ward. Gules, three pales or, in a border of
the second charged with eight ogresses.

William Humphreys of Maerdy, Captain in the Army of Charles I, sold Glan Alwen to his wife's brother, Edmund Meyrick.

Dorothy, d. of Peter Meurig, or Meyrick, of Ucheldrev. Sable, on a chevron inter three rugged brands or, inflamed a fleur-de-lys azure, inter two Cornish choughs ppr., regarding each other.

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1 Ieuan of Caer Einion married Nesta, fourth daughter of Madog of Cryniarth in Edernion, second son of Elisau, lord of Llangar, second son of Iorwerth ab Owain Brogyntyn, and sister and coheiress of Llewelyn ab Madog, who became Bishop of St. Asaph in 1357, and died in 1375. Argent, a lion rampant sable, debruised by a baton sinister gules. It is most likely that, in consequence of his marriage with Nesta, Ieuan changed his armorial bearings to argent, a lion rampant and canton sable.

2 John Davies of Rhiwargor in the parish of Llanwddyn, in Mochnant, was the son of David ab Thomas ab Howel ab Meredydd of Rhiwargor, who was the son of Bedo ap Jenkyn ab Ieuan Caer Einion. He married Gwen, daughter of Sir Humphrey, M.A., vicar of Corwen, son of Ednyved ab John Lloyd ab Thomas of Vairdrev, ab leuan ab Einion ab Gruffydd ab Llewelyn ab Cynwrig ab Osbern Wyddel of Cors y Gedol, by whom he had an only daughter and heiress, who married Thomas Lloyd of Glanhavon in Mochnant. See vol. iv, p. 368.

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William Humphreys of Maerdy. Jane, d. of Edward Wynne of Llangynhaval.

William Humphreys of Maerdy, born 1666, ob. 7th Jan, 1718.

Grace, d. and heiress of Robert Lloyd of Porth.
Ermine, a saltier gules, a crescent or for differ.

ence.

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CARROG IN GLYNDYVRDWY.

Hugh Lloyd ab Gruffydd Lloyd ab Elisau ab Gruffydd ab Einion ab Gruffydd ab Llywelyn ab Cynwrig ab Osbern Fitz Gerald.

David Lloyd Jane, d. of Edward Pryse of Y Glwysegl. See vol. iv.

John Lloyd. Anne, d. of Richard Trevor ab Thomas Trevor of Trevlech. See vol. iv, p. 84.

John Lloyd.

Richard Lloyd ..., d. of Arthur Ward of Croes Oswallt.

...gleton Lloyd.

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AELHAIARN1 AND PLAS Y LLOLO.

(Harl. MS. 1969-2299.)

Heilin ab Eunydd. Margaret, d. of Madog ab Cadwgan, lord of Nannau. Or, a lion rampant azure.

See p. 6.

Ithel..., d. of Owain Brogyntyn, lord of Dinmael and Edernion. Argent, a lion rampant sable, surmounted by a baton sinister gules.

Iorwerth

Iorwerth Saeth Marchog. Azure, a lion rampant argent, in a dexter canton of the second a pheon pointed upwards gules. Witness to charters in 1176, 1183, and 1195. See p. 7.

Llewelyn of..., d. of Iorwerth ab David ab Iorwerth ab David ab Cowryd Aelhaiarn ab Cadvan (Gwehelyth Dyffryn Clwyd). Argent, three and Derwen. boar's heads couped sable, tusked or, langued gules. See vol. iv, p. 166.

Llolo of Capel Aelhaiarn and Plâs y Llolo,..., d. of David ab Gruffydd ab in Derwen, Esquire of the Body to the

King.

Madog ab Richard.

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This manor once formed a parish called Llan Aelhaiarn. church is now demolished. A yew-tree is all that is left to mark the spot. See Hist. of the Diocese of St. Asaph, p. 696.

The

Ieuan of Plas y Llolo and Capel Aelhaiarn. David.

The lordship or commot of Edernion contains the parishes of Llandrillo, Llangar, or Llan Garw Gwyn, and part of Corwen.

The parish of Llandrillo contains the manors or townships of-1, Branas; 2, Dinan; 3, Garth Iaen; 4, Llechwedd Cilan; 5, Y Faerdrev; 6, Pen-y-nant; 7, Syrior;

1 Gruffydd had three sons, Rhys, David Lloyd, and Ieuan.
2 This place now belongs to Jesus College, Oxford.

8, Tre'r Llan and a moiety of Tyvos, and had an area of 28,200 acres.

The parish of Llangar, or Llan Garw Gwyn, contains the manors or townships of-1, Cymmer; 2, Llangar; 3, Gwnodl, which last township is in Glyn Dyvrdwy, and is separated from the rest of the parish by the intervention of the parish of Gwyddelwern.

The parish church of Llangar was to have been built, according to a local tradition, near a spot where the Cynwyd bridge crosses the Dee. The masons had commenced their work, but all the stones they laid in the day were gone during the night, no one knew whither. The builders were warned supernaturally that they must seek a spot where, in hunting, a carw gwyn" (white stag) would be started. They did so, and the church of Llan Garw Gwyn, or Llangar, was the result. A similar story is told relative to the foundation of Selattyn Church. Pennant states "that a noble Briton, being engaged in the chase, found in a thicket on this spot a white hind, which determined him (after the example of Ethelred, King of the Mercians, in the instance of St. John's Church, Chester) to dedicate it to sacred purposes. He accordingly translated to this place the ancient church, which tradition says stood. previously on a spot still called "Bryn yr Hen Eglwys", or the hill of the old church. There is an ancient camp near the church called Caer Wern.

The parish of Corwen, or more properly perhaps Caer Wern, is partly in the lordship of Edernion and partly in that of Glyndyvrdwy, and contained the manors or townships of-1, Corwen; 2, Gwern-y-Hywel; 3, Dol Aberalwen; 4, Tre'r Ddol; 5, Trewyn; 6, Llygadog; 7, Rhagad; 8, Bonwm; 9, Carrog; 10, Mwstwr; 11, Bodorlas; 12, Tir Llanerch; and 13, Hendre' Vorvudd. The eight last townships are in Glyndyvrdywy, and Gwern-y-Hywel, which is extra-parochial, is in Din

mael.

In the Harleian MS. 2,129 is a rough sketch of the recumbent effigy of a priest, vested, and holding with